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Figure 37. ^Promerluccius venturaensis David 1956, holotype, LACM (CIT) 10517 (from color image provided by LACM); scale 
bar equals 1 mm. 
Genus Merluccius Rafinesque 1810 
Merluccius productus (Ayres 1855) 
Selected References (fossils only) 
Merluccius productus (Ayres): Fitch and Reimer 1967:79,82, 84; fig. 12, table 1. 
Merluccius productus (Ayres): Fitch 1968:10. 
Merluccius productus (Ayres): Fitch 1969a:72,75, 78, table 1. 
Merluccius productus (Ayres): Zinsmeister 1970:124, table 1. 
Merluccius productus (Ayres): Fitch and Lavenbeig 1971:94. 
Merluccius productus (Ayres): Nolf 1985:61. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Merlangus productus Ayres 1855, syntype, USNM 529. 
Type Locality : Coast of California, Oregon, and Washington. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Reimer ( 1967: fig. 12^ : From LACMIP locality 423 (= LACM locality 3245), 
Signal Hill (= Interstate 405 and Cherry Avenue, Long Beach), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Los 
Angeles County; eight poorly preserved otoliths, one figured. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch0968:10) : No specific specimens. He states that otoliths have been found in many 
southern California Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch 1969a) : From LACMIP locality 471 (= LACM locality 3802), Upper Newport 
Bay (= Newport Back Bay Cliffs), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Orange County; 427 
otoliths (none figured). 
From LACMIP locality 31425, Downtown Los Angeles, Pico Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Los Angeles 
County; 561 otoliths (none figured). 
