whipplii, Cyprinella Girard [C. F.] 1856:198 [34] [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 8; ref. 1810] Sugarloaf Creek, tributary of Poteau River, about 20-25 miles south of Fort Smith, Arkansas, vicinity of Poteau, Oklahoma, U.S.A. Lectotype: USNM 137 (plus 1 pharyngeal arch as #2716). Paralectotypes: lost or none collected. Type catalog: Gilbert 1998:164-165 [ref. 23395]. On p. 34 of separate. Originally as whipplii, presumably named for Lt. A. W. Whipple by authors; but the spelling whipplii is correctly formed, but the spelling whipplei probably can be retained on the basis of Art. 33.2.3.1 [or Art. 33.3.1] of the Code. Lectotype selected by Gibbs 1963:513 [ref. 21327] but other syntypes unknown. •Valid as Notropis whipplei (Girard 1856) -- (Gibbs 1963:511 [ref. 21327], Gilbert 1978:88 [ref. 7042], Lee et al. 1980:324 [ref. 22416], Robison & Buchanan 1988:241 [ref. 23393]). •Valid as Cyprinella whipplei Girard 1856 -- (Mayden 1989:71 [ref. 12555], Burkhead & Jenkins 1991:348 [ref. 21804], Page & Burr 1991:120 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:47 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:159 [ref. 22809], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:359 [ref. 21581], Stauffer et al. 1995:73 [ref. 23376], Mettee et al. 1996:177 [ref. 25836], Gilbert 1998:165 [ref. 23395], Fuller et al. 1999:67 [ref. 25838], Ross et al. 2001:150 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:69 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:98 [ref. 27931], Boschung & Mayden 2004:175 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2005:14 [ref. 28940], Schönhuth & Mayden 2009:78 [ref. 38584], Page & Burr 2011:236 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:70 [ref. 32708], Stout et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39738], Page et al. 2023:69 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Cyprinella whipplei Girard 1856. Leuciscidae: Pogonichthyinae. Distribution: North America: eastern-central U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater.