macropterus, Labrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:432, 477, Pl. 24 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] South Carolina, U.S.A. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:99 [ref. 19171], Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:97-98 [ref. 12478], Gilbert 1998:241 [ref. 23395]. Based on a figure and manuscript of Bosc (not Commerson as stated by Lacepède). Labrus macropterus Lacepède 1801 is a junior homonym of Labrus macropterus Walbaum 1793, but is here treated as a nomen protectum. •Valid as Centrarchus macropterus (Lacepède 1801) -- (Herrera 1896:48 [ref. 39336], Lee et al. 1980:583 [ref. 22416], Robison & Buchanan 1988:364 [ref. 23393], Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:193 [ref. 24089], Page & Burr 1991:259 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:111 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:402 [ref. 22809], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:711 [ref. 21581], Knight & Hastings 1994:150 [ref. 25560], Mettee et al. 1996:525 [ref. 25836], Murdy et al. 1997:242 [ref. 23144], Gilbert 1998:241 [ref. 23395], Fuller et al. 1999:356 [ref. 25838], Ross et al. 2001:406 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:131 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:298 [ref. 27931], Boschung & Mayden 2004:444 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2008:13 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:487 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:135 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:263 [ref. 35886], Bagley et al. 2023:322 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:171 [ref. 40505]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Centrarchus macropterus (Lacepède 1801). Centrarchidae: Centrarchinae. Distribution: North America: eastern and central U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater.