Pseudupeneus grandisquamis (Gill, 1863) .

Bigscale Goatfish or Red Goatfish. To about 30.6 cm (12 in) TL (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). San Onofre, southern California to Chile (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983), including Gulf of California (Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Depth: surface (nightlight; Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), 1–67 m (3–220 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2002; max.: Zeballos Flor et al. 1998). The Mulloidichthys dentatus noted from southern California (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983) was based on a misidentification of P. grandisquamis (Lea and Rosenblatt 2000) .