About the Authors

Alix Hervé

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations SPYGEN, Le Bourget du Lac, France, Pole R&D ECLA, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France, INRAE, Aix Marseille Université, RECOVER, Aix-en-Provence, France

Isabelle Domaizon

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Pole R&D ECLA, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France, INRAE, UMR CARRTEL, Thonon-les-Bains, France

Jean-Marc Baudoin

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Pole R&D ECLA, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France, OFB, Direction de la Recherche et de l’Appui Scientifique, Route Cézanne, Aix-en-Provence, France

Tony Dejean

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation SPYGEN, Le Bourget du Lac, France

Pierre Gibert

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliations Pole R&D ECLA, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France, INRAE, Aix Marseille Université, RECOVER, Aix-en-Provence, France

Pauline Jean

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation SPYGEN, Le Bourget du Lac, France

Tiphaine Peroux

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliations Pole R&D ECLA, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France, INRAE, Aix Marseille Université, RECOVER, Aix-en-Provence, France

Jean-Claude Raymond

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliations Pole R&D ECLA, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France, OFB, DR AURA, Thonon-les-Bains, France

Alice Valentini

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation SPYGEN, Le Bourget du Lac, France

Marine Vautier

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Pole R&D ECLA, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France, INRAE, UMR CARRTEL, Thonon-les-Bains, France

Maxime Logez

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

maxime.logez@inrae.fr

Affiliations Pole R&D ECLA, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France, INRAE, Aix Marseille Université, RECOVER, Aix-en-Provence, France, INRAE, UR RIVERLY, Villeurbanne, France

Competing Interests

Teleo primers and the use of the amplified fragment for identifying fish species from environmental samples are patented by the CNRS and the Université Grenoble Alpes. This patent only restricts commercial applications and has no implications for the use of this method by academic researchers. SPYGEN owns a licence for this patent. A. H., T. D., P. J. and A.V. are research scientists at a private company specialising in the use of eDNA for species detection.