About the Authors

André S. Afonso

afonso.andre@gmail.com

Affiliations Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal

Humber A. Andrade

Affiliation Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Fábio H. V. Hazin

Affiliation Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASA FHVH. Performed the experiments: ASA. Analyzed the data: ASA HAA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FHVH. Wrote the paper: ASA.