rhothea, Uranidea Smith [R.] 1882:347 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 286); ref. 18726] Falls of Spokane River, Washington, U.S.A. Syntypes: USNM 30737 (2), plus 2 more. •Valid as Cottus rhotheus (Smith 1882) -- (Lee et al. 1980:822 [ref. 22416], McAllister 1990:197 [ref. 14674], Page & Burr 1991:245 [ref. 18983], Scott & Crossman 1998:837 [ref. 24570], Wydoski & Whitney 2003:214 [ref. 27816], Nelson et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27807], McPhail 2007:481 [ref. 31199], Scharpf 2008:11 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:469 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:122 [ref. 32708], LeMone et al. 2014:249 [ref. 33134], Goto et al. 2014:[10] [ref. 33456], Young et al. 2022:334 [ref. 39356], Page et al. 2023:184 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Cottus rhotheus (Smith 1882). Cottidae. Distribution: North America: Washington, Idaho and Montana (southwestern Canada and northwestern U.S.A.) Habitat: freshwater.