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Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons: Fitch and Lavenberg 1975:55. 
Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons: Nolf 1985:90. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons, no types known (Eschmeyer 1998:55). 
Type Locality : San Francisco Bay, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch 0967:131 : Although otoliths of C. aggregata have been found in many southern 
California Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits, they usually make up less than 10% of the otoliths recov¬ 
ered. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Reimer 09671 : From LACMIP locality 423 (= LACM locality 245), Signal 
Hill (= Interstate 405 and Cherry Avenue, Long Beach), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Los 
Angeles County; 10 otoliths (see Remarks). 
Referred Specimens in Downs 09681 : One otolith (text-fig. 25D). The figure legend gives the general age as 
Pliocene and Pleistocene for the specimen. No locality data. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch 0968:141 : He notes that otoliths of C. aggregata are abundant in most southern 
California Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits. 
Referred Specimens in Zinsmeister 09701 : From LACMIP locality 471 (=LACM locality 3802), Uppper 
Newport Bay, Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Orange County; no specific specimens listed. He did 
not distinguish between teeth and otoliths as remains. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg 11975:551 : No specific specimens, but otoliths of C. aggregata are 
found in many west coast deposits of Pliocene age. 
Referred Specimens in Nolf 0985:901 : He notes that Fitch (1967) reported otoliths of C. aggregata from the 
Pliocene of California. 
Remarks : According to Powell (1998:70-71), LACMIP locality 423 (= LACM locality 3245) is in Pleistocene 
strata, therefore a Pliocene record of C. aggregata from this locality is questionable. 
Genus Embiotoca Agassiz 1853 
Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz 1853 
Type Specimen : Extant, Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz, syntypes ?NMW 20040-43 (Eschmeyer 1998:797). 
Type Locality : San Francisco, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg 0975:571 : otoliths of E. jacksoni have been found in several 
Pliocene deposits. 
Remarks : Because no specific locality was given, the presence of E. jacksoni in the Neogene of California is 
questionable. 
Genus Damalichthys Girard 1855 
f Damalichthys saratogensis Casteel 1978 
Selected References 
^Damalichthys saratogensis Casteel 1978:293-298; figs., 1A, B. 
Type Specimen : f Damalichthys saratogensis Casteel 1978, holotype, USNM 184090, complete inferior pha¬ 
ryngeal (fig. 1A), whereabouts unknown. Embiotocidae. 
Type Locality : USGS vertebrate locality M-1219, Santa Clara Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Saratoga, Santa 
Clara County. 
Paratvpe : USNM 184089, inferior pharyngeal (fig. IB), from type locality. 
Referred Specimens : From type locality, no museum numbers: seven scales, two pharyngeal teeth, two oper¬ 
cular fragments, six atlas and two caudal vertebrae, and two fragments of the dentigerous portion of pha- 
ryngeals. 
Remarks : The holotype could not be located in the collection of the USNM or its satellite depository at USGS 
(Denver) (emails dated March 10, 2011, one from Mark Florence (USNM) and another from Kevin 
McKinney [USGS]). 
