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Figure 45. f Emmachaere rhachites Jordan and Gilbert 1919a, holotype, CAS 69933 (from color image provided by CAS); scale 
bar equals 3 cm. 
Referred Specimens of rhachites in Jordan and Gilbert (1920) : From Lompoc: SU 220, whereabouts 
unknown; CAS 70002 (SU 22, 311), partial left counterpart, listed as a paratype in CAS collection. 
Serranidae. 
Referred Specimens and Holotvpe of t E. rhomalea Jordan (1921a) : Holotype, SU 21 (220), nearly complete 
right counterpart, whereabouts unknown; CAS 70002 (SU 22, 311), partial left counterpart. Serranidae. 
Referred Specimens of iE. rhomalea in Jordan (1925:30): CAS 70111 (SU 663, 39), fairly complete right 
counterpart. Epinephelidae. 
Referred Specimens fE, rhomalea in Jordan (1927a) : SU 469, whereabouts unknown; assigned to 
Epinephelidae. 
Holotype and Jfcf gire_d_Sp. egimens Of WEpjnep h elu ^Emm&ltggr e) rhymlw Jor dan in David (1943) : From 
Lompoc: holotype of f E. rhomalea Jordan, SU 21 (220), whereabouts unknown, and holotype CAS 
69933 (SU 165, 143) of f E. rhachites Jordan and Gilbert; CAS 70002 (SU 22, 311), partial left counter¬ 
part. Epinephelidae. 
Referred Specimens iE. rhachites or f E. rhomalea in Schultz (2000. 2006) : No specific specimens (see 
below). 
Remarks : David (1943) placed f/s. rhachites Jordan and Gilbert 1919a in the synonymy of fis. rhomalea 
Jordan 1921a, however it should have been reversed, because f. E. rhachites has priority. Schultz 
(2000:38) questioned whether there was enough morphological evidence to identify the holotype of 
f Wpittephehis (Emmachaere) rhomalea Jordan 1921a as a serranid, let alone as Epmephelus , based 
on the description and figure 24 in David (1943:129-131). Later, Schultz (2006:431) listed f E. rha¬ 
chites (= f E. rhomalea) among the Cenozoic Lophiidae. 
It is unclear why David (1943:130) wrote “not” in front of f E. rhomalea , a specimen CAS 70111 (SU 
663,39) that Jordan (1925:30) included in the species. 
The CAS catalogue lists CAS 55572 as a paratype for f E. rhomalea. 
