munitus, Noturus Suttkus [R. D.] & Taylor [W. R.] 1965:171, Figs. 1-2 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 78; ref. 9260] Pearl River, 2.6 miles east of Sandy Hook, Marion County, Mississippi, U.S.A. Holotype: TU 26250. Paratypes: ANSP (10); BMNH 1964.12.1-10 (10); CUMV 47676 (25); FMNH 72742 (10); MCZ 43090 (10); MNHN 1964-0584 (5); SMF 7580-84 (5); CAS-SU 62400 (5); TU (60 lots, 1849); UMMZ 181771 (25); USNM 197708 (23, 2 c&s), 198208 (25). Type catalog: Suttkus 1970:122-125 [ref. 20861], Böhlke 1984:115 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:61 [ref. 12367], Ferraris & Vari 1992:21 [ref. 19771], Bart & Taylor 1993:46-48 [ref. 20906], Gilbert 1998:220-221 [ref. 23395], plus Ferraris 2007. •Valid as Noturus munitus Suttkus & Taylor 1965 -- (Taylor 1969:180 [ref. 6555], Lee et al. 1980:465 [ref. 22416], Burgess 1989:34 [ref. 12860], Page & Burr 1991:207 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:66 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:324 [ref. 22809], Mettee et al. 1996:409 [ref. 25836], Gilbert 1998:221 [ref. 23395], Ross et al. 2001:326 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:82 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:346 [ref. 27995], Thomas & Burr 2004:361 [ref. 27997], Scharpf 2006:18 [ref. 30386], Ferraris 2007:214 [ref. 29155], Page & Burr 2011:364 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:84 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:79 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Noturus munitus Suttkus & Taylor 1965. Ictaluridae. Distribution: North America: Pearl River drainage, Louisiana and Mississippi; and in scattered parts of Mobile Bay basin in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.