ricei, Cottopsis Nelson [E. W.] 1876:40 [Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 3154] Lake Michigan near Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown, not at INHS. Type catalog: Sabaj et al. 1997:291 [ref. 23225]. •Valid as Cottus ricei (Nelson 1876) -- (Lee et al. 1980:823 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:358 [ref. 22186], McAllister 1990:197 [ref. 14674], Page & Burr 1991:245 [ref. 18983], Chereshnev 1996:606 [ref. 24659], Scott & Crossman 1998:839 [ref. 24570], Lyons et al. 2000:42 [ref. 26594], Bailey et al. 2004:172 [ref. 27882], Nelson et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27807], McPhail 2007:486 [ref. 31199], Scharpf 2008:11 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:468 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:122 [ref. 32708], Goto et al. 2014:[10] [ref. 33456], Young et al. 2022:329 [ref. 39356]). Current status: Valid as Cottus ricei (Nelson 1876). Cottidae. Distribution: North America: Canada and northern U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater.