Species that contain: Etheostoma and blennius [ 2 ] records

blennius, Etheostoma (Rhothoeca) Gilbert [C. H.] & Swain [J.] in Gilbert 1887:55 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 10 (no. 607); ref. 17814] Cox's Creek, tributary of Tennessee River, near Florence, Alabama, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 36187. Paratypes: CAS-SU 1955 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:73 [ref. 12291], Collette & Knapp 1967:23-24 [ref. 20211]. •Valid as Etheostoma blennius Gilbert & Swain 1887 -- (Lee et al. 1980:629 [ref. 22416], Kuehne & Barbour 1983:75 [ref. 38055], Page 1983:65 [ref. 22189], Page & Burr 1991:296 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:116 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:470 [ref. 22809], Mettee et al. 1996:591 [ref. 25836], Nelson et al. 2004:132 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:512 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2008:22 [ref. 30399] with subspecies, Page & Burr 2011:546 [ref. 31215] with 2 subspecies, Page et al. 2013:136 [ref. 32708]). Current status: Valid as Etheostoma blennius Gilbert & Swain 1887. Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: North America: Tennessee and Alabama (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.

sequatchiense, Etheostoma blennius Burr [B. M.] 1979:198, Figs. 1c-d [Copeia 1979 (no. 2); ref. 9006] Sequatchie River, 1.6 kilometers southeast of Ninemile, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, U.S.A., 35°39'N, 85°07'W. Holotype: INHS 77589. Paratypes: CUMV 22077 (3), 42120 (8); INHS 77007 (10); TU 33461 (1); UAIC 1677 (3), 2775 (9); UF 14633 (8), 15540 (10); UMMZ 168121 (93), 168142 (10). Type catalog: Bart & Taylor 1993:57 [ref. 20906], Sabaj et al. 1997:283 [ref. 23225]. •Valid as Etheostoma sequatchiense Burr 1979. •Synonym of Etheostoma blennius Gilbert & Swain 1887, but a valid subspecies -- (Scharpf 2008:22 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:547 [ref. 31215]). Current status: Synonym of Etheostoma blennius Gilbert & Swain 1887. Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: Sequatchie River drainage, Tennessee, U.S.A. [subspecies sequatchiense]. Habitat: freshwater.