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 1. Number of lateral line scales for each of the three E. rupestre subspecies. Modes are listed in bold.

Species/Drainage	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	mean	n
E. r. rupestre Black Warrior River North River	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	- 1	3 2	9 3	9 10	19 10	9 16	14 14	17 20	12 18	6 14	4 7	- 5	- 2	1 1	-	-	-	-	1	51.6 52.6	102 123
Tombigbee River							1	4	5	6	12	6	11	4	1	1	2										49.5	53
E. r. piersoni Cahaba River																3	2	5	7	2	3	6	-	1			57.5	29
Alabama River											1	9	5	7	2	6	6	2	5	1	1	2					53.4	47
E. r. uphapeense Uphapee Creek Hatchet Creek											1	-	- 1	3 1	3 1	4 2	6 2	5 2	4 -	3 -	- 1	- 1	2	-	1		55.5 55.0	32 11
Etowah River															1	-	-	-	1								55.0	2
Conasauga River																	2	-	-	-	1	-	2				58.2 Total	5 404