About the Authors

Roselyn D. Aguila

mudjiesantos@yahoo.com (MDS); roselynaguila@yahoo.com (RDA)

Affiliation Genetic Fingerprinting Laboratory, Research and Ecological Assessment Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Sweedy Kay L. Perez

Affiliation Examination Division, Laboratory Service, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Billy Joel N. Catacutan

Affiliation Genetic Fingerprinting Laboratory, Research and Ecological Assessment Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Grace V. Lopez

Affiliation Vertebrates Section, Research and Ecological Assessment Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Noel C. Barut

Affiliation Office of the Interim Deputy Executive Director, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Mudjekeewis D. Santos

mudjiesantos@yahoo.com (MDS); roselynaguila@yahoo.com (RDA)

Affiliation Genetic Fingerprinting Laboratory, Research and Ecological Assessment Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RDA MDS NCB SKLP GVL. Performed the experiments: RDA SKLP BJNC. Analyzed the data: RDA SKLP MDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NCB MDS RDA SKLP GVL BJNC. Wrote the paper: RDA MDS SKLP GVL NCB.