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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
I completed my PhD in Biological Sciences (Zoology) at the University of São Paulo in 1998, under the supervision of Prof. Heraldo A. Britski. I am currently a Full Professor at the University of São Paulo, in Ribeirão Preto, where I joined as a professor in 2000. I have been an advisor for the Postgraduate Program in Comparative Biology at FFCLRP/USP for two decades. I have published 55 articles in specialized journals and 20 book chapters, having participated intellectually and in the writing of each of them. My academic interests, which are reflected in all my work, deal with phylogeny and comparative anatomy of living and fossil vertebrates and philosophical, theoretical, historical, and political aspects of science, especially taxonomy and phylogenetic systematics. I have supervised 21 students in 13 master's dissertations and 11 doctoral theses, many of whom are currently employed in the most renowned educational and research institutions in Brazil. All my efforts in the education of students are directed towards intellectual emancipation and humanization, made possible through the construction of solid ethics, respect for diversity and political awareness. I am a proud father of two children and a friend of a legion of good friends who have decided to be protagonists in the transformation of this country and the world into a fairer and happier place to live. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The fishes of the subfamily Loricariinae with 34 genera and 205 species, form an attractive group of catfishes because of its peculiar armored plated and flattened body and caudal-fin spines (or sometimes, pectoral- or/and dorsal-fin spines) extended as long filaments; characters that make them very required by aquarists. The relationships between the species and genera of Loricariinae ar…
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Phenotypic evolution of different organisms has been widely studied in light comparative phylogenetic methods, of which allow comparisons between phenotypes under a phylogeny. Anurans show complex behavioral phenotypes, being one of them, important in mechanisms of speciation, the vocal communication, that consists mainly in the emission of stereotyped signals such as the advertisement ca…
The genus Awaous bears a complex taxonomic and phylogenetic history, being considered either member of the subfamily Sicydiinae or treated in the subfamily Gobionellinae. Currently Awaous is divided into three subgenera: Awaous, Chonophorus and Euctenogobius. The validity of species belonging to Awaous is still in debate. For instance, Awaous transandeanus, historically treated as a junio…
The genus Awaous currently comprises 22 valid species, most of them distributed in the tropical region. Awaous tajasica, of amphidromous habit and originally poorly described, is reported to occur along the west coast of the Atlantic from the state of Florida, United States, to the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Such a widespread distribution may be a result of an incorrect identificati…
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Gobiidae is a highly diversified fish family, consisting of 258 genera and over 1,800 species distributed mostly in marine and brackish waters of tropical and subtropical zones. Phylogenetic hypotheses encompassing members of groups were mostly based on anatomical and genetic characters while myological ones were notably neglected. One of the consequences of scarcity of descriptive works …
The tribe Synallaxini gathers about 60 species and subspecies distributed in seven genera belonging to the Furnariidae (Passeriformes: Aves), including the genus Synallaxis, its largest and most widely distributed genus. This is an example of a problematic taxon with many polytypic and undescribed species (or forgotten because they are considered at the subspecies level). In addition, the…
There has been a long discussion in morphological literature about the role of the laterosensory sys-tem, especially the canal-inducing neuromasts, in the formation of dermal bones. Some authors de-fend the hypothesis of a developmental integration between the laterosensory canal system and some of the dermal bones of the skull, and consequently assume that the presence of canals should b…
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