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Type Specimen : ^Ophidion oiymandias Jordan 1921a, holotype, CAS 55583 (SU 332), vertebral segment of 
right counterpart. Ophiodontidae. 
Type Locality : Lompoc, Monterey Formation, Late Miocene, Santa Barbara County. 
None. 
FIGURE 44. |Ophidian ozymatuiias Jordan 1921a, holotype, CAS 55583 (from color image provided by CAS); scale bar equals 5 
cm. 
Order Batrachoidiformes 
Family Batrachoididae 
Genus Porichthys Girard 1854b 
Porichthys notatus Girard 1854b 
Selected References (fossils only) 
Porichthys notatus Girard 1854b: Fitch 1967:17. 
Porichthys notatus Girard: Fitch and Reimer 1967:79, 84,88, table 1, fig. 18. 
Porichthys notatus Girard: Downs 1968:53, text-fig. 25b. 
Porichthys notatus Girard: Fitch and Lavenberg 1971:35. 
Porichthys notatus Girard: Nolf 1985:57. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Porichthys notatus Girard, holotype, USNM 520. 
Type Locality : San Francisco, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch (1967:17) : No specific specimens. He notes that otoliths of R notatus are abun¬ 
dant in southern California Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Reimer (1967:79. 84. 88. table 1 fig. 18V From LACMIP locality 423 
(= LACM locality 3245), Signal Hill (= Interstate 405 and Cherry Avenue, Long Beach), Fernando 
Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Los Angeles County; 14 otoliths (one as fig. 18) (see Remarks). 
Referred Specimens in Downs (1968:53. text-fig. 25bV Made the general statement that otoliths of R notatus 
were found in Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits of Southern California and figured one in text-fig. 25b. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch (1968:23) : No specific specimens. He notes that otoliths of R notatus are usual- 
