(Percidae: Etheostoma), with Descriptions of Five New Species

Layman & Mayden Morphological Diversity and Phylogenetics of the Darter subgenus Doration (Percidae: Etheostoma) 31operculum, preoperculum, and suborbital bar. Breast darkgray. Belly and lower sides gray. Upper body dark straw toolivaceous or gray. Sides with 8–10 iridescent deep bluequadrate blotches extending from lateral line ventrad 2–4scale rows. Smaller dark spot or blotch often present onbody just anterior of basicaudal spots. Lower sides withpowder blue iridescence along scale edges. Sides with orangecoloration on scales between lateral blotches and extendingto dorsum. Dorsolateral area also with scattereddark black and blue markings. Dorsum with 6 dark grayto black saddles, slightly constricted medially. Body oftenquite dark. Cross (1967) also provides a detailed descriptionof nuptial male coloration.Tuberculation.—Pelvic fins with mostly narrow lowridges on rays 1–3 and weak broken ridges and roundedtubercles on medial-distal portions of rays 3–5. Anal finspines and anterior rays usually with tubercular ridges,giving way to broken ridges and individual rounded tubercleson posterior rays; some specimens with roundedtubercles on all rays. Posterior one-third to two-thirds ofbelly occasionally with oblong to crescent-shaped tubercles,occurring on up to 6 midventral scale rows (Collette,1965). Cross (1967) also noted tubercles on the pelvic andanal fins. Tuberculate males have been taken in collectionsfrom 24 March (Spring River, Cherokee County, Kansas)to 22 May (King’s River, Madison County, Arkansas).Variation.—Specimens from the Arkansas River (n =103) and upper White River (n = 69) vary mainly in napesquamation and the frequency of palatine teeth. Napesquamation is usually 90–100% (60–100) in Arkansas Riverspecimens but varies widely in those from upper WhiteRiver (10–100%). Palatine teeth are present in only 7%of Arkansas River specimens but occur in 29% of upperWhite River specimens.Distribution.—Etheostoma teddyroosevelt occurs in theArkansas and upper White river drainages on the OzarkPlateau of Missouri, Arkansas, extreme southeastern Kansas,and northeastern Oklahoma (Fig. 5). In the ArkansasRiver it occurs mainly in northern tributary systems fromthe Neosho River system downstream to Illinois Bayou.The species is also found in the Petit Jean and Fourche LaFave river systems, southern tributaries along the northernedge of the Ouachita Mountains. In the White River drainage,the species occurs upstream of Bull Shoals Dam.Etymology.— The common name highland darter reflectsthe high fidelity of this species to streams drainingthe Ozark Highlands. The species epithet is a noun in appositionthat honors President Theodore Roosevelt, the26 th President of the United States of America (Fig. 17),and his enduring legacy in environmental conservationand stewardship, including the designation of vast areasas national forests, wildlife refuges, national monuments,and national parks, and his efforts to forge the AmericanMuseum of Natural History, New York.