* Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepède, 1801) .

Rockmover Wrasse. To 30 cm (12 in) TL (Gomon in Fischer et al. 1995). Indo-Pacific; western Pacific Ocean north to Yonaguni-jima Island, Japan (Koeda et al. 2016); near tip of Baja California and Gulf of California to Colombia, including many offshore islands (Robertson and Allen 2002). Depth: 1–30 m (4–99 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Robertson and Allen 2002).