chrysops, Perca Rafinesque [C. S.] 1820:370 [Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY v. 1 (no. 6); ref. 7308] Ohio River, from Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) to Louisville (Kentucky, U.S.A.). No types preserved. First appeared as name only in Rafinesque 1818:354 [ref. 3586]. Also in Rafinesque 1820:22 [ref. 3592]. •Valid as Morone chrysops (Rafinesque 1820) -- (Lee et al. 1980:574 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:282 [ref. 22186], Robison & Buchanan 1988:348 [ref. 23393], McAllister 1990:137 [ref. 14674], Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:163 [ref. 24089], Page & Burr 1991:255 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:102 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:391 [ref. 22809], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:686 [ref. 21581], Warren et al. 1994:133 [ref. 25557], Stauffer et al. 1995:256 [ref. 23376], Cross & Collins 1995:185 [ref. 23394], Mettee et al. 1996:499 [ref. 25836], Sigler & Sigler 1996:239 [ref. 25943], Scott & Crossman 1998:689 [ref. 24570], Fuller et al. 1999:346 [ref. 25838], Lyons et al. 2000:42 [ref. 26594], Ross et al. 2001:393 [ref. 25978], Moyle 2002:373 [ref. 26449], Bailey et al. 2004:175 [ref. 27882], Nelson et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:286 [ref. 27931], Boschung & Mayden 2004:426 [ref. 27995], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:107 [ref. 28815], Scharpf 2008:12 [ref. 30399], Minckley & Marsh 2009:296 [ref. 31114], Page & Burr 2011:484 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:129 [ref. 32708], Çiçek et al. 2015:151 [ref. 35151], Robins et al. 2018:255 [ref. 35886], Bagley et al. 2023:323 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:193 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Morone chrysops (Rafinesque 1820). Moronidae. Distribution: North America: eastern and central U.S.A., southern Canada. Introduced elsewhere. IUCN (2013): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.