About the Authors

William B. Ludt

wbludt@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Marine Science, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Moisés A. Bernal

Affiliation Department of Marine Science, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Brian W. Bowen

Affiliation Hawaiian Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America

Luiz A. Rocha

Affiliation Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BWB LAR. Performed the experiments: WBL MAB. Analyzed the data: WBL MAB LAR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAR. Wrote the paper: WBL. Collected samples in the field: BWB LAR. Involved in the editing of the manuscript: WBL MAB BWB LAR.