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This snapper occurs on the Pacific coast from Guaymas to Panama. It is a small species, rarely exceeding a foot in length, and is a common food-fish at Guaymas, Mazatlan, and Panama. It is the Pacific coast representative of the lane snapper, which it somewhat resembles.
Colour in spirits, brown above, the sides bright silvery; a large round black lateral blotch, as large as eye, on lateral line below front of soft dorsal; each scale above lateral line with a faint darker grayish median spot, these forming oblique streaks; side of head often with similar spots; 2 or 3 similar streaks often present below lateral line, these straight and horizontal; each series of scales below lateral line with a narrow yellowish stripe; snout and preorbital with dark vermiculations; fins all pale. In life, light olivaceous above, the markings bronze-olive; side pale crimson, the marks more yellow; belly golden yellow; iris scarlet, eye surrounded by yellow; first dorsal reddish, second with reddish brown markings; caudal deep rich red; lower fins golden; pectoral nearly colourless; side of head pink with golden stripes.