James S. Albert

James S. Albert is a professor of Biology at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.[1] Dr. Albert is an author of over 100 scientific papers on the evolution and diversity of fishes,[2] and is an expert in the systematics and biodiversity of Neotropical electric fishes (Gymnotiformes). Dr. Albert and his colleagues to date have described 50 new species.

Education

Albert received a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1987, and went on to earn a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Michigan.[3]

Publications

Dr. Albert is co-editor with Roberto E. Reis of the book Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes,[4] which explores the evolutionary forces underlying the formation of the Amazon and Neotropical fish faunas. Dr. Albert is also co-editor with Peter van der Sleen of the book Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas,[5] which provides descriptions and identification keys for all the known genera of fishes that inhabit the Amazon basin and other regions of tropical South America.[6]

See also
  • Category:Taxa named by James S. Albert

References
  1. "Albert Lab". University of Louisiana Lafayette. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  2. "James S. Albert". Google Scholar Citations. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  3. "James Albert". Department of Biology. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  4. Albert, J. S.; Reis, R. E., eds. (2011). Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  5. van der Sleen, P.; Albert, J. S., eds. (2017). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. University of Princeton Press. ISBN 9780691170749.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. Sleen, Peter van der; Albert, James S. (2017-12-19). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400888801.


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