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f Dasceies dassurus Jordan 1925:34, pi. 18: David 1943:128. 
^Diatomoeca zatima Jordan and Gilbert: Jordan 1927a:6. 
^Lampris (Diatomoeca) zatima (Jordan and Gilbert): David 1943:128, pi. 15, fig. 2. 
•fLampris (Diatomoeca) zatima (Jordan and Gilbert): Fitch and Lavenberg 1968:86. 
Type Specimen: f Diatomoeca zatima Jordan and Gilbert 1919a, holotype, CAS 55496 (SU 146,133), partial 
right counterpart. According to David (1943:129), CAS 55603 (SU 215,336) is the left counterpart of the 
holotype. Original description placed fZ>. zatima in the Pleuronectidae. 
Type Locality : Lompoc, Monterey Formation, Late Miocene, Santa Barbara Comity. 
Rg.ferrcd_§pec i men?; None 
Referred Specimens of tJ). zatima in Jordan and Gilbert ("1920V None. 
Referred Specimens of tL. zatima in Jordan (1920a) : Although no museum number is given, figure 3 is a pho¬ 
tograph of SU 600 described and figured in Jordan (1921). The figure in Jordan (1921) was printed upside 
down. Specimen is from Lompoc. 
Referred Specimens of fD. zatima in Jordan (1921a) : All from Lompoc and whereabouts unknown: SU 600, 
left counterpart; SU 62A and 62B, left and right counterparts; SU 57, posterior counterpart. 
Holotype of Wasceles dassurus Jordan 0925) : From Lompoc: holotype, CAS 55609 (SU 703, 217), a head¬ 
less right counterpart Embiotocidae. 
Referred Specimens of W. zatima in Jordan (1927a) : Briefly mentions three specimens whereabouts 
unknown, SU 452,453, and 454. Lampridae. 
Referred Specimens and Holotype of fL, zatima and Referred Specimens and Holotype of tZ>. dassums in 
David (1943) : From Lompoc: holotype, fL. zatima: CAS 55496 (SU 146,133) and CAS 55603 (SU 
215, 336), right and left counterparts; f/>. dassums : holotype, CAS 55609 (217, 703), partial right 
counterpart; nine specimens whereabouts unknown, SU 147,148,149,150,151 (600), 213, 214,216 
(452). 
From LACM locality 5839, El Capitan Beach, Monterey Formation, Late Miocene, Santa Barbara County; 
LACM 130005 (= USC 210), left counterpart (pi. 15). 
Referred Specimens of fL. zatima in Fitch and Lavenberg 0968:86 : The authors note that a Miocene fossil 
opah, fL. zatima , was found in Santa Baibara County. 
Remarks : Jordan (1920a, b) placed f Diatomoeca in the synonomy of Lampris , however, Jordan (1927a) 
referred to f L. zatima as f Diatomoeca zatima. In their study of pleuroneciform fishes, Chanet and Schultz 
(1994:102) noted that f/>. zatima is too incomplete for comparison with the new species they were 
describing from the Miocene of Austria. 
Figure 27. f Lampris zatima (Jordan and Gilbert 1919a), holotype, CAS 55496 (from color image provided by CAS); scale bar 
equals 5 cm. 
