asprigenis, Poecilichthys Forbes [S. A.] in Jordan 1878:41 [Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 10444] Small creek near Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, U.S.A. Syntypes: (14) CAS-SU 2201 (2); UMMZ 128139 (1), 128278 (1), 128449 (1), 144351 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:74 [ref. 12291], Collette & Knapp 1967:60-61 [ref. 20211], Sabaj et al. 1997:289 [ref. 23225]. •Valid as Etheostoma asprigene (Forbes 1878) -- (Lee et al. 1980:624 [ref. 22416], Warren Jr. & Cicerello 1982:3 [ref. 40469], Kuehne & Barbour 1983:130 [ref. 38055], Page 1983:132 [ref. 22189], Robison & Buchanan 1988:409 [ref. 23393], Page & Burr 1991:313 [ref. 18983], Etnier & Starnes 1993:461 [ref. 22809], Lyons et al. 2000:44 [ref. 26594], Ross et al. 2001:457 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:132 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:342 [ref. 27931], Scharpf 2008:19 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:577 [ref. 31215], Suttkus et al. 2012:18 [ref. 32288], Page et al. 2013:136 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:198 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Etheostoma asprigene (Forbes 1878). Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: North America: Mississippi River basin, Wisconson to Louisiana (central U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.