Adous, Aboueut Beatrice Judith Carine https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4488-2434
Kouamé, N’Guessan Emmanuel https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4068-6807
Owo, Nicolas Roland https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6504-7920
Ndiaye, Awa
Béarez, Philippe https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0397-2393
Rieuvilleneuve, Fabien
Oladipo, Segun Olayinka https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7702-9491
Nneji, Lotanna Micah https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1422-1683
Adepo-Gourène, Béatrice Abouo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8075-0853
Durand, Jean-Dominique https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0261-0377
Funding for this research was provided by:
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (248GWA)
International Development Research Centre (109799-001)
Article History
Received: 19 September 2025
Revised: 11 February 2026
Accepted: 13 February 2026
First Online: 8 April 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: No animal testing was performed during this study. The specimens analyzed originated from artisanal landings and were collected from markets after landing.
: The study does not include data from in situ field studies. The specimens analyzed were collected from markets after landing.
: The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are currently stored in the Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) within a private project. Due to ongoing analyses and authorship coordination, the data are not publicly accessible at this stage. However, the full dataset will be made publicly available in BOLD upon acceptance of the manuscript. In the meantime, data are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: Carine Adous: writing—original draft, sampling, visualization, software, investigation, formal analysis, data curation. Emmanuel Nguessan: sampling, methodology, formal analysis, data curation. Nicolas Owo: sampling, methodology, formal analysis, data curation. Awa Ndiaye: laboratory analyses, data curation. Fabien Rieuvilleneuve: laboratory analyses. Philippe Béarez: writing—review and editing, taxonomical analyses. Segun Oladipo: writing—review and editing. Lotanna Micah Nneji: writing—review and editing. Béatrice Adepo-Gourène: writing—review and editing, validation, funding acquisition, supervision, conceptualization. Jean-Dominique Durand: writing—review and editing, validation, data curation, supervision, formal analysis, funding acquisition, conceptualization.