Etheostoma Rafinesque [C. S.] 1819:419 Neut. Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque 1819. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Agassiz 1854:304 [ref. 69], and confirmed as type species by ICZN (Opinion 14). •Valid as Etheostoma Rafinesque 1819 -- (Collette & Bănărescu 1977:1455 [ref. 5845], Page 1981:28 [ref. 3347], Kuehne & Barbour 1983:66 [ref. 38055], Page 1983:18, 58 [ref. 22189], Bailey & Etnier 1988:12 [ref. 6873], Page et al. 1992 [ref. 19865], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:817 [ref. 21581], Bauer et al. 1995:1 [ref. 22529], Clabaugh et al. 1996:119 [ref. 22799], Turner 1997:319 [ref. 22898], Porterfield et al. 1999:551 [ref. 23911], Bart & Taylor 1999:23 [ref. 24150], Norris 2001:1 [ref. 25628], Powers & Mayden 2007:5 [ref. 29367], Blanton & Jenkins 2008:1 [ref. 29947], Blanton & Schuster 2008:844 [ref. 29948], Scharpf 2008:19 [ref. 30399], Layman & Mayden 2009:157 [ref. 30060], Mayden 2010:716 [ref. 31085], Smith et al. 2011:5 [ref. 31508], Near et al. 2011:573 [ref. 31507] with discussion, Near et al. 20122:593 [ref. 31507] as a clade name, Harrington & Near 2012:64 [ref. 31699], Powers et al. 2012:43 [ref. 31949], Bruner 2011:37 [ref. 32226], Suttkus et al. 2012:1 [ref. 32288], Layman & Mayden 2012:1 [ref. 32285], Stephens et al. 2014:544 [ref. 33552], Near et al. 2016:127 [ref. 34865], Piller & Bart 2017:569 [ref. 35619], Kozal et al. 2017:263 [ref. 35621], Sterling & Warren 2020:1 [ref. 37736], Wood et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40115], Hilburn et al. 2023:151 [ref. 40456]). Current status: Valid as Etheostoma Rafinesque 1819. Percidae: Etheostomatinae.