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t Xyrinius houshi Jordan and Gilbert: Jordan 1921a:244-245. 
f Xyrinius houshi Jordan and Gilbert: David 1943:90. 
f Xyrinius houshi Jordan and Gilbert: Grande 1985:323. 
Type Specimen : f Xyrinius houshi Jordan and Gilbert 1919a, holotype, SU 25, right counterpart, whereabouts 
unknown. Labridae. 
Type Locality : Los Angeles, exact age and formation not given, but Jordan and Gilbert (1919a:50) listed it as 
Monterey or Puente formation, Los Angeles County. 
Referred Specimens in Jordan and Gilbert (4919a) : None. 
Referred Specimens in Jordan (1921a) : None. Notes that original account was erroneous and now placed the 
species in the Clupeidae. 
Referred Specimens in (David 19439 : None. Suggests, but does not include f% houshi in the synonymy of 
fX. grex. Clupeidae. 
Referred Specimens in Grande ( 19859 : None. Repeats the suggestion by David (1943) that f% houshi may be 
a subjective junior synonym of fX. grex. Clupeidae. 
f Xyrinius barbarae (Jordan and Gilbert 1919a) 
Selected Synonymy & References 
\Ellimma barbarae Jordan and Gilbert 1919a:27, pi. 9, fig. 3. 
f Xyne barbarae (Jordan and Gilbert): Jordan and Gilbert 1920:11. 
f Xyrinius barbarae (Jordan and Gilbert): Jordan 1921a:244. 
t Xyrinius barbarae (Jordan and Gilbert): David 1943:90. 
f Xyrinius barbarae (Jordan and Gilbert): Grande 1985:323. 
Type Specimen : f Ellimma barbarae Jordan and Gilbert 1919a, holotype, SU 32, right counterpart, where¬ 
abouts unknown. 
Type Locality : Carpenteria, Monterey Formation, Late Miocene, Santa Barbara County. 
Referred Specimens in Jordan and Gilbert U919a) : None. Clupeidae. 
Referred Specimens in Jordan and Gilbert (4920) : None. They “temporarily” included f Ellimma barbarae in 
t Xyne. Clupeidae. 
Referred Specimens in Jordan 092la) : None. Placed f Ellimma barbarae in the genus f Xyrinius. 
Referred Specimens in David (4943) : None. Suggested, but did not include fX. barbarae in the synonymy of 
fX. grex. 
Referred Specimens in Grande (T985) : None. Repeated the suggestion by David (1943) that fX. barbarae may 
be a subjective junior synonym of f% grex. Clupeidae. 
f Xyrinius elmodenae (Jordan and Gilbert 1919a) 
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Selected Synonymy & References 
f Ellimma elmodenae Jordan and Gilbert 1919a:27, pi. 9, fig. 3. 
f Xyne elmodenae (Jordan and Gilbert): Jordan and Gilbert 1920:11. 
f Xyrinius elmodenae (Jordan and Gilbert): Jordan 1921a:244. 
t Xyrinius elmodenae (Jordan and Gilbert): David 1943:90. 
t Xyrinius elmodenae (Jordan and Gilbert): Grande 1985:323. 
Type Specimen : f Ellimma elmodenae Jordan and Gilbert 1919a, holotype, CAS 55404 (SU 47), well-pre¬ 
served left counterpart. 
Type Locality : El Modena, Monterey Formation, Late Miocene, Orange County. 
Referred Specimens : None. Clupeidae. 
Referred Specimens in Jordan and Gilbert (4920) : None. They “temporarily” included f Ellimma barbarae in 
t Xyne. 
