Sillago persica sp. nov., a new sillaginid (Perciformes, Sillaginidae) from the Persian Gulf Author Barani, Hashem Khandan 0000-0003-4913-5750 Department of Aquatic sciences, Hamoun International Wetland Institute, Research Institute of Zabol, Zabol, Iran & Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Silences, Tarbiat Modares University, Nur, Iran Author Alavi-Yeganeh, Mohammad Sadegh 0000-0002-6246-9504 Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Silences, Tarbiat Modares University, Nur, Iran Author Ghanbarifardi, Mehdi 0000-0002-1825-2551 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran text ZooKeys 2025 2025-10-09 1255 63 76 journal article 312559 10.3897/zookeys.1255.162247 cb1eebed-c1d5-49bf-9df5-61030919e6b8 DF86BF9A-A7F9-4C4E-BF36-07831E80D136

Table 3. Genetic distances (K 2 P) among and within haplotypes of five sillanigid species in the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea area, haplotypes of eight clades of Sillago sihma (G 1 – G 8 reported by Cheng et al. 2021), and the haplotypes of Sillago persica in the present study (PV 524007 – PV 524009).

Species	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1 S. persica	0.01
2 S. arabica	0.19	0.00
3 S. attenuata	0.23	0.19	0.01
4 S. indica	0.21	0.21	0.23	0.00
5 S. panhwari	0.24	0.22	0.22	0.21	0.00
6 S. sihama - G 1	0.20	0.21	0.22	0.18	0.20	0.00
7 S. sihama - G 2	0.19	0.19	0.21	0.18	0.21	0.05	n / c
8 S. sihama - G 3	0.19	0.21	0.22	0.17	0.21	0.04	0.04	0.00
9 S. sihama - G 4	0.19	0.20	0.21	0.16	0.20	0.03	0.04	0.02	n / c
10 S. sihama - G 5	0.01	0.19	0.23	0.19	0.23	0.20	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.00
11 S. sihama - G 6	0.19	0.18	0.21	0.21	0.18	0.18	0.17	0.18	0.18	0.19	0.00
12 S. sihama - G 7	0.18	0.17	019	0.22	0.16	0.18	0.17	0.19	0.19	0.19	0.03	n / c
13 S. sihama - G 8	0.20	0.19	0.21	0.22	0.20	0.18	0.17	0.18	0.17	0.20	0.06	0.06	0.00
14 Sillaginopodys chondropus	0.24	0.20	0.20	0.23	0.23	0.20	0.21	0.21	0.20	0.24	0.23	0.21	0.22	0.00