Species that contain: Lepomis and punctatus and punctatus [ 4 ] records

apiatus, Lepomis Cope [E. D.] 1877:66 [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 17; ref. 939] St. Johns River at Volusia Landing, Lake County, Florida, U.S.A. Syntypes: ANSP 11127 (1), 27837-41 (5). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:37 [ref. 13621] as holotype (11127) and paratypes, Gilbert 1998:231 [ref. 23395] as holotype and paratypes. •Synonym of Lepomis punctatus (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Warren 1992:34 [ref. 21505], Gilbert 1998:231 [ref. 23395]). Current status: Synonym of Lepomis punctatus (Valenciennes 1831). Centrarchidae: Lepominae. Habitat: freshwater.

miniatus, Lepiopomus Jordan [D. S.] 1877:26 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum [v. 1] No. 10; ref. 2374] Tangipahoa River, Mississippi [not Louisiana], U.S.A. Lectotype: USNM 106504. Paralectotypes: CAS 61278 [ex IU 7251] (3), USNM 16918 (now 2). Type catalog: Gilbert 1998:242 [ref. 23395]. Lectotype selected by Warren 1992:37 [ref. 21505]. No parentheses are needed around the author and date in the combination Lepomis miniatus (Art. 51.3.1 of the Code). •Synonym of Lepomis punctatus (Valenciennes 1831), but a valid subspecies -- (Lee et al. 1980:602 [ref. 22416], Robison & Buchanan 1988:377 [ref. 23393], Page & Burr 2011:500 [ref. 31215]). •Valid as Lepomis miniatus Jordan 1877 -- (Boschung 1992:114 [ref. 23239], Warren 1992:37 [ref. 21505], Mettee et al. 1996:547 [ref. 25836], Gilbert 1998:242 [ref. 23395], Fuller et al. 1999:367 [ref. 25838], Ross et al. 2001:424 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:131 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:316 [ref. 27931], Boschung & Mayden 2004:461 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2008:16 [ref. 30399], Page et al. 2013:135 [ref. 32708]). Current status: Valid as Lepomis miniatus Jordan 1877. Centrarchidae: Lepominae. Distribution: South-central U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater.

punctatus, Bryttus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:462 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] No locality [probably Charleston, South Carolina]. Lectotype: MNHN A-2981. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-1701 (1, poor condition). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:66 [ref. 12478], Gilbert 1998:247 [ref. 23395]. Lectotype selected by Warren 1992:34 [ref. 21505]. •Valid as Lepomis punctatus (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Lee et al. 1980:602 [ref. 22416], Warren Jr. & Cicerello 1982:3 [ref. 40469], Robison & Buchanan 1988:376 [ref. 23393], Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:186 [ref. 24089], Page & Burr 1991:268 [ref. 18983], Warren 1992:34 [ref. 21505], Etnier & Starnes 1993:424 [ref. 22809], Warren et al. 1994:133 [ref. 25557], Knight & Hastings 1994:150 [ref. 25560], Gilbert 1998:247 [ref. 23395], Nelson et al. 2004:131 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2008:16 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:501 [ref. 31215] with 2 subspecies, Page et al. 2013:135 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:287 [ref. 35886] with 2 subspecies). Current status: Valid as Lepomis punctatus (Valenciennes 1831). Centrarchidae: Lepominae. Distribution: Mostly southeastern U.S.A. Atlantic drainages and peninsular Florida [subspecies punctatus]. Habitat: freshwater.

reticulatus, Bryttus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:463 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] [Possibly Cooper River] sent from Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. Syntypes: MNHN A-2892 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:66 [ref. 12478], Gilbert 1998:248 [ref. 23395]. •Synonym of Lepomis punctatus (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Warren 1992:34 [ref. 21505], Gilbert 1998:248 [ref. 23395]). Current status: Synonym of Lepomis punctatus (Valenciennes 1831). Centrarchidae: Lepominae. Habitat: freshwater.