grunniens, Aplodinotus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1819:419 [Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle v. 88; ref. 3590] Ohio River, U.S.A. No types known. First appeared as name only in Rafinesque 1818:354 [ref. 3586]. •Valid as Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque 1819 -- (Chao 1978:41 [ref. 6983], Lee et al. 1980:756 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:351 [ref. 22186], Robison & Buchanan 1988:468 [ref. 23393], McAllister 1990:151 [ref. 14674], Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:207 [ref. 24089], Page & Burr 1991:326 [ref. 18983], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:65 [ref. 22290], Boschung 1992:143 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:602 [ref. 22809], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:891 [ref. 21581], Warren et al. 1994:133 [ref. 25557], Knight & Hastings 1994:150 [ref. 25560], Baxter & Stone 1995:258 [ref. 23374], Stauffer et al. 1995:343 [ref. 23376], Cross & Collins 1995:244 [ref. 23394], Chereshnev 1996:606 [ref. 24659], Mettee et al. 1996:737 [ref. 25836], Scott & Crossman 1998:812 [ref. 24570], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:388 [ref. 24550], Fuller et al. 1999:403 [ref. 25838], Lyons et al. 2000:46 [ref. 26594], Ross et al. 2001:523 [ref. 25978], Casatti in Reis et al. 2003:599 [ref. 27061], Bailey et al. 2004:207 [ref. 27882], Nelson et al. 2004:146 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:402 [ref. 27931], Boschung & Mayden 2004:603 [ref. 27995], Miller 2006:351 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2009:2 [ref. 30400], Page & Burr 2011:603 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:151 [ref. 32708], Parenti 2020:3 [ref. 37439], Fuelling et al. 2022:[2] [ref. 39224], Bagley et al. 2023:323 [ref. 41241], Barrientos et al. 2023:275 [ref. 41235], Page et al. 2023:208 [ref. 40505], Quintana 2024:8 [ref. 41186]). Current status: Valid as Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque 1819. Sciaenidae. Distribution: North America, Central America: Canada, U.S.A., eastern Mexico, and Guatemala. IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.