coosae, Micropterus Hubbs [C. L.] & Bailey [R. M.] 1940:23, Pls. 1 (fig. 4), 5 [Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 48; ref. 12253] Fisher Creek, tributary to Big Will's Creek of the Coosa River system, Etowah County, Alabama, U.S.A. Holotype: UMMZ 97729. Paratypes: Some now incorrect. (132) Alabama Polytechnic Institute (9 lots); Iowa State College (4 lots); UMMZ (now 33 lots); USNM 31152 (1), 73542 (1), 101076 (1). Type catalog: Gilbert 1998:233-234 [ref. 23395], Gilbert 2009:160 [ref. 30728]. •Valid as Micropterus coosae Hubbs & Bailey 1940 -- (Not all references belong to this species) (Lee et al. 1980:604 [ref. 22416], Robison & Buchanan 1988:379 [ref. 23393], Page & Burr 1991:264 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:114 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:428 [ref. 22809], Mettee et al. 1996:549 [ref. 25836], Gilbert 1998:234 [ref. 23395], Williams & Burgess 1999:90 [ref. 24029], Fuller et al. 1999:368 [ref. 25838], Moyle 2002:407 [ref. 26449], Near et al. 2003:1615 [ref. 26940], Nelson et al. 2004:131 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:464 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2008:17 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:496 [ref. 31215], Bagley et al. 2011:348, [ref. 31509], Baker et al. 2013:379, 390 [ref. 32561], Page et al. 2013:135 [ref. 32708], Kim et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39605], Bagley et al. 2023:323 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:172 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Micropterus coosae Hubbs & Bailey 1940. Centrarchidae: Lepominae. Distribution: Eastern North America: Coosa River System, eastern Alabama and western Georgia (U.S.A.); separate population in Savannah River basin (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.