Table 2. Distribution of interspecific K2P genetic distances of COI gene within genus at the family level.
| Order | Family | <5% | 5–10% | >10% |
| Anguilliformes | Congridae | 5 | ||
| Anguilliformes | Muraenidae | 3 | 24 | |
| Aulopiformes | Synodontidae | 6 | ||
| Beloniformes | Belonidae | 11 | ||
| Hemiramphidae | 36 | |||
| Scomberesocidae | 12 | |||
| Clupeiformes | Chirocentridae | 8 | ||
| Clupeidae | 156 | |||
| Engraulidae | 41 | |||
| Mugiliformes | Mugilidae | 19 | ||
| Perciformes | Apogonidae | 14 | ||
| Carangidae | 86 | |||
| Centropomidae | 32 | |||
| Chaetodontidae | 52 | 37 | ||
| Gerreidae | 59 | |||
| Haemulidae | 30 | |||
| Labridae | 7 | |||
| Leiognathidae | 15 | |||
| Lethrinidae | 56 | |||
| Lutjanidae | 15 | 560 | ||
| Mullidae | 220 | |||
| Pomacentridae | 2 | |||
| Priacanthidae | 28 | |||
| Sciaenidae | 80 | |||
| Scombridae | 72 | 48 | ||
| Serranidae | 237 | 3217 | ||
| Siganidae | 68 | |||
| Sillaginidae | 32 | |||
| Sparidae | 111 | |||
| Sphyraenidae | 13 | |||
| Stromateidae | 24 | 19 | 236 | |
| Terapontidae | 8 | |||
| Pleuronectiformes | Cynoglossidae | 9 | 81 | |
| Rajiformes | Dasyatidae | 38 | ||
| Scorpaeniformes | Platycephalidae | 20 | 34 | |
| Squaliformes | Etmopteridae | 16 | ||
| Tetraodontiformes | Monacanthidae | 18 | ||
| Total | 217 | 462 | 5279 |
Values of zero have been left blank.