Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of the Giant Mottled Eel, Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 in Central Vietnam

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

I found this study interesting and well conducted, based on a good experimental design and methods. Results are clearly exposed and with good soundness. In my opinion there are just some minor point to address before publication, that I briefly resume as follow.

Title

Please add the reference to Anguilla marmorata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). The same for the first time mentioning in the Abstract and main text.

Keywords

Please add more various keywords to enhance the soundness of your manuscript, avoiding words already reported in the Title.

Introduction

Please mentions entirely the species, with genus and species name, on the first time they appears in the text. 

Please double-check the English language style carefully by yourselves. 

Have a nice work

Best regards

The Reviewer

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Reviewer 2 Report

The ms entitled "Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of the Giant Mottled Eel, Anguilla marmorata in Central Vietnam" aim to investigate the genetic diversity of the species in various areas in Vietnam.

The analysis and the results are very well presented. The observed high diversity but panmixia of the species is a rather helpful evidence of what kind of management policies are required. 

I'd like to propose the authors to write in the Discussion about conservation and management policies of the species in the area, since they argue that the species is under overfishing. That means that despite the overfishing, the species in population level is able to overcome this? Also, I propose the authors to discuss the disadvantages of using MtDNA regions instead of nuclear or even next generation sequencing. Also, they could discuss the findings of a potential inbreeding depression (if any) in the population level. Can the MtDNA identify such patterns?

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