Catalog of the Neogene (Bony (Fishes of California 
JL Systematic Inventory of fid (Pu6RsHecfAccounts 
Harry L. Fierstine 1 , Richard W. Huddleston 2 , & Gary T. Takeuchi 3 
1 Biological Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, U.S.A., 
and Section of Vertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, CA 90007, U.S.A; 
email: hfiersti@calpoly.edu. 
2 Scientific Research Systems, 4432 Earle Ave, Rosemead, CA 91770, U.S.A.; email: rwhuddleston@earthlink.net. 
3 George C. Page Museum, 5801 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036, U.S.A.; email: gtakeuch@nhm.org. 
Table of Contents 
Introduction.7 
Acknowledgments.9 
Abbreviations.9 
Systematic Inventory .11 
Class Actinopterygii.11 
Subclass Chondrostei.11 
Order Acipenseriformes.11 
Family Acipenseridae .11 
Subclass Neopterygii.12 
Division Teleostei.12 
Order Elopiformes.12 
Family Elopidae.12 
Family Megalopidae .12 
Order Anguilliformes.13 
Family Muraenidae.13 
Family fDeprandidae .13 
Order Albuliformes .13 
Family Halosauridae.13 
Order Clupeiformes.15 
Family Engraulidae.15 
Family Clupeidae.16 
Order Cypriniformes.30 
Family Catostomidae.30 
Family Cyprinidae.34 
Order Argentiniformes .38 
Family Argentinidae .38 
Family Microstomatidae.38 
Order Salmoniformes .42 
Family Osmeridae.42 
Family Salmonidae .42 
Order Stomiiformes.45 
Family Gonostomatidae .45 
Family Sternoptychidae .47 
3 
