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

Taxon/Drainage	4	5	6	7	mean	n
E. r. rupestre Black Warrior River North River Tombigbee River	9 1 6	54 65 44	38 54 3	4 3 -	5.4 5.5 4.9	105 123 53
E. r. piersoni Cahaba River Alabama River	- -	7 3	17 39	5 5	5.9 6.0	29 47
E. r. uphapeense Uphapee Creek Hatchet Creek Etowah River Conasauga River	- - - -	13 4 1 2	21 5 1 3	- 2 - -	5.6 5.8 5.5 5.6 Total	34 11 2 5 409