Table SI. – Variable sites identified between mtDNA COI gene sequences (532 bp) among species closely related to Hydrolagus melanophasma. Bold letters indicate positions of the eight parsimony informative sites found between H. melanophasma, H. affinis, and H. mirabilis (in grey). in New data on the presence and biology of the eastern Pacific black ghostshark Hydrolagus melanophasma (Chimaeridae) from the Peruvian coast

Table SI. – Variable sites identified between mtDNA COI gene sequences (532 bp) among species closely related to Hydrolagus melanophasma. Bold letters indicate positions of the eight parsimony informative sites found between H. melanophasma, H. affinis, and H. mirabilis (in grey). SpeciesGenBank accession numberPositions of variable sites305668116137170257293320326368386410431437461464467482500539H. melanophasma(this study)CTCAACATACTGTATCGGCACH. affinisNC _047231T...GT.A..C.......T..KX218244T.T.GT.A..C.......T..KX218242T...GT.A..C.......T..KJ083248T...GT.A.TC.......T..KJ083247T.T.GT.A..C.......T.TKF929984T...GT.A..C.......T..H. trolliEU 398887.C...T.AG.CAG..TA.T..EU398886.....T.AG.CAG..TA.T..EU398883.C...T.AG.CAG..TA.T..H. pallidusKX 218241...G.TGA..C..GC..ATG.KX218239.....TGA..C..GC..A...H. mirabilisKC 015487T...GT.A.TC.......T..H. lusitanicusKJ 083250.....TGA..C..GC..AT..KJ083249.....TGA..C..GC..A...