Prionotus ruscarius Gilbert & Starks, 1904 .

Common Searobin or Rough Searobin. To 41 cm (16.1 in) TL (John Snow, pers. comm. to M.L.). Isla de Cedros, central Baja California (Ramírez-Valdez et al. 2015) and on mainland at Punta Pequeña (26°14’N, 112°28.5’W), southern Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) into northern Gulf of California to Chile (Pequeño 1989). Depth: 4–1,369 m (13–4,490 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California; max.: Morera et al. 2019).