ardens, Hypsilepis Cope [E. D.] 1868:163 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 19; ref. 7316] Headwaters of Roanoke River, Montgomery County, Virginia, U.S.A. Lectotype: ANSP 3268. Paralectotypes: ANSP 3269-3316 (48), BMNH 1868.1.10.23 (orig. 8, now 2). Type catalog: Gilbert 1978:26 [ref. 7042], Böhlke 1984:69 [ref. 13621], Gilbert 1998:42 [ref. 23395]. Original genus should have been Hypsolepis. Lectotype established by Fowler 1910 [ref. 19840]. •Valid as Notropis ardens (Cope 1868) -- (Gilbert 1978:26 [ref. 7042], Lee et al. 1980:228 [ref. 22416], Snelson 1990 [ref. 21030]). •Valid as Lythrurus ardens (Cope 1868) -- (Page & Burr 1991:114 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:51 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:187 [ref. 22809], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:382 [ref. 21581], Stauffer et al. 1995:99 [ref. 23376], Dimmick et al. 1996:818 [ref. 22600], Mettee et al. 1996:207 [ref. 25836], Gilbert 1998:42 [ref. 23395], Briolay et al. 1998:101 [ref. 25586], Fuller et al. 1999:92 [ref. 25838], Nelson et al. 2004:72 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2005:23 [ref. 28940], Page & Burr 2011:225 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:72 [ref. 32708], Stout et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39738], Page et al. 2023:72 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lythrurus ardens (Cope 1868). Leuciscidae: Pogonichthyinae. Distribution: Eastern North America: West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina (eastern U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.