TABLE 1. List of mtCOI gene sequences of the buccal and branchial parasites used during the analysis from the published literature to obtain the interspecific relationship with Lobothorax bharat sp. nov. (present study)

Sl. No.	Species	Accession No.	Length of the sequences	Literature References
1.	Lobothorax typus Bleeker 1857	MK672880.1 MK672881.1	657 bp 681 bp	Seth et al. 2021
2.	Lobothorax sp.	LC159571.1	693 bp	Hata et al. 2017
3.	Catoessa boscii (Bleeker 1857)	MW002498.1	624 bp	Helna et al. 2023
4.	Catoessa gruneri Bowman & Tareen 1983	ON661339.1	618 bp	Fujita 2023
5.	Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena Koelbel, 1879	LC160312.1	650 bp	Hata et al. 2017
6.	Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena Koelbel, 1879	LC160310.1	603 bp	Hata et al. 2017
7.	Ceratothoa verrucosa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883)	LC159557.1	649 bp	Hata et al. 2017
8.	Ceratothoa parallela (Otto, 1828)	MZ127227.1 MZ127225.1	658 bp	Bouguerche et al. 2021
9.	Cymothoa eremita (Brünnich, 1783)	MK430026.1 MK430025.1	658 bp	Martin et al. 2024
10.	Cymothoa frontalis H. Milne Edwards, 1840	ON661338.1	612 bp	Fujita 2023
11.	Joryma hilsae Rameshkumar, Ravichandran & Trilles, 2011	MT876662.1	675 bp	Kusbiyanto et al. 2020
12.	Joryma hilsae Rameshkumar, Ravichandran & Trilles, 2011	MT876659.1	675 bp	Kusbiyanto et al. 2020
13.	Mothocya parvostis Bruce, 1986	LC549123.1	594 bp	Fujita et al. 2020
14.	Mothocya renardi (Bleeker, 1857)	OL377828.1	600 bp	Fujita 2023
15.	Syscenus infelix Harger, 1880	FJ581914.1	658 bp	Radulovici et al. 2009