TABLE 3.

Posterior estimate of population sizes changes.

Study species	Reject constant population	Posterior estimate of population size changes
Bathophilus pawneii	No	[0, 3]
Chauliodus Sloani	Yes	[1, 3]
Cyclothone alba	Yes	[1,3]
Cyclothone pseudopallida	No	[0,3]
Diplospinus multistriatus	No	[0,3]
Ditropichthys storeri	No	[0,3]
Photostomias guernei	No	[1,3]
Scopelogaus mizolepis	No	[0,3]
Sigmops elongatus	No	[0,3]
Sternoptyx pseudobscura	Yes	[1,3]
Stomias affinis	No	[0,3]

Note: These estimates were generated using the gene tree based analyses and provide a test to reject a stable demographic history.