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OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
Number 159 
Genus Oxyjulis Gill 1863 
Oxyjulis californica (Gunther 1861) 
Selected Synonymy & References 
Halichoeres californicus Gunther 1861:386. 
Oxyjulis californica (Gunther): Fitch 1967:14. 
Oxyjulis californica (Gunther): Fitch 1968:16. 
Oxyjulis californica (Gunther): Fitch and Lavenberg 1975:80. 
Oxyjulis californica (Gunther): Nolf 1985:93. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Halichoeres californicus Gunther (1861:386), syntypes USNM 706-707 (Eschmeyer 
1998:309). 
Type Locality : Monterey, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch (1967:14) : No specific specimens. He states that otoliths of O. californica have 
been found in several southern California Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch (1968:16) : Same information as in entry above of Fitch (1967). 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg (1975:80) : Otoliths of O. californica have been found in several 
Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits in California. 
Referred Specimens in Nolf (1985:93) : Cites Fitch (1967) that otoliths have been reported from 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 O. californica , its presence in the Neogene of California is questionable. 
Genus Semicossyphus Gunther 1861 
Semicossyphus pule her (Ayres 1854) 
Selected Synonymy & References 
Labrus pulcher Ayres 1854:174 
Pimelometopon pulchrunt (Ayres): Fitch 1968:16. 
Pimelometopon pulchrunt (Ayres): Fitch and Lavenberg 1971:88 
Semicossyphus pulcher (Ayres): Eschmeyer and Herald 1983: 237 
Type Specimen : Extant, Labrus pulcher Ayres 1854, no types known (Eschmeyer 1995:1394). 
Type Locality : San Diego, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch (1968:16) : He notes that remains of S. pulcher (= P. pulchrunt), primarily jaw 
and pharyngeal teeth, have been found in many southern California Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg (1971:88) : No specific specimens are mentioned, however they 
note fossilized jaw and pharyngeal teeth of sheepshead (= S. pulcher ?) have been found in many Pliocene 
deposits in southern California, and the jaw teeth of S. pulcher (= P. pulchrunt ) have been recovered from 
Miocene deposits. 
Remarks : Because Fitch (1968) and Fitch and Lavenberg (1971) did not give any specific fossil locality con¬ 
taining otoliths of S. pulcher, its presence in the Neogene of California is questionable. 
Suborder Zoarcoidei 
Family Bathymasteridae 
Genus Rathbunella Jordan and Evermann 1896a 
Selected Synonymy & References 
Bathymaster hypoplectus Gilbert (1890:97). 
Rathbunella hypoplecta (Gilbert 1890): Eschmeyer and Herald 1983:239. 
Rathbunella hypoplecta (Gilbert 1890): Fitch and Lavenberg (1975:26). 
