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SU 52109 Lestidium johnfitchi Rofen [R. R.], 1960 Holotype  [Collection database record]
johnfitchi, Lestidium Rofen [R. R.] 1960:284, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1959 (no. 4); ref. 11944] East end Anchorage, San Clemente Island, southern California, U.S.A., in 15 fathoms [at night from a purse seine]. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 52109 [ex UCLA W53-254]. Type catalog: Post 1972:149 [ref. 20860]. •Valid as Lestidium johnfitchi Rofen 1960 -- (Love et al. 2005:41 [ref. 37547]). •Valid as Macroparalepis johnfitchi (Rofen 1960) -- (Fukui & Ozawa 2004:293 [ref. 28076], Page et al. 2013:89 [ref. 32708], Love et al. 2021:64 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:93 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Macroparalepis johnfitchi (Rofen 1960). Paralepididae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.
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