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Type Locality : Markets of San Francisco, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg 0971:1081 : No specific specemens, only mentioned that otoliths 
of M. pacificus have been found in several Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits in southern California, but 
they are not common. 
Distribution of Neogene M. pacificus outside of California : None known. 
Remarks : Because Fitch and Lavenberg (1971) listed no specific locality with remains ofM pacificus , its pres¬ 
ence in the California Neogene is questionable. 
Genus Parophrys Girard 1854a 
Parophrys vetulus Girard 1854a 
Selected References 
Parophrys vetulus Girard 1854a: Fitch and Reimer 1967:79, 83-84, table 1, fig. 19. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Parophrys vetulus Girard 1854a, no types known (Eschmeyer 1998:1758). 
Type Locality : San Francisco, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Reimer 119671 : From LACMIP locality 423 (= LACM locality 3245), Signal 
Hill (= Interstate 405 and Cherry Avenue, Long Beach), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Los 
Angeles County; one otolith (fig. 21) (see Remarks). Bothidae. 
Remarks : According to Powell (1998:70-71), LACMIP locality 423 (= LACM locality 3245) is in Pleistocene 
strata, therefore a Pliocene record of P. vetulus from this locality is questionable. 
Family Cynoglossidae 
Genus Symphurus Rafmesque 1810 
Symphurus atricauda (Jordan and Gilbert 1880b) 
Selected References 
Symphurus atricauda (Jordan and Gilbert 1880b): Fitch and Lavenberg 1975:2. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Aphoristia atricauda Jordan and Gilbert 1880b, holotype, USNM 27396 (Eschmeyer 
1998:158). 
Type Locality : San Diego Bay, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg ( 1975:521 : They mention otoliths of S. atricauda have been found 
in several Pliocene deposits in California, and there is a skeletal imprint (no museum number) in a 
Miocene shale in Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County. 
Remarks : Because Fitch and Lavenberg (1975) listed no specific locality with remains of S. atricauda, its pres¬ 
ence in the California Neogene is questionable. 
Symphurus sp. 
Referred Specimens in Stewart and Govean (T998:79A-80AJ : From LACM locality 6287, ‘Santiago Road 
Overcrossing’, La Vida Member, Puente Formation, Late Miocene, Irvine, Orange County; 6 partial skele¬ 
tons, LACM 140563-140568. 
Order Tetraodontiformes 
Suborder Balistoidei 
Family Balistidae 
Genus Balistes Linnaeus 1758 
Balistes polylepis Steindachner 1876 
