| Participants | List of Participants with Institutions and E-mail links | |
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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
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Status
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Research Interests
(based on responses & referrals)
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| Armbruster, Jonathan W. | researcher | LORICARIIDAE (all) |
| Ferraris, Carl J. | researcher | CETOPSIDAE (all w/ de Pinna, Ortega, Vari); PIMELODIDAE: Hypophthalmus (w/ Vari) |
| Lundberg, John G. | researcher | DIPLOMYSTIDAE (all); DORADIDAE: (Leptodoras n.sp. w/ Langeani & Sabaj); CETOPSIDAE (Bathycetopsis); PIMELODIDAE (all w/ Littmann, Parisi); "Chiapas Catfish" (w/ Hendrickson & Rodiles) |
| Page, Lawrence M. | researcher | ALL CATFISHES |
| Sabaj, Mark H. | researcher | AUCHENIPTERIDAE (Gelanoglanis n.sp.); DORADIDAE (all, Leptodoras n.sp. w/ Langeani & Lundberg) |
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| Albert, James | researcher | |
| Aquino, Adriana | researcher | LORICARIIDAE: Hypoptopomatinae |
| Arrington, D. Albrey | researcher | |
| Baskin, Jonathan | researcher | |
| Buitrago, Uriel | student (Ph.D) | ASTROBLEPIDAE (w/ Ortega & Schaefer); PIMELODIDAE: Pseudoplatystoma |
| Burgess, Warren E. | researcher | CALLICHTHYIDAE: Corydoras & related taxa |
| Burr, Brooks M. | researcher | ICTALURIDAE: Noturus (n.spp. w/ Thomas), Ictalurus (w/ Littmann) |
| Dahdul, Wasila | student (Ph.D) | |
| Carvalho, Marcelo R. de | researcher | |
| Edds, David | researcher | SISORIDAE: Glyptothorax, Nangra (w/ Dimmick); catfishes of Nepal |
| Eschmeyer, William N. | researcher | |
| Friel, John P. | researcher | ASPREDINIDAE (all); MOCHOKIDAE (all) |
| Hardman, Michael | researcher | ICTALURIDAE (Noturus); LORICARIIDAE (Pseudacanthicus & related ancistrinins) |
| Hendrickson, Dean | researcher | ICTALURIDAE: Ictalurus (w/ Garcia de León, Echelle & Rodiles), Prietella, Pylodictis (Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico), Trogloglanis, Satan; "Chiapas Catfish" (w/ Alves, Lundberg & Rodiles) |
| Linder, Shane | researcher | BAGRIDAE (w/ Ng); TRICHOMYCTERIDAE (regional: Gran Sabana, Venezuela, w/ Brewer) |
| Littmann, Mike W. | researcher | ICTALURIDAE: Ictalurus (w/ Burr): PIMELODIDAE (all) |
| Lujan, N. K. | student | |
| Marquardt, Bryan J. | student (undergrad) | BARGIDAE (Mystus w/ Ng); PLOTOSIDAE |
| Ng, Heok Hee | student (Ph.D) | AKYSIDAE (all); BARGIDAE (all; Mystus w/ Marquardt); MOCHOKIDAE: Microsynodontis; SILURIDAE (all); SISORIDAE (all); AMBLYCIPITIDAE, ARIIDAE, CHACIDAE, CLARIIDAE, CRANOGLANIDIDAE, ERETHISTIDAE, PANGASIIDAE, PLOTOSIDAE, SCHILBEIDAE (regional: southern China, India, Pakistan) |
| Nico, Leo G. | researcher | |
| Petry, Paulo | researcher | AUCHENIPTERIDAE: Gelanoglanis (n.sp. w/ Porto-Soares); HEPTAPTERIDAE: Phreatobius, regional: Río Negro Basin, Brazil |
| Retzer, Mike | researcher | LORICARIIDAE: loricariins |
| Salcedo, Norma J. | student (Ph.D) | HEPTAPTERIDAE: Cetopsorhamdia (n.sp.); LORICARIIDAE: Chaetostoma (rev.) |
| Schaefer, Scott A. | researcher | |
| Schmidt, Robert E. | researcher | LORICARIIDAE, TRICHOMYCTERIDAE (regional: Guyana) |
| Stewart, Donald J. | researcher | PIMELODIDAE: Pimelodus, other |
| Thomas, Matt | student (Ph.D) | ICTALURIDAE: Noturus (n.spp. w/ Burr); LORICARIIDAE: Loricaria (rev.) & related Loricariinae |
| Vari, Richard P. | researcher | CETOPSIDAE (all w/ de Pinna, Ferraris & Ortega); PIMELODIDAE: Hypophthalmus (w/ Ferraris) |
| Walsh, Steven J. | researcher | |
| Weitzell, Roy | researcher | DORADIDAE: Acanthodoras (rev.) |
| Weitzman, Stanley J. | researcher | |
| Werneke, D. C. | student | |
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INTERNATIONAL
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| Abreu, Tatiana Xandó de | student (Ph.D) | PIMELODIDAE: Brachyplatystoma, Luciopimelodus, Merodontotus, Phractocephalus, Platynematichthys, Platysilurus, Platystomatichthys, Pseudoplatystoma, Sorubim, Sorubimichthys, Steindachneridion, Zungaro |
| Akama, Alberto | student | AUCHENIPTERIDAE: Gelanoglanis, Parauchenipterus, Trachelyopterus, Trachycorystes; DORADIDAE: Rhinodoras; LORICARIIDAE: Hypostomus; PIMELODIDAE: Brachyplatystoma |
| Allen, Gerald R. | researcher | PLOTOSIDAE |
| Alves Gomes, Jose | researcher | |
| Arratia, Gloria | researcher | NEMATOGENYIDAE (all); TRICHOMYCTERIDAE (Chile) |
| Azpelicueta, María de las Mercedes | researcher | PIMELODIDAE: Pimelodus |
| Bills, Roger | researcher | AUSTROGLANIDIDAE (all); BAGRIDAE: Phyllonemus; CLAROTEIDAE (all) |
| Britski, Heraldo A. | researcher | LORICARIIDAE: Hisonotus, Hypostomus, Microlepidogaster, Parotocinclus |
| Britto, Marcelo Ribeiro de | student (Ph.D) | CALLICHTHYIDAE (mainly Corydoradinae); LORICARIIDAE: Otocinclus |
| Cardoso, Alexandre, R. | student | LORICARIIDAE: Ancistrinae |
| Carvajal Vallejos, Fernando M. | researcher | LORICARIIDAE: Bolivian Farlowella (rev. w/ Sarmiento) |
| Castro, Ricardo M. C. | researcher | HEPTAPTERIDAE: Rhamdiopsis (rev. w/ Bockmann & ?Bizerril) & related taxa |
| Coad, Brian W. | researcher | ARIIDAE, BAGRIDAE, PLOTOSIDAE, SILURIDAE, SISORIDAE (regional: Middle East) |
| Daniels, Ranjit | researcher | ARIIDAE, BAGRIDAE, CLARIIDAE, PANGASIIDAE, PLOTOSIDAE, SCHILBEIDAE, SILURIDAE, SISORIDAE (regional: Peninsular India, especially Western Ghats) |
| de Oliveira, José Carlos | LORICARIIDAE: Harttia, Hypostominae (eastern Brazil w/ Oyakawa); LORICARIIDAE, PIMELODIDAE, TRICHOMYCTERIDAE (regional: Paraná, São Francisco, Doce and Paraíba do Sul basins, Minas Gerais, Brazil) | |
| de Pinna, Mário C. C. | researcher | CETOPSIDAE (all); TRICHOMYCTERIDAE (all) |
| DoNascimiento M., Carlos L. | researcher | CALLICHTHYIDAE: Callichthys (n.sp.); HEPTAPTERIDAE: Imparfinis (rev. & n.sp. w/ Lasso), Rhamdia (n.sp. w/ Lundberg & Provenzano); TRICHOMYCTERIDAE: Henonemus, Parastegophilus (n.spp. w/ Provenzano), Trichomycterus (regional: Gran Sabana; troglobitic spp. in Venezuelan karstic systems w/ Villarreal; n.sp. w/ Villarreal & Provenzano), other (n. spp. w/ de Pinna & Provenzano) |
| Fernandez, Luis A. | researcher | TRICHOMYCTERIDAE: Trichomycterinae (especially Hatcheria, Silvinichthys, Trichomycterus) |
| Fisch-Muller, Sonia | researcher | LORICARIIDAE: Ancistrinae (Guianas w/ Le Bail), Ancistrus, Hemiancistrus, Lithoxus, Peckoltia |
| Galvis, German | researcher | regional: Colombian catfishes |
| Ghazzi, Miriam S. | student | LORICARIIDAE: Rineloricaria (southern Brazil), Sturisoma (rev.) |
| Guazzelli, Gizelani M. | student (Ph.D) | PIMELODIDAE: Pimelodella |
| Isern, Enrique R. | researcher | |
| Kottelat, Maurice | researcher | |
| Krudpan, Chaiwut | researcher | SILURIDAE (regional: SE Asia) |
| Langeani, Francisco | researcher | AUCHENIPTERIDAE (ageneiosids); DORADIDAE (Leptodoras, n.sp. w/ Lundberg & Sabaj); LORICARIIDAE: Neoplecostomus (n.spp. w/ Zawadzki) |
| Lasso A., Carlos A. | researcher | TRICHOMYCTERIDAE: Trichomycterus (n.spp. in Caroní Basin, Venezuela, w/ Provenzano) |
| Le Bail, Pierre-Yves | researcher | LORICARIIDAE: Ancistrinae (Guianas, w/ Fisch-Muller) |
| Lima, Flávio C. T. | student (Ph.D) | AUCHENIPTERIDAE: Gelanoglanis (n.sp.); CALLICHTHYIDAE: Aspidoras (rev. w/ Britto), Corydoras (n.spp. w/ Britto); LORICARIIDAE: Megalancistrus (rev. w/ Bockmann & Vieira) |
| Lopez Rojas, Hector | researcher | |
| Lucinda, Paulo H. F. | student (Ph.D) | LORICARIIDAE, PIMELODIDAE (regional: Río Tocantins, Brazil) |
| Machado-Allison, Antonio | researcher | |
| Malabarba, Luiz R. | researcher | |
| Manimekalan, A. | researcher | SISORIDAE: Glyptothorax |
| Menezes, Naercio A. | researcher | |
| Mojica, Ivan | researcher | regional: Colombian catfishes |
| Moreira, Cristiano R. | student (Masters) | CALLICHTHYIDAE: Aspidoras (n.sp. w/ Britto & Lima); LORICARIIDAE: Otocinclus (n.sp. w/ Britto), regional: Araguaia, Brazil (n.sp.) |
| Motomura, Hiroyuki | researcher | PLOTOSIDAE |
| Musikasinthorn, Prachya | researcher | |
| Odirlene | student (Masters) | LORICARIIDAE: Pseudancistrus (w/ Rapp Py-Daniel) |
| Ortega Lara, Armando | student (Masters) | HEPTAPTERIDAE: Cetopsorhamdia (rev. & n.sp. w/ Royero); PSEUDOPIMELODIDAE (n.sp.) |
| Ortega, Hernán | researcher | ASTROBLEPIDAE (w/ Buitrago & Schaefer); CETOPSIDAE: Helogenes |
| Oyakawa, Osvaldo T. | researcher | LORICARIIDAE: Harttia, Hypostominae (eastern Brazil w/ Oliveira) |
| Parisi, Béatrice Marie | student (Ph.D) | PIMELODIDAE: Aguarunichthys, Calophysus, Luciopimelodus, Pimelodina, Pimelodus, Pinirampus, other |
| Pavanelli, Carla S. | researcher | LORICARIIDAE: Hypostomus (Paraguay-Paraná Basin w/ Zawadzki) |
| Pereira, Edson H. L. | student (Ph.D) | LORICARIIDAE: Neoplecostominae |
| Porto-Soares, Luisa | researcher | AUCHENIPTERIDAE (all; Gelanoglanis n.sp. w/ Petry) |
| Provenzano-Rizzi, Francisco | researcher | |
| Quevedo Carvalho, Rodrigo | student | |
| Rapp Py-Daniel, Lúcia | researcher | CETOPSIDAE (Bathycetopsis); DORADIDAE: (Physopyxis w/ Sousa); LORICARIIDAE: Baryancistrus, Oligancistrus, Loricaria, Pseudohemiodon, Rineloricaria & other Loricariinae; Pseudancistrus (w/ Odirlene) |
| Reis, Roberto E. | researcher | AUCHENIPTERIDAE; CALLICHTHYIDAE (all); LORICARIIDAE: hypoptopomins, loricariins, neoplecostomins, basal spp.; PIMELODIDAE |
| Roberts, Tyson R. | researcher | AMPHILIIDAE: Leptoglaninae; catfishes of Congo Basin, Africa & tropical Asia |
| Rodiles Hernández, Rocío | researcher | ARIIDAE: Ariopsis, Cathorops, Potamarius; HEPTAPTERIDAE: Rhamdia; ICTALURIDAE: Ictalurus; "Chiapas Catfish" (w/ Hendrickson & Lundberg) |
| Rodriquez, Carlos | researcher | Colombian catfishes |
| Royero, Ramiro | researcher | Colombian catfishes |
| Shibatta, Oscar Akio | researcher | PIMELODIDAE: (n.spp. w/ Garavello): PSEUDOPIMELODIDAE (all) |
| Skelton, Paul H. | researcher | AMPHILIIDAE (all); CLARIIDAE: Clariallabes (n.sp.) |
| Sousa, Leandro M. | student (Masters) | DORADIDAE: Physopyxis (rev. w/ Rapp-Py Daniel) |
| Taphorn Baechle, Donald C. | researcher | |
| Termvidchakorn, Apichart | researcher | regional guide (including juveniles & larvae) to catfishes of Thailand (w/ Vidthayanon) |
| Teugels, Guy G. | researcher | CLARIIDAE (all) |
| Valderrama, Mauricio | researcher | Colombian catfishes |
| van der Bank, Herman | researcher | MOCHOKIDAE: Synodontis (southern Africa) |
| Vidthayanon, Chavalit | researcher | ARIIDAE (regional: Thailand); SISORIDAE: Glyptothorax, Oreoglanis (w/ Ng); regional guide (including juveniles & larvae) to catfishes of Thailand (w/ Termvidchakorn) |
| Watanabe, Katsutoshi | researcher | BAGRIDAE: Pseudobagrus group (East Asian spp.) |
| Weber, Claude | researcher | LORICARIIDAE: Hypostomus |
| Zawadzki, Cláudio H. | researcher | LORICARIIDAE: Hypostomus (Paraguay-Paraná Basin w/ Pavanelli), Neoplecostomus (n.spp. w/ Langeani) |
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REFERRALS
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| Agostinho, Carlos Sergio |
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| Bizerril, Carlos R. S. F. | ||
| Bockmann, Flávio | researcher | HEPTAPTERIDAE: (all); LORICARIIDAE: Megalancistrus (rev. w/ Lima & Vieira) |
| Brewer, Charles | researcher | |
| Casatti, Lilian | researcher | |
| Chernoff, Barry | researcher | |
| Costa, Wilson J. E. M. | researcher | |
| de Arnal, Nadia Milani | ||
| Diaz, Maria Alejandra | HEPTAPTERIDAE: Brachyglanis, Chasmocranus, Heptapterus, Myoglanis | |
| Fermon, Yves | researcher | MOCHOKIDAE: Synodontis |
| Finley, Lee | researcher | |
| Garavello, Julio C. | researcher | PIMELODIDAE: Steindachneridion |
| García de León, Francisco | researcher | ICTALURIDAE: Ictalurus (w/ Hendrickson) |
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Golubtsov, A. S.
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| Gonzalez, Jose Antonio | ||
| Gustiano, Rudhy | student | PANGASIIDAE: Pangasius |
| Oliveira, Claudio | researcher | CETOPSIDAE: Cetopsis |
| Sarmiento, Jaime | researcher | LORICARIIDAE: Bolivian Farlowella (rev. w/ Carvajal V.) |
| Silva, José Pezzi da | researcher | HEPTAPTERIDAE: Rhamdella (n.spp.) |
| Vieira, Fábio | student (Ph.D) | LORICARIIDAE: Megalancistrus (rev. w/ Bockmann & Lima) |
| Villarreal, Osvaldo | ||
| Wosiacki, Wolmar B. | student (Ph.D) | |
| Zuanon, Jansen | researcher | |
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POTENTIAL
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| Ataur Rahman, A. | ||
| Baena, E. G. | ||
| Bertoletti, J. J. | ||
| Chan, B. P. L. | ||
| De Vos, Luc | researcher | |
| Fumihito, A. | ||
| Gosztonyi, Atila E. | researcher | |
| Isbrücker, von Isaäc J. H. | researcher | |
| Kailola, Patricia J. | researcher | |
| Keith, Philippe | researcher | |
| Kobayakawa, M. | ||
| Lim, K. K. P. | ||
| Miquelarena, Amalia | researcher | |
| Mirza, Muhammad R. | researcher | |
| Ng, Peter K. L. | researcher | |
| Paixão, Andrea C. | student (Masters) | |
| Pethyiagoda, Rohan | researcher |