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1. Ancestral transoceanic colonization and recent population reduction in a nonannual killifish from the Seychelles archipelago

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Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond, Elvina Henriette, Sadie R Wisotsky, Alexandra M. Tyers, Stefano Valdesalici, Zahabiya Juzar Malubhoy, Rongfeng Cui, and Dario Riccardo Valenzano

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0106 biological sciences, 0301 basic medicine, Species distribution, Seychelles, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, 03 medical and health sciences, Effective population size, Fundulidae, Phylogenomics, Genetics, Animals, Killifish, Phylogeny, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, biology, Ecology, biology.organism_classification, Biological Evolution, 030104 developmental biology, Africa, Archipelago, Biological dispersal, Pachypanchax, Adaptation
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Whether freshwater fish colonize remote islands following tectonic or transoceanic dispersal remains an evolutionary puzzle. Integrating dating of known tectonic events with phylogenomics and current species distribution, we find that killifish species distribution is not explained by species dispersal by tectonic drift only. Investigating the colonization of a nonannual killifish (golden panchax, Pachypanchax playfairii) on the Seychelle islands, we found genetic support for transoceanic dispersal and experimentally discovered an adaptation to complete tolerance to seawater. At the macroevolutionary scale, despite their long-lasting isolation, nonannual golden panchax show stronger genome-wide purifying selection than annual killifishes from continental Africa. However, progressive decline in effective population size over a more recent timescale has probably led to the segregation of slightly deleterious mutations across golden panchax populations, which represents a potential threat for species preservation in the long term.

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2021
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2. First description of color variations in the annual killifish Millerichthys robustus, and preliminary observations about its geographical distribution

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Omar Domínguez-Castanedo, Carlos Passos, Tessy M. Muñoz-Campos, Sharon Valdez-Carbajal, and Stefano Valdesalici

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0106 biological sciences, education.field_of_study, biology, Range (biology), 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Population, Simple eye in invertebrates, Color analysis, Zoology, Orange (colour), Aquatic Science, biology.organism_classification, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, RGB color model, Killifish, education, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Millerichthys robustus
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Millerichthys robustus is the only annual killifish distributed in America with phenotypic color variations, not yet described. Accordingly, we first describe the color pattern in both sexes to define its phenotypical variations. We then analyze the frequency of these phenotypes on a geographical scale, in four localities that represent opposite points of Millerichthys’s distribution in the Mexican southeast. Color analysis based on the RGB system allowed us to define five-color phenotypes in males continuously distributed in various perceptual units between two extreme colors (yellow-red): yellow, moderate orange, dark orange, strong orange and red. These color patterns found in M. robustus could be attributed to melanin, carotenoid, and pteridine pigments. The orange phenotypes was present in all localities studied. The yellow phenotype was present only in northeastern and northwestern locations, and the red phenotype was present only in northern populations. Female color variations were observed in the number of ocelli (from 1 to 15) at the base of the caudal peduncle and dorsal region. Ocelli have been associated with anti-predator functions because they resemble the eyes of vertebrates, thus shifting the target of predator attacks to less vital body parts. Females with 3 ocelli were the most frequent phenotype, and females with 13–15 ocelli occurred only in the northern populations. We concluded that male and female of M. robustus are not randomly distributed along their distribution range, which suggest that color phenotypes may react differently to biotic and abiotic factors that probably determine their distribution and frequency within the studied population.

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2021
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3. Male mate choice in the annual killifish Millerichthys robustus and its relationship with female polymorphism, size and fecundity

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Sharon Valdez-Carbajal, Tessy M. Muñoz-Campos, Stefano Valdesalici, Carlos Passos, and Omar Domínguez-Castanedo

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0106 biological sciences, biology, Ecology, 05 social sciences, Zoology, biology.organism_classification, Investment (macroeconomics), Fecundity, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Mate choice, Polymorphism (computer science), Sexual selection, Eyespot, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Animal Science and Zoology, 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology, Killifish, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Millerichthys robustus
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In the classic theory of sexual roles, females are more careful in their choice of a mate because their reproductive investment is relatively higher. However, increasing evidence shows that males c...

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2021
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4. Developmental ecology of annual killifishMillerichthys robustus(Cyprinodontiformes: Cynolebiidae)

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Stefano Valdesalici, Omar Domínguez-Castanedo, and Ana María Rosales-Torres

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0106 biological sciences, 0301 basic medicine, Wet season, Phenotypic plasticity, animal structures, biology, Ecology, fungi, Drought tolerance, food and beverages, Diapause, biology.organism_classification, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, humanities, 03 medical and health sciences, 030104 developmental biology, Dry season, Killifish, Cyprinodontiformes, Developmental Biology, Millerichthys robustus
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Populations of annual killifishes persist in temporary water bodies over the dry season through the expression of diapause in their drought resistant embryos. Environmental cues may influence expression of the diapause phenotype during embryonic incubation. Millerichthys robustus is the only annual killifish distributed in North America. The aim of this review is to analyze the ecology of M. robustus development and to contrast this with that of annual killifishes in austral locations. The temporary water bodies inhabited M. robustus present the following environmental conditions: flood, drought and humid. During the flooding period, the environment presents the lowest temperatures, shortest photoperiod and highest precipitation and embryos were found in diapause I. The drought period features the highest temperatures and lowest precipitation and embryos were found in diapause II. In contrast, during the humid period at the beginning of the rainy season, embryos were found in diapause I, II and III, associated with the longer photoperiod and high temperatures. These dynamics of the diapause phenotypes can be explained by a combination of the strategies of phenotypic plasticity during flood and drought periods, and bet-hedging during the humid period. Moreover, the microenvironmental conditions in which embryos were buried could influence developmental trajectories. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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2017
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5. Four new species of the Indo-Burmese genus Badis from West Bengal, India (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Badidae)

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Stefan van der Voort and Stefano Valdesalici

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Autapomorphy, biology, ved/biology, ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species, Actinopterygii, Anatomy, Percomorpha, biology.organism_classification, Perciformes, Badidae, Species group, Animal Science and Zoology, Taxonomy (biology), West bengal, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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Four new species of Badis are described from West Bengal, India. Badis andrewraoi, new species, is diagnosed by a combination of characters which include absence of a black caudal-fin margin, absence of a conspicuous dark blotch on pectoral-fin base, absence of cleithral and opercular blotches, absence of a blotch on the dorsolateral aspect of the caudal peduncle, absence of an ocellus on the caudal-fin base, presence of a conspicuous median black caudal peduncle blotch, a medially broader posterior-most bar, displaying as a partially absorbed second median caudal peduncle blotch, presence of an additional bar anteriorly, and vertical bars restricted to lower half of body and never forming large blocks. Badis autumnum, new species, is diagnosed by a combination of characters which include two autapomorphies: presence of a blotch above the base of the opercular spine, and of a conspicuous dark blotch on pectoral-fin base. Additionally, it presents a black caudal-fin margin, outlining entire fin, absence of a cleithral blotch, absence of a blotch on the dorsolateral aspect of the caudal peduncle, absence of an ocellus on the caudal-fin base, presence of a conspicuous median black caudal peduncle blotch, a medially broader posterior-most bar, displaying as a partially absorbed second median caudal peduncle blotch, and presence of an additional bar anteriorly. Badis kyanos, new species, is diagnosed by a combination of characters which include absence of a conspicuous dark blotch on pectoral-fin base, absence of cleithral and opercular blotches, absence of a blotch on the dorsolateral aspect of the caudal peduncle, absence of an ocellus on the caudal-fin base, presence of a conspicuous median black caudal peduncle blotch, a medially broader posterior-most bar, displaying as a partially absorbed second median caudal peduncle blotch, presence of an additional bar anteriorly, its vertical bars forming large, fragmented black blocks dorsolaterally and ventrolaterally, and a unique stress colouration consisting of a dark grey body, metallic dark blue operculum, flanks almost entirely devoid of bars, large, fragmented black blocks dorsolaterally, and absence of a black caudal-fin margin. Based on similarities in colour pattern and biometrics they are deduced to be closely related and form a new species group, which we herein define. The three species are divergent and diagnosable from each other and represent valid evolutionary species. The fourth species represents a cryptic unit that was heretofore unrecognised and considered as the most widespread species of the genus, B. badis. We describe this lineage as Badis soraya, new species, and find it belongs to the B. badis species group. It can be diagnosed by a combination of characters which include absence of opercular blotches, absence of a blotch on the dorsolateral aspect of the caudal peduncle, absence of an ocellus on the caudal-fin base, presence of a cleithral blotch, presence of a small oval black blotch medially on caudal peduncle, interorbital width 6.3–8.8 % SL, dorsal-fin spines XIV–XVI, scales in lateral row 25–27, and vertebrae number 27.

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2015
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6. Distribution of natural populations of the killifishAphanius fasciatus(Valenciennes, 1821) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) in Italy: past and current status, and future trends

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Ferruccio Maltagliati, Joachim Langeneck, Michele Barbieri, Alberto Castelli, and Stefano Valdesalici

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Teleostei, Extinction, biology, Ecology, media_common.quotation_subject, brackish-water habitats, conservation, Aphanius, Aphanius fasciatus, Italy, population census, Animal Science and Zoology, biology.organism_classification, Gambusia, Competition (biology), Fishery, Habitat destruction, Habitat, Killifish, media_common
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The census of natural populations provides relevant information for both conservation purposes and environmental monitoring. In the present work, natural populations of the killifish Aphanius fasciatus (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) were censused in the Italian territory. The historical distribution of the species was reconstructed with the aid of bibliographic material and museal samples, in order to evaluate the extent of changes in its distribution. Three periods (pre-1990s, 1990s, post-1990s) and five habitat types (lagoons/coastal ponds, saltworks, canals, river mouths, inland water bodies) were considered. Overall, we recorded the presence of A. fasciatus in 82 localities, the majority of which are lagoons/ponds. The species showed a widespread decline and sometimes local population extinction, due to habitat degradation and competition with the introduced poeciliid Gambusia holbrooki. With a few exceptions, A. fasciatus is currently extinct in inland waters, being mainly present in coastal br...

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2015
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7. Developmental ecology of annual killifish Millerichthys robustus (Cyprinodontiformes: Cynolebiidae)

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Omar, Domínguez-Castanedo, Stefano, Valdesalici, and Ana María, Rosales-Torres

Subjects
Cyprinodontiformes, Embryo, Nonmammalian, Killifishes, Animals, Humidity, Adaptation, Physiological, Diapause, Ecological Systems, Closed, Floods, Droughts
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Populations of annual killifishes persist in temporary water bodies over the dry season through the expression of diapause in their drought-resistant embryos. Environmental cues may influence expression of the diapause phenotype during embryonic incubation. Millerichthys robustus is the only annual killifish distributed in North America. The aim of this review is to analyze the ecology of M. robustus development and contrast this with that of annual killifishes in austral locations. The temporary water bodies inhabited by M. robustus present the following environmental conditions: flood, drought, and humidity. During the flooding period, the environment presents the lowest temperatures, shortest photoperiod, and highest precipitation, and embryos were found in diapause I. The drought period features the highest temperatures and lowest precipitation, and embryos were found in diapause II. In contrast, during the humid period at the beginning of the rainy season, embryos were found in diapause I, II, and III, associated with the longer photoperiod and high temperatures. These dynamics of the diapause phenotypes can be explained by a combination of the strategies of phenotypic plasticity during flood and drought periods, and bet-hedging during the humid period. Moreover, the microenvironmental conditions in which embryos were buried could influence developmental trajectories. Developmental Dynamics 246:802-806, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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2017

8. Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

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Fenton P.D. Cotterill, Fernanda P. Werneck, Stephen W. Chordas, Enrique González-Soriano, Pierangelo Luporini, Santiago Claramunt, Santosh Kumar, Adriano B. Kury, Marcelo José Sturaro, Atsushi Tominaga, Marcos Gonçalves Lhano, Giulio Cuccodoro, Bernardo F. Santos, Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa, Klaus Henle, Giovanni B. Delmastro, Thibaut Delsinne, Jeremy A. Miller, Thomas Ziegler, Ishan Agarwal, Rodrigo M. Feitosa, Robert C. Glotzhober, Giuliano Doria, Adeline Soulier-Perkins, Diego Baldo, Valéria da Cunha Tavares, Danilo Pacheco Cordeiro, Eli Greenbaum, Carlos Alberto Santos de Lucena, Stuart V. Nielsen, Jörn Köhler, Fernando Pacheco Rodrigues, Justin C. Bagley, Shun Ichiro Naomi, Gustavo Hormiga, Geoffrey Odhiambo Ong'ondo, Aurélien Miralles, Alexandre Uarth Christoff, Florian M. Steiner, Matthias Glaubrecht, Victor Van Cakenberghe, Wolfgang Rabitsch, Jack W. Sites, Norma J. Salcedo, Mario Alberto Cozzuol, Ward C. Wheeler, Krister T. Smith, Brian Tilston Smith, Ignacio Jose De La Riva De La Viña, Leo J. Borkin, Ângelo Parise Pinto, Marivene R. Manuel-Santos, Ana Carolina Pavan, M. J. Alves, Dan Cogălniceanu, Luciana F. Santoferrara, James M. Carpenter, Thierry Deuve De Resbecq, Beat Schätti, Jean Pierre Vacher, John G. Day, Ray C. Schmidt, Otto M. P. Oliveira, Lázaro Guevara, Jean-Lou Justine, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, Donat Agosti, Cécile Mourer-Chauviré, Brett C. Ratcliffe, Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner, Sebastian Kvist, Nathan K. Lujan, Robert Alexander Pyron, Rosana M. Rocha, Roberto Poggi, José A. Langone, Larry Lee Grismer, Václav Gvoždík, Natsuhiko Yoshikawa, Thaís P. Miranda, Elizabeth Prendini, Abel Pérez-González, Katharina C. Wollenberg Valero, Jean-Yves Rasplus, Cristiano R. Moreira, Antonietta La Terza, Fabio Siqueira Pitaluga de Godoi, Michael W. Holmes, Thomas E. Lacher, Ronald H. Pine, Matthew P. Heinicke, Steven M. Goodman, John D. Lynch, Elöd Kondorosy, Anderson Feijó, Orfeo Picariello, Wolfgang Denzer, Stefano Valdesalici, Aléssio Datovo, Jean Pierre Hugot, Yuri L. R. Leite, Heinz Grillitsch, Hernán Ortega, Dimitri Forero, Jean Carlos Santos, Marie Claude Durette-Desset, Victor H. Gonzalez, Mrugank Prabhu, Walter E. Schargel, Beate Röll, Caleb D. McMahan, Mitsuru Kuramoto, Edson A. Adriano, Jérôme Constant, Richard Laval, María A. Mendoza-Becerril, Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz, Alain Didier Missoup, Frank Tillack, Janet K. Braun, Lindsey Swierk, André L. Netto-Ferreira, Xiaofeng Lin, Karl Heinz Jungfer, Fabio Di Dario, Vanessa Kruth Verdade, Pavel Štys, Franco Andreone, Andrés A. Ojanguren-Affilastro, Manuel Ruedi, Didier Van den Spiegel, Rahul Khot, Lars Krogmann, Lance Grande, Robert C. Drewes, Luis M. P. Ceríaco, Jeffrey W. Streicher, Jacob A. Esselstyn, Josiah H. Townsend, Wolfgang Arthofer, Wiesław Bogdanowicz, Marcos A. Raposo, Omar Torres-Carvajal, Dirk Ahrens, Theo Blick, Carlos DoNascimiento, Eric Drouet, Claudia Patricia Ornelas-García, Gervásio Silva Carvalho, Zachary H. Falin, Gaetano Odierna, Michael Maia Mincarone, Sabine Agatha, Christian De Muizon, Célio F. B. Haddad, Pablo Rodrigues Gonçalves, Maarten P.M. Vanhove, Ronald Janssen, Ulrich Burkhardt, Bernard Landry, Paúl M. Velazco, Melanie L. J. Stiassny, Erna Aescht, Sarah Siqueira Oliveira, Koshiro Eto, Thomas van de Kamp, Fabio Cianferoni, Leonardo Ferreira Machado, Luiz Carlos Pinho, Dennis Rödder, Fábio Raposo do Amaral, Shan Gao, Paulo Passos, Nikolai L. Orlov, Emanuel Tschopp, Bert Van Bocxlaer, Roman Hołyński, Isabella Van De Velde, Indraneil Das, Luciano Damián Patitucci, Daniel J. Bennett, Annemarie Ohler, Rachunliu G. Kamei, Patrick Grootaert, Tony Robillard, Jun Gong, Massimo Delfino, Antonio C. Marques, Daizy Bharti, Ira Richling, José L. O. Birindelli, Thiago Borges Fernandes Semedo, Philippe Grandcolas, Eric J. Sargis, Andreas Taeger, Jesús Molinari, Link E. Olson, Christoph Kucharzewski, Luc Janssens de Bisthoven, José P. Pombal, Ryan C. McKellar, Serge Gofas, Mário C. C. de Pinna, Kristofer M. Helgen, Pablo Quintela-Alonso, Marcos Tavares, Wolfgang A. Nässig, Jodi J. L. Rowley, Jairo Arroyave, Fabio Maria Guarino, Djoko T. Iskandar, Martin Fikáček, Joel Cracraft, Robert M. Timm, Lassad Neifar, Marcelo C. Andrade, Moisés Escalona, Max Kieckbusch, George R. Zug, J. V. Remsen, Weibo Song, Paula Beatriz Araujo, Marco Brandalise de Andrade, Luiz Alexandre Campos, Eva V. Bärmann, Thomas Lehmann, Thorsten Stoeck, Jorge Salazar-Bravo, Charles Morphy D. Santos, Joël Minet, Mann Kyoon Shin, Gustavo A. Bravo, Felipe Franco Curcio, Antoine Pariselle, Hidetoshi Ota, David R. Luz, Abdulaziz S. Alqarni, Joseph A. Cook, Cameron D. Siler, Zilda Margarete Seixas de Lucena, Guarino R. Colli, Máriom A. Carvajal, Franziska Bauer, Yves Samyn, Luke Tornabene, Stefan Merker, Favízia Freitas de Oliveira, Murilo N. L. Pastana, Luís Fábio Silveira, Moira Jane FitzPatrick, Stephen D. Busack, Max R. Lambert, Julián Faivovich, Masafumi Matsui, Bernhard A. Huber, Alexandre Aleixo, Mariana P. Marques, Jean-François Trape, Marcello Guimarães Simões, Brian L. Fisher, Brandi S. Coyner, Michael F. Bates, Marcelo Salles Rocha, Silke Schweiger, Jean Raffaëlli, Vladimir Dinets, Paulo C. A. Garcia, Devanshu Gupta, Juan M. Guayasamin, W. Brian Simison, Rudy Jocqué, Aniruddha Datta-Roy, Marcelo R. Britto, Cristiane Bastos-Silveira, Celso O. Azevedo, Roger Bour, Aidin Niamir, Leandro M. Vieira, Mark Epstein, Neal Woodman, Marcelo R. de Carvalho, José Antonio González-Orej, Martin Kruger, Ulisses Caramaschi, Marcus Guidoti, Cibele Biondo, Scott Lyell Gardner, François Dusoulier, Francisco Langeani, John E. Lattke, Helen M. Barber-James, Jan Zima, Guilherme R. R. Brito, Ricardo Moratelli, Stylianos Chatzimanolis, Carlos José Einicker Lamas, John B. Iverson, Maria Hołyńska, Aaron M. Bauer, Luc Brendonck, Klaus-Peter Koepfli, Angelica Crottini, Cristian Hernan Fulvio Perez, Tiago Georg Pikart, Eliécer E. Gutiérrez, Luis García-Prieto, Lawrence R. Heaney, Thomas A. Munroe, Thomas C. Giarla, Laurie J. Vitt, Enrico Borgo, Antonio J. C. Aguiar, Sven O. Kullander, Jean Sébastien Steyer, Marcial Quiroga-Carmona, Matthew J. Miller, Kraig Adler, Werner Conradie, Enrique La Marca, Thomas Schmitt, Dieter Uhl, Mario de Vivo, Rainer Hutterer, Silvio Shigueo Nihei, Perry L. Wood, Amira Chaabane, Tim Tokaryk, Octávio Mateus, Andrés Sebastián Quinteros, Daniel S. Fernandes, Alexandra Cartaxana, Pedro F. Victoriano, Ernest C.J. Seamark, William R. Branch, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Diego Astúa, Marcio R. Pie, Julien Pétillon, Henrard Arnaud, Hossein Rajaei, Sushil K. Dutta, Hussam Zaher, Hernández Díaz Yoalli Quetzalli, Martin Carr, Renan Carrenho, Estefanía Rodríguez, Robert Trusch, Patrick David, Rafaela Lopes Falaschi, Rafael O. de Sá, Miguel Ângelo Marini, Varad B. Giri, Jean-Claude Rage, Guilherme S. T. Garbino, Björn Berning, Thierry Frétey, Vítor de Q. Piacentini, Paulo A. Buckup, David C. Lees, Alfred L. Gardner, Marco Pavia, Pablo Ricardo Mulieri, Lorenzo Prendini, Eliana M. Cancello, Cinthia Chagas, Bruce B. Collette, Leigh R. Richards, Eduardo I. Faúndez, Timothy J. Colston, Thomas Keith Philips, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Renato Gregorin, Karin Meißner, Nathan S. Upham, A. Townsend Peterson, Tiago Kütter Krolow, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira, Olivier Montreuil, Leandro M. Sousa, Thomas Weisse, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Donald C. Taphorn, Renata Stopiglia, Marcelo Duarte, Benoit Guénard, Cyril Gallut, Giovanni Boano, David Modrý, Erik Verheyen, Jonas José Mendes Aguiar, Sven Mecke, Alexandre Hassanin, Robert M. Zink, Marcello Mezzasalma, André Silva Roza, Reginaldo Constantino, Alice Hirschmann, Ulisses Pinheiro, Edmundo González-Santillán, Carlos A. Mendoza-Palmero, Tom Artois, Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic, Kailas Chandra, Pablo Teta, Michael Karner, Esteban O. Lavilla, Mauricio Ortega-Andrade, Alexandra Marçal Correia, Deepak Veerappan, Daniela M. Takiya, Bolívar R. Garcete-Barrett, Alexander Kupfer, Sérgio N. Stampar, Daniel Burckhardt, Michael S. Engel, Teresa Kearney, Silvia E. Pavan, Luiz Roberto Malabarba, Mark D. Scherz, Pedro L. V. Peloso, Christiane Denys, Matthias F. Geiger, Alexander Pelzer, Jose G. Tello, Fabio S. Nascimento, Juan D. Daza, Franger J. García, Cinthia A. Brasileiro, Martín J. Ramírez, Marcos Pérsio Dantas Santos, Twan A. A. M. Leenders, Alain Canard, Tomáš Mazuch, Axel Hausmann, Flávio Alicino Bockmann, Prosanta Chakrabarty, Jasmine Purushothaman, Ara Monadjem, David A. Donoso, Kaushik Deuti, Stephen Mahony, Duke S. Rogers, Don E. Wilson, Julian C. Kerbis Peterhans, Jader Marinho-Filho, Alain Dubois, Marcio Luiz de Oliveira, Jan Decher, John M. Midgley, Fernando C. Jerep, Bastian Bentlage, Ivan Löbl, Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell, Uwe Fritz, Annamaria Nistri, Lúcia H. Rapp Py-Daniel, Bruce D. Patterson, Peter J. Taylor, Burton K. Lim, James L. Patton, Colin S. Schoeman, Stéphane Grosjean, Ismael Franz, Cristian Simón Abdala, John S. Sparks, Marcos R. Bornschein, Leonora Pires Costa, Martín O. Pereyra, João Filipe Riva Tonini, Richard Schodde, Blanca Pérez-Luz, Cristiano Feldens Schwertner, Peter Jäger, Marcin Jan Kamiński, Philipp Wagner, Jakob Hallermann, Hendrik Freitag, Olavi Kurina, Laure Desutter-Grandcolas, Romain Garrouste, Pedro De Podestà Uchôa de Aquino, Guillermo D’Elía, Sharlene E. Santana, Roberto E. Reis, Wouter Dekoninck, Sushma Reddy, Alfred L. Rosenberger, James R. McCranie, Wolfgang Böhme, Ricardo C. Benine, Cyrille D'Haese, Paulo H. F. Lucinda, Jacques H. C. Delabie, Carr, Martin, Department of Biology, Northern Arizona University [Flagstaff], Museu Nacional de Historia Natural e da Ciencia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasilia [Brasília] (UnB), National Museum of Natural History, National Museum of Natural History - Leiden, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB ), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sorbonne Universités, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (UNT), King Saud University, Cornell University, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Austrian Museum, Villanova University, Universität Salzburg, Plazi, University of São Paulo, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal University of Para - Universidade Federal do Para [Belem - Brésil], Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul [Porto Alegre] (UFRGS), Royal Museum for Central Africa [Tervuren] (RMCA), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Institute of Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin (TUB), Hasselt University, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco [Recife] (UFPE), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [Nouvelle-Calédonie]), Albany Museum, National Museum, Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho [São José do Rio Preto] (UNESP), Stephen F. 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S., De Lucena, Zilda Margarete S., Lucinda, Paulo, Lujan, Nathan K., Luporini, Pierangelo, Luz, David R., Lynch, John D., Machado, Leonardo Ferreira, Mahony, Stephen, Malabarba, Luiz R., Manuel Santos, Marivene, Marinho Filho, Jader, Marini, Miguel Â., Marques, Antonio Carlo, Marques, Mariana P., Mateus, Octávio, Matsui, Masafumi, Mazuch, Tomáš, Mccranie, Jame, Mckellar, Ryan C., Mcmahan, Caleb D., Mecke, Sven, Meißner, Karin, Mendoza Becerril, María A., Mendoza Palmero, Carlos A., Merker, Stefan, Mezzasalma, Marcello, Midgley, John Mark, Miller, Jeremy, Miller, Matthew J., Mincarone, Michael Maia, Minet, Joël, Miralles, Aurélien, Miranda, Thaís P., Missoup, Alain Didier, Modrý, David, Molinari, Jesú, Monadjem, Ara, Montreuil, Olivier, Moratelli, Ricardo, Moreira, Cristiano Rangel, Moreira, Felipe F. 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0106 biological sciences, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Rebuttal, 010607 zoology, Biology, [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy, Q1, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Biological Science Disciplines, FOTOGRAFIA, Photography, Animals, Animal species, Biological sciences, QH426, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Taxonomy, QL, [ SDV ] Life Sciences [q-bio], Ecology, [SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology, Biodiversity, Classification, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematic, Taxonomy (biology), Animal Science and Zoology, Classics
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2016
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9. Laimosemion leticia (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), a new species from the upper Rio Amazonas, Southern Colombia

Author

Stefano, Valdesalici

Subjects
Male, Cyprinodontiformes, Animal Structures, Animals, Body Size, Female, Organ Size, Colombia, Animal Distribution, Ecosystem
Abstract

Laimosemion leticia is described from the Rio Tacana drainage, upper Rio Amazonas basin, Southern Colombia. The new species was found in a shallow swamp within a tropical rainforest in the vicinity of Leticia, capital of the department of Amazonas and southernmost municipality of Colombia. This miniature species is considered to be a member of the Owiyeye subgenus, which is diagnosed by a unique frontal squamation. Laimosemion leticia can be distinguished from all other species of the genus by the unique colour pattern on the unpaired fins. The new species appears related to L. jauaperi, L. uatuman and L. ubim due to the similar flank colour pattern in males, but is easy distinguished by coloration of the unpaired fins and morphological characters.

Published
2016

10. Genetic and morphological studies of Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes) from Malawi with description of Nothobranchius wattersi sp. nov

Author

Stefano Valdesalici, Enoch Ng'oma, Alessandro Cellerino, Kathrin Reichwald, Ng'Oma, E, Valdesalici, S, Reichwald, K, and Cellerino, Alessandro

Subjects
Fish Proteins, Male, Malawi, Scale (anatomy), Nothobranchius kirki, Molecular Sequence Data, Zoology, Aquatic Science, DNA, Mitochondrial, Cyprinodontiformes, Monophyly, Species Specificity, parasitic diseases, Animals, Phylogeny, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, biology, Phylogenetic tree, Pigmentation, Haplotype, Fish fin, Genetic Variation, biology.organism_classification, Nothobranchius, Haplotypes, Multivariate Analysis, Female
Abstract

Molecular and morphological data were used to explore evolutionary differentiation among populations of Nothobranchius in the Lake Malawi-upper Shire River and the Lakes Chilwa-Chiuta drainage systems in Malawi. The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that Nothobranchius of the Malawi-Shire system constitute a separate evolutionary group from Nothobranchius kirki. Mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data show a strongly supported phylogenetic split into two monophyletic groups separating the Lake Malawi basin fish from N. kirki. Unlike N. kirki, Lake Malawi-Shire fish do not deviate from neutrality and express an excess of rare haplotypes and mutations in terminal branches, characteristic of recently expanded populations. Further, the two groups significantly differ in morphology. Two body characters (dorsal-fin base length and pre-pelvic-pre-anal distance) are significantly different between the two species in both sexes. Several other characters are significantly different in either male or female comparisons with respect to both standard and head lengths, and robust morphological differentiation is detected by multivariate analysis. The two groups are readily distinguished on the basis of male colouration, especially in scale centres and the caudal fin. On the basis of this differentiation at the molecular and morphological levels, in addition to colouration, the Lake Malawi-Shire fish are hereby formally recognized as constituting a new species, Nothobranchius wattersi. This distinction is in agreement with the geomorphologic and recent climatic history in the region.

Published
2012
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11. A new species of the genus Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from the coastal area of northeastern Mozambique

Author

Stefano Valdesalici

Subjects
Nothobranchiidae, Nothobranchius hengstleri, Actinopterygii, biology, Ecology, Ephemeral key, Biodiversity, biology.organism_classification, Cyprinodontiformes, Tanzania, Nothobranchius, Nothobranchius melanospilus, Genus, parasitic diseases, Animalia, Animal Science and Zoology, Chordata, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Taxonomy
Abstract

Specimens of a distinctive fish of the genus Nothobranchius were collected from an ephemeral pool, not directly linked to an adjacent river, from the coastal area of northeastern Mozambique. These specimens appear to be closely related to Nothobranchius melanospilus, known from eastern Tanzania and southeastern Kenya and to another as-yet undescribed species (Nothobranchius cf. melanospilus) from a geographically contiguous area of southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique. The new species (herein described as Nothobranchius hengstleri) is differentiated by several morphological characters, as well as by different male and female color patterns from the above-reported species and all the others members of the Nothobranchius melanospilus species group.

Published
2007
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12. Badis laspiophilus, a new miniature addition to the ichthyofauna of West Bengal, north-eastern India, with observations on its ecology and preliminary notes on its ethology (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Badidae)

Author

Stefano, Valdesalici and Stefan, Van Der Voort

Subjects
Male, Animal Structures, Animals, Body Size, India, Female, Organ Size, Animal Distribution, Ecosystem, Perciformes
Abstract

Badis laspiophilus is described from the Torsa River drainage, West Bengal, India. It can be distinguished from congeners by a combination of characters which include a small size (15.7-21.0 mm SL), 14-16 circumpeduncular row scales, interorbital width 6.7-8.9% SL, upper and lower jaws 8.2-9.2 and 10.2-13.4% SL, respectively, presence of two dorsal-fin blotches and a single round blotch on the anal fin, and absence of cleithral, opercle and dorsolateral caudal peduncle blotches. Its benthic ecology is discussed and the Badis singenensis species group is diagnosed, of which B. laspiophilus and B. singenensis are considered members.

Published
2015

13. Four new species of the Indo-Burmese genus Badis from West Bengal, India (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Badidae)

Author

Stefano, Valdesalici and Stefan Van Der, Voort

Subjects
Male, Animal Structures, Animals, Body Size, India, Female, Organ Size, Animal Distribution, Ecosystem, Perciformes
Abstract

Four new species of Badis are described from West Bengal, India. Badis andrewraoi, new species, is diagnosed by a combination of characters which include absence of a black caudal-fin margin, absence of a conspicuous dark blotch on pectoral-fin base, absence of cleithral and opercular blotches, absence of a blotch on the dorsolateral aspect of the caudal peduncle, absence of an ocellus on the caudal-fin base, presence of a conspicuous median black caudal peduncle blotch, a medially broader posterior-most bar, displaying as a partially absorbed second median caudal peduncle blotch, presence of an additional bar anteriorly, and vertical bars restricted to lower half of body and never forming large blocks. Badis autumnum, new species, is diagnosed by a combination of characters which include two autapomorphies: presence of a blotch above the base of the opercular spine, and of a conspicuous dark blotch on pectoral-fin base. Additionally, it presents a black caudal-fin margin, outlining entire fin, absence of a cleithral blotch, absence of a blotch on the dorsolateral aspect of the caudal peduncle, absence of an ocellus on the caudal-fin base, presence of a conspicuous median black caudal peduncle blotch, a medially broader posterior-most bar, displaying as a partially absorbed second median caudal peduncle blotch, and presence of an additional bar anteriorly. Badis kyanos, new species, is diagnosed by a combination of characters which include absence of a conspicuous dark blotch on pectoral-fin base, absence of cleithral and opercular blotches, absence of a blotch on the dorsolateral aspect of the caudal peduncle, absence of an ocellus on the caudal-fin base, presence of a conspicuous median black caudal peduncle blotch, a medially broader posterior-most bar, displaying as a partially absorbed second median caudal peduncle blotch, presence of an additional bar anteriorly, its vertical bars forming large, fragmented black blocks dorsolaterally and ventrolaterally, and a unique stress colouration consisting of a dark grey body, metallic dark blue operculum, flanks almost entirely devoid of bars, large, fragmented black blocks dorsolaterally, and absence of a black caudal-fin margin. Based on similarities in colour pattern and biometrics they are deduced to be closely related and form a new species group, which we herein define. The three species are divergent and diagnosable from each other and represent valid evolutionary species. The fourth species represents a cryptic unit that was heretofore unrecognised and considered as the most widespread species of the genus, B. badis. We describe this lineage as Badis soraya, new species, and find it belongs to the B. badis species group. It can be diagnosed by a combination of characters which include absence of opercular blotches, absence of a blotch on the dorsolateral aspect of the caudal peduncle, absence of an ocellus on the caudal-fin base, presence of a cleithral blotch, presence of a small oval black blotch medially on caudal peduncle, interorbital width 6.3-8.8 % SL, dorsal-fin spines XIV-XVI, scales in lateral row 25-27, and vertebrae number 27.

Published
2015

14. Description of a new killifish of the genus Rivulus (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from south eastern Peru

Author

Stefano Valdesalici and Ingo Schindler

Subjects
new species, taxonomy, Killifish, Peru, Rivulus, departamento Cusco, Rio Inambari drainage, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cynodonichthys
Abstract

Rivulus parlettei spec. nov. from south eastern Peru (Departamento Cusco) is described. It is a member of the R. limoncochae group (as diagnosed by Costa, 2010) and differs from all the other species of this assemblage by its unique colour pattern and different morphology. It is distinguished from its geographic neighbour R. christinae by irregular interrupted lines of dots wider than the interspaces on body sides (versus longitudinal rows of dots forming stripes narrower than the interspaces). The infl uence of the occupation of distinct microhabitats for the radiation of the clades and the possible process of speciation of the new species are briefl y discussed.

Published
2011

15. Rivulus albae, a new species of killifish (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from northeastern Brazil

Author

Stefano Valdesalici, José Ramón García Gil, and Dalton Tavares Bressane Nielsen

Subjects
new species, Killifish, Rivulus, Brazil, Melanorivulus, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Rivulidae, Taxonomy
Abstract

Rivulus albae, new species, from northeastern Brazil, is described. It is a member of the subgenus Melanorivulus and distinguished from all other species of this assemblage having brown oblique bars on the entire flank often form chevron-like marks with a posterior vertex and differs from R. decoratus by having less scales on lateral series and more branchiostegal and anal fin rays.

Published
2011

16. Rivulus staecki, a new killifish (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the upper Rio Negro drainage in southern Venezuela

Author

Ingo Schindler and Stefano Valdesalici

Subjects
new species, taxonomy, Rivulinae, Aplocheiloidei, Rivulus, Teleostei, Venezuela, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Rivulidae, Rio Negro
Abstract

Rivulus staecki, a new species of the subgenus Owiyeye, is described from the upper Rio Negro drainage in southern Venezuela (Estado Amazonas). It differs from the other species of the subgenus by a unique combination of character states: a truncate caudal fin, elongated pelvic fins in males, presence of a ‘rivulus spot’ in both sexes and 35 – 38 scales in the longitudinal series.

Published
2011

17. Potential negative impacts and low effectiveness in the use of African annual killifish in the biocontrol of aquatic mosquito larvae in temporary water bodies

Author

Rainer Sonnenberg, Matej Polačik, Barry J. Cooper, Béla Nagy, Holger Hengstler, Brian R. Watters, Alessandro Cellerino, Stefano Valdesalici, Martin Reichard, John Rosenstock, Ian Sainthouse, Rudolf H. Wildekamp, Reichard, M, Watters, Br, Wildekamp, Rh, Sonnenberg, R, Nagy, B, Polacik, M, Valdesalici, S, Cellerino, Alessandro, Cooper, Bj, Hengstler, H, Rosenstock, J, and Sainthouse, I.

Subjects
Entomology, biology, Ecology, Range (biology), Biological pest control, Aquatic animal, biology.organism_classification, lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases, Mosquito control, Nothobranchius, Tanzania, Infectious Diseases, parasitic diseases, Parasitology, lcsh:RC109-216, Killifish, Letter to the Editor
Abstract

Commentary and discussion on a recent paper promoting the use of Nothobranchius guentheri, a small African annual fish from the Island of Zanzibar as a tool to control mosquito larvae in temporary bodies of freshwater throughout Africa is presented. Arguments on major points; (1) expected low success of annual fish introductions, (2) low success of mosquito control in the field, (3) ecological threats, and (4) ethical issues are detailed. Despite serious problems with mosquito-borne diseases in tropical Africa and elsewhere, we encourage responsible means of biological control of parasite vectors. We show that effectiveness of Nothobranchius translocations is low (the previous attempts failed), likelihood of effective mosquito larvae control under field condition is negligible and ecological threats from Nothobranchius translocations from within and outside the naturally occurring range are serious. We advocate against the proposed next step of the project, i.e. field trials in Tanzania.

Published
2010

18. Nothobranchius melanospilus

Author

Stefano Valdesalici

Subjects
Nothobranchiidae, Cyprinodontiformes, Actinopterygii, Nothobranchius melanospilus, Nothobranchius, Animalia, Biodiversity, Chordata, Taxonomy
Abstract

Nothobranchius cf. melanospilus Nothobranchius cf. melanospilus. TAN 97-18, MRAC AO-071-P-0227-0229, 36 km SW of Masasi, 10��53.85' S, 38��33.02' E; R.Wildekamp et al., 6 April 1997.Nothobranchius cf. melanospilus. TAN 97-19, MRAC AO-071-P-0234- 0237, 69 km west of Masasi, 10��55.73' S, 38��17.05' E; R.Wildekamp et al., 6 April 1997.Nothobranchius cf. melanospilus. TAN 97-20, MRAC AO-071-P-0249-0256, 124 km west of Masasi, 10��55.28' S, 37��52.19'E; R.Wildekamp et al., 6 April 1997., Published as part of Stefano Valdesalici, 2007, A new species of the genus Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from the coastal area of northeastern Mozambique., pp. 61-68 in Zootaxa 1587 on page 62

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2007
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19. Extremely short lifespan in the annual fish Nothobranchius furzeri

Author

Stefano Valdesalici, Alessandro Cellerino, Valdesalici, S, and Cellerino, Alessandro

Subjects
Senescence, Natural selection, General Immunology and Microbiology, biology, Ecology, media_common.quotation_subject, Longevity, Adaptation, Biological, Captivity, Zoology, General Medicine, biology.organism_classification, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Nothobranchius furzeri, Nothobranchius, Fundulidae, Sexual maturity, Animals, Body Constitution, Adaptation, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, General Environmental Science, media_common, Research Article
Abstract

Evolutionary theories of senescence postulate that lifespan is determined by the age-dependent decrease in the effects of natural selection. Factors that influence survival and reproduction at early life stages have a larger impact on fitness than factors that influence later life stages. According to these views, selection for rapid sexual maturation and a steep age-dependent decrease in fitness drive the evolution of short lifespans. Here, we report on the survival trajectory of Nothobranchius furzeri (Pisces: Ciprinodontidae): a member of a group of annual species found in temporary bodies of water whose life expectancy in the wild is limited to a few months. We find that maximum survival of N. furzeri in the laboratory is less than 12 weeks. The temporal trajectory of survival shows an age-dependent increase in the mortality rate that is typical of organisms with defined lifespans. The lifespan of N. furzeri is exceptionally short for a vertebrate: owing to its small size and the possibility of propagation in captivity, N. furzeri could be used as a convenient model for ageing research.

Published
2003

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