pyrrhomelas, Photogenis Cope [E. D.] 1870:463 [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 11 (no. 84); ref. 913] Tributary of upper Catawba River, North Carolina, U.S.A. Lectotype: ANSP 2631. Paralectotypes: ANSP 2632-2725 (94). Type catalog: Gilbert 1978:74 [ref. 7042], Böhlke 1984:88 [ref. 13621], Gilbert 1998:139 [ref. 23395]. Lectotype established by Fowler 1910:Pl. 18 (fig. 29) [ref. 19840]. •Valid as Notropis pyrrhomelas (Cope 1870) -- (Gilbert 1978:74 [ref. 7042], Lee et al. 1980:300 [ref. 22416]). •Valid as Cyprinella pyrrhomelas (Cope 1870) -- (Mayden 1989:82 [ref. 12555], Page & Burr 1991:126 [ref. 18983], Gilbert 1998:139 [ref. 23395], Fuller et al. 1999:65 [ref. 25838], Nelson et al. 2004:69 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2005:14 [ref. 28940], Schönhuth & Mayden 2009:78 [ref. 38584], Page & Burr 2011:245 [ref. 31215], Stout et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39738], Page et al. 2023:69 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Cyprinella pyrrhomelas (Cope 1870). Leuciscidae: Pogonichthyinae. Distribution: North America: North Carolina and South Carolina (U.S.A.). Introduced in Georgia (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.