kantuckeense, Etheostoma Ceas [P. A.] & Page [L. M.] 1997:517, Fig. 1G [Copeia 1997 (no. 3); ref. 22902] Sharps Branch, West Fork Drakes Creek, 4 kilometers south of Franklin at County Road 1522, Simpson County, Kentucky, U.S.A. Holotype: INHS 37505. Paratypes: INHS 32395 (15), SIUC 25127 (5), TU 177764 (5), UAIC 11347.01 (5), UMMZ 231177 (5), USNM 339904 (5), UT 91.4753 (5). Type catalog: Sabaj et al. 1997:281 [ref. 23225]. •Valid as Etheostoma kantuckeense Ceas & Page 1997 -- (Ceas & Burr 2002:213 [ref. 26533], Nelson et al. 2004:134 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2008:27 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:579 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:138 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:199 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Etheostoma kantuckeense Ceas & Page 1997. Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: North America: upper Barren River system, Kentucky and Tennessee (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.