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OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
Number 159 
Type Specimen : Extant, Myctophum crenulare Jordan and Gilbert 1880a, holotype, USNM 27402 
(Eschmeyer 1998:425). 
Type Locality : Santa Barbara Channel, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch 0968:101 : No specific specimens. He notes that otoliths of T. crenularis have 
been found in several southern California Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits with more than 300 having 
been recovered from the Lomita Marl (see next entry). 
Referred Specimens in Fitch (T969b:3. 6. 10. table 11 : From LACMIP locality 471 (= LACM locality 3802), 
Upper Newport Bay (= Newport Back Bay Cliffs), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Orange County; 
11 otoliths (unfigured). 
From LACMIP locality 31425, Downtown Los Angeles, Pico Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Los Angeles 
County; seven otoliths (unfigured). 
Referred Specimens in Nolf 11985:571 : No specific specimens. He refers to the otoliths reported by Fitch 
(1969b) from the California Pliocene. 
Remarks : Fitch (1969b) also reported otoliths of T. crenularis from LACMIP locality 435 (Lomita Marl, 
Pliocene), however this locality is considered Pleistocene (Blake 1991; Dibblee 1999). 
Subfamily Lamp any ctinae 
Genus Ceratoscopelus Gunther 1864 
Ceratoscopelus townsendi Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1889 
Selected References (fossils only) 
Ceratoscopelus townsendi Eigenmann and Eigenmann: Fitch 1968:7. 
Ceratoscopelus townsendi Eigenmann and Eigenmann: Fitch 1969b:3, 5, 6, table 1, fig. lo. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Ceratoscopelus townsendi Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1889, syntypes, BMNH 
1891.5.19.172-173 plus others (Eschmeyer 1998:1687). 
Type Locality : Cortex Banks, off San Diego, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch 0968:71 : No specific specimens. He notes that otoliths of C. townsendi have been 
found in several southern California Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch (T969b:3. 5. 6. table L fig, lo) : From LACMIP locality 471 (= LACM locality 
3802), Upper Newport Bay (= Newport Back Bay Cliffs), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, 
Orange County; 296 otoliths (one as fig. lo). 
From LACMIP locality 31425, Downtown Los Angeles, Pico Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Los Angeles 
County; 12 otoliths (unfigured). 
From LACMIP locality 305 (= LACM locality 4213), San Diego, San Diego Formation, Late Pliocene, 
San Diego County; seven otoliths (unfigured). 
Remarks : Fitch (1969b) also reported otoliths of C. townsendi from LACMIP locality 435 (Lomita Marl, 
Pliocene), however this locality is considered Pleistocene (Blake 1991; Dibblee 1999). 
Genus Diaphus Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 
f Diaphus bolini (David 1943) 
Selected Synonymy & References 
f Lampanyctus bolini David 1943:64-68; text-figs. 13a-d, pis. 7 (fig. 2), 9 (figs. 1, 2). 
f Lampanyctus bolini David: Pierce 1956:1310, pi. 144, figs. 6, 7. 
f Diaphus bolini (David): Fitch 1969b: 14-15. 
f Lampanyctus bolini David: Prokofiev 2002:673. 
Type Specimen : f Lampanyctus bolini David 1943, holotype, LACM (CIT) 10026 (pi. 7, fig. 2), two speci¬ 
mens in counterparts, one lying above the other, the lower specimen was designated as the holotype. 
Type Locality : LACM (CIT) locality 326, Santa Monica Mountains, Modelo Formation, Late Miocene, Los 
Angeles County. 
