serracanthus, Ictalurus Yerger [R. W.] & Relyea [K. G.] 1968:373, Fig. 4 [Copeia 1968 (no. 2); ref. 17753] Northern shore of Lake Talquin, 6.8 miles west-southwest of Ochlockonee River, Gadsden County, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 231711 [orig. 254550-F9 (ex. UF 55507)]. Paratypes: ANSP 103062 (5); CUMV 48489 (4); MCZ 43996 (2); TU 22592 (4), 22642 (1), 37226 (3); UF 6334 (45), 12507 (7); UF [ex FSU] (orig. 394 spec, 13 lots, now 16 lots); UMMZ 187495 (6); USNM 231710 (6, now 4). Type catalog: Suttkus 1970:121 [ref. 20861], Gilbert 1974:114 [ref. 21035], Böhlke 1984:116 [ref. 13621], Ferraris & Vari 1992:18 [ref. 19771], Bart & Taylor 1993:45 [ref. 20906], Gilbert 1998:225-226 [ref. 23395], Ferraris 2007:206 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Ictalurus serracanthus Yerger & Relyea 1968 -- (Lee et al. 1980:447 [ref. 22416], Burgess 1989:35 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Ameiurus serracanthus (Yerger & Relyea 1968) -- (Page & Burr 1991:195 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:64 [ref. 23239], Mettee et al. 1996:387 [ref. 25836], Gilbert 1998:226 [ref. 23395], Hardman & Page 2003:21 [ref. 26687], Nelson et al. 2004:81 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:332 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2006:15 [ref. 30386], Ferraris 2007:206 [ref. 29155], Page & Burr 2011:346 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:83 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:161 [ref. 35886], Bagley et al. 2023:316 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:79 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Ameiurus serracanthus (Yerger & Relyea 1968). Ictaluridae. Distribution: Southeastern North America: Gulf Cast drainages, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama (southeastern U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.
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