Species that contain: Etheostoma and whipplei [ 4 ] records

alabamae, Etheostoma whipplei Gilbert [C. H.] & Swain [J.] in Gilbert 1887:62 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 10 (no. 607); ref. 17814] Black Warrior River near Morris and near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.A. Syntypes: CAS-SU 2318 (2); USNM 36735 (6), 36687 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:74 [ref. 12291], Collette & Knapp 1967:42 [ref. 20211]. The original spelling of the species whipplii is an acceptable spelling, but based on Art. 33.2.3.1 of the Code, the spelling whipplei can be retained. •Synonym of Etheostoma whipplei (Girard 1859) -- (Page 1983:121 [ref. 22189]). Current status: Synonym of Etheostoma whipplei (Girard 1859). Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Habitat: freshwater.

artesiae, Poecilichthys Hay [O. P.] 1881:494 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 3 (no. 179); ref. 2053] Small branch of Catawba River at Artesia, Lowndes County, Mississippi, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 27434. Type catalog: Collette & Knapp 1967:60 [ref. 20211]. •Synonym of Etheostoma whipplei (Girard 1859), but a valid subspecies -- (Lee et al. 1980:709 [ref. 22416], Page 1983:125 [ref. 22189], Retzer et al. 1986:640 [ref. 22453], Robison & Buchanan 1988:444 [ref. 23393]). •Valid as Etheostoma artesiae (Hay 1881) -- (Piller et al. 2001:802 [ref. 25456], Nelson et al. 2004:132 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:340 [ref. 27931], Boschung & Mayden 2004:508 [ref. 27995], Page & Burr 2011:575 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:136 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:198 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Etheostoma artesiae (Hay 1881). Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: North America: Gulf Coast drainages and lower Mississippi River basin (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.

montanus, Poecilichthys whipplii Hubbs [C. L.] & Black [J. D.] 1941:15, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan No. 429; ref. 10850] Near head of Blue Hole Creek, tributary of Clear Creek, 1 mile south of Winslow, Washington County, Arkansas, U.S.A. Holotype: UMMZ 127777. Paratypes: UMMZ 123842 (2), 123352 (1), 123802 (220), 123806 (100), 123813 (107), 123821 (53), 127778 (7), 128678 (2); USNM 117589 (7). Type catalog: Collette & Knapp 1967:68-69 [ref. 20211]. The original spelling whipplii is an acceptable spelling, but based on Art. 33.2.3.1 of the Code, the spelling whipplei can be retained. •Synonym of Etheostoma whipplii (Girard 1859) -- (Robison & Buchanan 1988:444 [ref. 23393] as whipplei). •Synonym of Etheostoma whipplei (Girard 1859), but a valid subspecies montanum with spelling of species as whipplei -- (Lee et al. 1980:709 [ref. 22416], Page 1983:125 [ref. 22189], Stauffer et al. 1995:329 [ref. 23376]). Current status: Synonym of Etheostoma whipplei (Girard 1859). Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Habitat: freshwater.

whipplii, Boleichthys Girard [C. F.] 1859:103 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 11; ref. 27409] Coal Creek, tributary of Arkansas River, eastern Oklahoma, U.S.A. Syntypes: MCZ 24569 [ex USNM 1333 and MCZ 41] (1). Type catalog: Collette & Knapp 1967:13 [ref. 20211]. The original spelling whipplii is an acceptable spelling, but based on Art. 33.2.3.1 of the Code, the spelling whipplei can be retained. •Valid as Etheostoma whipplei [rarely as whipplii] (Girard 1859) -- (Lee et al. 1980:709 [ref. 22416], Page 1983:121 [ref. 22189], Retzer et al. 1986:631 [ref. 22453], Robison & Buchanan 1988:442 [ref. 23393], Page & Burr 1991:312 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:121 [ref. 23239], Warren et al. 1994:133 [ref. 25557], Knight & Hastings 1994:150 [ref. 25560], Cross & Collins 1995:232 [ref. 23394], Mettee et al. 1996:681 [ref. 25836], Piller et al. 2001:804 [ref. 25456], Nelson et al. 2004:136 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:376 [ref. 27931], Scharpf 2008:35 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:574 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:140 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:202 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Etheostoma whipplei (Girard 1859). Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: North America.: Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma (southern-central U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.