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Leuresthes tenuis (California grunion)

Night smelt are not to be confused with the California grunion (Leuresthes tenuis), an unrelated silverside that also spawns in the surf at night.

Leuresthes tenuis, the California Grunion, is a species of grunion native to the Pacific coast of North America from Monterey Bay in California to Baja California.

The California grunion, Leuresthes tenuis, is found along the Pacific Coast from Point Conception, California, to Punta Abreojos, Baja California Sur.