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 7. Nape squamation for each of the three Etheostoma rupestre subspecies expressed as percentage of nape scaled. Modes are listed in bold.

Taxon/Drainage	0	20	40	60	80	100	mean	n	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	mean	n
E. r. rupestre Black Warrior River North River Tombigbee River	2 1 -	12 5 6	8 2 2	12 26 13	27 35 11	44 54 21	74.7 80.8 74.7	105 123 53	7 2 -	9 3 3	11 3 8	13 5 17	9 34 17	28 42 6	15 21 2	9 11 -	4 2 -	51.0 57.9 44.0	105 123 53
E. r. piersoni Cahaba River Alabama River	- -	- -	- -	- -	6 19	23 28	95.9 91.9	29 47	- -	- -	- -	1 5	7 15	13 14	6 10	2 2	- 1	60.3 58.3	29 47
E. r. uphapeense Uphapee Creek Hatchet Creek Etowah River Conasauga River	- - - -	- - - -	- - 1 -	1 - - 1	4 2 - 1	29 9 1 3	96.5 96.4 70.0 88.0 Total	34 11 2 5 409	- - - -	- - - 1	1 2 - -	11 - 1 -	13 4 1 1	5 4 - 1	4 1 - 2	- - - -	- - - -	50.0 51.8 45.0 54.0 Total	34 11 2 5 409