Tylosurus pacificus (Steindachner, 1876) .

Pacific Agujón. To 130 cm (51.8 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002). Punta San Juanico (26°53’N, 112°17’W), southern Baja California (Personal communication: California Academy of Sciences Fish Collection, San Francisco, California), and Gulf of California to Cabo Blanco, Peru, including one record from Islas Galápagos (Collette and Banford 2001). Surface to 10 m (33 ft) (Robertson and Allen 2002). Previously known in the eastern North Pacific as Tylosurus acus (Lacepède, 1803) or T. acus imperiali s (Lacepède, 1803); Collette and Banford (2001) confirmed full species rank as T. pacificus .