Evaluating DNA metabarcoding to analyze diet composition of wild long-snouted seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus

Seahorses are small sedentary fish considered flagship species of the conservation efforts. During the last decades, worldwide decline of local populations led to the inclusion of all seahorse species on the IUCN Red List and Appendix II of CITES. Due to the threatening status, improving knowledge of their dietary composition, while using a noninvasive approach, might be of great importance as it ...