stigmosus, Noturus Taylor [W. R.] 1969:173, Pls. 2, 4, 16, 18 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 282; ref. 6555] Huron River, at North Territorial Road, bridge north of Dexter, Washtenaw County, Michigan, U.S.A. Holotype: UMMZ 165843. Paratypes: OSU (1); TU 19217 (4), 19246 (6); UMMZ (155 in 21 lots, now 28 lots); USNM 174906 (1, disarticulated dry skeleton). Type catalog: Suttkus 1970:125 [ref. 20861], Ferraris & Vari 1992:22 [ref. 19771], Bart & Taylor 1993:49 [ref. 20906], Gilbert 1998:226 [ref. 23395], Ferraris 2007:214 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Noturus stigmosus Taylor 1969 -- (Lee et al. 1980:469 [ref. 22416], Robison & Buchanan 1988:311 [ref. 23393], Burgess 1989:34 [ref. 12860], McAllister 1990:68 [ref. 14674], Page & Burr 1991:206 [ref. 18983], Etnier & Starnes 1993:328 [ref. 22809], Stauffer et al. 1995:222 [ref. 23376], Gilbert 1998:226 [ref. 23395], Holm & Mandrak 2001:138 [ref. 25426], Ross et al. 2001:330 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:82 [ref. 27807], Bailey et al. 2004:135 [ref. 27882], Thomas & Burr 2004:360 [ref. 27997], Scharpf 2006:18 [ref. 30386], Ferraris 2007:214 [ref. 29155], Page & Burr 2011:363 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:84 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:80 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Noturus stigmosus Taylor 1969. Ictaluridae. Distribution: North America: Lake Erie drainage, Michigan, also in Ohio River drainage, Ohio and western Pennsylvania, south in Mississippi Valley to western Tennessee and northern Mississippi (central to southern-central U.S.A.) Habitat: freshwater.