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 3. Frequency distribution for number of scales below the lateral line for each of the three Etheostoma rupestre subspecies. Modes are listed in bold.

Taxon/Drainage	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	mean	n	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	mean	n
E. r. rupestre Black Warrior River North River Tombigbee River	12 - 3	18 11 24	34 41 21	26 46 5	13 21 -	2 3 -	- 1 -	8.2 8.7 7.5	105 123 53	4 1 2	13 - 14	17 18 18	28 26 16	14 33 3	15 23 -	13 19 -	1 3 -	19.3 20.0 18.1	105 123 53
E. r. piersoni Cahaba River Alabama River	- 1	- 2	5 18	12 14	11 10	1 2	- -	9.3 8.8	29 47	- -	- -	- 9	2 10	6 9	8 8	9 9	4 2	21.2 20.1	29 47
E. r. uphapeense Uphapee Creek Hatchet Creek Etowah River Conasauga River	- - 1 -	6 - - 1	11 3 1 2	14 5 - -	2 3 - 2	1 - - -	- - - -	8.4 9.0 7.0 8.6 Total	34 11 2 5 409	- - - -	- 1 - -	2 1 - 1	5 3 2 -	10 2 - 2	13 3 - 1	4 1 - 1	- - - -	20.4 19.7 19.0 20.2 Total	34 11 2 5 409