About the Authors

Cyril Firmat

cyril.firmat@ntnu.no

Affiliations UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences – Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD), Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

Paul Alibert

Affiliation UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences – Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France

Michèle Losseau

Affiliation Polana Caniço A, Maputo, Mozambique

Jean-François Baroiller

Affiliation UMR110 Cirad-Ifremer INTREPID, Montpellier, France

Ulrich K. Schliewen

Affiliation Department of Ichthyology, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (ZSM), München, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CF PA ML UKS. Performed the experiments: CF. Analyzed the data: CF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CF PA ML JFB UKS. Wrote the paper: CF PA ML JFB UKS. Contacted local authorities and obtained sampling permits: ML.