Lutjanus novemfasciatus Gill, 1862. Dog Snapper or Pacific Dog Snapper. To 170 cm (67 in) TL (Allen 1985). Morro Bay, central California (Tognazzini 2003)to Puerto Pizarro, Peru (Chirichigno 1974), including throughout Gulf of California (Allen 1985), and around Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Marine, brackish, and fresh waters (Allen and Robertson 1994); depth: surface (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California), intertidal to 60 m (197 ft) (min.: Thomson and Lehner 1976; max.: Allen 1985).