Table 4. Pairwise genetic difference among sampling sites of E. coioides grouper in the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea coastal waters. Values in bold are statistically significant at p < 0.05.

	Abadan	Bushehr	UAE	Bandar Abbas	Jask	Chabahar
Abadan	0
Bushehr	0.001	0
UAE	0.072	0.093	0
Bandar Abbas	0.057	0.134	0.179	0
Jask	0.002	0.006	0.163	0.078	0
Chabahar	0.003	0.040	0.151	0.010	−0.046	0