Deckertichthys aureolus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) .

Golden Mojarra. To 20 cm (7.9 in) (Robertson and Allen 2008). Just south of Bahía San Quintin [“Santa Maria Bay ” (30°23.8’N, 115°56’W)], northern Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) to Peru, including Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2008). Depth: 0 to 43 m (140 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2015; max.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). We follow Vergara-Solana et al. (2014) and remove this species from the genus Diapterus .