meridiana, Ammocrypta Williams [J. D.] 1975:21, Fig. 6 [Alabama Museum of Natural History Bulletin No. 1; ref. 7402] Cedar Creek, 7.5 miles south-southwest of Sardis on Alabama highway 41, Dallas County, Alabama, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 213494. Paratypes: AU 1222 (62), 5635 (3), 6772 (37); TU (31 lots, 124); UAIC (11 lots, 40); UMMZ 111226-27 (5, 1), 197722 [ex AU 6772] (37 or 16); USNM 210650-51 (4, 6), 210661 (5), 213495 (10). Type catalog: Bart & Taylor 1993:56-57 [ref. 20906]. •Valid as Etheostoma meridianum (Williams 1975) -- (Page & Burr 1991:290 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:119 [ref. 23239], Mettee et al. 1996:583 [ref. 25836]). •Valid as Ammocrypta meridiana Williams 1975 -- (Lee et al. 1980:619 [ref. 22416], Kuehne & Barbour 1983:63 [ref. 38055], Page 1983:54 [ref. 22189], Ross et al. 2001:452 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:132 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:482 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2008:19 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:536 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:136 [ref. 32708]). Current status: Valid as Ammocrypta meridiana Williams 1975. Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: North America: Alabama and Mississippi (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.