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Jonathon Armbruster, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor and Curator of Fishes

Office Location:  303 Funchess Lab Location: 308 Funchess Hall Fish Collection: 5 Physiology Building Mailing Address: Biological Sciences 331 Funchess Hall Auburn University, AL 36849 PHONE: Office-(334) 844-9261 Lab-(334-844-9258) Fax: (334) 844-9234 armbrjw@mail.auburn.edu  Laboratory Web Page Kaieteur Falls, Guyana

Employment

   1992-present, Auburn University

Research & Teaching Interests
The systematics of the South American catfish subfamilies Hypostominae and Ancistrinae (Loricariidae) based on osteology and digestive tract anatomy.
 Biogeography of loricariid catfishes
 The decoupling hypothesis and its usefulness in understanding loricariid diversification
 The evolution of hearing abilities in loricariid catfishes
 Evolutionary ecology of feeding of loricariid catfishes
 Description of new loricariid species
 Description, revision, and biogeography of a new genus of loricariid catfish from west of the Andes.
 Survey of the fishes of Guyana and Amazonas, Venezuela.
 Phylogenetics of the North American cavefishes (Amblyopsidae).
 Distribution and status of the southern brook silverside.
 Description of the southern silverjaw minnow.

Recent Publications
Reis R. E., E. H. L. Pereira, and J. W. Armbruster. In Press. Delturinae, a new loricariid catfish subfamily (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with a revision of Delturus and Hemipsilichthys. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Pera, T.P. and J.W. Armbruster. In press. Notropis amplamala, a new species of sliverjaw minnow (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Copeia.

Werneke, D.C., M.H. Sabaj, N.K. Lujan, and J.W. Armbruster. 2005. Baryancistrus demantoides and Hemiancistrus subviridis, two new uniquely colored species of loricariids from Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 3: 533–542.

Werneke, D.C., J.W. Armbruster, N.K. Lujan, and D.C. Taphorn. 2005. Hemiancistrus guahiborum, a new suckermouth armored catfish from Southern Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) Neotropical Ichthyology 3: 543–548.

Armbruster, J.W. 2005. The loricariid catfish genus Lasiancistrus (Siluriformes) with description of two new species. Neotropical Ichthyology 3: 549–569.
 

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