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Remarks : Casteel and Rymer (1980:232, tables 31 and 31) and Rymer (1981) have reassigned USGS verte¬ 
brate locality M-1239 to the Lower Lake Formation, Pleistocene, Lake County, therefore this record of 
Orthodon cf. O. microlepidotus being collected in a Neogene deposit is erroneous. 
Order Myctophiformes 
Family Myctophidae 
Genus Myctophum Rafmesque 1810 
Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899 
References (fossils only) 
Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899:266; plate 56 (fig. 3) 
Myctophum nitidulum Garman: Fitch 1969b:3, 6, 8, table 1, fig. Id. 
Myctophum nitidulum Garman: Nolf 1985:56. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Myctophum nitidulum Garman 1899, holotype, MCZ 28493 (Eschmeyer 1998:1190). 
Type Locality : Northeast of Hawaiian Islands. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch (T969b:3. 6. 8. table 1. fig. Id) : From LACMIP locality 435, Miraleste Canyon, 
San Pedro, Lomita Marl, Late Pliocene, Los Angeles County; one otolith (fig. Id) (see Remarks). 
Referred Specimens in Nolf 0985:561 : No specific specimens. He mentions that Fitch (1969b) reported 
otoliths from the California Pliocene (see Remarks). 
Remarks : LACMIP locality 435 (Lomita Marl, Los Angeles County) is now considered Pleistocene (Blake 
1991; Dibblee 1999), therefore the record ofM nitidulum in the Pliocene is erroneous. 
Genus Parvilux Hubbs and Wisner 1964 
Parvilux ingens Hubbs and Wisner 1964 
Selected References (fossils only) 
Parvilux ingens Hubbs and Wisner 1964:451, figs. 1-4, pi. 25 (fig. 1) 
Parvilux ingens Hubbs and Wisner: Fitch 1969b:3, 6, table 1, fig. li. 
Parvilux ingens Hubbs and Wisner: Nolf 1985:57. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Parvilux ingens Hubbs and Wisner 1964, holotype, SIO 57-207 (Eschmeyer 
1998:775). 
Type Locality : Off southwestern side of Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch (T969b:3. 6. table 1. fig, lib From LACMIP locality 435, Miraleste Canyon, San 
Pedro, Lomita Marl, Late Pliocene, Los Angeles County; eight otoliths (one as fig. li). 
Referred Specimens in Nolf 0985:571 : No specific specimens. He refers to the otoliths reported by Fitch 
(1969b) from the California Pliocene. 
Remarks : LACMIP locality 435 (Lomita Marl, Los Angeles County) is now considered Pleistocene (Blake 
1991; Dibblee 1999), therefore the record ofR ingens in the Pliocene is erroneous. 
Genus Protomyctophum Fraser-Brunner 1949 
Protomyctophum crocked (Bolin 1939) 
Selected References (fossils only) 
Protomyctophum crocked (Bolin 1939:98, fig. 4): Fitch 1968:9. 
Protomyctophum crocked (Bolin): Fitch 1969b:3, 8-9, table 1. 
Protomyctophum crocked (Bolin): Nolf 1985:57. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Electrona crocked Bolin 1939, holotype, SU 33683 (Eschmeyer 1998:428). 
