flavater, Noturus Taylor [W. R.] 1969:204, Pls. 4 (fig 15), 20 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 282; ref. 6555] Flat Creek, at state highway M39, 12 miles northeast of Cassville, Barry County, Missouri, U.S.A. Holotype: UMMZ 151322. Paratypes: CUMV (10 in 5 lots); FMNH 43154 (1); KU (24 in 5 lots); OAM (1); UMMZ (27 in 16 lots); USNM 36330 (1), 73592 (1), 163546-47 (2, 1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:61 [ref. 12367], Ferraris & Vari 1992:19 [ref. 19771], Gilbert 1998:213 [ref. 23395], Ferraris 2007:212 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Noturus flavater Taylor 1969 -- (Lee et al. 1980:453 [ref. 22416], Robison & Buchanan 1988:303 [ref. 23393], Burgess 1989:34 [ref. 12860], Page & Burr 1991:208 [ref. 18983], Gilbert 1998:213 [ref. 23395], Nelson et al. 2004:81 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2006:16 [ref. 30386], Ferraris 2007:212 [ref. 29155], Page et al. 2013:84 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:79 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Noturus flavater Taylor 1969. Ictaluridae. Distribution: North America; upper White River and Current river systems in Missouri and Arkansas (southern-central U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.