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Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg ( 1975:19-201 : No specific specimens mentioned, but otoliths have 
been found in several Pliocene deposits in southern California. 
Referred Specimens in Nolf 0985:691 : No specific specimens. Refers to Fitch (1967) that otoliths of A. affi- 
nis are found in the Pliocene of California. 
Remarks : Because Fitch (1967, 1968) and Fitch and Lavenberg (1975) did not give any specific fossil locali¬ 
ty containing otoliths of A. affinis , its presence in the Neogene of California is questionable. 
Atherinops sp. 
Referred Specimens in Huddleston and Takeuchi 12006:33. table 11 : From LACM locality 6907, Pomona 
Freeway Chalk Hill, Puente Formation, Late Miocene, Los Angeles County; no specific specimens men¬ 
tioned. 
Genus Atherinopsis Girard 1854a 
Atherinopsis californiensis Girard 1854a 
Selected References (fossils only) 
Atherinopsis californiensis Girard 1854a: Fitch and Reimer 1967:79, 83-85, table 1, fig. 3. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Atherinopsis californiensis Girard 1854a, syntypes, ANSP 10208-10, USNM 351 and 
352 (Eschmeyer 1998:309). 
Type Locality : San Francisco, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Reimer 11967:79. 83-85. table 1. fig. 3k 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. 3). 
Remarks : According to Powell (1998:70-71), LACMIP locality 423 (= LACM locality 3245) is in Pleistocene 
strata, therefore a Pliocene record of A. californiensis from this locality is questionable. 
Atherinopsis sp. 
Referred Specimens in Huddleston and Takeuchi 12006:33. table 11 : From LACM locality 6907, Pomona 
Freeway Chalk Hill, Puente Formation, Late Miocene, Los Angeles County; no specific specimens men¬ 
tioned. 
Genus Leuresthes Jordan and Gilbert 1880b 
Leuresthes tenuis (Ayres 1860) 
Selected References (fossils only) 
Leuresthes tenuis (Ayres 1860): Fitch and Lavenberg 1971:29. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Atherinopsis tenuis Ayres 1860, holotype, whereabouts unknown (Eschmeyer 
1998:1662). 
Type Locality : San Francisco, California (Eschmeyer 1998:1662). 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg 11971:291 : Authors make the general statement that fossil grunion 
otoliths have been found in several southern California Pliocene deposits. 
Remarks : Because Fitch and Lavenberg (1971) did not give any specific fossil locality containing otoliths of 
L. tenuis , its presence in the Neogene of California is questionable. 
Genus f Zanteclites Jordan and Gilbert 1919a 
f Zanteclites hubbsi Jordan and Gilbert 1919a 
Figure 46 
Synonymy & References 
f Zanteclites hubbsi Jordan and Gilbert 1919a:39-40, pi. 15, fig. 3, pi. 16 (restoration). 
