pallididorsum, Etheostoma Distler [D. A.] & Metcalf [A. L.] 1962:556, Figs. 1A-E [Copeia 1962 (no. 3); ref. 5881] 8.5 miles west of Black Springs, Caddo River, Montgomery County, Arkansas, U.S.A. Holotype: KU 7144. Paratypes: CUMV 44004 [ex KU] (10); KU 6158 (18), 6921 (now 21), 6922 (8); UMMZ [publ. as 178997] (10); USNM 196547 (10). Type catalog: Collette & Knapp 1967:35-36 [ref. 20211]. •Valid as Etheostoma pallididorsum Distler & Metcalf 1962 -- (Lee et al. 1980:679 [ref. 22416], Kuehne & Barbour 1983:126 [ref. 38055], Page 1983:121 [ref. 22189], Robison & Buchanan 1988:431 [ref. 23393], Page & Burr 1991:310 [ref. 18983], Nelson et al. 2004:134 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2008:29 [ref. 30399], Mayden 2010:716 [ref. 31085], Page & Burr 2011:572 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:139 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:200 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Etheostoma pallididorsum Distler & Metcalf 1962. Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: North America: Arkansas (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.