merlini, Notropis Suttkus [R. D.] & Mettee [M. F.] 2001:23, Fig. 2 [Geological Survey of Alabama Bull. 170; ref. 25253] Claybank Creek, tributary to Choctawhatchee River, 2.8 miles west-southwest of Ozark, at Alabama highway 27, Dale County, Alabama, U.S.A. Holotype: TU 189900. Paratypes: ANSP 177854 (2); AUM 22844 (2); CUMV 16114 (121), 16226 (37), 81108 (2); GMNH 3418 (6); MCZ 157121 (2); TU 183325 (60), 184697 (66), 189443 (1), 189458 (38), 189908 (14); UAIC 12369.01 (2); UF 112063 (2); UMMZ 236971 (2); USNM 360532 (2). •Valid as Pteronotropis merlini (Suttkus & Mettee 2001) -- (Nelson et al. 2004:77 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:275 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2005:36 [ref. 28940], Page & Burr 2011:232 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:77 [ref. 32708], Mayden & Allen 2015:[3] [ref. 34137], Stout et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39738], Bagley et al. 2023:315 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:75 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pteronotropis merlini (Suttkus & Mettee 2001). Leuciscidae: Pogonichthyinae. Distribution: Eastern North America: Alabama (U.S.A.) endemic. Habitat: freshwater.