Halichoeres melanotis (Gilbert, 1890)

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Halichoeres melanotis (Gilbert, 1890) .

Golden Wrasse. To 15 cm (5.9 in) TL (Allen and Roberts 1994). Isla de Cedros and Islas San Benito, central Baja California ( Ramírez-Valdez et al. 2015) to Colombia ( Robertson and Allen 2002), including Gulf of California ( Allen and Robertson 1994), and Islas Galápagos ( McCosker and Rosenblatt 2010).Depth: 1–40 m (3–132 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Robertson and Allen 2002).