leptocephalus, Ceratichthys Girard [C. F.] 1856:213 [49] [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 8; ref. 1810] Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A. Syntypes: USNM 12 (orig. 5, now 0). Type catalog: Gilbert 1998:102 [ref. 23395]. On p. 49 of separate. •Valid as Nocomis leptocephalus (Girard 1856) -- (Lee et al. 1980:213 [ref. 22416], Page & Burr 1991:92 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:53 [ref. 23239], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:326 [ref. 21581], Warren et al. 1994:132 [ref. 25557], Stauffer et al. 1995:110 [ref. 23376], Mettee et al. 1996:223 [ref. 25836], Gilbert 1998:102 [ref. 23395], Fuller et al. 1999:98 [ref. 25838], Ross et al. 2001:182 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:73 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:212 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2005:25 [ref. 28940] with subspecies, Page & Burr 2011:193 [ref. 31215] with 3 subspecies, Page et al. 2013:73 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:98 [ref. 35886] with 3 subspecies, Page et al. 2023:73 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Nocomis leptocephalus (Girard 1856). Leuciscidae: Pogonichthyinae. Distribution: North America: southeastern U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater.