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Referred Specimens in David 09431 : All from Lompoc, Monterey Formation, Late Miocene, Santa Barbara 
County, California; holotype of fS. sanctae-barbarae, SU 173 (62), left counterpart; holotype of 
f H. archaeus, CAS 55643 (SU 455, 174), right counterpart of vertebral column; CAS 55500 (SU 170), 
partial left counterpart; and two specimens whereabouts unknown, USC 205 and an uncatalogued speci¬ 
men in the office at the Lompoc quarry. Carangidae. 
Remarks : The hyphen was removed from the species name to comply with Article 27 of the International Code 
of Zoological Nomenclature [Eschmeyer (1990:253)]. 
Seriola sp. David 1944:30, pi. 2, figs. 12, 13 
Referred Specimens : From Ohio Oil Company “K.C.L.-G.” well number 1, Fruitvale District, Early-Middle 
Miocene (Zemorrian), Kern County; two scales (pi. 2, figs. 12, 13), whereabouts unknown. 
Genus Trachurus Gronow in Gray 1854 
True hums symmetricus (Ayres 1855) 
Selected Synonymy & References 
Trachurus symmetricus (Ayres 1855): Fitch 1967:19-21. 
Trachurus symmetricus (Ayres): Fitch 1968:13. 
Trachurus symmetricus (Ayres): Fitch 1969a:72, table 1. 
Trachurus symmetricus (Ayres): Fitch and Lavenberg 1971:53. 
Trachurus symmetricus (Ayres): Nolf 1985:85. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Caranx symmetricus Ayres 1855, whereabouts unknown (Eschmeyer 1998:1638). 
Type Locality : San Francisco Bay, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch 11967:12. 19-211 : On page 12, he makes the general statement that otoliths of 
T. symmetricus have been found in several southern California Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits. On 
pages 19-21, he discussed the similarities and differences in the fish faunas between Pleistocene localities 
(LACMIP localities 130, 332 and others) and the Pliocene LACMIP locality 435 (= LACM locality 3065 
and 3759), Miraleste Canyon, Lomita Marl Formation, Los Angeles County. He concluded that T. sym¬ 
metricus was present in most all Pleistocene sites as well as LACMIP locality 435. No specific specimens 
were mentioned. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch 11968:131 : He notes that otoliths of T. symmetricus have been found in several 
southern California Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits, but they are not abundant in any of them. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch (T969a:72. table P : From LACMIP locality 471 (= LACM locality 802), Upper 
Newport Bay (= Newport Back Bay Cliffs), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Orange County; 
24 otoliths. 
From LACMIP locality 31425, Downtown Los Angeles, Pico Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Los Angeles 
County; 31 otoliths. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg ( 1971:53k Authors note that otoliths of T. symmetricus have been 
found in many Pliocene deposits in southern California. 
Referred Specimens in Nolf 0985:851 : He cites Fitch (1967) that otoliths have been reported from the 
California Pliocene. 
Remarks : Fitch (1967, 1969a) listed otoliths of T. symmetricus from LACMIP locality 435 (Lomita Marl), a 
locality he believed was of Pliocene age, but now considered Pleistocene (Blake 1991; Dibblee 1999). 
Family Caristiidae 
Genus f Absalomichthys Whitley 1933 
t Absalomichthys velifer (Jordan and Gilbert in Jordan 1925) 
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