melanostomus, Notropis Bortone [S. A.] 1989:738, Figs. 1-3 [Copeia 1989 (no. 3); ref. 17645] Pond Creek, .5 kilometer upstream of confluence with Blackwater River, 2 kilometers south of Milton, Santa Rosa County, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype: UF 78365. Paratypes: ANSP 163158 (5), FMNH 98255 (5), UAIC [= ALA] 9100.01 (5), UF 78305 (5), USNM 301400 (5), UWF 6527 (10). Type catalog: Gilbert 1998:112 [ref. 23395]. •Valid as Notropis melanostomus Bortone 1989 -- (Suttkus & Bailey 1990:1 [ref. 23297], Page & Burr 1991:149 [ref. 18983], Gilbert 1998:112 [ref. 23395], Ross et al. 2001:208 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:75 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:246 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2005:31 [ref. 28940], Page & Burr 2011:280 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:75 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:109 [ref. 35886]). •Valid as Miniellus melanostomus (Bortone 1989) -- (Stout et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39738], Bagley et al. 2023:314 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:73 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Miniellus melanostomus (Bortone 1989). Leuciscidae: Pogonichthyinae. Distribution: Eastern North America: Alabama, Mississippi and Florida (southeastern U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.