Theo -- there were papers in 1992 and 1995 that tried to use the Chaenobryttus genus. Another paper in 2002 refuted this. So, the American Fisheries Society continues to use Lepomis gulosus in its list of common and scientific names of fishes. If you actually want the citations, I can email them?

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