Staff Spotlight
Dr. Larry M. Page
Curator of Ichthyology
214 Dickinson Hall
Museum Road & Newell Drive
Gainesville, FL 32611
(352) 273-1951
Email: lpage1@ufl.edu
Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1972
Concurrent Appointments
- Affiliate Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Florida
- Affiliate Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida
- Principal Scientist Emeritus, Illinois Natural History Survey Champaign, IL 61820
Research Interests
Systematics, evolution, and ecology of freshwater fishes; protection of aquatic natural areas. Current research emphasis is on phylogenetic relationships, evolution of reproductive behaviors, and speciation processes that have led to the diversity of freshwater organisms.
Collection Activities
Fieldwork conducted annually throughout North America and at selected localities in Asia, Africa and South America. See websites for All Catfish Species Inventory, All Cypriniformes Species Inventory and LINNE.
Courses Taught
Ichthyology (offered in even-numbered years)
Graduate Students
Zachery Martin, M.S., Zoology
Email: zpm1131@ufl.edu
- Ecology of N.A. freshwater fishes
Randal Singer, M.S., Zoology
Email: rsinger@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Systematics of Asian freshwater fishes
Alfred Thomson, M.S., Zoology
Email: athomson@flmnh.ufl.edu
- Systematic revisions of sisorid and erethistid catfishes
Staff
Jesse Grosso - Ichthyology Assistant
Email: jgrosso@flmnh.ufl.edu
Robert Robins - Fish Collection Manager
Email: rhrobins@flmnh.ufl.edu
Randal Singer - Collection Technician
Email: rsinger@flmnh.ufl.edu
Representative Publications
Page, L. M., R. K. Hadiaty, J. A. Lopez, I. Rachmatika, and R. H. Robins. 2007. Two New Species of the Akysis variegatus Species Group (Siluriformes; Akysidae) from Southern Sumatra and a Redescription of Akysis variegatus Bleeker 1846. Copeia 2007:292-303. [130] Thomson, A. W. and L. M. Page. 2006. Genera of the Asian catfish families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Zootaxa. 1345:1-96.
Knouft, J. H. and L. M. Page. 2003. The evolution of body size in extant groups of North American freshwater fishes: Speciation, size distributions, and Cope's Rule. American Naturalist 161:413-421.
Page, L. M., M. Hardman, and T. J. Near. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships of barcheek Darters (Percidae: Etheostoma, Subgenus Catonotus) with descriptions of two new species. Copeia 2003:512-530.
Knouft, J. H., L. M. Page, and M. J. Plewa. 2003. Antimicrobial egg cleaning: a novel form of parental care in fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 1531:2405-2412.
Page, L. M. and B. M. Burr. 1991. A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of North America North of Mexico. The Peterson Field Guide Series, Houghton-Mifflin Co., Boston, MA.
Page, L. M. 1983. Handbook of Darters. T.F.H., Inc., Neptune City, N.J. 271 p.