ACSI Final Reports


Field Collection in Sumatra (8-19 December 2003)
Name: Heok Hee Ng
Proposal Number: 03-01
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Study of Subterranean Catfishes from Karst Areas of Bahia State, Northeastern Brazil (Heptapteridae)
Name: Maria Elina Bichuette
Proposal Number: 03-05
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Phylogenetic relationship of the Parotocinclus catfishes (Ostariophysy: Loricariidae: Hypoptomatinae)
Name: Pablo Lehmann Albornoz
Proposal Number: 03-08
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Sorting and Identifying Backlogged Collections at ICN-UN, Bogota Colombia
Name: German Galvis and Jose Ivan Mojica
Proposal Number: 03-09
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Inventory of Catfish Species from Terra Firme Rainforest Streams of the Rio Ucayali Basin, Peru
Name: William G. R. Crampton
Proposal Number: 03-13
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Description of Two New Species of Sea Catfishes from the Colombian Caribbean
Name: Arturo Acero P.
Proposal Number: 03-14
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Results of the Field Collections in the Atrato River Basin, Colombia
Name: Javier A. Maldonado O.
Proposal Number: 03-16
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Collecting Fishes in Lake Tanganyika and Affluent Streams of Lake Bangweulu, Zambia
Name: Roger Bills
Proposal Number: 03-19
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A review of the genus Rhamdia in the coastal drainages of southern Brazil
Name: Juan Andres Anza
Proposal Number: 03-20
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Digital Images of Field Museum Primary Types: Order Siluriformes
Name: Philip Willink, Mark Westneat, Mary Anne Rogers, Kevin Swagel
Proposal Number: 03-21
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Field Collection in Northeast India (9-21 April 2004): Heok Hee Ng
Name: Heok Hee Ng
Proposal Number: 03-23
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Taxonomic Studies of the Catfish genus Farlowella and Subfamily Auchenoglaninae
Name: Michael E. Retzer
Proposal Number: 04-01
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The Brazilian Transcontinental Catfish Expedition
Name: Roberto E. Reis
Proposal Number: 04-03
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Field Collection in Guangxi Province, China
Name: Zuogang Peng
Proposal Number: 04-04
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Rio Ventuari Expedition
Name: Nathan K. Lujan
Proposal Number: 04-05
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Description of a New Armored Catfish of the Genus Pseudotothyris from the rio Tiete Basin, Southeastern Brazil
Name: Murilo de Carvalho
Proposal Number: 04-06
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Description of Ten New Species of the Genus Hypostomus, Brazil
Name: Claudio Henrique Zawadzki
Proposal Number: 04-07
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The South American Transcontinental Catfish Expedition: Peruvian Leg
Name: Mark Sabaj, Hernán Ortega, Norma J. Salcedo
Proposal Number: 04-08
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Description of Two New Species of Madtoms in the Noturus elegans Complex
Name: David J. Eisenhour
Proposal Number: 04-10
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Visit to the Museum National de l'Histoire Naturelle (22-26 March 2004)
Name: David De Weirdt
Proposal Number: 04-12
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Evaluation of Fish Fauna in Less Explored Aquatic Systems of Southern Bahia - Biobahia Project
Name: Luisa Maria Soares Porto
Proposal Number: 04-15
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Description of two new species of the genus Pareiorhaphis catfishes
Name: Edson Henrique Lopes Pereira
Proposal Number: 04-16
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Field Collection in Rivers of the Western Ghats in Kerala, South India
Name: Rajeev Raghavan
Proposal Number: 04-17
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Inventory and Identification of Freshwater Fishes of Cameroon
Name: David Nguenga
Proposal Number: 04-18
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Field Fish Specimens Collection on Yunnan, China
Name: Wei Zhou
Proposal Number: 04-19
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Description of Two New Species of Sea Catfishes from the Tropical Eastern Pacific
Name: Ricardo Betancur
Proposal Number: 04-20
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Visits to MZUSP and LIRP Fish Collections in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Name: Carlos DoNascimiento
Proposal Number: 04-25
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Photographing Type Specimens at the Museo de Biologia de la Universidad Central de Venezuela
Name: Francisco Provenzano R., Nadia Milani, Carlos DoNascimiento
Proposal Number: 04-26
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Field collection in South China
Name: Xianglin Chen & Bosco P. L. Chan
Proposal Number: 04-28
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Field collection of Pseudobagrus specimens in South China
Name:Bosco Pui Lok Chan
Proposal Number: 04-30
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Araguaia and Xingu Catfish Expedition, Brazil
Name: Oyakawa, Osvaldo, Jose Luis Birindelli, Cristiano Moreira
Proposal Number: 04-31
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Museum Visit by Roger Bills to the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadephia
Name: Roger Bills
Proposal Number: 04-37
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Fish Inventory in Way Kambas National Park, Lampung
Name: Ike Rachmatika, Renny K. Hadiaty, Abdul Munim, D. N. Lumban Tobing
Proposal Number: 04-39
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Catfishes of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park & surrounding areas in the Albertine Rift region of Uganda
Name: Aventino Kasangaki
Proposal Number: 04-41
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Pictures of the Primary Types at MNHN
Name: Patrice Pruvost
Proposal Number: 04-44
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Central Brazil Expedition
Name: Marcelo R. S. Melo & Lesley de Souza
Proposal Number: 04-46
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Examination of Ituglanis from MCP and description of it's possible new species
Name: Alessio Datova da Silva
Proposal Number: 04-51
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Description of two new species of Ancistrus, a new species of Hemiancistrus, a new species of Microglanis, an analysis of types of Aspredinidae in two European Museums
Name: Alexandre Rodrigues Cardoso
Proposal Number: 04-52
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Fieldwork from Upper Orinoco region in Amazonas, Venezuela
Name: Nathan Keller Lujan
Proposal Number: 05-02
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Taxonomic revision of the genus Pseudancistrus Bleeker, 1862
Name: Odirlene Marinho Ribeiro
Proposal Number: 05-04
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The Paraguassu and Itapicuru Catfish Expedition
Name: Angela Zanata
Proposal Number: 05-09
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Acquisition of images of siluriform type specimens deposited at ten different institutions
Name: Mark Allen
Proposal Number: 05-15
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Description of the new species of the genus Pimelodella in the transandean Colombian region
Name: Mauricio Leiva C.
Proposal Number: 05-17
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Short term support to hire an assistant to aid in completion of various species descriptions
Name: Roberto E. Reis
Proposal Number: 05-19
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Description of Two New Species of Doras and a New Species of Rhinodoras with Phylogeny of Related Forms
Name: Jose Luis Olivan Birindelli
Proposal Number: 05-22
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Description of Five New Species of Rineloricaria from Rio Grande do Sul in Southern Brazil, and Two Species of Rineloricaria from Uruguay River Basin in Argentina: an Analysis of Comparative Material Deposited in Five American Museums
Name: Mónica Sonia Rodriguez
Proposal Number: 05-28
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Description of Two New Species of the Neotropical Catfish Genus Chaetostoma
Name: Norma J. Salcedo
Proposal Number: 05-32
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Taxonomic characterization of the species of the species of the genus Pimelodus from the rio Sao Francisco; Posposal of a correction of the type locality of P. microstoma
Name: Frank Raynner Vasconcelos Ribeiro
Proposal Number: 05-33
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The Bolivian Hypostomus Expedition
Name: Fernando M. Carvajal
Proposal Number: 05-35
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Description of a new freshwater ariid species from Middle America
Name: Ricardo Betancur-R.
Proposal Number: 05-40
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Collaborative research on fossil catfishes in the laboratory of Paleontology at the Universidade Federal de Acre, Rio Branco, Brazil: March 15-28, 2006
Name: Orangel A. Aguilera S.
Proposal Number: 05-44
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Technical Report on Field Collections in Southeastern Brazil (April 2006 to March 2007)
Name: Maria Anais Barbosa Segados Vianna
Proposal Number: 05-46
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Taxonomy of Doradidae
Name: Mariangeles Arce Hernandez
Proposal Number: 05-48
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Visit to MCNG and MBUCV Fish Collections in Guanare and Caracas, Venezuela: Jan. 5-15, 2006
Name: Carine Cavalcante Chamon
Proposal Number: 05-50
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Field Collections in Sierra do Mar Coastal Basins, Southeast Brazil
Name: Sergio Maia Queiroz Lima
Proposal Number: 05-51
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Systematics of the Bagridae and a Collection of Fishes from the Southeast Coast of Bangladesh
Name: Shobnom Ferdous
Proposal Number: 05-55
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Description of a New Species of Corumbataia from the Upper Parana Basin (MS Brazil)
Name: Alexandre Cunha Ribeiro
Proposal Number: 06-04
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2006 Northern Peru Expedition
Name: Nathan K. Lujan
Proposal Number: 06-19
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Species List (Excel)
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Visit INPA, UFPA, & MPEG to examine specimens of the genera Leporacanthiscus, Acanthicus, Pseudacanthicus, Spectracanthicus, & Panaque
Name: Carine Cavalcante Chamon
Proposal Number: 06-22
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Analysis of Loricariid types in museums of Europe and USA
Name: Claudio H. Zawadzki
Proposal Number: 06-28
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Survey fish in Northeastern Mongolia with an emphasis on catfishes
Name: B. Mendsaikhan
Proposal Number: 06-29
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New Trichomycteridae catfishes from Diamantina and Serra do Ramalho, Bahia State, NE Brazil: decription and conservation status
Name: Maria Elina Bichuette
Proposal Number: 06-31
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The specific status of the Granada Sea Catfish from Colombia
Name: Ricardo Betancur-R.
Proposal Number: 06-37
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Taxonomic studies of the catfish genus Farlowella and subfamily Auchenoglaninae
Name: Michael E. Retzer
Proposal Number: 06-39
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Description of four new species of Histonotus from rio Uruguay basin and laguna dos Patos system in Southern Brazil and redescription of three species
Name: Tiago Pinto Carvalho
Proposal Number: 06-43
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Evaluation of fish fauna in less explored aquatic systems of southern Bahia - BioBahia Project Part II
Name: Luisa Maria Soares Porto
Proposal Number: 06-45
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Report on loricariid taxonomy & systematics training at AUM
Name: Blanca Elizabeth Rengifo Sánchez
Proposal Number: 06-47
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Specimen Appendix (Excel)
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Revision of the Panaque nigrolineatus clade with description of three new Panaque species
Name: Max H. Hidalgo
Proposal Number: 06-48
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Dscription of two new species of the Neotropical Catfish Genus Chaetostoma and a redescription of Chaetostoma marmorescens
Name: Norma J. Salcedo
Proposal Number: 06-52
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Visit to the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Name: Tobias Musschoot
Proposal Number: 07-02
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Study of ariid catfishes from Pacific Panama
Name: Arturo Acero P.
Proposal Number: 07-06
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Ichthyological Survey of Southeastern Borneo
Name: Daniel N. Lumbantobing
Proposal Number: 07-09
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Description of a new Gelanoglanis species recently collected in the upper Maranon, Amazonas state, Peru
Name: Blanca E. Rengifo Sanchez
Proposal Number: 07-16
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A study of species of Cordylancistrus, Dolichancistrus and Leptoancistrus from Colombia, with description of new species
Name: Francisco Provenzano R.
Proposal Number: 07-24
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Taxonomical revision of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with description of two new species from Argentina; and description of one species of Acestridium (Siluriformes: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Amazonas River Basin.
Name: Mónica Sonia Rodriguez
Proposal Number: 07-37
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PIPE Catfish Expedition: Expedition to headwaters of Tapajos & Xingu River Basins at Serra do Cachimbo
Name: Jose L. O. Birindelli
Proposal Number: 07-39
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