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Argyropelecus sp. 
Selected Synonymy & References 
Fossil C: Baird 1971:23, fig. 14. 
Argyropelecus sp.: Fitch and Lavenberg 1968:29. 
Argyropelecus sp.: Frickhinger 1995:626, unnumbered figure. 
Argyropelecus sp.: Camevale 2003:73. 
Argyropelecus sp.: Huddleston and Takeuchi 2006:33, table 1. 
Referred Specimens in Baird ( 1971:23. fig. 141 : From an uncatalogued locality, Bluss Cove, Palos Verdes, for¬ 
mation not stted, Middle Miocene, Los Angeles County; one complete, uncatalogued counterpart in the 
collections of LACM. Sternoptychidae. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg (4968:291 : No specific specimen or locality. They state that “fos¬ 
sil skeletons of Argyropelecus have been found imbedded in Miocene diatomites at several localities in 
California; some of these may be A. pacificus , \ an extant species. 
Referred Specimens in Frickhinger 0995:626. unnumbered figure ): He figured one specimen, a left counter¬ 
part, from the YPM collection. There was no museum number and the locality was given only as Miocene 
of California. 
Referred Specimens in Camevale (20031 : Only refers to the one specimen described and figured by Baird 
(1971). 
Referred Specimens in Huddleston and Takeuchi (2006:33. table 11 : From LACM locality 6907, Pomona 
Freeway Chalk Hill, Puente Formation, Late Miocene, Los Angeles County; no specific specimens men¬ 
tioned. 
Suborder Phosichthyoidei 
Family Stomiidae 
Genus Chauliodus Bloch and Schneider 1801 
f Chauliodus eximius (Jordan and Gilbert in Jordan 1925) 
Figure 25 
Selected Synonymy & References 
f Eostomias eximius Jordan and Gilbert in Jordan 1925:13). 
f Chauliodus barbatus frazeri David 1943:61, pi. 9, fig. 5: Crane 1966:16, 22. 
f Chauliodus eximius (Jordan and Gilbert): David 1943:123. 
f Chauliodus eximius (Jordan and Gilbert): Crane 1966:22, text-fig. 2. 
f Chauliodus eximius (Jordan and Gilbert): Fitch and Lavenberg 1968:37. 
f Chauliodus eximius (Jordan and Gilbert): Huddleston and Takeuchi 2006:33, table 1. 
Type Specimen: f Eostomias eximius Jordan and Gilbert in Jordan 1925, holotype, CAS 70086 (SU 688, 192) 
left counterpart. Stomiatidae. 
Type Locality : Lompoc, Monterey Formation, Late Miocene, Santa Barbara County. 
Referred Specimens and Holotvpe of f Chauliodus barbatus frazeri in David 11943:61 ) : From LACM (CIT) 
locality 326, Upper Modelo Formation, Late Miocene, Los Angeles County; holotype, LACM (CIT) 
10163, left counterpart. 
From type locality: LACM (CIT) 80 and 81, right and left counterparts. 
From LACM (CIT) locality 381, Upper Modelo Formation, Late Miocene, Los Angeles County; LACM 
(CIT) 10153, left and right counterpart of head. 
From LACM (CIT) locality 382, Upper Modelo Formation, Late Miocene, Los Angeles County; LACM 
(CIT) 10152, left and right counterparts. Chauliodontidae. 
Referred Specimens of f C. eximius in David 11943:1231 : Only the holotype of f Eostomias eximius Jordan 
and Gilbert. Chauliodontidae. 
