henshalli, Micropterus punctulatus Hubbs [C. L.] & Bailey [R. M.] 1940:16, Pls. 1 (fig. 3), 4 (fig. 1) [Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 48; ref. 12253] Uphapee Creek, tributary to Tallapoosa River of the Alabama River system, 4 miles east of Tuskegee, [32.78250 N, 85.64778 W], Macon County, Alabama, U.S.A. Holotype: UMMZ 118297. Paratypes: AUM [ex API] 2966 (1), 2980 (10); ISC B39-86 (1), B39-41 (6); UMMZ 88192 (11), 88235 (1), 88248 (3), 88838 (3), 88843 (1), 104103 (1), 111265 (9), 118289 (5), 123949 (5), 124135 (6); USNM 26269 (1), 31142 (1), 117553 (1). Type catalog: Gilbert 1998:237 [ref. 23395], Gilbert 2009:160 [ref. 30728]. •Synonym of Micropterus punctulatus (Rafinesque 1819), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Robison & Buchanan 1988:383 [ref. 23393], Gilbert 1998:237 [ref. 23395], Williams & Burgess 1999:90 [ref. 24029]). •Synonym of Micropterus punctulatus (Rafinesque 1819) -- (Boschung & Mayden 2004:468 [ref. 27995]). •Valid as Micropterus henshalli Hubbs & Bailey 1940 -- (Baker et al. 2008:58 [ref. 29784], Scharpf 2008:17 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:495 [ref. 31215], Bagley et al. 2011:348 [ref. 31509], Baker et al. 2013:379 [ref. 32561], Page et al. 2013:135 [ref. 32708], Kim et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39605], Bagley et al. 2023:323 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:172 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Micropterus henshalli Hubbs & Bailey 1940. Centrarchidae: Lepominae. Distribution: Southeastern North America: Mobile Bay drainage, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi (U.S.A.). Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.