About the Authors

Wei Chi

Affiliations Laboratory of Fish Phylogenetics and Biogeography, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Chaobo Tong

Affiliations Laboratory of Fish Phylogenetics and Biogeography, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Xiaoni Gan

Affiliations Laboratory of Fish Phylogenetics and Biogeography, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Shunping He

clad@ihb.ac.cn

Affiliation Laboratory of Fish Phylogenetics and Biogeography, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WC CT SH. Performed the experiments: WC CT XG. Analyzed the data: WC CT XG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XG SH. Wrote the paper: WC CT SH.