About the Authors
- Lijo John
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Contributed equally to this work with: Lijo John, Siby Philip
Affiliations Marine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Kochi, India, Export Inspection Agency (EIA), Kochi, India
- Siby Philip
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Contributed equally to this work with: Lijo John, Siby Philip
Affiliations CIMAR/CIIMAR, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Rua dos Bragas, Porto, Portugal, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, Porto, Portugal, Conservation Research Group (CRG), St. Albert’s College, Kochi, India
- Neelesh Dahanukar
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Affiliations Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India, Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), Coimbatore, India
- Palakkaparambil Hamsa Anvar Ali
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Affiliation Conservation Research Group (CRG), St. Albert’s College, Kochi, India
- Josin Tharian
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Affiliation Department of Zoology, St. John’s College, Anchal, Kerala, India
- Rajeev Raghavan
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* E-mail: rajeevraq@hotmail.com (RR); aantunes@ciimar.up.pt (AA)
Affiliations Conservation Research Group (CRG), St. Albert’s College, Kochi, India, Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), Coimbatore, India, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity & Toxicology, Center for Environmental Sciences, University of Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Agostinho Antunes
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* E-mail: rajeevraq@hotmail.com (RR); aantunes@ciimar.up.pt (AA)
Affiliations CIMAR/CIIMAR, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Rua dos Bragas, Porto, Portugal, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, Porto, Portugal
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SP RR. Performed the experiments: LJ SP ND PHAA JT RR. Analyzed the data: SP ND AA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JT RR LJ AA. Wrote the paper: SP RR ND AA. Collected specimens: LJ SP RR PHAA JT. Carried out morphometric analysis: ND PHAA. Carried out DNA laboratory work: LJ ND. Carried out phylogenetic and species delimitation analysis: SP AA.