“…The average values of Na , Ho , He , and PIC of these 33 loci were 12.6, 0.723, 0.827, and 0.794, respectively. These genetic parameters were nearly equivalent to those previously reported for 11 di‐nucleotide repeat SSRs ( Ho = 0.70, He = 0.81) (Chang et al., 2009) and 37 di‐ and tri‐nucleotide repeat SSRs ( Na = 13.73, Ho = 0.739, He = 0.807, PIC = 0.771) in T. japonicus (Liang et al., 2019) and were higher than those for eight di‐nucleotide repeat SSRs in Trachurus murphyi ( Na = 10.88, Ho = 0.709, He = 0.786) (Canales‐Aguirre et al, 2010) and 28 di‐ and tri‐nucleotide repeat SSRs in Lepturacanthus savala ( Na = 9.11, Ho = 0.634, PIC = 0.670) (Zhang et al., 2018). Our results showed that the developed polynucleotide‐repeat SSRs in the present study exhibited moderate to relatively high genetic diversity in T. japonicus .…”