Bellator xenisma (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) .

Splitnose Searobin. To 17.5 cm (6.9 in) TL (Moncayo-Estrada et al. 2006). Three reported off Santa Barbara, southern California (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983); Todos Santos (23°24.6’N, 110°13.8’W) (John Snow, pers. comm. to M.L.), and Gulf of California (Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995) to northern Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998) . Benthic; depth: 17–200 m (55–656 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Amezcua Linares 1996).