Pimephales Rafinesque [C. S.] 1820:242 Masc. Pimephales promelas Rafinesque 1820. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1820:52 (Dec.) [ref. 3592]; Rafinesque states name is from "Pimelecephales"; Pimelocephales Meek 1904:50 [ref. 2958] is an unjustified emendation of Pimephales. •Valid as Pimephales Rafinesque 1820 -- (Mayden 1989:25 [ref. 12555], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:448 [ref. 21581], Gilbert 1998:18 [ref. 23395], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:150 [ref. 29996], Mayden et al. 2007:82 [ref. 36566], Minckley & Marsh 2009:186 [ref. 31114], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:878 [ref. 34062], Schönhuth et al. 2016:38 [ref. 34739], Esmaeili et al. 2017:54 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:34 [ref. 36089]). Current status: Valid as Pimephales Rafinesque 1820. Leuciscidae: Pogonichthyinae.