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Family Scombridae sensu Orrell et al. 2006 
Genus Scomber Linnaeus 1758 
Remarks : Bannikov and Sorbini (1984:309) placed the type species of f Aaxides Jordan 1919:10, fThynnus 
propterygius Agassiz 1833-43, in the genus IfScombrosarda Danil’chenko 1962, however Monsch 
(2006:874) argued IfAuxides is a valid genus for specimens from the Paleocene sediments of the Tethys 
region, but agreed with Bannikov (1985:24) that -fAaxides should not include the mackerel-like fishes 
from the Miocene of North America. Bannikov (1985:24) listed the following fossil genera in the syn¬ 
onymy of Scomber Linnaeus: f Turio Jordan and Gilbert (1920), -fThyrsion Jordan in Jordan and Gilbert 
(1920), f Aaxides Jordan (1921a), and f Irifera Jordan (1927a). 
fi Scomber sanctaemonicae (Jordan 1919) 
Figure 95 
Selected Synonomy & References 
fScombroid fish Jordan 1907:133: Jordan 1919:10. 
tPterothrissoid fish Jordan 1907:127, fig. 22: Jordan 1919:10. 
fAuxides sanctae-monicae Jordan 1919:10-12, pi. 5, fig. 2. 
■\Aaxides sanctae-monicae Jordan: Jordan 1921a:268. 
^Scomber sanctae-monicae (Jordan): David 1943:29, text fig. 7. 
Type Specimen : Aaxides sanctae-monicae Jordan 1919, holotype, CAS 55613 (SU 51, 154), partial right 
counterpart. 
Type Locality : Brown’s Canon, Santa Monica Mountains, Modelo Formation, Late Miocene, Los Angeles 
County. 
Referred Specimens in Jordan 1919 : From the type locality: two partial counterparts, one (SU 41) originally 
identified as a scombroid fish and the other, CAS 55415, as a pterothrissoid fish. SU 41 is one of the num¬ 
bers associated with the holotype of fSyngnathus avus and most likely the correct number for the referred 
specimen is CAS 55611 (SU 52). 
Referred Specimens in David U943J : From LACM (CU) locality 321, Santa Monica Mountains, Modelo 
Figure 95. t Scomber sanctaemonicae (Jordan 1919), holotype, CAS 55613 (from color image provided by CAS); scale bar equals 
3 cm. 
