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 10. Means and ranges (parentheses) of widths of lateral blotches and dorsal saddles as well as distances between blotches of the Etheostoma rupestre subspecies. Distances are expressed as percent of standard length.

	BLOTCHES			SADDLES
Taxon	Mean Dist. Btwn. Blotches (%)	Blotch Width (%)	n	Mean Saddle Width (%)	n
E. r. rupestre	4.8 (3.5–7.5)	5.5 (4.2–6.6)	19	8.0 (5.8–9.1)	19
E. r. piersoni	4.6 (2.8–6.6)	6.2 (4.6–8.2)	16	7.9 (6.6–8.8)	17
E. r. uphapeense	5.0 (4.0–6.1)	4.6 (3.8–5.3)	17	6.9 (5.7–8.0)	17
		Total	52	Total	53