punctulatus, Calliurus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1819:420 [Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle v. 88; ref. 3590] Ohio River, at falls, U.S.A. No types known. Type catalog: Gilbert 1998:247 [ref. 23395]. Also in Rafinesque 1820:374 [ref. 7308] and 1820:26 [ref. 3592] as Calliurus puctulatuse. •Valid as Micropterus punctulatus [sometimes as subspecies punctulatus] (Rafinesque 1819) -- (Lee et al. 1980:607 [ref. 22416], Robison & Buchanan 1988:382 [ref. 23393], Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:173 [ref. 24089], Page & Burr 1991:264 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:114 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:432 [ref. 22809], Skelton 1993:288 [ref. 24071], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:730 [ref. 21581], Warren et al. 1994:133 [ref. 25557], Knight & Hastings 1994:150 [ref. 25560], Stauffer et al. 1995:281 [ref. 23376], Cross & Collins 1995:206 [ref. 23394], Mettee et al. 1996:553 [ref. 25836], Gilbert 1998:247 [ref. 23395], Williams & Burgess 1999:90 [ref. 24029], Fuller et al. 1999:371 [ref. 25838], Ross et al. 2001:429 [ref. 25978], Skelton 2001:288 [ref. 27406], Moyle 2002:404 [ref. 26449], Near et al. 2003:1615 [ref. 26940], Nelson et al. 2004:131 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:322 [ref. 27931], Boschung & Mayden 2004:468 [ref. 27995], Baker et al. 2008:58 [ref. 29784], Scharpf 2008:17 [ref. 30399], Minckley & Marsh 2009:291 [ref. 31114], Page & Burr 2011:494 [ref. 31215], Marshall 2011:208 [ref. 31755], Page et al. 2013:135 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:294 [ref. 35886], Kim et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39605], Bagley et al. 2023:323 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:172 [ref. 40505], Ross & Stauffer 2024:12 [ref. 41507]). Current status: Valid as Micropterus punctulatus (Rafinesque 1819). Centrarchidae: Lepominae. Distribution: Eastern North America: Ohio south to Texas (U.S.A.). Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.