symmetricus, Lepomis Forbes [S. A.] in Jordan & Gilbert 1883:473 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 16; ref. 2476] Illinois River at Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, U.S.A. Lectotype: INHS 75004. Paralectotypes: (14) INHS 75005-06 (7, 2); MCZ 25014 (1); CAS-SU 1276 (3); USNM 29864 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:71 [ref. 12291], Smith & Bridges 1960:254 [ref. 21197], Sabaj et al. 1997:275 [ref. 23225], Gilbert 1998:251 [ref. 23395]. Lectotype selected by Burr 1977:442 [ref. 21199]. •Valid as Lepomis symmetricus Forbes 1883 -- (Burr 1977:436 [ref. 21199], Lee et al. 1980:603 [ref. 22416], Robison & Buchanan 1988:378 [ref. 23393], Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:189 [ref. 24089], Page & Burr 1991:268 [ref. 18983], Etnier & Starnes 1993:426 [ref. 22809], Warren et al. 1994:133 [ref. 25557], Burr et al. 1996:169 [ref. 41506], Gilbert 1998:251 [ref. 23395], Ross et al. 2001:425 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:318 [ref. 27931], Scharpf 2008:16 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:501 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:135 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:171 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lepomis symmetricus Forbes 1883. Centrarchidae: Lepominae. Distribution: North America: southern-central U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater.