About the Authors

Allen Benziger

Contributed equally to this work with: Allen Benziger, Siby Philip, Rajeev Raghavan

Affiliations Department of Zoology, Fatima Mata National College, Kollam, Kerala, India, Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension, St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, India

Siby Philip

Contributed equally to this work with: Allen Benziger, Siby Philip, Rajeev Raghavan

Affiliations CIMAR/CIIMAR, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Conservation Research Group, St. Albert's College, Kochi, Kerala, India

Rajeev Raghavan

Contributed equally to this work with: Allen Benziger, Siby Philip, Rajeev Raghavan

Affiliations Conservation Research Group, St. Albert's College, Kochi, Kerala, India, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom, Concert for Ecology and Applied Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India

Palakkaparambil Hamsa Anvar Ali

Affiliation Conservation Research Group, St. Albert's College, Kochi, Kerala, India

Mithun Sukumaran

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Aquaculture, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

Josin C. Tharian

Affiliations Conservation Research Group, St. Albert's College, Kochi, Kerala, India, Department of Zoology and Environmental Science, St. Johns College, Anchal, Kerala, India

Neelesh Dahanukar

Affiliation Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Fibin Baby

Affiliation Conservation Research Group, St. Albert's College, Kochi, Kerala, India

Reynold Peter

Affiliation Marine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, Kerala, India

Karunakaran Rema Devi

Affiliation Zoological Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Kizhakke Veetil Radhakrishnan

Affiliation Ichthyology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Mohamed AbdulKather Haniffa

Affiliation Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension, St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, India

Ralf Britz

Affiliation Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Agostinho Antunes

aantunes@ciimar.up.pt

Affiliation CIMAR/CIIMAR, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB SP RR PHAA AA. Performed the experiments: AB SP PHAA MS. Analyzed the data: AB SP RR ND AA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FB JT RP RB KRD KVR MAH AA. Wrote the paper: SP RR RB ND AA.