Haemulopsis nitida (Steindachner, 1869) .

Shining Grunt, Shortspine Grunt, or Silver Grunt. To 30 cm (11.8 in) TL (McKay and Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995). Bahía San Juanico (26°13’N, 112°28’W) (Personal communication: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fish Collection, Los Angeles, California), southern Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) to Peru (Velasco and Thiel 2002), including Gulf of California (McKay and Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995). Depth: 0–50 m (164 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Velasco and Thiel 2002). Frequently seen as Haemulopsis nitidus (Fricke et al. 2020) .