Frable

Wikipedia and I have been inseparable since I was in high school. I was and remain a huge proponent of the site and ardently defend it against false claims that you cannot trust the reliability of information on the site. Unfortunately, I have not been an active community member, with many of my contributions occurring outside of my user account or when I am not logged in. I hope to remedy this, as I LOVE this resource!

More about me

I am currently the Collection Manager of Marine Vertebrates at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. I study ichthyology, taxonomy, biogeography and evolutionary biology. I study fishes from various habitats all over the world in numerous different groups. My graduate work focused on the Neotropical headstanders or the superfamily Anostomoidea consisting of the four families:

I also work on the Lizardfish family Synodontidae, specifically in the New World. As well as: The Rockfish genus Sebastes, the grouper genus Epinephelus and Indo-Pacific Wrasses.

Species Descriptions

Leporinus arimaspi M. D. Burns, B. W. Frable & B. L. Sidlauskas, 2014 ^[1]
Sebastes diaconus Frable, D. W. Wagman, Frierson, A. Aguilar & Sidlauskas, 2015 (Deacon rockfish) ^[2]
Synodus macrostigmus Frable, Luther & C. C. Baldwin, 2013 (Largespot lizardfish)^[3]

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^ Burns, M.D., Frable, B.W. & Sidlauskas, B.L. (2014): A New Species of Leporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae), from the Orinoco Basin, Venezuela. Copeia, 2014 (2): 206-214.
^ "A new species of Sebastes (Scorpaeniformes: Sebastidae) from the northeastern Pacific, with a redescription of the blue rockfish, S. mystinus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1881)" (PDF). Fishery Bulletin,. 113 (4): 355–377. 2015. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
^ Frable, B.W., Baldwin, C.C., Luther, B.M. & Weigt, L.A. (2013): A new species of western Atlantic lizardfish (Teleostei: Synodontidae: Synodus) and resurrection of Synodus bondi Fowler, 1939, as a valid species from the Caribbean with redescriptions of S. bondi, S. foetens (Linnaeus, 1766), and S. intermedius (Agassiz, 1829). Fishery Bulletin, 111 (2): 122-146.

[1] Burns, M.D., Frable, B.W. & Sidlauskas, B.L. (2014): A New Species of Leporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae), from the Orinoco Basin, Venezuela. Copeia, 2014 (2): 206-214.

[Frable2015-2] "A new species of Sebastes (Scorpaeniformes: Sebastidae) from the northeastern Pacific, with a redescription of the blue rockfish, S. mystinus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1881)" (PDF). Fishery Bulletin,. 113 (4): 355–377. 2015. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

[Frable2013-3] Frable, B.W., Baldwin, C.C., Luther, B.M. & Weigt, L.A. (2013): A new species of western Atlantic lizardfish (Teleostei: Synodontidae: Synodus) and resurrection of Synodus bondi Fowler, 1939, as a valid species from the Caribbean with redescriptions of S. bondi, S. foetens (Linnaeus, 1766), and S. intermedius (Agassiz, 1829). Fishery Bulletin, 111 (2): 122-146.

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