baileyi, Etheostoma Page [L. M.] & Burr [B. M.] 1982:2, Fig. 1a [Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas No. 101; ref. 5462] Little Sexton Creek, tributary of South Fork Kentucky River, Clay County, Kentucky, U.S.A., 37°19'N, 83°45'W. Holotype: INHS 87484. Paratypes: INHS 86871 (12), KU 19109 (9), SIUC 1026 (16), UF 32481 (10), UT 91.2360 (9). Type catalog: Sabaj et al. 1997:278 [ref. 23225]. •Valid as Etheostoma baileyi Page & Burr 1982 -- (Kuehne & Barbour 1983:90 [ref. 38055], Page & Burr 1991:299 [ref. 18983], Etnier & Starnes 1993:463 [ref. 22809], Powers & Mayden 2003:578 [ref. 27129], Nelson et al. 2004:132 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2008:20 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:551 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:136 [ref. 32708], Stephens et al. 2014:544 [ref. 33552], Page et al. 2023:198 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Etheostoma baileyi Page & Burr 1982. Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: North America: Kentucky and Tennessee (eastern U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.