Incipient speciation in allopatric Etheostoma rupestre (Percidae: Etheostomatinae) lineages, with the description of three new subspecies Author Hilburn, Bryson G. 0009-0002-4728-5640 Fish Biodiversity Lab, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA bryson. g. hilburn @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0002 - 4728 - 5640 bryson.g.hilburn@gmail.com Author Janosik, Alexis M. 0000-0002-4331-9703 Department of Biology, University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway, Bldg. 58, Office 60, Pensacola, FL 32514, USA ajanosik @ uwf. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4331 - 9703 ajanosik@uwf.edu Author Johnston, Carol E. 0009-0002-4728-5640 Fish Biodiversity Lab, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA bryson. g. hilburn @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0002 - 4728 - 5640 bryson.g.hilburn@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2023 2023-09-07 5343 2 151 172 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5343.2.3 journal article 266158 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.2.3 16581600-f175-4626-9a44-4378fa21cf8c 1175-5326 8324143 A161A7F5-7B39-49DB-B41E-B1AD0F56C94F

TABLE 5. Frequency distribution for number of dorsal-fin spines for each of the three Etheostoma rupestre subspecies. Modes are listed in bold.

Taxon/Drainage	IX	X	XI	XII	XIII	mean	n	9	10	11	12	13	mean	n
E. r. rupestre Black Warrior River North River Tombigbee River	- 1 -	10 11 3	63 73 46	32 38 4	- - -	11.2 11.2 11.0	105 123 53	- 1 -	3 2 1	54 60 15	45 57 36	3 3 1	11.5 11.5 11.7	105 123 53
E. r. piersoni Cahaba River Alabama River	- -	3 1	9 29	17 16	- 1	11.5 11.4	29 47	- -	2 -	9 24	16 19	2 4	11.6 11.6	29 47
E. r. uphapeense Uphapee Creek Hatchet Creek Etowah River Conasauga River	- - - -	- 3 - -	23 7 - 3	11 1 2 2	- - - -	11.3 10.8 12.0 11.4 Total	34 11 2 5 409	- - - -	2 1 - -	12 1 - 2	16 9 2 3	4 - - -	11.6 11.7 12.0 11.6 Total	34 11 2 5 409