Richard P. Vari

Richard P. Vari

• (24. August 1949 – 15. January 2016)
• Curator of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

beschriebene Taxa

• 43 (bisher in diesem Wiki erfasste) Taxa beschrieben von Richard P. Vari

Publications

• Vari, R.P., Melo, B.F. & Oliveira, C. 2016. Protocheirodon, a new genus of Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes) with the redescription of the poorly known Protocheirodon pi. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (2): e150154. (doi) Zitatseite 
• Melo, B.F., Sidlauskas, B.L., Hoekzema, K., Frable, B.W., Vari, R.P. & Oliveira, C. 2016. Molecular phylogenetics of the Neotropical fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Characiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 102: 189-201. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.037 Zitatseite 
• Melo, M.R.S., Buckup, P.A. & Oyakawa, O.T. 2016. A new species of Characidium Reinhardt, 1867 (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) endemic to the Atlantic Forest in Paraná State, southern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (3): Epub Sep 30, 2016. (doi) Zitatseite 
• Dillman, C.B., Sidlauskas, B.L. & Vari, R.P. 2015. A morphological supermatrix-based phylogeny for the Neotropical fish superfamily Anostomoidea (Ostariophysi: Characiformes): phylogeny, missing data and homoplasy. Cladistics, 32 (3) 2016: 276–296. [Version of Record online: 14 JUL 2015] doi: 10.1111/cla.12127 Zitatseite 

• Fernández, L. & Vari, R.P. 2012. New Species of Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from the Andean Cordillera of Argentina and the Second Record of the Genus in Thermal Waters. Copeia 2012 (4): 631–636.
• Vari, R.P., Sidlauskas, B.L. & Le Bail, P.Y. 2012. New species of Cyphocharax (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Curimatidae) from Suriname and French Guiana and a discussion of curimatid diversity on the Guiana Shield. Cybium 36(1): 63–69.
• Vari, R.P. & R.K. Hadiaty 2012. The endemic Sulawesi fish genus Lagusia (Teleostei: Terapontidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60(1): 157–162. (PDF)
• Ferraris, C.J. Jr. & Vari, R.P. 2012. Review of the African catfish genus Andersonia (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Zootaxa 3210: 39–49. Preview (PDF) (PDF)
• Oliveira, C., Avelino, G.S., Abe, K.T., Mariguela, T.C., Benine, R.C., Ortí, G., Vari, R.P. & Corrêa e Castro, R.M. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships within the speciose family Characidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) based on multilocus analysis and extensive ingroup sampling. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11: 275. (doi) Zitatseite 
• Ferraris, C.J., Jr., Vari, R.P. & Skelton, P.H. 2011. A new genus of African loach catfish (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae) from the Congo River basin, the sister-group to all other genera of the Doumeinae, with the description of two new species. Copeia 2011 (4): 477–489. doi: 10.1643/CI-11-005
• Sidlauskas, B.L., J.H. Mol & Vari, R.P. 2011. Dealing with allometry in linear and geometric morphometrics: a taxonomic case study in the Leporinus cylindriformis group (Characiformes: Anostomidae) with description of a new species from Suriname. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162: 103–130.
• de Santana, C. D. & Vari, R. P. 2010. Electric fishes of the genus Sternarchorhynchus (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes); phylogenetic and revisionary studies. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 159(1): 223–371.
• de Santana, C. D. & Vari, R. P. 2010. New Rheophilic Species of Electric Knifefish from the Rapids and Waterfalls of the Lower Rio Xingu, Brazil (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae). Copeia 2010(1): 160–164.
• Vari, R.P., Zanata, A.M. & Camelier, P. 2010. New species of Cyphocharax (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the Rio de Contas drainage, Bahia, Brazil. Copeia 2010 (3): 382–387. Print ISSN: 0045-8511. Abstract
• Lucinda, P.H.F & Vari, R.P. 2009. New Steindachnerina species (Teleostei: Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the Rio Tocantins Drainage. Copeia 2009(1): 142–147 (PDF)
• Ferraris, C.J., Jr. & Vari, R.P. 2007. Copeia 2007(4): 866–885 [1]
• Vari, R.P. & Chang, F. 2006. Cyphocharax derhami, a new species (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Curimatidae) from northeastern Peru. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 17(1): 93–96 (PDF)
• Zanata, A.M. & Vari, R.P. 2005. The family Alestidae (Ostariophysi, Characiformes): a phylogenetic analysis of a trans-Atlantic clade. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145: 1–144. (PDF)
• Castro, R.M.C. & Vari, R.P. 2004. Detritivores of the South American fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes): a phylogenetic and revisionary study. Smithsonian contributions to zoology (622)
• Castro, R.M.C. & Vari, R.P. in Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & C.J. Ferraris, Jr. 2003. Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America.: i–xi + 1–729. (PDF)
• Fernández, L. & Vari, R.P. 2000. New Species of Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) Lacking a Pelvic Fin and Girdle from the Andes of Argentina. Copeia 2000(4): 990–996. Abstract
• Vari, R. P. 1995: The neotropical fish family Ctenoluciidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes): supra and intrafamilial phylogenetic relationships, with a revisionary study. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology no. 564: iv + 97 pp. (PDF)
• Vari, R.P. & Howe, J.C. 1991. Catalog of type specimens of Recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 1. Characiformes (Teleostei, Ostariophysi). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 517: 1–52. Zitatseite 
• Weitzman, S.H. & Vari, R.P. 1987. Two new species and a new genus of miniature characid fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes) from northern South America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 100 (3): 640–652. (BHL) Zitatseite 
• Vari, R.P. 1983. Phylogenetic relationships of the families Curimatidae, Prochilodontidae, Anostomidae, and Chilodontidae (Pisces: Characiformes). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 378: 1–60. Zitatseite 
• Vari, R.P. & Géry, J. 1980. Cheirodon ortegai, a new markedly sexually dimorphic cheirodontine (Pisces: Characoidea) from the Río Ucayali of Peru. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 93 (1): 75–82. (BHL) Zitatseite 
• Vari, R.P. 1978. The genus Leptagoniates (Pisces: Characoidei) with a description of a new species from Bolivia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 91 (1): 184-190. (BHL) Zitatseite 

Patronyme

• Variichthys Allen, 1993
• Creagrutus varii Ribeiro, Benine, & Figueiredo, 2004
• Pseudanos varii Birindelli, Lima, & Britski, 2012
• Semaprochilodus varii Castro, 1988
• Steindachnerina varii Géry, Planquette, & Le Bail, 1991

Links

• Smithsonian profile
• [402107.pdf Obituary]