The Fish Department - Research
Ichthyological research programs at the Australian Museum are primarily concerned with taxonomy, systematics (identification and relationships) and ecology of Australian and Indo-Pacific fishes. Global studies however encompass shore, deepsea and larval fishes.
Major projects include:
- Behavioural capabilities of the larvae of coral reef fishes
- Catalogue of Australian fishes
- Classification, diversity and biology of lanternfishes
- Classification, diversity and biology of whalefishes and relatives
- Classification of spiny flatheads
- Conservation of fishes
- Ecology of the pelagic larvae of coral reef fishes
- Fishes of seagrass communities and mangroves
- Genetics of gemfishes
- Life Histories of New South Wales Marine and Estuarine Fishes
- Sydney Larval Fish Project
- Systematics and ecology of gobioid and clinid fishes
- Systematics of fish larvae and use of ontogeny in phylogenetic analysis
View information on publications from this research.
