Dactyloscopus pectoralis Gill, 1861 .

Whitesaddle Stargazer. To at least 5.3 cm (2.1 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2015). Bahía Santa Maria, southern Baja California into Gulf of California (Dawson 1975) to Chiapas, Mexico (González-Acosta et al. 2018). Intertidal to 46 m (151 ft) (min.: Thomson and Lehner 1976; max.: Robertson and Allen 2015).