kennicotti, Catonotus Putnam [F. W.] 1863:3 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 1 (art. 1); ref. 3567] A rocky brook, Union County, Illinois, U.S.A. Lectotype: MCZ 24665. Paralectotypes: MCZ 24665 [ex USNM 1811 and MCZ 37] (3); UMMZ 86347 [ex MCZ 24665, not 24658] (1); USNM 154784 [ex Wesleyan Univ.] (1). Type catalog: Collette & Knapp 1967:20 [ref. 20211]. Lectotype as USNM 1365 selected by Collette & Knapp 1967:20 [ref. 20211] shown to be invalid by Smith & Page 1975:777 [ref. 21526]; Smith & Page designate MCZ 24665 (male) as lectotype. •Valid as Etheostoma kennicotti (Putnam 1863) -- (Lee et al. 1980:660 [ref. 22416], Kuehne & Barbour 1983:149 [ref. 38055], Page 1983:149 [ref. 22189], Page & Burr 1991:320 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:119 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:498 [ref. 22809], Mettee et al. 1996:641 [ref. 25836], Poly & Wilson 1998:6 [ref. 26025], Ross et al. 2001:472 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:134 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:541 [ref. 27995], Blanton & Schuster 2008:844 [ref. 29948], Scharpf 2008:27 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:591 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:138 [ref. 32708], Stephens et al. 2014:544 [ref. 33552], Near et al. 2023:216 [ref. 40317]). Current status: Valid as Etheostoma kennicotti (Putnam 1863). Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: North America: Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi (southern-central U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.