evergladei, Elassoma Jordan [D. S.] 1884:323 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 7 (no. 438); ref. 10450] Lake Jessup, near Sanford, Seminole County and sidewater of Indian River, near Titusville, Brevard County, Florida, U.S.A. Syntypes: USNM 25326 (8) Lake Jessup, USNM 25334 (orig. 3, now 1) Indian R. Type catalog: Gilbert 1998:254 [ref. 23395]. •Valid as Elassoma evergladei Jordan 1884 -- (Lee et al. 1980:584 [ref. 22416], Page & Burr 1991:256 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:110 [ref. 23239], Mayden 1993:10 [ref. 21162], Mettee et al. 1996:511 [ref. 25836], Gilbert 1998:254 [ref. 23395], Jones & Quattro 1999:470 [ref. 23804], Quattro et al. 2001:514 [ref. 25237], Roe et al. 2002:903 [ref. 26504], Echelle & Echelle 2002:84 [ref. 27834], Gilbert 2004:2 [ref. 27602], Nelson et al. 2004:151 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:615 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2009:3 [ref. 30400], Snelson et al. 2010:120 [ref. 30727], Page & Burr 2011:604 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:155 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:303 [ref. 35886], Bagley et al. 2023:323 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:172 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Elassoma evergladei Jordan 1884. Elassomatidae. Distribution: Eastern North America: southeastern U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater.