Morphology is not always useful for diagnosis, and that’s ok: Species hypotheses should not be bound to a class of data. Reply to Brown and Gibbons (S Afr J Sci. 2022;118(9/10), Art. #12590)

Authors

• Jonathan W. Lawley 1.Department of Zoology, Biosciences Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; 2.School of Environment and Science, Coastal and Marine Research Centre, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1267-5294
• Edgar Gamero-Mora Department of Zoology, Biosciences Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4322-7339
• Maximiliano M. Maronna Department of Zoology, Biosciences Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2590-639X
• Luciano M. Chiaverano National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development, Buenos Aires, Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3730-9744
• Sérgio N. Stampar Department of Biological Sciences, São Paulo State University, São Paulo, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9782-1619
• Russell R. Hopcroft College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska–Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5021-6000
• Allen G. Collins National Systematics Laboratory of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3664-9691
• André C. Morandini 1.Department of Zoology, Biosciences Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; 2.Centre for Marine Biology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3747-8748