ACSI Expedition Websites

2004 & 2005 Expedition to Amazonas, Venezuela

2005 Expedition to Sumatra, Indonesia

2004 Expedition to Araguaia and Xingu rivers, Brazil

2004 Trans-Continental Catfish Expeditions: Brasil | Perú

2003 Expedition to southern Guyana

Recently completed, ongoing, or proposed field & museum projects of interest to ASCI participants

Approximate global distribution
of catfishes

Field Projects

 

 

 

Continent:
Country (general region) —
primary water body(ies)

Nature or title of project (funding source)

Principal Investigators, Coordinators and/or Expedition Co-Leaders

Status
(funding source if proposed)

1: North America

 

 

 

MEXICO (Chiapas)—R. Lacantun Basin

Chiapas Catfish Project
(AAAS, WISC)

Rodiles, Hendrickson & Lundberg

ongoing

MEXICO (Coahuila)—Cuatro Ciénegas

catfish surveys

Hendrickson et al.

ongoing

MEXICO (Coahuila & Tamaulipas)

surveys of blindcats, Genus Prietella

Hendrickson et al.

ongoing, fieldwork began in 1997

MEXICO (Sonora, Sinaloa)

catfish surveys

Hendrickson et al.

proposed

2: South America

 

 

 

ARGENTINA (northeast)—R. Iguazú, Delta del Paraná

ichthyofaunal surveys

Azpelicueta, et al.

ongoing & planned

ARGENTINA (Patagonia)—Chubut River

biology of Diplomystes mesembrinus

Gosztonyi, et al.

ongoing

BOLIVIA—R. Beni system (Madeira Dr.)

Long-term project on fishes & fisheries for regional conservation

Sarmiento, et al.

proposal submitted

BOLIVIA (Pando)—Ríos Tahuamanu, Manuripi & Nareuda (upper R. Orthon)

Orthon AquaRAP
(Conservation International, FMNH)

Chernoff, et al.

fieldwork completed in 1996

BOLIVIA—upper R. Madeira Basin

ichthyofaunal surveys

Jegu, et al.

ongoing

BRAZIL—main channels of R. Amazonas & major tributaires (e.g., R. Negro)

Calhamazon Project (NSF)

Lundberg, et al.

fieldwork completed in 1993, 94, 96

BRAZIL (Pantanal region)— Taquari/Jaura/Coxim, Aquidauana, and Miranda watersheds (Headwaters Basin) & R. Negro

Pantanal AquaRAP
(Conservation International, FMNH)

Chernoff, et al.

fieldwork completed in 1998

BRAZIL—central Amazonas Basin

natural history, taxonomy & systematics of small catfishes (e.g., Stauroglanis)

Zuanon, Sazima, et al.

ongoing

BRAZIL—
R. Negro Basin (Amazonas Dr.)

ichthyofaunal inventory & Project Piaba (Dr. H.R. Axelrod Foundation & TFH Publications, Bio-Amazonia Conservation International, FundaAoRio Negro de Desenvolvimento Sustentaveis)

Nibbish Chao, Petry et al. (Center of Ornamental Fish Study)

ongoing, fieldwork began in 1989

BRAZIL—Recifes Manoel Luís (Atlantic coast), Paraíba do Sul, Paranaíba (upper Paraná), Paraguai, Paranapanema, Ribeira de Iguape, Rio Grande do Sul, São Francisco, Santa Catarina, Serra dos Órgãos, Tietê, Tocantins, & Uruguai

Knowledge, conservation & rational exploration of the fish fauna of Brazil—PRONEX (CNPq & Fundação Univ. José Bonifácio)

Menezes, Britski, de Figueredo, de Pinna, Sazima, Buckup, Castro, Reis, L. Malabarba, Lucena

ongoing, listed fieldwork began in 1998

BRAZIL—R. Ribeira de Iguape System

identification guide

Akama & Oyakawa

ongoing

BRAZIL—R. Tocantins Basin

ecological surveys

Agostinho, Marques et al.

ongoing, fieldwork began in 1995

BRAZIL—Amazon, Paraná & SE coastal basins

Pimelodid Project, in part–see also VENEZUELA (NSF)

Lundberg

ongoing, fieldwork conducted in 2002

BRAZIL—ríos Madeira & Purus

ichthyofaunal inventories
(IDSM /MCT–Purus, MMA/CNPq–Madeira)

Rapp Py-Daniel

ongoing

BRAZIL—R. Amazonas Basin

Phylogeny, Taxonomy and Biogeography of Neotropical Siluriformes with focus on Amazonian species

Wosiacki

proposal submitted (CNPq)

BRAZIL (São Paulo State)—headwaters in R. Ribeira de Iguape basin (Atlantic Coast drainage)

Diversidade de Peixes de Riachos e Cabeceiras da Bacia do Rio Ribeira de Iguape no Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP–Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Est. São Paulo)

J.C. de Oliveira

ongoing, fieldwork recently conducted

BRAZIL (Serra da Mantiqueira, Minas Gerais State)—headwaters of Paraná, São Francisco, Doce and Paraíba do Sul basins

ichthyofaunal surveys

J.C. de Oliveira

ongoing, fieldwork recently conducted

BRAZIL (São Paulo State)—R. Paranapanema, upper Paraná basin

Caracterização Biológica dos peixes da represa de Capivara (Duke Energy)

Shibatta

ongoing, fieldwork recently conducted

BRAZIL (São Paulo State)—R. São José do Rio Preto system

ichthyofaunal surveys & field guide (FAPESP–Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Est. São Paulo)

Langeani, Casatti, et al.

ongoing

BRAZIL—upper Paraná & adjacent basins

ichthyofaunal surveys

Langeani, Bockmann, Castro, et al.

planned

BRAZIL—rios Corumbá, Iguaçu, Ivaí, & Tibagi, Itaipu Reservoir, floodplains (Paraná Dr.); rio Manso (Paraguay Dr.)

ichthyofaunal surveys & identification guide to fishes of rio Corumbá (Nupelia, Univ. Est. Maringá)

Pavanelli, Zawadzki, et al.

ongoing, fieldwork began 1992

BRAZIL (Paraná State)—30 reservoirs in Paraná, Iguaçu & coastal basins

ichthyofaunal surveys—
PRONEX (CNPq & Fundação Univ. José Bonifácio)

Pavanelli, Zawadzki, et al.

ongoing until 2005

BRAZIL/CHILE/GUYANA/PERU
VENEZUELA

Phylogeny & evolution of Loricarioidea: a multidisciplinary analysis

C. Oliveira, de Pinna, Shibatta & Foresti

ongoing, fieldwork collaborative with other projects listed for participants

BRAZIL/PERU—upper R. Ucayali & Madre de Dios (Peru) & north-flowing tributaries of R. Amazonas & Tocantins (Brazil)

ACSI trans-South America Expedition

Lundberg & Reis (Brazil); Ortega, Sabaj & Salcedo (Peru)

proposed (NSF-PBI)

CHILE

catfish surveys

Arratia & Vila

ongoing

COLOMBIA

ichthyofaunal inventory

Mojica, et al.

ongoing

COLOMBIA—R. Amazonas & tributary systems (Putumayo, Caquetá, Guaviare)

inventory of catfishes
(SINCHI, FAO in part)

Agudelo, Carlos Alonso, Mojica & Valderrama

ongoing

COLOMBIA (high Andes)—L. Fúquene

ecology of 2 Andean endemics including the endangered Eremophilus mutisii (Fundación Humedales)

Valderrama et al.

ongoing

COLOMBIA—R. Sinú & Amazonas basins

assessment of catfish fisheries (Fundación Humedales)

Valderrama, Mojica, et al.

ongoing

COLOMBIA/VENEZUELA—R. Orinoco Basin

inventory of commercially important catfishes

Royero, DoNascimiento, et al.

proposed

ECUADOR—R. Napo Basin

ichthyofaunal surveys (community ecology studies)

Stewart, et al.

ongoing, fieldwork began in 1981

ECUADOR/PERU—R. Pastaza

Pastaza AquaRAP
(Conservation International, FMNH)

Chernoff, et al.

fieldwork completed in 1999

FRENCH GUIANA—fresh- & near-shore waters

ichthyofaunal inventory (IEGB-MNHN, INRA, CSP, Min. Env., Paris)

Le Bail, P. Keith, Planquette†, et al.

ongoing, fieldwork began in 1976

FRENCH GUIANA/GUYANA/SURINAME (Guiana Shield)—Essequibo, Cuyuni, Demerara (coastal), Corantijn, Comté, Approuague, Oyapock R. basins

Ichthyological diversification in the Guianas: a phylogeographic approach based on loricariid catfishes

Fisch-Muller, Montoya-Burgos & Weber

submitted (Swiss Nat. Foundation–FNRS), 3-year project to begin in 2003

GUYANA—middle Essequibo R. & tributaries

Iwokrama Faunal Surveys (UNDP-GEF)

Watkins, et al.

ongoing in part, most field work completed in 1997

GUYANA/VENEZUELA (western Guiana Shiled)—upland tributaries of lower R. Orinoco & Essequibo R.

Loricariid Biogeography Project (NSF) & ichthyofaunal surveys

Armbruster

ongoing until 2004, fieldwork conducted in 2002

PERU (Andes)—upper R. Amazonas

catfish surveys

Salcedo

ongoing

PERU (Loreto)—upper R. Amazonas Basin (lowlands)

ichthyofaunal inventory

Sabaj, Burr, et al.

ongoing, fieldwork conducted in 1994, 95, 96, 97, 99 & 01

PERU (Loreto, Pacaya Samiria Reserve)— lower R. Marañon-Ucayali

Projecto Ucamara (NSF-BSI)

Albert & Crampton

ongoing until 2004, fieldwork conducted in 2002

SURINAM—upper Maroni R. Basin

ACSI Litani Expedition

Lundberg, Mol & Sabaj

proposed (NSF-PBI)

VENEZUELA—R. Caura, Orinoco Basin

Caura AquaRAP (Conservation International, FMNH)

Chernoff, et al.

fieldwork completed in 2000

VENEZUELA—L. Maracaibo & Orinoco basins

Pimelodid Project, in part–see also BRAZIL (NSF)

Lundberg

ongoing, fieldwork conducted in 2002

VENEZUELA (Amazonas)—R. Ventuari Basin

ichthyofaunal inventory (FONACIT)

Taphorn & Lasso

ongoing

VENEZUELA (Amazonas, llanos)— floodplain ecosystems of large rivers

dynamics of fish assemblages

Arrington

ongoing with proposals to be submitted (Nat. Geog. Soc., NSF)

VENEZUELA (Gran Sabana)

catfish surveys

Brewer & Linder

ongoing

VENEZUELA (Gran Sabana & karstic river systems)

revision of regional Trichomycterus

DoNascimiento, et al.

ongoing, fieldwork conducted

3: Africa

 

 

 

ANGOLA/ZAMBIA—upper Zambezi R. system

ichthyofaunal survey (African Wildlife Foundation)

Skelton

ongoing, fieldwork in 2002-03

BURUNDI/KENYA/RWANDA
UGANDA/TANZANIA—rivers and lakes of East Africa

East African Fish Diversity Project (Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren)

De Vos, et al. (Dept. Ichthyology, NMK)

ongoing, fieldwork conducted

CAMEROON

ichthyofaunal surveys (Belgian Ministry of Cooperation)

Teugels

completed 4 year field project

CONGO-Brazzaville (Odzala National Park)

ichthyofaunal survey

Friel, Lavoué, Mamonékené, Sullivan

ongoing, fieldwork began in 2002

CONGO-Brazzaville—coastal basins & Congo R. tributaries

ichthyofaunal surveys

Teugels & Mamonékené

ongoing, 4 year field project recently started

CONGO-Kinshasa

CREDP–Congo River Environment & Development Project (USAID funded)

Shumway (BU), Sullivan, Schelly (AMNH)

ongoing, fieldwork began in 2002

ETHIOPIA—freshwaters nationwide

Joint Ethio-Russian Biological Expeditions

Golubtsov, et al.

ongoing, fieldwork began in 1986

GABON

ichthyofaunal surveys (WWF, FWO, BOF-Ghent Unvi.)

Teugels, Adriaens

ongoing, fieldwork recently completed

Lower Guinea province: CAMEROON
CONGO-Brazzaville/GABON

Revision of Ichthyofauna of Lower Guinea

Stiassny (AMNH), Teugels (MRAC), Hopkins & Friel (CU), et al.

ongoing, fieldwork collaborative with other projects listed for participants

MOZAMBIQUE—Buzi R. system

Biodiversity survey of Chimanimani Transfrontier Conservation Area (USA Gov.)

Bills, et al.

ongoing, fieldwork began in 2002

SOUTH AFRICA

Phylogenetic/Conservation studies of rock catfishes, Austroglanididae

Bills

ongoing, fieldwork recently completed

SWAZILAND

Survey of National Fish Resources

Bills, et al.

ongoing, fieldwork recently conducted

4: Asia

AUSTRALIA/NEW CALEDONIA—coastal marine

ichthyofaunal surveys

Thacker, et al.

planned, fall 2003

CAMBODIA—Tonle Sap & Mekong River

Giant Catfish Conservation and Research Project (University of California, Davis, & National Geographic Conservation Trust)

Hogan, et al.

ongoing

CHINA (Yunnan)—upper Irrawaddy, Mekong & Salween R. systems

ichthyofaunal surveys (NSF)

Fritsch, Ferraris, et al.

ongoing & proposed (NSF-PBI)

INDIA (peninsular)

ichthyofaunal surveys with guide to freshwater fishes

Daniels

completed in 2002

INDIA (Western Ghats)

Diversity, Ecological Structure & Conservation of Threatened Fishes of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Manimekalan

ongoing

INDIA (Chennai City, Tamilnadu State)

Ecological survey of regional catfish

Rajagopal

ongoing

INDONESIA (Sumatra)

ichthyofaunal inventory

Siebert & Tjakrawidjaja

ongoing with fieldwork proposed (NSF-PBI), 2004-08

MALAYSIA

ichthyofaunal inventory

Ferraris, Ng, et al.

ongoing with fieldwork proposed (NSF-PBI), 2007-08

MONGOLIA—upper Amur R. System

ACSI Amur Expedition

Sabaj

proposed (NSF-PBI), 2005, 06 or 07

MYANMAR—Chindwin R. Basin (Irrawaddy Dr.)

ichthyofaunal survey

Ferraris, et al.

proposed (NSF-PBI), 2003 or 2004

NEPAL

ichthyofaunal inventory

Edds

ongoing

THAILAND

fieldguide to regional catfishes, including juveniles & larvae

Vidthayanon & Termvidchakorn

ongoing

THAILAND

ichthyofaunal surveys

Hardman & Sabaj

fieldwork conducted & completed in 2001

THAILAND—Mun R. basin (Mekong R. Drainage)

ichthyofaunal inventory

Krudpan

ongoing, fieldwork began in 2002

Museum Projects

Title and/or nature of project

funding source and/or supporting institution(s)

Principal investigator(s)

Status

On-line Catalog of Fishes
searchable guide to fish taxonomy including all species, genera, and references, along with the classification, introduction, and list of museum abbreviations

NSF at California Academy of Sciences Department of Ichthyology

Eschmeyer, et al.

completed, ongoing with taxonomic updates

FishNet & The Species Analyst
distributed information system that uses Z39.50 & XML protocols to link together specimen records of museums & other institutions in a seamless information-retrieval system

NSF, Nat. Oceanographic Partnership Program & Office of Naval Research at University of Kansas

Wiley, et al.

ongoing

Digital Morphology
high-resolution X-ray computed tomography of biological specimens

NSF (Digital Libraries Initiative) at University of Texas, Austin

Rowe, et al.

ongoing

Primary Types Imagebase

NSF DBI-9876822 at California Academy of Sciences Department of Ichthyology

Catania, et al.

essentially complete, ongoing with addition of new types & returns of old types

Digital Imaging of Fish Types

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa

Skelton

ongoing

Digital Imaging of Fish Types

Laboratoire d'Ichtyologie Générale et Appliquée, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Pruvost, et al.

ongoing

Digital Imaging of Fish Types

Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

Hartel, et al.

ongoing

ChinaFishBase (Project 863)

Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology

He, et al.

ongoing

Type catalog of catfishes described by Pieter Bleeker & deposited in Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden

University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor

H.H. Ng

proposed


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