The AMNH and the Department of Ichthyology have a strong commitment to training doctoral students in collection-based systematic ichthyology, conservation, and biogeography. Please contact the Departmental curators and the Museum's Office of Grants and Fellowships for more information. We are just beginning to compile this list, so please let us know if we have forgotten anyone or if you have up-to-date e-mail addresses for any of our former graduate students.
Robert C.
Schelly, 2006, Columbia
University - "The phylogenetics of the Lamprologini
(Perciformes: Cichlidae) based on morphology and DNA
sequence data."
Wm. Leo Smith, 2005, Columbia
University - "The limits and relationships of
mail-cheeked fishes (Teleostei: Percomorpha) and the
evolution of venom in fishes."
Abebe Getahun, 1999, City
University of New York - "Taxonomic studies of the
Ethiopian species of the genus Garra
(Pisces:
Cyprinidae)."
James Van Tassel, 1999. City University of New York
- "Phylogenetic relationships within the gobiid
genus Gobiosoma
sensu Böhlke and Robins
(1968) with comments on their relationships to other
genera in the tribe Gobiosomini."
Marcelo R. de
Carvalho, 1998, City
University of New York - "Systematic revision of the
electric rays, Order Torpediniformes (Chondrichthyes,
Selachii)."
Mônica Toledo-Piza, 1997, City
University of New York - "Systematic revision of the
subfamily Cynodontinae (Pisces Characiformes) and its
phylogenetic relationship to other
Characiformes."
Joel M. Radding, 1994.
City University of New York - "Phylogeny of Ammodytidae
(Teleostei) with a study of their
scales."
Mario dePinna, 1993, City University of New York
- "Higher-level phylogeny of Siluriformes, with a new
classification of the order (Teleostei,
Ostariophysi)."
Mary Rauchenberger,
1988, City University of New York - "Systematics and
biogeography of the genus Gambusia
(Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae)."
Chang-hwa M. Chang,
1988, City University of New York - "Systematics of the
Centrarchidae (Perciformes: Percoidei) with notes on the
haemal-anal-axial character complex."
Carl J. Ferraris, Jr., 1988, City
University of New York - "The Auchenipteridae:
Putative monophyly and systematics, with a
classification of the neotropical doradoid catfishes
(Ostariophysi: Siluriformes)."
Darrel J. Siebert, 1987, City
University of New York - "Interrelationships among
families of the Order Cypriniformes
(Teleostei)."
John Waldman, 1986, City
University of New York - "Systematics of Morone
(Pisces: Moronidae), with notes on the lower
Percoids."
Lance Grande, 1983, City
University of New York - "Recent and fossil
clupeomorph fishes with materials for revision of the
subgroups of clupeoids"
Lynne Parenti, 1980, City University
of New York - "A phylogenetic and biogeographic
analysis of cyprinodontiform fishes (Teleostei:
Atherinomorpha)."
Hin Kiu "Michael" Mok, 1978, City University of New York
- "Coelomic organs of perciform fishes
(Teleostei)."
Richard Vari, 1976, City
University of New York - "The family Teraponidae
(Pisces: Percoidei): Interrelationships, taxonomy, and
zoogeography."
Ed O. Wiley, 1976, City
University of New York - "The phylogeny and
biogeography of fossil and recent gars
(Actinopterygii: Lepisosteidae)."
Johnathan Baskin, 1972, City
University of New York - "Structure and relationships
of the Trichomycteridae"