phaeus, Noturus Taylor [W. R.] 1969:100, Pls. 3 (fig. 8), 7 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 282; ref. 6555] North Fork of Obion River, at state highway 69, Henry County, Tennessee, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 202143. Paratypes: KU (1); TU (15 in 6 lots); UL (1); UMMZ (75 in 4 lots); USNM 175389-91 (1, 2, 2), 190745 (2), 190777 (10), 193465-67 (3, 1, 13), 193468 (8, 1 c&s), 193469 (1), 193471 (10, 3 c&s), 193473 (4), 197401 (2); VU (4 in 2 lots). Type catalog: Suttkus 1970:125 [ref. 20861], Ferraris & Vari 1992:21 [ref. 19771], Bart & Taylor 1993:49 [ref. 20906], Gilbert 1998:223 [ref. 23395], Ferraris 2007:214 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Noturus phaeus Taylor 1969 -- (Taylor 1969:100 [ref. 6555], Lee et al. 1980:467 [ref. 22416], Robison & Buchanan 1988:310 [ref. 23393], Burgess 1989:34 [ref. 12860], Page & Burr 1991:201 [ref. 18983], Etnier & Starnes 1993:326 [ref. 22809], Warren et al. 1994:133 [ref. 25557], Gilbert 1998:223 [ref. 23395], Ross et al. 2001:328 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:82 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2006:18 [ref. 30386], Ferraris 2007:214 [ref. 29155], Page & Burr 2011:354 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:84 [ref. 32708], Bagley et al. 2023:316 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:80 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Noturus phaeus Taylor 1969. Ictaluridae. Distribution: North America: tributaries of lower Mississippi River, from western Kentucky and Tennessee south to Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi (southern-central U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.