Table 1.

Previously described diversity of Epulopiscium.

Fish species	Morphotypes1										Location3	Methods4	Reference
	A2	B2	C2	D	E	F	G	H	I	J2
Acanthurus auranticavus	+							+			GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Acanthurus bahianus	Unknown										Atlantic	Ph	Flint, 2006
Acanthurus blochii	+						+	+		+	GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Acanthurus chirurugus	Unknown (size: 20–59 μm)										Atlantic	Mi	Grim et al., 2013
Acanthurus coeruleus	Unknown (size: 15–60 μm)										Atlantic	Mi	Grim et al., 2013
Acanthurus dussumieri	+						+	+			GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Acanthurus grammoptilus	+							+			GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Acanthurus lineatus	+				+			+		+	GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Acanthurus mata	None										GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Acanthurus nigricans	None										GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Acanthurus nigricauda						+		+	+		GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Acanthurus nigrofuscus	++				+		+	+			RS, GBR	Ph	Clements et al., 1989; Angert et al., 1993; Angert, 1995
Acanthurus nigroris	+						+	+			GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Acanthurus olivaceus		+				+	+	+			GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989; Angert et al., 1996
Acanthurus pyroferus							+	+			GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Acanthurus thompsoni	None										GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Acanthurus tractus	Unknown (size: 13–63 μm)										Atlantic	Mi	Grim et al., 2013
Acanthurus triostegus	+				+		+	+	+		GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Acanthurus xanthopterus	None										GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Ctenochaetus binotatus						+	+	+			GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Ctenochaetus striatus						+		+			GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Ctenochaetus strigosus						+	+	+			GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Naso brevirostris				+	+		+	+		+	GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Naso hexacanthus	None										GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Naso lituratus			++		+			+		++	GBR, Hawaii	Mi, Ph	Clements et al., 1989; Flint et al., 2005
Naso tonganus		+		+	+			+		+	GBR	WGS, Mi, and Ph	Clements et al., 1989; Angert et al., 1993; Angert and Clements, 2004; Miller et al., 2012
Naso unicornis			+	+				+		+	GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Naso vlamingii				+	+			+		+	GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Zebrasoma scopas				+	+					+	GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989
Zebrasoma veliferum				+	+			+		+	GBR	Mi	Clements et al., 1989

¹+ denotes presence, ++ denotes two (phylogenetic) subclades within a single morphotype.

²Bold denote morphotypes with 16S rRNA information.

³GBR, Great Barrier Reef; RS, Red Sea.

⁴Mi = microscopy, Ph = phylogeny inferred by 16S rRNA clone library; WGS, whole genome sequencing.