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Selected References 
Batistes poly lepis Steindachner 1876: Fitch and Lavenberg 1971:32; 1975:24. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Batistes polylepis Steindachner, several syntypes, NMW 63496-500 et al. (Eschmeyer 
1998:1364) 
Type Locality : Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg ( 1971:32 and 1975:24k No specific specimens, however they state 
triggerfish teeth, possibly from B. polylepis, have been found in Miocene deposits near Bakersfield, Kem 
County, and Santa Ana, Orange County, California (see Remarks). 
Remarks : Because Fitch and Lavenberg (1971 and 1975) did not give any specific fossil locality containing 
teeth of B. polylepis, its presence in the Neogene of California is questionable. 
Suborder Tetraodontoidei 
Family Tetraodontidae 
Genus Sphoeroides Anonymous 1798 
Sphoeroides sp. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg (1975:123k Teeth belonging to Sphoeroides have been found in 
some Miocene deposits in California. 
Remarks : Because Fitch and Lavenberg (1975) did not give any specific fossil locality containing otoliths of 
Sphoeroides sp., its presence in the Neogene of California is questionable. 
Family Molidae 
Family Molidae genus and species undetermined: Hakel and Stewart 2002:62A 
Referred Specimens : No specific specimens or localities were mentioned, however they documented molids in 
five Middle to Late Miocene marine formations in southern and central California. The general localities 
localities were: Round Mountain Silt, Middle Miocene, Kem County; Monterey Formation, Late Miocene, 
Santa Barbara County; Modelo Formation, Late Miocene, Ventura County; Puente Formation, Late 
Miocene, Los Angeles County; Topanga Formation, Middle Miocene, Orange County. 
ERRONEOUS ACCOUNTS 
Order Cypriniformes 
Family Cyprinidae 
Genus Ortho don Girard 1856b 
Orthodon cf. O. microlepidotus (Ayres 1854) 
Selected Synonymy & References 
Gila microlepidota Ayres 1954:18. 
Orthodon microlepidotus (Ayres):Eschmeyer 1998:1080. 
Orthodon cf. O. microlepidotus (Ayres): Casteel and Rymer 1975:619-620, fig. 2A. 
Orthodon cf. O. microlepidotus (Ayres): Casteel and Rymer 1980:232, tables 31 and 32. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Gila microlepidota Ayres, possible syntype, ANSP 5336 (Eschmeyer 1998:1080). 
Type Locality : Lower Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, California (Eschmeyer 1998:1080). 
Referred Specimens of Orthodon cf. O. microlepidotus (Ayres) in Casteel and Rymer ( 1975:619-620. fig. 2Ak 
From USGS vertebrate locality M-1239, Cache Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Lake County; USNM 
184072, partial pharyngeal tooth (fig. 2A). 
