Rhinogobiops nicholsii (Bean, 1882) .

Blackeye Goby. To 15 cm (6 in) TL (Follett 1970). Yakutat, eastern Gulf of Alaska (Personal communication:University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Fish Collection, Seattle, Washington; confirmed by Katherine Maslenikov) to south of Punta Rompiente, southern Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972), and Isla Guadalupe (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), central Baja California. Benthic; depth: intertidal to at least 195 m (640 ft) (min.: Follett 1970; max.: M.L., unpubl. data).A record of 640 m (2,100 ft) (Barnhart 1936) is without documentation. Classified until recently in the genus Coryphopterus .