brunneus, Amiurus Jordan [D. S.] 1877:366 [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 11 (nos 11-12) (art. 29); ref. 2373] South Fork of Ocmulgee River, at Flat Shoals, DeKalb County, Georgia, U.S.A. Lectotype: USNM 20148. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1880.1.21.42 (1), MNHN A-1271 (2), USNM 17861 (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:24 [ref. 19575], Ferraris & Vari 1992:17 [ref. 19771] , Gilbert 1998:209 [ref. 23395], Ferraris 2007:204 [ref. 29155]. Original genus should have been Ameiurus. Lectotype selected by Jordan & Evermann (1896:142) not by Herger & Relyea (1968:370) [USNM 17861]. •Valid as Ictalurus brunneus (Jordan 1877) -- (Lee et al. 1980:437 [ref. 22416], Burgess 1989:35 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Ameiurus brunneus Jordan 1877 -- (Page & Burr 1991:195 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:64 [ref. 23239], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:543 [ref. 21581], Mettee et al. 1996:377 [ref. 25836], Gilbert 1998:209 [ref. 23395], Gilbert 1998:210 [ref. 23395], Fuller et al. 1999:194 [ref. 25838], Hardman & Page 2003:21 [ref. 26687], Nelson et al. 2004:81 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:327 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2006:14 [ref. 30386], Ferraris 2007:204 [ref. 29155], Page & Burr 2011:347 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:83 [ref. 32708], Robins et al. 2018:155 [ref. 35886], Bagley et al. 2023:316 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:78 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Ameiurus brunneus Jordan 1877. Ictaluridae. Distribution: Eastern North America: southeastern U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater.