Table 2 Corrected genetic distances between grunts geminate species across the five genes used in this study

A. surinamensis–A. interruptus

0.02260

0.02188

0.00366

0.00453

0.00304

0.01282

A. taeniatus–A. virginicus

0.03159

0.01775

0.00550

0.001954

0.00610

0.01576

C. nobilis–C. serrifer

0.09830

0.10341

0.02423

0.001617

0.00608

0.05615

H. steindachneri EP –H. steindachneri WA

0.05509

0.07234

0.01480

0.003124

0.00151

0.03449