Donald C. Taphorn

Universidad Nacional Experimental de los Llanos Occidentales Ezequiel Zamora — VE

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Fish biology, ecology, and behavior(120), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies(110), Fish Ecology and Management Studies(59), Ichthyology and Marine Biology(43), Water Resource Management and Quality(5)

Publications135 total

A new species of Astronotus (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Orinoco River and Gulf of Paria basins, northern South America
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Application of CMSY method to estimate biological reference points of Piracatinga ( <i>Calophysus macropterus</i> Lichtenstein, 1819) from the upper Solimões River in the Amazon Basin
2025Open Access
First record of the Southern Platyfish, Xiphophorus maculatus (), (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) in coastal streams of Venezuela and implications for conservation
Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia·2024Open Access
Revision of Bryconamericus (Characiformes, Characidae) from Pacific coastal and Amazon River drainages with descriptions of three new species
Revista de Investigaciones Universidad del Quindío·2023Open Access
Food Habits of Five Fish Species from A Blackwater Creek in The Colombian Amazon
Mundo Amazónico·2023Open Access
Redescription of Astyanax brevoortii (Gill, 1858) (Characiformes, Characidae) and description of three new species of Astyanax subgenus Poecilurichthys, from Caribbean Sea basins, Venezuela
Journal of Aquaculture & Marine Biology·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Analysis of a new species of the Astyanax orthodus group (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper Madre de Dios River, Amazon River Basin, Peru
Journal of Aquaculture & Marine Biology·2023Open Access
Annotated checklist of the primarily freshwater fishes of Guyana
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia·2022· 8 cited
Redescription of Astyanax brevoortii (Gill, 1858) (Characiformes, Characidae) and description of three new species of Astyanax subgenus Poecilurichthys, Caribbean Sea, Venezuela
Journal of Aquaculture & Marine Biology·2022Open Access
A new species of Astronotus (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Orinoco River and Gulf of Paria basins, northern South America
ZooKeys·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
The cost of gold: Mercury contamination of fishes in a Neotropical river food web
Figshare·2022Open Access
Biodiversidad de la Reserva Natural Bojonawi, Vichada, Colombia: río Orinoco y planicie de inundación
2021
The cost of gold: Mercury contamination of fishes in a Neotropical river food web
Neotropical Ichthyology·2021· 19 citedOpen Access
Characidium chancoense, a new species of South American darter from the Río Cauca drainage, Colombia (Characiformes: Crenuchidae)
Zootaxa·2020· 9 cited
Cichla cataractae (Cichliformes: Cichlidae), new species of peacock bass from the Essequibo Basin, Guyana and Venezuela
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia·2020· 14 cited
A new species of <i>Hyphessobrycon</i> Durbin (Characiformes: Characidae) from the western Amazon basin in Colombia and Peru
Journal of Fish Biology·2020· 4 cited
Efectos de la especie invasora (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) sobre Pseudopoecilia fria en ríos costeros de la región del Chocó, Ecuador
Revista de Biología Tropical·2020· 7 citedOpen Access
Characidium chancoense, a new species of South American darter from the Río Cauca drainage, Colombia (Characiformes: Crenuchidae)
Global Biodiversity Information Facility·2020Open Access
Review of Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the northwestern Guiana Shield, Orinoco Andes, and adjacent basins with description of six new species
Zootaxa·2019· 9 citedOpen Access
Length–weight relationships of fishes from western Caribbean freshwater drainages of Venezuela
Journal of Applied Ichthyology·2018· 3 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Kirk O. Winemiller(8), Hernán López‐Fernández(8), César Román-Valencia(6), Leo G. Nico(4), Alexander S. Flecker(4), Antonio Machado‐Allison(4), Jonathan W. Armbruster(4), Carlos A. García-Alzate(4), Carlos A. Lasso(3), Douglas Rodríguez‐Olarte(3), Elford Liverpool(3), José Saulo Usma(3), Javier A. Maldonado‐Ocampo(3), Carmen G. Montaña(3), Mark H. Sabaj(3), M. Barletta(2), Claudio Baigún(2), Nelson Ferreira Fontoura(2), Ângelo Antônio Agostinho(2), Nídia Noemi Fabré(2)