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ly abundant in southern California Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits, with nearly 700 having been recov¬ 
ered from the Pliocene Lomita Marl, San Pedro (see Remarks). 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg 0971:351 : They make the general statement that otoliths of 
P. notatus are abundant in Pliocene deposits throughout California. 
Referred Specimens in Nolf 0985:571 : No specific specimens mentioned. He notes that otoliths of P. notatus 
were reported from the California Pliocene by Fitch (1967). 
Remarks : LACMIP locality 435 (= LACM localities 3065, 3759), Miraleste Canyon, Lomita Marl Formation, 
Los Angeles County, is considered Pleistocene (Blake 1991; Dibblee 1999) not Pliocene. According to 
Powell (1998:70-71), LACMIP locality 423 (= LACM locality 3245) is in Pleistocene strata, therefore a 
Pliocene record of P. notatus from this locality is questionable. 
Porichthys myriaster Hubbs and Schultz 1939 
Selected References (fossils only) 
Porichthys myriaster Hubbs and Schultz: Fitch and Reimer 1967:79, 84, 87, table 1, fig. 15. 
Porichthys myriaster Hubbs and Schultz: Fitch and Lavenberg 1975:28. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Porichthys myriaster Hubbs and Schultz 1939, holotype, USNM 8483. 
Type Locality : San Diego, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Reimer 0967:79. 84. 87. table L fig. 15k From LACMIP locality 423 
(= LACM locality 3245), Signal Hill (= Interstate 405 and Cherry Avenue, Long Beach), Fernando 
Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Los Angeles County; one otolith (fig. 18). 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg 0975:281 : They make the general statement that otoliths of P. 
myriaster have been found in several Pliocene deposits in Southern California. 
Remarks : According to Powell (1998:70-71), LACMIP locality 423 (= LACM locality 3245) is in Pleistocene 
strata, therefore a Pliocene record of P. myriaster from this locality is questionable. 
Order Lophiiformes 
Suborder Lophioidei 
Family Lophiidae 
Genus f Emmachaere Jordan and Gilbert 1919a 
f Emmachaere rhachites Jordan and Gilbert 1919a 
Figure 45 
Selected Synonymy & References 
f Emmachaere rhachites Jordan and Gilbert 1919a:59, pi. 28 fig. 2. 
f Emmachaere rhachites Jordan and Gilbert: Jordan and Gilbert 1920:26-27, pis. 15, 16. 
f Emmachaere rhachites Jordan and Gilbert: Jordan 1921a:277. 
f Emmachaere rhomalea Jordan 1921a:278, pl.43 (restoration), 
not f Emmachaere rhomalea Jordan: Jordan 1925:30: David 1943:130. 
f Emmachaere rhomalea Jordan: Jordan 1927a:9. 
f?Epinephelus ( Emmachaere ) rhomalea Jordan: David 1943: 129-131, text-fig. 24. 
f? Epinephelus ( Emmachaere ) rhomalea Jordan: Schultz 2000: 38. 
f Emmachaere rhachites Jordan and Gilbert: Schultz 2006:431. 
Type Specimen : f Emmachaere rhachites Jordan and Gilbert, holotype, CAS 69933 (SU165, 143 or 43?), par¬ 
tial right counterpart. Lophiidae (?). 
Type Locality : Lompoc, Monterey Formation, Late Miocene, Santa Barbara County. 
Referred Specimens : None. 
