welaka, Notropis Evermann [B. W.] & Kendall [W. C.] 1898:126, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 17 (art. 5) (for 1897); ref. 1281] St. John's River, near Welaka, Putnam County, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 48786. Paratypes: CAS-SU 9053 [not 5773] (orig. 15, now 14), CAS-SU 69788 [ex CAS-SU 9053] (1); UMMZ 172294 [ex USNM 127014] (2); USNM 48785 (now 6), 127014 [ex USBF 529] (orig. 18, now 16). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:35-36 [ref. 12291], Gilbert 1978:88 [ref. 7042], Gilbert 1998:164 [ref. 23395]. •Valid as Notropis welaka Evermann & Kendall 1898 -- (Bailey & Robison 1978:13 [ref. 8963], Gilbert 1978:88 [ref. 7042], Lee et al. 1980:323 [ref. 22416], Dimmick 1987:317 [ref. 11406], Suttkus & Mettee 2001:38 [ref. 25253]). •Valid as Pteronotropis welaka (Evermann & Kendall 1898) -- (Page & Burr 1991:119 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:59 [ref. 23239], Mettee et al. 1996:313 [ref. 25836], Gilbert 1998:164 [ref. 23395], Johnston & Knight 1999:200 [ref. 23705], Simons et al. 2000:1068 [ref. 25101], Ross et al. 2001:246 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:77 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:277 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2005:36 [ref. 28940], Page & Burr 2011:234 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:77 [ref. 32708], Mayden & Allen 2015:[3] [ref. 34137], Robins et al. 2018:124 [ref. 35886], Page et al. 2023:75 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pteronotropis welaka (Evermann & Kendall 1898). Leuciscidae: Pogonichthyinae. Distribution: Eastern North America: southeastern U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater.