gutselli, Poecilichthys Hildebrand [S. F.] 1932:78, Pl. 3 [Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society v. 48 (no. 1); ref. 16374] Tuckasegee River at Ela, Swain County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 92402. Paratypes: USNM 92580 (1), 197411 (1). Type catalog: Collette & Knapp 1967:62-63 [ref. 20211]. •Synonym of Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque 1819, but a valid subspecies -- (Lee et al. 1980:628 [ref. 22416], Page 1983:69 [ref. 22189], Stauffer et al. 1995:295 [ref. 23376], Ross et al. 2001:460 [ref. 25978]). •Valid as Etheostoma gutselli (Hildebrand 1932) -- (Nelson et al. 2004:133 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2008:26 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:544 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:138 [ref. 32708], Piller & Bart 2017:569 [ref. 35619], Page et al. 2023:199 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Etheostoma gutselli (Hildebrand 1932). Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: North America: Tennessee and North Carolina (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.