vulneratus, Poecilichthys Cope [E. D.] 1870:266 [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 11 (for 7 Jan. 1870); ref. 14127] Warm Springs Creek, tributary of French Broad River, Madison County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): ANSP 13798. Type catalog: Collette & Knapp 1967:68 [ref. 20211], Böhlke 1984:140 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Etheostoma maculatum Kirtland 1840, but a valid subspecies -- (Lee et al. 1980:664 [ref. 22416]). •Synonym of Etheostoma maculatum Kirtland 1840 -- (Page 1983:100 [ref. 22189]). •Valid as Etheostoma vulneratum (Cope 1870) -- (Page & Burr 1991:306 [ref. 18983], Etnier & Starnes 1993:548 [ref. 22809], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:868 [ref. 21581], Wood 1996:300 [ref. 22394], Nelson et al. 2004:136 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2008:35 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:566 [ref. 31215]). •Valid as Nothonotus vulneratus (Cope 1870) -- (Keck & Near 2013:4 [ref. 32583]). Current status: Valid as Etheostoma vulneratum (Cope 1870). Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: Upper Tennessee River system: Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, USA. Habitat: freshwater.