Table 2. Pair-wise COI-5P barcode distances (expressed in %; K2P model) of marine fish species from the reference barcode library, at different taxonomic levels.

A
Comparison (Intra-)	Comparison (N)	Minimum Distance	Mean Distance± SE	Maximum Distance
Species	3452	0	0.39±0	18.74
Genus	2019	1.09	8.91±0	23.06
Family	4884	3.12	15.89±0	31.28

A. Values calculated using all 792 COI-5P barcodes representing 146 species from the reference library. B. Values calculated using the subset of 689 COI-5P barcodes (122 species) assigned to Grades A and B.