# positions[].organizations[].parent[].label
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# overview
The central goal of the TAMU Systematic Ichthyology Laboratory is to document the taxonomic, anatomical, ontogenetic, and genetic diversity of teleost fishes. Teleost fishes are without-a-doubt the most successful group of fishes (and probably vertebrates) on the planet currently and have colonized almost all available aquatic habitats (and even some terrestrial habitats). The morphological diversity of teleosts is unparalleled by any other group of vertebrates, ranging in size from tiny 7mm long minnows to 10meter long oar fish, and in shape from ribbon-like eels to globe-like pufferfishes.  We investigate this diversity not only to further our understanding of vertebrate anatomy in general but also to discover novel characters to advance our understanding of the phylogenetic relationships of select groups of teleost fishes. Our investigations frequently lead to the discovery of previously unrecognized taxonomic diversity and one of the broader aims of the TAMU Systematic Ichthyology Laboratory is to document this diversity through the description of new species.

# keywords[]
30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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Pisces, Deep Water, Depth Records, Soucoupe Diving Saucer

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Dean's Outstanding Achievement Award for Early Career Research

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A new genus and two new species of miniature clingfishes from temperate southern Australia (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae).

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Francis Hamilton's Gangetic Fishes in Colour

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Description of two new species of Psilorhynchus (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae) and redescription of P. balitora

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Ontogeny of the catfish pectoral-fin spine (Teleostei: Siluriformes).

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How do these fish suck? The anatomy and function of the clingfish suction disk

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Three new species of Psilorhynchus from the Ayeyarwaddy River drainage, Myanmar (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae)

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Heterodonty in the New World: An SEM Investigation of Oral Jaw Dentition in the Clingfishes of the Subfamily Gobiesocinae (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae)

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American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH)

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Spectacular morphological novelty in a miniature cyprinid fish, Danionella dracula n. sp.

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Inferring the Tree of Life of the order Cypriniformes, the earth's most diverse clade of freshwater fishes: Implications of varied taxon and character sampling

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A new species of sea urchin associating clingfish of the genus Dellichthys from New Zealand (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae).

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A new species of the live-bearing fish genus Poeciliopsis from northern Mexico (Cyprinodontiformes, Poeciliidae).

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Phylogeography of Rhinichthys cataractae (Teleostei: Cyprinidae): pre-glacial colonization across the Continental Divide and Pleistocene diversification within the Rio Grande drainage

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Additions to "The Cypriniformes Tree of Confusion"

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Heterochrony leads to evolutionary novelty: the catfish pectoral-fin spine (Teleostei: Siluriformes).

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Phylogenetic relationships of Danio within the order Cypriniformes: a framework for comparative and evolutionary studies of a model species.

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Threatened Fishes of the World: Elassoma alabamae Mayden, 1993 (Elassomatidae)

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Developmental osteology of Sciaenops ocellatus and Cynoscion nebulosus (Teleostei: Sciaenidae), economically important sciaenids from the western Atlantic

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Gobiesox lanceolatus, a new species of clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from Los Frailes submarine canyon, Gulf of California, Mexico.

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Redescription of the Nepalese endemic torrent minnow Psilorhynchus pseudecheneis with comments on P. homaloptera (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae)

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The larval attachment organ of the tropical gar Atractosteus tropicus Gill, 1863 (Lepisosteiformes: Lepisosteidae).

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A new species of Psilorhynchus (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from the Ataran River Basin, Myanmar, with comments on the generic name Psilorhynchoides

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Balitora eddsi, a new species of hillstream loach (Ostariophysi: Balitoridae) from Nepal.

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Life in the Fast Lane: A Review of Rheophily in Freshwater Fishes

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Extreme evolutionary shifts in developmental timing establish the miniature Danionella as a novel model in the neurosciences.

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The Silverjaw Minnow, Ericymba buccata: An Extraordinary Lateral Line System and its Contribution to Prey Detection.

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Two new species of Pethia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), representing a sympatric species pair, from the Ayeyarwady drainage, Myanmar

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A replacement name for the acoelan flatworm genus Rimicola Bhmig (Acoela: Isodiametridae).

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Pseudolaguvia assula, a new species of crypto-benthic sisorid catfish from central Nepal (Teleostei: Sisoridae)

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Assessment of genomic diversity within and between two cryptic shiners, the West Texas shiner (Notropis megalops) and the Texas shiner (Notropis amabilis).

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Osteology of Tucanoichthys tucano Gery and Ramer, an enigmatic miniature fish from the Amazon basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae)

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Rediagnosis of the monotypic genus Lepadicyathus Prokofiev 2005 (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae) and redescription of Lepadicyathus minor (Briggs 1955), new combination

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A new species of the clingfish genus Trachelochismus from bay and estuarine areas of New Zealand (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae)

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First record of the Gangetic Swamp Eel, Ophichthys cuchia (Hamilton, 1822) (Teleostei: Synbranchidae), from Texas (USA) based on museum vouchered material, and confirmation of a second established non-native population in the USA

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How to Distinguish Pattern from Chaos: Superficial Neuromasts of the Mechanosensory Lateral Line System in Fishes

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First record of the Conchos Shiner Cyprinella panarcys (Hubbs & Miller, 1978) from the mainstem of the Rio Grande along the USAMexico border

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Observations on habitat use of age-0 Rio Grande Blue Sucker (Cycleptus sp. cf . elongates)

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Schistura diminuta, a new miniature loach from the Mekong River drainage of Cambodia (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)

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Redescription of the Texas Shiner Notropis amabilis from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico with the reinstatement of N-megalops (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

# publications[].publisher
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH)

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TWO NEW SPECIES OF TORRENT MINNOW (OSTARIOPHYSI: PSILORHYNCHIDAE) FROM WESTERN MYANMAR

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Effects of translocation on survival and growth of freshwater mussels within a West Gulf Coastal Plain river system

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The best of both worlds: regional specialization in the mechanosensory system of the silverjaw minnow, Ericymba buccata

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An overview of North America's diminutive freshwater fish fauna

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Molecular systematics of the Asian torrent minnows (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data

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Osteology of the South Asian Genus Psilorhynchus McClelland, 1839 (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae), with investigation of its phylogenetic relationships within the order Cypriniformes

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New records of the Mountain Mullet, Dajaus monticola (Bancroft, 1834), and an overview of historical records in Texas

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Osteology of the South Asian Genus Psilorhynchus McClelland, 1839 (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae), with investigation of its phylogenetic relationships within the order Cypriniformes

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Review of the Southeast Asian miniature cyprinid genus Sundadanio (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae) with descriptions of seven new species from Indonesia and Malaysia

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Acoustic and postural displays in a miniature and transparent teleost fish, Danionella dracula.

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The Celestial Pearl danio is a miniature Danio (s.s) (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae): evidence from morphology and molecules

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Replacement names for Chapinia and Ripleyia(Aves: Passeriformes: Muscicapidae).

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Erromyzon yangi, a new hillstream loach (Teleostei: Balitoridae) from the Pearl River drainage of Guangxi Province, China

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'On Psilorhynchus sucatio and P. nudithoracicus', the sequel: Unnecessary and unscientific names lead to rapid synonymization and taxonomic time wasting-A response to Arunachalam et al. (2018).

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Multiple new records of Gymnoscyphus ascitus Bhlke and Robins, 1970 (Perciformes: Gobiesocidae) from the western Central Atlantic

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Molecular systematics of the New World clingfish genus Gobiesox (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) and the origin of a freshwater clade.

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Sexual dimorphism of the Weberian apparatus and pectoral girdle in Sundadanio axelrodi (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae)

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CONSERVATION GENETICS OF AN UNDESCRIBED SPECIES OF DIONDA (TELEOSTEI: CYPRINIDAE) IN THE RIO GRANDE DRAINAGE IN WESTERN TEXAS

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Morphological novelty and modest developmental truncation in Barboides, Africa's smallest vertebrates (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).

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Effectiveness of a nonlethal method to quantify gamete production in freshwater mussels

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Stick with it: convergent evolution of eco-morphotypes in clingfishes

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The emerging vertebrate model species for neurophysiological studies is Danionella cerebrum, new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).

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Patterns of Phenotypic Evolution Associated with Marine/Freshwater Transitions in Fishes.

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Devario anomalus, a new species of freshwater fish from Bangladesh (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae)

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The median-fin skeleton of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean clingfishes Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Bonnaterre) and Gouania wildenowi (Risso) (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae).

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Larval description and developmental staging of Amolops tadpoles from Nepal, including ultrastructure of the oral disc and sucker

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Miniatures, morphology and molecules: Paedocypris and its phylogenetic position (Teleostei, Cypriniformes)

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Gill-filament ossifications: a possible morphological synapomorphy uniting the families Balitoridae and Cobitidae (Ostariophysi: Cypriniformes).

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Osteology of Paedocypris, a miniature and highly developmentally truncated fish (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae).

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Description of a New Genus and Two New Species of Indo-Pacific Clingfishes (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae) with Redescription and Reassignment of Two Species Previously Assigned to Lepadichthys Waite, 1904

# publications[].publisher
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH)

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Three scleral ossicles in the West African Denticle herring Denticeps clupeoides (Clupeiformes: Denticipitidae).

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Psilorhynchus breviminor, a new species of psilorhynchid fish from Myanmar (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae)

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Under the radar: genetic assessment of Rio Grande Shiner (Notropis jemezanus) and Speckled Chub (Macrhybopsis aestivalis), two Rio Grande basin endemic cyprinids that have experienced recent range contractions

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Notes on egg structure and larval development in the highly miniaturised and progenetic Paedocypris (Teleostei: Cryprinidae)

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Barboides britzi, a new species of miniature cyprinid from Benin (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae), with a neotype designation for B. gracilis

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Different on the inside: extreme swimbladder sexual dimorphism in the South Asian torrent minnows.

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A new genus and species of clingfish from the Rangithua Kermadec Islands of New Zealand (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae).

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Microanatomy of the paired-fin pads of ostariophysan fishes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi).

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Monophyly of the genus Boraras (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

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Partial characterization of digestive proteases of fat snook (Centropomus paralellus)

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A diversity of fishes that suck - New Zealand edition

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First record of the Kermadec Clingfish, Flexor incus Conway, Stewart & Summers, 2018 (Gobiesocidae), from New Caledonia and Australia

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Tuberculation of Macrhybopsis hyostoma (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

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Molecular phylogenetics of New World searobins (Triglidae; Prionotinae).

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Gill arch and hyoid arch diversity and cypriniform phylogeny: Distributed integration of morphology and web-based tools

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Araiocypris Batodes, a new genus and species of cyprinid fish from Northern Vietnam (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae)

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Boraras naevus, a new species of miniature and sexually dichromatic freshwater fish from peninsular Thailand (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae)

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Danionella dracula, an escape from the cypriniform Bauplan via developmental truncation?

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A New Genus and Species of Clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from Western Australia

# publications[].publisher
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH)

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Molecular Systematics of Redband Trout from Genome-Wide DNA Sequencing Substantiates the Description of a New Taxon (Salmonidae: Oncorhynchus mykiss calisulat) from the McCloud River.

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Erdmannichthys, a new genus of Gobiesocidae (Teleostei: Gobiesociformes), and notes on the rare clingfish E. alorensis (Allen & Erdmann, 2012), new combination

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A new genus and four new species of seagrass-specialist clingfishes (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from temperate southern Australia

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The Gill Arches of Psilorhynchus (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae)

# publications[].publisher
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH)

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On Psilorhynchus sucatio and P. nudithoracicus, with the description of a new species of Psilorhynchus from northeastern India (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae).

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Ontogeny of the Pectoral-fin Radials in Catfishes

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A new species of gravel-dwelling loach (Ostariophysi: Nemacheilidae) from the Nepalese Himalayan foothills.

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High genetic diversity within the morphologically conservative dwarf loach, Kichulchoia brevifasciata (Teleostei: Cobitidae), an endangered freshwater fish from South Korea

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Cryptic diversity and venom glands in Western atlantic clingfishes of the genus acyrtus (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae).

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Psilorhynchus tysoni, a new species of torrent minnow from the Salween River drainage, western Thailand (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae).

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Larval development of the Mexican Snook, Centropomus poeyi (Teleostei: Centropomidae)

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Phylogenetic diagnosis of the African cyprinid genus Clypeobarbus (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae), with the rehabilitation of Clypeobarbus bomokandi

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Psilorhynchus olliei, a new species of torrent minnow from eastern Myanmar (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae)

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Estimated richness and environmental correlates of miniature fish assemblages in the rio Jacunda, Brazil

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Phylogenetic position of the enigmatic genus Psilorhynchus (Ostariophysi: Cypriniformes): evidence from the mitochondrial genome.

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Molecular Phylogenetics of the Chub Suckers (Teleostei: Catostomidae: Erimyzon) Inferred from Nuclear and Mitochondrial Loci

# publications[].publisher
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH)

# researcherOn[].label
Evolutionary diversification, morphological diversity and alpha taxonomy of the carps, minnows and their relatives

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

# researcherOn[].label
Biological Collections: Crucial upgrades to specimen storage, organization, and database management at the rapidly growing Texas A&M Collection of Fishes

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Directorate for Biological Sciences - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO THE PERFORMANCE AND EVOLUTION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE SUCTORIAL DISKS IN FISHES

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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CSBR: Ownership Transfer: Rehabilitation and digitization of a significant collection of amphibians, reptiles, and fishes through institutional networking

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Ecology and Conservation Biology; 2258 TAMU

# organizations[]
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# schools[]
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# etdChairOf[].label
King, Cragen Danielle (2017-12). Molecular Phylogenetic Investigation of the Clingfishes (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae). Master's Thesis.

# etdChairOf[].label
Mock, Iliana Marie (2017-05). Ontogeny of the Oromandibular Structures in the Algivorous and Federally Threatened Devils River Minnow, Dionda diaboli, with an Overview of Keratinized Oral Surfaces in North American Minnows (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Master's Thesis.

# etdChairOf[].label
Bertrand, Nicholas Gilbert (2014-12). Distribution and Evolution of Heterodonty in the Ray-finned Fishes (Actinonpterygii). Master's Thesis.