Table 1.
Species investigated in this study
| Order | Family | Species | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodentia | Muridae | Mus musculus | House mouse |
| Galliformes | Phasianidae | Gallus gallus | Chicken |
| Anseriformes | Anatidae | Anas undulatus | Yellow-billed duck |
| Squamata | Polychrotidae | Anolis carolinensis | Green anole |
| Anura | Pipidae | Xenopus laevis | African clawed frog |
| Ceratodontiformes | Ceratodontidae | Neoceratodus forsteri | Australian lungfish |
| Lepidosireniformes | Lepidosirenidae | Lepidosiren paradoxa | African (slender) lungfish |
| Protopteridae | Protopterus dolloi | South American lungfish | |
| Polypteriformes | Polypteridae | Polypterus ornatipinnis | Ornate bichir |
| Polypterus senegalus | Gray bichir | ||
| Acipenseriformes | Acipenseridae | Acipenser baerii | Siberian sturgeon |
| Acipenser stellatus | Stellate sturgeon | ||
| Acipenser naccarii | Adriatic sturgeon | ||
| Scaphirhynchus platorynchus | Shovelnose sturgeon | ||
| Polyodontidae | Polyodon spathula | American paddlefish | |
| Amiiformes | Amiidae | Amia calva | Bowfin |
| Lepisosteiformes | Lepisosteidae | Lepisosteus osseus | Longnosed gar |
| Osteoglossiformes | Osteoglossidae | Osteoglossum bicirrhosum | Arowana |
| Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae | Danio rerio | Zebrafish |
| Characiformes | Ctenoluciidae | Ctenolucius hujeta | Gar characin |
| Gymnotiformes | Apteronotidae | Apteronotus albifrons | Black ghost knifefish |
| Siluriformes | Loricaniidae | Hypostomus plecostomus | Suckermouth catfish |
| Clupeiformes | Clupeidae | Sardina pilchardus | European pilchard |
| Salmoniformes | Salmonidae | Salmo trutta | Sea trout |
| Atheriniformes | Atherinopsidae | Menidia menidia | Atlantic silverside |
| Cyprinodontiformes | Poeciliidae | Xiphophorus hellerii | Green swordtail |
| Perciformes | Channidae | Channa micropeltes | Giant snakehead |
| Coryphaenidae | Coryphaena hippurus | Dolphinfish | |
| Moronidae | Dicentrarchus labrax | European seabass | |
| Morone chrysops | White bass | ||
| Morone americana | White perch | ||
| Sparidae | Sparus aurata | Gilthead seabream | |
| Lagodon rhomboides | Pinfish | ||
| Percidae | Sander vitreus | Walleye | |
| Centrarchidae | Micropterus salmoides | Largemouth bass | |
| Scombridae | Scomber scombrus | Atlantic mackerel | |
| Katsuwonus pelamis | Skipjack tuna | ||
| Pleuronectiformes | Paralichthyidae | Paralichthys dentatus | Summer flounder |
| Carcharhiniformes | Scyliorhinidae | Scyliorhinus canicula | Small-spotted catshark |
| Galeus melastomus | Blackmouth catshark | ||
| Galeus atlanticus | Atlantic sawtail catshark | ||
| Squaliformes | Etmopteridae | Etmopterus spinax | Velvet-belly lantern shark |
| Dalatidae | Dalatias licha | Kitefin shark | |
| Oxynotidae | Oxynotus centrina | Angular roughshark | |
| Torpediniformes | Torpedinidae | Torpedo marmorata | Marbled electric ray |
| Torpedo nobiliana | Atlantic torpedo | ||
| Rajiformes | Rajidae | Leucoraja naevus | Cuckoo ray |
| Chimaeriformes | Chimaeridae | Chimaera monstrosa | Ratfish |