piersoni, Etheostoma rupestre Hilburn [B. G.], Janosik [A. M.] & Johnston [C. E.] 2023:164, Fig. 8B [Zootaxa 5343 (no. 2); ref. 40456] Chilatchee Creek, Highway 5, 32.2359°, -87.4091°. Holotype: USNM 398677. Paratypes: AUM, USNM. •Synonym of Etheostoma rupestre Gilbert & Swain 1887, but a valid subspecies as described. Current status: Synonym of Etheostoma rupestre Gilbert & Swain 1887. Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: North America: Alabama and Cahaba watersheds of central Alabama, U.S.A. [this subspecies] Habitat: freshwater.