zonistium, Etheostoma Bailey [R. M.] & Etnier [D. A.] 1988:39, Pl. 1 (lower) [Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 175; ref. 6873] Leath Creek, tributary to Chambers Creek, Hardin County, Tennesse, U.S.A. Holotype: UMMZ 213926. Paratypes: AMNH 55780 (14); AUM; CAS 56328 (4); CUMV; INHS 68218 (6); KU; LACM 43798-1; NLU 56291 (14); OS; OSM; OSUS; SIUC; TU; UF 42061 (4); UIAC; UMMZ 213927 (16); UOMZ; USNM 270858 (10); UT; plus more at UMMZ. Type catalog: Bart & Taylor 1993:61 [ref. 20906], Sabaj et al. 1997:285 [ref. 23225]. •Valid as Etheostoma zonistium Bailey & Etnier 1988 -- (Carney & Burr 1989 [ref. 13825], Page & Burr 1991:301 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:122 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:552 [ref. 22809], Mettee et al. 1996:687 [ref. 25836], Ross et al. 2001:495 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:136 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:567 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2008:35 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:556 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:140 [ref. 32708], Kozal et al. 2017:280 [ref. 35621], Bagley et al. 2023:321 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:202 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Etheostoma zonistium Bailey & Etnier 1988. Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: Eastern North America: Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama (eastern U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.