Table 3.

Taxa used and sequences collected in testing the 12 EPIC markers.

Species and higher classifications						Locus
	1777E4	4174E20	8680E2	8680E3	14867E1	19231E4	25073E1	36298E1	40245E5	55305E1	55378E1	59107E2
Clupeiformes
Thryssa hamiltonii		HM012491	HM012502	HM012498	HM012537	HM012550	HM012545		HM012506	HM012530
Cypriniformes
Danio rerio	HM012515	HM012492	HM012503	HM012499	HM012538	HM012551	HM012546	HM012565	HM012507	HM012531	HM012523	HM012558
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	HM012512	HM012488		HM012495	HM012534	HM012547	HM012542	HM012562		HM012527	HM012520	HM012555
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis	HM012513	HM012489		HM012496	HM012535	HM012548	HM012543	HM012563		HM012528	HM012521	HM012556
Tetraodontiformes
Takifugu rubripes	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl
Tetraodon nigroviridis	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl
Gasterosteiformes
Gasterosteus aculeatus	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl
Beloniformes
Oryzias latipes	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl	Ensembl
Perciformes
Larimichthys crocea	HM012514	HM012490	HM012501	HM012497	HM012536	HM012549	HM012544	HM012564	HM012505	HM012529	HM012522	HM012557
Siniperca chuatsi	HM012511	HM012487		HM012493	HM012533		HM012541	HM012561	HM012504	HM012526	HM012519
Odontobutis potamophila	HM012508	HM012484			HM012532		HM012539	HM012559		HM012524	HM012516	HM012552
Micropercops swinhonis	HM012509	HM012485		HM012494			HM012540	HM012560		HM012525	HM012517	HM012553
Rhinogobius giurinus	HM012510	HM012486	HM012500								HM012518	HM012554
Number of taxa amplified	8	9	4	7	7	5	8	7	4	8	8	7
Success rate	0.89	1.00	0.44	0.78	0.78	0.56	0.89	0.78	0.44	0.89	0.89	0.78

The sequences collected in this study are lodged in GenBank with accession numbers from HM012484 to HM012565. Ensembl means the sequence was retrieved from Ensembl database.