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Table 2 Summary of the collected data and sample sizes of Mugil cephalus used in microsatellite (MS) and mitochondrial (mtDNA) COI gene analyses.

From: Plio-Pleistocene sea level and temperature fluctuations in the northwestern Pacific promoted speciation in the globally-distributed flathead mullet Mugil cephalus

Country

code

Locations/Habitat

Sampling date

Long. - Lat.

N indiv.

% mtDNA Lineage

Fork length

GSI

GSI mean ± se/

     

microsat

COI/RS

1

2

3

mean ± se (mm)

mean ± se

mtDNA 1

mtDNA 2

mtDNA 3

Taiwan

05 KL

Keelung/

Dec. 2005

25°11'N 121°47'E

50

50/50

92

8

0

464.80 ± 37.89

15.67 ± 5.97

15.91 ± 5.82

12.86 ± 7.94

-

 

06 KL

Coastal waters

Dec. 2006

 

48

11/48

98

2

0

478.77 ± 32.81

15.16 ± 7.80

15.32 ± 7.81

7.49

-

 

07 KL

 

Dec. 2007

 

47

47/47

77

19

4

484.6 ± 68.37

10.60 ± 6.45

12.31 ± 5.55

5.87 ± 6.58

1.03 ± 0.27

 

05 KS

Kaohsiung/

Dec. 2005

22°37'N 119°30'E

44

36/44

100

0

0

475.73 ± 34.55

20.61 ± 0.68

20.61 ± 0.68

-

-

 

06 KS

Offshore waters

Dec. 2006

 

50

20/50

100

0

0

489.25 ± 25.37

19.75 ± 4.23

19.75 ± 4.23

-

-

 

07 KS

 

Dec. 2007

 

57

49/57

100

0

0

526.01 ± 38.07

18.03 ± 1.44

18.03 ± 1.44

-

-

 

05 KP

Kaoping River/

Dec. 2005

22°28'N 120°25'E

45

36/45

0

49

51

289.34 ± 19.58

0.81 ± 1.97

-

1.01 ± 1.52

0.73 ± 2.37

 

07 KP

Estuary

Dec. 2007

 

49

39/49

14

63

23

501.07 ± 55.12

8.30 ± 7.50

7.31 ± 5.94

6.73 ± 6.19

13.37 ± 7.65

 

08 KP

 

Jan. 2008

 

38

37/38

13

71

16

481.69 ± 39.00

0.01 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.03

0

0.01 ± 0.01

Japan

OK

Okinawa

Nov. 2005

26°24'N 127°54'E

48

13/48

27

73

0

-

-

-

-

-

 

YK

Yokosuka

Jan.-Feb. 2005

36°16'N 139°41'E

43

8/43

35

65

0

     
 

AS

Ariake Sea

Nov. 2007

33°00'N 130°26'E

21

19/21

100

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

China

HN

Hainan

Apr. 2010

18°65'N 110°37'E

32

32/32

0

41

59

-

-

-

-

-

 

PR

Pearl River

Feb. 2005

22°45'N 113°37'E

30

16/30

0

90

10

     
 

ST

Shantou

Jan. 2008

23°20'N 116°44'E

48

7/48

0

91

9

-

-

-

-

-

 

QD

Qingdao

Feb. 2006

36°02'N 120°21'E

32

10/31

100

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

Philippines

PH

Philippines

Feb. 2007

18°21'N 121°37'E

14

14/14

0

100

0

-

-

-

-

-

Russia

RU

Russia

Jun. 2007

42°53'N 132°44'E

4

4/4

100

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

   

Jul.-Aug. 2009

 

13

0/13

100

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

Total

    

713

448/712

        
  1. RS: rapid PCR screening of different lineages. The ratio of different lineages in each sample, their fork length and Gonadosomatic index (GSI) are also shown.