Diet Analysis of Mahimahi (Coryphaena spp.) Caught On Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, Using DNA Barcoding

Mahimahi are predatory fishes that inhabit tropical and subtropical waters globally. Previous research targeting stomach contents found mahimahi to feed on a variety of fishes, cephalopods, and crustaceans. However, the degraded nature of stomach contents limits species-level identifications. In this study, we examine mahimahi diets from 200 stomachs collected around Oʻahu from 2019-2022 using a DNA barcoding approach to increase the taxonomic resolution of prey items.

Himmelsbach NS, Suca J.J, Timmers MA, Asher JM, Boland RC, Kamikawa KT, Samson JC, Whitney JL2024. Diet Analysis of Mahimahi (Coryphaena spp.) Caught on O'ahu, Hawai'i, Using DNA Barcoding U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC-164, 41 p.
https://doi.org/10.25923/7z9f-xt14

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