xaenocephalus, Hybopsis Jordan [D. S.] 1877:334 [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 11 (nos 11-12) (art. 29); ref. 2373] Tributary of Etowah River, near Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, U.S.A. Lectotype: USNM 20116. Paralectotypes: ANSP 19828-29 (2), 19830-33 (4), 19834-36 (3); MCZ 24394 (1); CAS-SU 3875 (1); UF 115513 [ex Butler Univ. 45 and 46] (34), 165617 [ex Butler Univ. 45] (4), 173839 [ex Butler Univ. 45 and 46] (1); USNM 164968 [ex USNM 17886] (1), 164969 [ex USNM 20116] (1). Type catalog: Gilbert 1978:89 [ref. 7042], Böhlke 1984:95 [ref. 13621], Gilbert 1998:165 [ref. 23395], Gilbert 2009:159 [ref. 30728]. Lectotype selected by Suttkus & Raney 1955:30 [ref. 12531]. Gilbert 2009:159 [ref. 30728] reidentified UF 165617 and 173839. •Synonym of Notropis taxanus (Girard 1856) -- (Ross et al. 2001:222 [ref. 25978]). •Valid as Notropis xaenocephalus (Jordan 1877) -- (Gilbert 1978:89 [ref. 7042], Lee et al. 1980:325 [ref. 22416], Page & Burr 1991:146 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:57 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:234 [ref. 22809], Mettee et al. 1996:287 [ref. 25836], Gilbert 1998:165 [ref. 23395], Fuller et al. 1999:126 [ref. 25838], Nelson et al. 2004:76 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:257 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2005:33 [ref. 28940], Page & Burr 2011:276 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:76 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Alburnops xaenocephalus (Jordan 1877) -- (Stout et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39738], Bagley et al. 2023:313 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:67 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Alburnops xaenocephalus (Jordan 1877). Leuciscidae: Pogonichthyinae. Distribution: Eastern North America: Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama (eastern U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.