microlophus, Pomotis Günther [A.] (ex Holbrook) 1859:264 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] St. Johns River, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): MCZ 3245. Type catalog: Gilbert 1998:242 [ref. 23395]. Replacement name for Pomotis speciosus Holbrook 1855. •Valid as Lepomis microlophus (Günther 1859) -- (Lee et al. 1980:601 [ref. 22416], Robison & Buchanan 1988:375 [ref. 23393], Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:183 [ref. 24089], Page & Burr 1991:269 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:113 [ref. 23239], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:63 [ref. 22290], Etnier & Starnes 1993:423 [ref. 22809], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:752 [ref. 21581], Warren et al. 1994:133 [ref. 25557], Knight & Hastings 1994:150 [ref. 25560], Stauffer et al. 1995:277 [ref. 23376], Cross & Collins 1995:202 [ref. 23394], Mettee et al. 1996:545 [ref. 25836], Gilbert 1998:242 [ref. 23395], Fuller et al. 1999:366 [ref. 25838], Azeroual et al. 2000:20 [ref. 25366], Ross et al. 2001:422 [ref. 25978], Moyle 2002:385 [ref. 26449], Bailey et al. 2004:182 [ref. 27882], Nelson et al. 2004:131 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:314 [ref. 27931], Boschung & Mayden 2004:459 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2008:16 [ref. 30399] with subspecies, Minckley & Marsh 2009:289 [ref. 31114], Page & Burr 2011:503 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:135 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:44 [ref. 33341], Robins et al. 2018:285 [ref. 35886] with 2 subspecies, Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800], Bagley et al. 2023:323 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:171 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lepomis microlophus (Günther 1859). Centrarchidae: Lepominae. Distribution: North America: eastern and central U.S.A. Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.