Table 1. Families included in the present study with numbers of species sampled and the number of species recognized in each family by the catalog of fishes [6].

Family ID	Family name	Number of species sampled	Number of valid species	Family ID	Family name	Number of species sampled	Number of valid species
1	Acanthuridae	59	85	29	Lutjanidae	77	133
2	Antennariidae	13	48	30	Malacanthidae	11	46
3	Apogonidae	138	347	31	Monacanthidae	35	109
4	Atherinidae+	11	71	32	Mugilidae	18	72
5	Balistidae	25	41	33	Mullidae	38	83
6	Batrachoididae#	4	83	34	Nemipteridae	39	69
7	Belonidae++	9	38	35	Opistognathidae+	14	81
8	Blenniidae	167	404	36	Ostraciidae	25	27
9	Bythitidae+	15	209	37	Pempheridae	23	30
10	Callionymidae	49	189	38	Pinguipedidae	27	84
11	Carangidae	52	148	39	Platycephalidae	24	81
12	Chaetodontidae	97	131	40	Plesiopidae	15	49
13	Cheilodactylidae	10	27	41	Pomacanthidae	62	88
14	Cirrhitidae	20	35	42	Pomacentridae	216	390
15	Clupeidae+	30	195	43	Priacanthidae	11	19
16	Diodontidae++	9	18	44	Pseudochromidae	50	152
17	Engraulidae+	12	146	45	Sciaenidae	17	291
18	Ephippidae++	4	15	46	Scombridae	18	53
19	Epinephelinae	115	233	47	Scorpaenidae+	61	351
20	Gobiesocidae+	10	162	48	Serranidae	76	300
21	Gobiidae	547	1772	49	Siganidae+	21	32
22	Haemulidae	29	132	50	Sparidae+	21	134
23	Hemiramphidae	24	61	51	Sphyraenidae	12	29
24	Holocentridae	52	84	52	Synanceiidae+	20	75
25	Kyphosidae#	8	51	53	Syngnathidae	18	338
26	Labridae	334	614	54	Synodontidae	22	69
27	Leiognathidae	17	50	55	Tetraodontidae	56	190
28	Lethrinidae	28	41	56	Tripterygiidae+	24	168

⁺represents the poorly sampled taxa (<20% of total accepted number of species),

⁺⁺represent taxa with less than 10 species sampled and ^# represent families poorly sampled and with less than 10 species.