About the Authors

Juliane D. Weiss

Affiliation Department of Ichthyology, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 München, Germany

Fenton P. D. Cotterill

Affiliation Geoecodynamics Research Hub, c/o Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1 Matieland, 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Ulrich K. Schliewen

schliewen@zsm.mwn.de

Affiliation Department of Ichthyology, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 München, Germany

Competing Interests

Co-author Fenton Cotterill is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UKS JDW. Performed the experiments: JDW. Analyzed the data: JDW UKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UKS. Wrote the paper: JDW FPDC UKS.