eleutherus, Noturus Jordan [D. S.] 1877:371 [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 11 (nos 11-12) (art. 29); ref. 2373] Big Pigeon River, tributary of French Broad River, [probably near Newport, Cocke County], Tennessee, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 29678. Type catalog: Ferraris & Vari 1992:19 [ref. 19771], Gilbert 1998:212 [ref. 23395], Ferraris 2007:212 [ref. 29155]. See also Jordan 1877:101 figs 62-63 [ref. 14245]. •Valid as Noturus eleutherus Jordan 1877 -- (Taylor 1969:160 [ref. 6555], Lee et al. 1980:451 [ref. 22416], Robison & Buchanan 1988:300 [ref. 23393], Burgess 1989:34 [ref. 12860], Page & Burr 1991:208 [ref. 18983], Etnier & Starnes 1993:313 [ref. 22809], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:565 [ref. 21581], Stauffer et al. 1995:215 [ref. 23376], Mettee et al. 1996:395 [ref. 25836], Gilbert 1998:212 [ref. 23395], Nelson et al. 2004:81 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:234 [ref. 27931], Boschung & Mayden 2004:338 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2006:16 [ref. 30386], Ferraris 2007:212 [ref. 29155], Page & Burr 2011:366 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:84 [ref. 32708], Bagley et al. 2023:316 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:79 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Noturus eleutherus Jordan 1877. Ictaluridae. Distribution: North America: Ohio, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Ouachita and Red River systems (eastern-central and southern-central U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.