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a species of Percina with a well-developed ctenoid caducous scale 

 between the bases of the pelvic fins. 



Microperca proeliaris Hay, 1881, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 3, p. 496. 



Holotype: USNM 27418 (1, 26), Mississippi, Alcorn Co., trib. of 

 Tuscumbia R. at Corinth; O. P. Hay; March- April 1880; in poor 

 condition. 



—Etheostoma {Microperca) proeliare (Hay). 



Microperca punctulata Putnam, 1863, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 1, 

 p. 4. 



Syntypes: USNM 1377 (cT, 22; 9, 24), Illinois, Calumet R., near 

 Chicago; R. Kennicott. MCZ 24566 (2 9, 23-24); orig. out of 

 USNM 1377, then MCZ 95. USNM 1283 (20, 23-30), Wisconsin, 

 Oconomowac R., Lac la Belle; S. F. Baird; July 1853. MCZ 24570 

 (9, 24-31) and UMMZ 86457 (3, 24-31), orig. out of USNM 1283, 

 then MCZ 93. USNM 1288 (28, 15-30), Michigan, Port Huron; 

 Baird; August 1853. MCZ 24690 (11, 16-28) and UMMZ 86316 

 (3, 19-28), orig. out of USNM 1288, then MCZ 94; in poor condition. 

 MCZ 24582 (1, 19), Michigan, Detroit R.; Bau-d; August, 1853; 

 orig. USNM 1294, then MCZ 96; in poor condition. Also USNM 

 1276 (1, ?), Wisconsin, tribs. of Fox R., Vienna; Bau'd; August 1853; 

 which we have been unable to locate. 



= Etheostoma (Microperca) microperca Jordan and Gilbert because 

 punctulata is preoccupied in Etheostoma by Poecilichthys punctulatus 

 Agassiz. 



Nanostoma elegans Hay, 1881, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 3, p. 493. 



Lectotype: USNM 27445 (cT, 43), Mississippi, Clarke Co., shallow 

 rocky branch of Chickasawha R. at Enterprise; O. P. Hay; March- 

 April 1880; listed as type by Jordan and Evermann (1896, p. 1075); 

 selection herein confirmed. D X-12; A II, 8; LL 42; branchiostegals 

 5-5; INF 7; POM 9; cheeks, opercles, and nape scaly; breast naked. 



Paralectotype: SU 627 (1, 53), same data as lectotype. 



=Etheostoma {Etheostoma) zonale lynceum (Hay) because elegans is 

 preoccupied in Etheostoma by Boleichthys elegans Girard. 



Nanostoma vinctipes Jordan, 1880, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 2, 

 p. 236. 



Lectotype: USNM 23454 (1, 47), Illinois, trib. of Illinois R. at 

 Naperville; E. R. Copeland; listed as type by Jordan and Evermann 

 (1896, p. 1075); selection herein confirmed. D XI-10; A II, 6; 

 LL 46; branchiostegals 6-6; INF 7; POM 10; cheeks, opercles, 

 breast, and nape scaly. 



Paralecto types: The whereabouts of the other four specimens from 

 the type series is unknown. 



