Morphological and Genetic Evidence for Multiple Evolutionary Distinct Lineages in the Endangered and Commercially Exploited Red Lined Torpedo Barbs Endemic to the Western Ghats of India

• Lijo John ,

  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

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• Siby Philip ,

  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

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• Neelesh Dahanukar,

  Affiliations Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India, Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), Coimbatore, India

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• Palakkaparambil Hamsa Anvar Ali,

  Affiliation Conservation Research Group (CRG), St. Albert’s College, Kochi, India

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• Josin Tharian,

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, St. John’s College, Anchal, Kerala, India

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• Rajeev Raghavan ,

  * 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

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• Agostinho Antunes

  * 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

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