obesus, Pomotis Girard [C. F.] 1854:40 [Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 5 (1854-1856); ref. 18029] Framingham, Plymouth County, and in a branch of the Charles River, at Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Syntypes: ?MCZ 3284 (1); USNM 7490 (6), 7774 (orig. 5, now 4). Type catalog: Gilbert 1998:245 [ref. 23395]. •Valid as Enneacanthus obesus (Girard 1854) -- (Lee et al. 1980:589 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:294 [ref. 22186], Page & Burr 1991:262 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:112 [ref. 23239], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:717 [ref. 21581], Mettee et al. 1996:529 [ref. 25836], Gilbert 1998:245 [ref. 23395], Roe et al. 2002:900 [ref. 26504], Nelson et al. 2004:131 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:447 [ref. 27995], Darden 2008:630 [ref. 29819], Scharpf 2008:14 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:491 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:135 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:268 [ref. 35886]). Current status: Valid as Enneacanthus obesus (Girard 1854). Centrarchidae: Centrarchinae. Distribution: Eastern U.S.A.: Maine to Florida and Alabama. Habitat: freshwater.