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Genus Notoscopelus Gunther 1864 
Notoscopelus resplendens (Richardson 1845) 
Selected References (fossils only) 
Lampanyctus resplendens Richardson 1845:42; plate 27 (figs. 16-18). 
Notoscopelus resplendens (Richardson): Fitch 1969b:3, 6, 8, table 1, fig. lm. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Lampanyctus resplendens Richardson 1845, six syntypes, BMNH 1848.3.16 
(Eschmeyer 1998:1439). 
Type Locality : ?Gulf of Guinea, West Africa. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch 11969b:3. 6. 8. table 1. fig, lm : From LACMIP locality 305 (= LACM locality 
4213), San Diego, San Diego Formation, Late Pliocene, San Diego County; two otoliths (one as fig. lm). 
Remarks : Fitch (1969b:3, 6, 8, table 1) also reported otoliths of N. resplendens from LACMIP locality 435 
(Lomita Marl, Pliocene, Los Angeles County), however this locality is considered Pleistocene (Blake 
1991; Dibblee 1999). 
Notoscopelus sp.: Fitch 1969b: 11, table 2, fig. 2f 
Referred Specimens in Fitch ( 1969b: 11. table 2. fig. 2f): From California State Highway 178, Round Mountain 
Silt, Middle Miocene, Kern County; 57 otoliths (one as fig. 2f). 
Genus Stenobrachius Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 
Stenobrachius leucopsarus (Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890) 
Selected References (fossils only) 
Stenobrachius leucopsarus (Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890:5): Fitch 1967:10, 19. 
Stenobrachius leucopsarus (Eigenmann and Eigenmann): Fitch 1968:9. 
Stenobrachius leucopsarus (Eigenmann and Eigenmann): Fitch 1969b:3, 6, 9, table 1, fig. If. 
Stenobrachius leucopsarus (Eigenmann and Eigenmann): Zinsmeister 1970:124, table 1. 
Stenobrachius leucopsarus (Eigenmann and Eigenmann): Nolf 1985:57. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Myctophum leucopsarum Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890, lectotype, USNM 41916 
(Eschmeyer 1998:900). 
Type Locality : Off Point Loma, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch 0967:191 : he notes that otoliths of S. leucopsarus were found in five of eight 
marine Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits in Southern California, especially in LACMIP locality 435, 
Miraleste Canyon, San Pedro, Lomita Marl, Late Pliocene, Los Angeles County. No specific specimens 
were mentioned, (see Remarks). 
Referred Specimens in Fitch 11968:81 : No specific specimens. He notes that otoliths of S. leucopsarus have 
been found in many southern California Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits, with more than 1,000 having 
been recovered from a deposit in San Pedro (see next entry). 
Referred Specimens in Fitch (T969b:3. 6. 9. table P : From LACMIP locality 471 (= LACM locality 3802), 
Upper Newport Bay (= Newport Back Bay Cliffs), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Orange 
County; 606 otoliths (unfigured). 
From LACMIP locality 31425, Downtown Los Angeles, Pico Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Los Angeles 
County; 44 otoliths (unfigured). 
From LACMIP locality 305 (= LACM locality 44213), San Diego, San Diego Formation, Late Pliocene, 
San Diego County; one otolith (unfigured). 
Referred Specimens in Nolf 0985:571 : No specific specimens. He refers to the otoliths reported by Fitch 
(1969b) from the California Pliocene. 
Referred Specimens in Zinsmeister 0970:124. table P : From LACMIP locality 471 (= LACM locality 3802), 
Upper Newport Bay (= Newport Back Bay Cliffs), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Orange County; 
