Evolutionary history of a widespread Indo-Pacific goby: The role of Pleistocene sea-level changes on demographic contraction/expansion dynamics

► We used the coalescence to retrace the evolution of a widespread Indopacific goby. ► Three major haplogroups were recovered, each specific to a biogeographic area. ► Populations experienced demographic contraction-expansion. ► Its evolutionary history was strongly linked to paleo-ENSO and Pleistocene sea-level changes.