auritus, Labrus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:283 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. No types known. Type catalog: Wheeler 1985:49-50 [ref. 20705], Gilbert 1998:232 [ref. 23395]. Type information: Goode & Bean 1885:200 [ref. 1841]. •Valid as Lepomis auritus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Herrera 1896:48 [ref. 39336], Lee et al. 1980:590 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:297 [ref. 22186], Robison & Buchanan 1988:365 [ref. 23393], McAllister 1990:139 [ref. 14674], Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:182 [ref. 24089], Page & Burr 1991:272 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:112 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:408 [ref. 22809], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:742 [ref. 21581], Stauffer et al. 1995:264 [ref. 23376], Mettee et al. 1996:531 [ref. 25836], Murdy et al. 1997:245 [ref. 23144], Gilbert 1998:232 [ref. 23395], Scott & Crossman 1998:707 [ref. 24570], Fuller et al. 1999:359 [ref. 25838], Ross et al. 2001:409 [ref. 25978], Roe et al. 2002:900 [ref. 26504], Nelson et al. 2004:131 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:300 [ref. 27931], Boschung & Mayden 2004:449 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2008:14 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:506 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:135 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:270 [ref. 35886], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:252 [ref. 37108], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800], Bagley et al. 2023:322 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:171 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lepomis auritus (Linnaeus 1758). Centrarchidae: Lepominae. Distribution: North America: eastern Canada and Atlantic and Gulf coasts, U.S.A. Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.