Molecular Systematics Laboratories

Luis Fernandez :

( Extension: 5797 E-mail:lfernandez2@amnh.org)

 

History:

Ph.D. Biological Sciences, Zoology, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Argentina. Currently a Posdoctoral Kalbfleisch Research Fellowship AMNH and a Researcher CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Argentina). Current project: Phylogeny and biogeography of the Neotropical Trichomycteridae using morphological and molecular data.

Publications:

In press. Fernandez L. & G. Miranda. A catfish of the genus Trichomycterus from a thermal stream in southern South America (Teleostei, Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae), with comments on relationships within of the genus. Journal Fish Biology.

In press. Fernandez L. & R. Quispe Chuquihuamani. A new species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Andean Cordillera of Peru, with comments on relationships within the genus. Zootaxa.

In press. Fernandez, L. Patterns of the supraorbital canal on trichomycterids (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana.

2006 Fernandez, L. & K. Osinaga. A new Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Aguarague National Park of Bolivia preandean with comments on relationships within of the genus. Environmental Biology of Fish 75:385-393.

2005 Fernandez, L. Risk of extinction of a rare catfish of Andean groundwater and its priority for conservation. AMBIO 34(3):269-270.

2005 Fernandez, L. & S.A. Schaefer. New Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from an offshore island of Colombia. Copeia 2005(1):68-76.

2005 Fernandez, L. & M.C.C. de Pinna. A phreatic catfish of the genus Silvinichthys from southern South America (Teleostei, Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae). Copeia 2005(1):100-108.

2004 Fernandez, L. & R.P. Vari. A new species of Trichomycterus from mid-elevation localities of northwestern Argentina (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Copeia 2004(4):876-882.