margarita, Clinostomus Cope [E. D.] 1867:377, Pl. 13 (fig. 1) [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series) v. 13 (pt 3) (art. 13); ref. 910] Tributary of Conestoga River, near Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Syntypes: ANSP 5320-21 (2, in pieces and macerated). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:82 [ref. 13621], Gilbert 1998:110 [ref. 23395]. Sometimes cited as Luciscus margarita Cope in Günther 1868:246 but that appeared later. •Valid as Semotilus margarita (Cope 1867) -- (Lee et al. 1980:364 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:157 [ref. 22186], McAllister 1990:66 [ref. 14674], Chereshnev 1996:601 [ref. 24659], Scott & Crossman 1998:515 [ref. 24570]). •Valid as Margariscus margarita (Cope 1867) -- (Page & Burr 1991:89 [ref. 18983], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:304 [ref. 21581], Baxter & Stone 1995:84 [ref. 23374], Stauffer et al. 1995:106 [ref. 23376], Simons & Mayden 1997:195 [ref. 24948], Gilbert 1998:110 [ref. 23395], Fuller et al. 1999:94 [ref. 25838], Lyons et al. 2000:24 [ref. 26594], Nelson et al. 2004:73 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2005:24 [ref. 28940] with subspecies, McPhail 2007:80 [ref. 31199] with subspecies, Page & Burr 2011:189 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:73 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:72 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Margariscus margarita (Cope 1867). Leuciscidae: Plagopterinae. Distribution: North America: U.S.A. and Canada. Habitat: freshwater.