gracile, Boleosoma Girard [C. F.] 1859:103 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 11; ref. 27409] Rio Seco near Fort Inge, Texas, U.S.A. Lectotype: USNM 1328. Paralectotypes: MCZ 113 [ex USNM 1328] (1), USNM 1329 (1). Type catalog: Collette & Knapp 1967:15 [ref. 20211]. Lectotype selected by Hubbs & Cannon 1935:44 [ref. 2255]. •Valid as Etheostoma gracile (Girard 1859) -- (Collette 1962:133 [ref. 5865], Lee et al. 1980:651 [ref. 22416], Kuehne & Barbour 1983:158 [ref. 38055], Page 1983:154 [ref. 22189], Robison & Buchanan 1988:422 [ref. 23393], Page & Burr 1991:324 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:118 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:495 [ref. 22809], Warren et al. 1994:133 [ref. 25557], Cross & Collins 1995:224 [ref. 23394], Mettee et al. 1996:633 [ref. 25836], Ross et al. 2001:469 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:133 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:354 [ref. 27931], Miller & Robison 2004:356 [ref. 27931], Scharpf 2008:26 [ref. 30399], Page et al. 2013:137 [ref. 32708], Stephens et al. 2014:544 [ref. 33552], Bagley et al. 2023:321 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:199 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Etheostoma gracile (Girard 1859). Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: North America: central U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater.