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Sebastes paucispinis Ayres 1854 
Selected Synonymy & References (fossils only) 
Sebastes paucispinis Ayres 1854: Downs 1968:53, text-fig. 25A. 
Sebastes paucispinis Ayres: Fitch and Lavenberg 1971:135. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Sebastes paucispinis Ayres 1854, holotype, whereabouts unknown (Eschmeyer 
1998:1301). 
Type Locality : California. 
Referred Specimens in Downs 0968:53. text-fig. 25A) : one otolith (text-fig. 25 A) from either the Pliocene or 
Pleistocene. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg ( 1971:135k Authors note that otoliths of S. paucispinis have been 
found in several Pliocene deposits. 
Remarks : Because Downs (1968) and Fitch and Lavenberg (1971) did not give any specific fossil locality that 
contained otoliths of S. paucispinis, its presence in the Neogene of California is questionable. 
f Sebastes rosae (Eigenmann 1890) 
Selected Synonymy & References 
fSebastodes (?) rosae Eigenmann 1890:16, unnumbered fig. 
fSebastodes rosae Eigenmann: Jordan and Gilbert 1919a:63 
Type Specimen : fSebastodes (?) rosae Eigenmann 1890, holotype, preopercle, unnumbered figure, where¬ 
abouts unknown (see Remarks). 
Type Locality : Port Harford (now Port San Luis), Avila beach, San Luis Obispo County. 
Referred Specimens : None. 
Referred Specimens in Jordan and Gilbert (T919a:63J : They briefly describe the holotype and incorrectly list 
the original type description on page 17, whereas page 16 is correct. 
Remarks : We place fSebastodes rosae in the genus Sebastes to agree with our assignment of other species of 
the Subfamily Sebastinae. Eigenmann (1890) and Jordan and Gilbert (1919a) gave only brief information 
about the specimen. Because they stated it was collected in Tertiary rocks, we suggest it was the Squire 
Member (Late Pliocene) of the Pismo Formation, strata that are well exposed in the area of Port San Luis 
and have produced a fossil marine vertebrate (Domning 1978:75). The authors do not indicate the institu¬ 
tion where the specimen was deposited. 
Sebastes sp. 
Selected Synonymy & References (fossils only) 
fSebastodes sp.: David 1944:40, pi, 4, fig. 41. 
fSebastodes aff. S. elongatus : Pierce 1956:1313, pi. 144, fig. 15. 
fSebastodes sp.: Fitch and Reimer 1967:79. 84, 86-87, table 2, fig. 6. 
fSebastodes sp.: Zinsmeister 1970:124, table 1. 
f Sebastes sp.: Fitch and Lavenberg 1971:132. 
Referred Specimens in David 11944: 40. pi. 4. fig. 414 : From LACM (CIT) locality 317, Santa Monica 
Mountains, Modelo Formation, Late Miocene, Los Angeles County; scale (pi. 4, fig. 41), whereabouts 
unknown. 
Referred Specimens in Pierce (T956J : From Benedict Canyon, Santa Monica Mountains, Modelo Formation, 
Late Miocene, Los Angeles County; USC 3646, scale (pi. 144, fig. 15), whereabouts unknown. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Reimer ( 1967) : From LACMIP locality 423 (= LACM locality 3245), Signal 
Hill (= Interstate 405 and Cherry Avenue, Long Beach), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Los 
Angeles County; three otoliths (one figured in fig. 10). 
Referred Specimens in Zinsmeister 0970:124. table 1J : From LACMIP locality 471 (= LACM locality 3802), 
Upper Newport Bay (= Newport Back Bay Cliffs), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Orange County; 
