Present position, address and contact:
Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences Universiti Sains Malaysia 11800, Penang, Malaysia Tel: Email: microceb "at" hotmail "dot" com |
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Research interests:
Fish diversity, Evolution and Biogeography. Ongoing projects include:
- Systematics and biogeography of herrings, sardines and anchovies (Clupeiformes)[MOST-funded].
- Molecular evolution of the African weakly electric fishes (superfamily Mormyroidea) and the origin of their electric sense.
- Taxonomy of the African electric fish genus Petrocephalus (Mormyridae) with descriptions of several new species.
- Evolutionary history of bony-tongue fishes (Osteoglossomorpha) and milkfish and relatives (Gonorynchiformes).
Selected recent publications:
Lavoué S. (2019) Origins of Afrotropical freshwater fishes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz039)
Hilton, E.J. and Lavoué S. (2018) A review of the systematic biology of fossil and living bony-tongue fishes, Osteoglossomorpha (Actinopterygii, Teleostei). Neotropical Ichthyology, 16(3): e180031
Lavoué S., Ratmuangkhwang S., Ho H.-C., Chen, W.J., and Nor S.A.M. (2018) Swimbladder evolution of longfin herrings (Pristigasteridae, Teleostei). Zoological Studies, 57: 39. (doi:10.6620/ZS.2018.57-39)
Lavoué S., Arnegard M.E., Rabosky D., McIntyre P.B., Arcila, D., Vari R.P. and Nishida M. (2017) Trophic evolution in the African citharinoid fishes (Teleostei, Characiformes) and the origin of intraordinal pterygophagy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 113, 23-32. (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.001)
Lavoué S. (2016) Was Gondwanan breakup the cause of the intercontinental distribution of the Osteoglossiformes? A time-calibrated phylogenetic test combining molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 99, 34-43. (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.008)
Sullivan J.P., Lavoué S., and Hopkins C.D. (2016) Cryptomyrus: a new genus of Mormyridae (Teleostei) with two new species from Gabon, West-Central Africa. Zookeys, 561: 117-150. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.561.7137)
Hilton, E.J. and Lavoué S. (2018) A review of the systematic biology of fossil and living bony-tongue fishes, Osteoglossomorpha (Actinopterygii, Teleostei). Neotropical Ichthyology, 16(3): e180031
Lavoué S., Ratmuangkhwang S., Ho H.-C., Chen, W.J., and Nor S.A.M. (2018) Swimbladder evolution of longfin herrings (Pristigasteridae, Teleostei). Zoological Studies, 57: 39. (doi:10.6620/ZS.2018.57-39)
Lavoué S., Arnegard M.E., Rabosky D., McIntyre P.B., Arcila, D., Vari R.P. and Nishida M. (2017) Trophic evolution in the African citharinoid fishes (Teleostei, Characiformes) and the origin of intraordinal pterygophagy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 113, 23-32. (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.001)
Lavoué S. (2016) Was Gondwanan breakup the cause of the intercontinental distribution of the Osteoglossiformes? A time-calibrated phylogenetic test combining molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 99, 34-43. (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.008)
Sullivan J.P., Lavoué S., and Hopkins C.D. (2016) Cryptomyrus: a new genus of Mormyridae (Teleostei) with two new species from Gabon, West-Central Africa. Zookeys, 561: 117-150. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.561.7137)
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