Acknowledgement
We express our sincere gratitude Dr. J.H. An (NIBR, Korea), Mr. S.H. Lee (FishBone Jeju, Korea), and Mr. S.K. Kim (Good Diver Jeju, Korea) for their cooperative assistance to collect fish specimens. This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources, funded by the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea (NIBR No. 202102113).
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