Atherinopsis californiensis Girard, 1854 .

Jacksmelt. To 48.6 cm (19.1 in) TL (Love et al. 2005). Yaquina Bay, Oregon (Miller and Lea 1972) to at least Bahía Magdalena, southern Baja California (De La Cruz-Agüero et al. 1994), and in western and northeastern Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002). Nearshore; marine, brackish, and occasionally fresh water (Moyle 2002); depth: surface and intertidal to at least 29 m (95 ft) (min.: Carlisle et al. 1960; max.: Limbaugh 1955); also found in hypersaline ponds (Ruiz-Campos et al. 2000). A maximum depth record of 103 m (338 ft) (NWFSC-FRAM), from a bottom trawl haul, is likely in error and represents a midwater catch on deployment or retrieval.