Table 1. Average (and range) Kimura two-parameter distance summary for species of Liopropoma and Bathyanthias (and outgroups Grammistes, Rypticus, and Scorpaena) based on cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) sequences of individuals represented in the neighbor-joining tree in Figure 3.
| L. aberrans | L. carmabi | L. eukrines | L. lunulatum | |
| W. Atl. | W. Atl. | W. Atl. | Indo-Pacific | |
| (n = 6) | (n = 9) | (n = 1) | (n = 2) | |
| L. aberrans | 0.3 (0.0–0.6) | |||
| L. carmabi | 14.6 (14.2–15.2) | 0.2 (0.0–0.6) | ||
| L. eukrines | 10.5 (10.2–10.8) | 15.1 (14.8–15.6) | na | |
| L. lunulatum | 14.8 (14.6–15.1) | 16.4 (16.1–16.9) | 14 (14.0–14.1) | 0.1 (0.0–0.2) |
| L. mowbrayi | 12.2 (11.9–12.5) | 8.6 (8.2–9.1) | 13.5 (13.4–13.9) | 15.5 (15.3–15.8) |
| L. olneyi | 11.8 (11.5–12.1) | 13.6 (13.4–14.2) | 13 (12.8–13.1) | 14.7 (14.4–14.9) |
| L. rubre | 11.9 (11.5–12.4) | 10.5 (10.1–10.9) | 12.9 (12.8–13.3) | 15.8 (15.3–16) |
| B. mexicanus | 16.1 (15.8–16.4) | 15.2 (14.9–15.8) | 16 (−) | 16.4 (16.4–16.5) |
| Bathyanthias sp | 16.8 (16.5–17) | 15.4 (15.2–15.7) | 15.4 (−) | 16 (15.9–16.1) |
| G. sexlineatus | 18.6 (18.3–18.8) | 17.9 (17.7–18.4) | 18 (−) | 17 (16.9–17.1) |
| R. carpenteri | 17.3 (17.1–17.5) | 17.9 (17.9–18.1) | 14.8 (−) | 15.4 (15.4–15.5) |
| S. plumieri | 21.4 (21.2–21.5) | 21.6 (21.4–22) | 20.9 (−) | 19.8 (19.7–19.8) |
| L. mowbrayi | L. olneyi | L. rubre | B. mexicanus | |
| W. Atl. | W. Atl. | W. Atl. | W. Atl. | |
| (n = 9) | (n = 9) | (n = 12) | (n = 1) | |
| L. mowbrayi | 0.2 (0.9–0.6) | |||
| L. olneyi | 13.3 (13.0–13.7) | 0 (0.0–0.3) | ||
| L. rubre | 5.7 (5.3–6.0) | 12.5 (12.2–13.2) | 0 (0.0–0.3) | |
| B. mexicanus | 13.9 (13.8–14.1) | 13.4 (13.4–13.5) | 13.8 (13.7–14.3) | Na |
| Bathyanthias sp | 14.8 (14.6–14.9) | 15.2 (15.1–15.4) | 14.6 (14.5–14.8) | 13.7 (−) |
| G. sexlineatus | 18.1 (18.0–18.5) | 18.9 (18.7–18.9) | 18 (17.8–18.3) | 19.8 (−) |
| R. carpenteri | 16.8 (16.6–17) | 18.6 (18.4–18.6) | 17.4 (17.2–17.5) | 18.9 (−) |
| S. plumieri | 19.7 (19.5–20.4) | 20.8 (20.8) | 20.3 (20.2–20.6) | 19.2 (−) |
| Bathyanthias sp | G. sexlineatus | R. carpenteri | S. plumieri | |
| W. Atl. | Indo–Pacific | W. Atl. | W. Atl. | |
| (n = 1) | (n = 1) | (n = 1) | (n = 1) | |
| Bathyanthias sp | na | |||
| G. sexlineatus | 15.9 (−) | na | ||
| R. carpenteri | 16.8 (−) | 13.2 (−) | na | |
| S. plumieri | 20.7 (−) | 19.5 (−) | 19.6 (−) | na |
Intraspecific averages are shown in bold. “na” = not applicable (n = 1).