microperca, Etheostoma Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] in Jordan 1888:134 [A manual of vertebrate animals of the northern United States (fifth edition); ref. 2390] Michigan; Wisconsin; Illinois; Alabama, U.S.A. Syntypes: MCZ 24566 [ex USNM 1377, MCZ 95] (2), 24570 [ex USNM 1283, MCZ 93] (9), 24582 [ex USNM 1294, MCZ 96] (1), 24690 [ex USNM 1288, MCZ 94] (11); UMMZ 86316 [ex USNM 1288] (3, poor condition), 86457 [ex USNM 1283] (3); USNM 1276 (1, not found), 1283 (20, now 19), 1288 (28), 1377 (2). Type catalog: Collette & Knapp 1967:32 [ref. 20211]. Replacement name for Microperca punctulata Putnam 1863, secondarily preoccupied in Etheostoma by Poecilichthys punctulatus Agassiz 1854; same types as punctulata Putnam. •Valid as Etheostoma microperca Jordan & Gilbert 1888 -- (Lee et al. 1980:668 [ref. 22416], Kuehne & Barbour 1983:162 [ref. 38055], Page 1983:158 [ref. 22189], Robison & Buchanan 1988:426 [ref. 23393], McAllister 1990:144 [ref. 14674], Page & Burr 1991:322 [ref. 18983], Etnier & Starnes 1993:505 [ref. 22809], Cross & Collins 1995:225 [ref. 23394], Scott & Crossman 1998:790 [ref. 24570], Lyons et al. 2000:45 [ref. 26594], Bailey et al. 2004:195 [ref. 27882], Nelson et al. 2004:134 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:360 [ref. 27931], Scharpf 2008:28 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:597 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:138 [ref. 32708]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Etheostoma microperca Jordan & Gilbert 1888. Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: North America: Ontario (Canada) and eastern U.S.A., especially in the Great Lakes region. Habitat: freshwater.