niger, Amblodon Rafinesque [C. S.] 1819:421 [Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle v. 88; ref. 3590] Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri rivers, U.S.A. No types known. Also in Rafinesque 1820:302 ["400" on page] [ref. 5006] and 1820:56 [ref. 3592]. •Valid as Ictiobus niger (Rafinesque 1819) -- (Lee et al. 1980:406 [ref. 22416], Robison & Buchanan 1988:273 [ref. 23393], McAllister 1990:55 [ref. 14674], Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:99 [ref. 24089], Page & Burr 1991:165 [ref. 18983], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:23 [ref. 22290], Etnier & Starnes 1993:279 [ref. 22809], Stauffer et al. 1995:190 [ref. 23376], Cross & Collins 1995:129 [ref. 23394], Mettee et al. 1996:351 [ref. 25836], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:743 [ref. 24702], Gilbert 1998:193 [ref. 23395], Naseka 1998:94 [ref. 23590], Fuller et al. 1999:170 [ref. 25838], Lyons et al. 2000:34 [ref. 26594], Ross et al. 2001:278 [ref. 25978], Hanel 2003:54 [ref. 27894], Nelson et al. 2004:79 [ref. 27807], Bailey et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27882], Miller & Robison 2004:210 [ref. 27931], Boschung & Mayden 2004:307 [ref. 27995], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:103 [ref. 28183], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:172 [ref. 28369], Miller 2006:151 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2006:10 [ref. 30386], Page & Burr 2011:301 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:80 [ref. 32708], Dyldin et al. 2020:98 [ref. 37569], Bagley et al. 2023:315 [ref. 41241], Dyldin et al. 2023:[4] [ref. 40328], Page et al. 2023:64 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:159 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Ictiobus niger (Rafinesque 1819). Catostomidae: Ictiobinae. Distribution: Eastern North America: Gulf of Mexico watersheds of central U.S.A. and northeastern Mexico. Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.