Ambloplites Rafinesque [C. S.] 1820:53 Masc. Lepomis ictheloides Rafinesque 1820. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1820:33 (Dec.) [ref. 3592]. Amblyoplites Agassiz 1846:16 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. •Valid as Ambloplites Rafinesque 1820 -- (Cashner & Jenkins 1982 [ref. 5463], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:699 [ref. 21581], Gilbert 1998:23 [ref. 23395], Roe et al. 2002:898 [ref. 26504], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:522 [ref. 29996], Scharpf 2008:12 [ref. 30399], Roe et al. 2008:858 [ref. 29951], Minckley & Marsh 2009:283 [ref. 31114]). Current status: Valid as Ambloplites Rafinesque 1820. Centrarchidae: Centrarchinae.