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Type Specimen : Extant, Bathymaster hypoplectus Gilbert (1890:97), holotype, USNM 44380 (Eschmeyer 
1998:755). 
Type Locality : Off southern California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg 0975:261 : They state that otoliths of R. hypoplecta have been 
found in Pliocene deposits near San Pedro, Los Angeles County. 
Remarks : Because Fitch and Lavenberg (1975) did not give any specific fossil locality containing otoliths of 
R. hypoplecta, its presence in the Neogene of California is questionable, especially since the one Pliocene 
locality near San Pedro that is usually cited, LACMIP locality 435 (Lomita Marl) is now considered 
Pleistocene (Blake 1991; Dibblee 1999). 
Family Zoarcidae 
Genus Lycodes Reinhardt 1831 
Lycodes pacificus Collett 1879 
Selected Synonymy & References 
Lycodes pacificus Collett 1879. 
Lycodopsis pacifica (Collett): Fitch 1967:17, 19-21. 
Lycodopsis pacifica (Collett): Fitch 1968:23. 
Lycodopsis pacifica (Collett): Zinsmeister 1970:124, table 1. 
Lycodopsis pacifica (Collett): Nolf 1985:62. 
Lycodes pacificus Collett: Eschmeyer 1998:1267. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Lycodes pacificus Collett, holotype, ZMB 8280 (Eschmeyer 1998:1267). 
Type Locality : Off Japan (Eschmeyer 1998:1267). 
Referred Specimens in Fitch 0967:17. 19-211 : Fitch (1967:17) makes the general statement that otoliths of 
L. pacifica (= L. pacificus) have been found in several southern California Pliocene and Pleistocene 
deposits (see Remarks). 
Referred Specimens in Fitch 0968:231 : Same general statement as Fitch (1967:17). 
Referred Specimens in Zinsmeister 09701 : From LACMIP locality 471 (=LACM locality 3802), Upper 
Newport Bay (= Newport Back Bay Cliffs), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Orange County; pres¬ 
ent in fauna as otoliths and/or teeth, but does not state which one(s). 
Referred Specimens in Nolf 0 9851 : He notes that otoliths of L. pacifica (= L. pacificus) were reported from 
the Pliocene of California by Fitch (1967). 
Remarks : Fitch and Lavenberg (1968:78) made the general statement that zoarcid otoliths have been found in 
several Pliocene deposits in Southern California. On pages 19-21, Fitch (1967) identified one of the 
Pliocene localities as: LACMIP locality 435 (= LACM localities 3065, 3759), Miraleste Canyon, Lomita 
Marl Formation, Los Angeles County. The Lomita Marl is now considered Pleistocene in age (Blake 1991; 
Dibblee 1999). 
Family Cryptacanthodidae 
Genus Cryptacanthodes Storer 1839 
Cryptacanthodes aleutensis (Gilbert 1896) 
Selected Synonymy & References 
Lyconectes aleutensis Gilbert 1896:542. 
Lyconectes aleutensis Gilbert: Fitch 1967:19-21. 
Lyconectes aleutensis Gilbert: Fitch 1968:23. 
Lyconectes aleutensis Gilbert: Nolf 1985:97. 
Cryptacanthodes aleutensis (Gilbert): Eschmeyer 1998:72. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Lyconectes aleutensis Gilbert 1896, holotype, USNM 48620 (Eschmeyer 1998:72). 
Type Locality : North of Unalaska Island. 
