blennius, Etheostoma (Rhothoeca) Gilbert [C. H.] & Swain [J.] in Gilbert 1887:55 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 10 (no. 607); ref. 17814] Cox's Creek, tributary of Tennessee River, near Florence, Alabama, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 36187. Paratypes: CAS-SU 1955 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:73 [ref. 12291], Collette & Knapp 1967:23-24 [ref. 20211]. •Valid as Etheostoma blennius Gilbert & Swain 1887 -- (Lee et al. 1980:629 [ref. 22416], Kuehne & Barbour 1983:75 [ref. 38055], Page 1983:65 [ref. 22189], Page & Burr 1991:296 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:116 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:470 [ref. 22809], Mettee et al. 1996:591 [ref. 25836], Nelson et al. 2004:132 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:512 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2008:22 [ref. 30399] with subspecies, Page & Burr 2011:546 [ref. 31215] with 2 subspecies, Page et al. 2013:136 [ref. 32708], Bagley et al. 2023:320 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:198 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Etheostoma blennius Gilbert & Swain 1887. Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: North America: Tennessee and Alabama (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.