rupestre, Etheostoma (Rhothoeca) Gilbert [C. H.] & Swain [W.] in Gilbert 1887:57 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 10 (no. 607); ref. 17814] North River, tributary of Black Warrior River, near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.A. Lectotype: USNM 36695. Paralectotypes: USNM 188971 [ex USNM 36695] (17). Type catalog: Collette & Knapp 1967:38 [ref. 20211]. Lectotype selected in Collette & Knapp 1967:38 [ref. 20211]. •Valid as Etheostoma rupestre Gilbert & Swain 1887 -- (Lee et al. 1980:688 [ref. 22416], Kuehne & Barbour 1983:81 [ref. 38055], Page 1983:69 [ref. 22189], Page & Burr 1991:295 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:120 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:521 [ref. 22809], Mettee et al. 1996:663 [ref. 25836], Ross et al. 2001:488 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:135 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:555 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2008:31 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:544 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:139 [ref. 32708], Stephens et al. 2014:544 [ref. 33552], Hilburn et al. 2023:159 [ref. 40456]). Current status: Valid as Etheostoma rupestre Gilbert & Swain 1887. Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: North America: Mobile basin in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee (southeastern U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.