López-Fernández Lab - Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

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Peer-reviewed publications

ORCID: 0000-0003-0270-1671

U = undergraduate student, G = Graduate student, P = Postdoctoral researcher, current or past, in my lab

73. ArgoloG, LA, IP Azevedo Campos, H López-Fernández, H Batalha-Filho, PRA de Mello Affonso. Effects of past riverine connectivity on the population structure and species distribution of ‘Geophagus’ brasiliensis (Cichlidae) complex in a Neotropical hotspot. Freshwater Biology (In press)

72. Astudillo-ClavijoP, V, T. MankisU, H. VarellaP, H López-Fernández. Historical field records reveal habitat as an ecological correlate of locomotor phenotypic diversity in the radiation of Neotropical Geophagini fishes. The American Naturalist (In press).

71. Astudillo-ClavijoP, V, T. MankisU, H López-Fernández. 2024. Opening the museum’s vault: historical field records preserve reliable ecological data. The American Naturalist 203:305-322. doi.org/10.1086/728422

70. Arbour, JH, F Rumpp, H López-Fernández. 2024. Organismal form constrains the evolution of complex lever systems in Neotropical cichlid four-bar linkages. Anatomical Record 307:81-96. doi.org/10.1002/ar.25231

69 - MW Nachman, EJ Beckman, RCK Bowie, C Cicero, CJ Conroy, R Dudley, TB Hayes, MS Koo, EA Lacey, CH Martin, JA McGuire, JL Patton, CL Spencer, RD Tarvin, MH Wake, IJ Wang, A Achmadi, ST Álvarez-Castañeda, MJ Andersen, J Arroyave, CC Austin, FK Barker, LN Barrow, GF Barrowclough, J Bates, AM Bauer, KC Bell, RC Bell, AW Bronson, RM Brown, FT Burbrink, KJ Burns, CD Cadena, DC Cannatella, TA Castoe, P Chakrabarty, JP Colella, JA Cook, JL Cracraft, DR Davis, AR Davis Rabosky, G D'Elía, JP Dumbacher, JL Dunnum, SV Edwards, JA Esselstyn, J Faivovich, J Fjeldså, OA Flores-Villela, K Ford, J Fuchs, MK Fujita, JM Good, E Greenbaum, HW Greene, S Hackett, A Hamidy, J Hanken, T Haryoko, MTR Hawkins, LR Heaney, DM Hillis, BD Hollingsworth, AD Hornsby, PA Hosner, M Irham, S Jansa, RA Jiménez, L Joseph, JJ Kirchman, TJ LaDuc, AD Leaché, EP Lessa, H López-Fernández, NA Mason, J McCormack, CD McMahan, RG Moyle, RA Ojeda, LE Olson, CK Onn, LR Parenti, G Parra-Olea, BD Patterson, GB Pauly, SE Pavan, AT Peterson, S Poe, DL Rabosky, CJ Raxworthy, S Reddy, A Rico-Guevara, A Riyanto, LA Rocha, SR Ron, SM Rovito, KC Rowe, J Rowley, S Ruane, D Salazar-Valenzuela, AJ Shultz, B Sidlauskas, DS Sikes, NB Simmons, MLJ Stiassny, JW Streicher, BL Stuart, AP Summers, JJ Tavera Vargas, P Teta, CW Thompson, RM Timm, O Torres-Carvajal, G Voelker, RS Voss, K Winker, C Witt, EA Wommack, RM Zin. 2023. Specimen collection is essential for modern science. PLoS Biology 21(11): e3002318 doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002318

68. Turner, TR, H Bart, F McCormick, A Besser, R Bowes, K Capps, E DeArmon, C Dillman, K Driscoll, A Dugger, G Hamilton, P Harris, D Hendrickson, J Hoffman, J Knouft, R Lepak, H López-Fernández, CG Montaña, S Newsome, A Pease, WL Smith, C Taylor, R Welicky. 2023. Long-term ecological research in freshwaters enabled by regional biodiversity collections, stable isotope analysis, and environmental informatics. Bioscience biad039. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad039

67. PKing, KBS, HC Giacomini, K Wehrly, H López-Fernández, AK Thomer, KM Alofs. 2023. Using historical fish catch data to evaluate predicted changes in relative abundance in response to a warming climate. Ecography 8: e06798. doi: 10.1111/ecog.06798

66. P Varella, HR, SO Kullander, NA Menezes, C Oliveira, H López-Fernández. 2023. Revision of the generic classification of pike cichlids using an integrative phylogenetic approach (Cichlidae: Geophagini: Crenicichlina). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 198: 982-1034. doi: 10.1111/ecog.06798

66. Arbour, JH, F Rumpp, H López-Fernández. 2023. Organismal form constrains the evolution of complex lever systems in Neotropical cichlid four-bar linkages. Anatomical Record (Early view). doi.org/10.1002/ar.25231

65. Kolmann, M, R Nagesan, J Andrews, PS Borstein, R Tinoco Figueroa, R Singer, M Friedman, H López-Fernández. 2023. DiceCT for Fishes: Recommendations for pairing iodine contrast agents with μCT to visualize soft tissues in fishes. Journal of Fish Biology 102:893–903. doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15320

64. Johnson, KR, IFP Owens & the Global Collection Group (154 authors who lead 73 Natural History museums in 28 countries, including H López-Fernández). 2023. A global approach for natural history museum collections – Integration of the world’s natural history collections can provide a resource for decision-makers. Science 379:1192-1194. Featured in The New York Times, Michigan News, among others

63. Anderson, S.A.S., H. López-Fernández, J.T. Weir. Ecology and the origin of non-ephemeral species The American Naturalist (In press).

62. Taphorn, D.C., E. Liverpool, N.K. Lujan, C. do Nascimento, D.D. Hemraj, W.G.R. Crampton, M. Kolmann, J.P. Fontenelle, L.S. de Souza, D.C. Werneke, M. Ram, D.D. Bloom, B.L. Sidlauskas, E. Holm, J.G. Lundberg, M.H. Sabaj, C. Bernard, J.W. Armbruster & H. López-Fernández. 2022. Annotated checklist of the primarily freshwater fishes of Guyana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 168: 1-95

61. Astudillo-Clavijo, V., M.L. J. Stiassny, Z. Musilová, W. Salzburger & H. López-Fernández. 2022. Exon-based phylogenomics and the relationships of African cichlids: tackling the challenges of reconstructing phylogenies with nested rapid radiations. Systematic Biology doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syac051.

60. Borstein, S.R., O. Lucanus, K. Gajapersad, R.A. Singer, J. Mol, H. López-Fernández. 2022. Fish diversity of the upper Tapanahony River, Suriname. Miscellaneous Publications of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology211:1-19. dx.doi.org/10.7302/4816.

59. Weller, H., H. López-Fernández, C.D. McMahan & E.L. Brainerd. 2022. Relaxed feeding constraints facilitate the evolution of mouthbrooding in Neotropical cichlids. The American Naturalist 199(6)E197-E210. doi: 10.1086/719235(Featured in the “Field Notes” section of Natural History Magazine under the title “Multifunctionality”, September 2022, p. 12-15)

58. Hauser, F.E., Ilves, K.L, R.K. Schott, E. Alvi, H. López-Fernández, Chang. B. 2021. Evolution, inactivation, and loss of short wavelength-sensitive opsin genes during the diversification of Neotropical cichlids. Molecular Ecology (In press).

57. López-Fernández H. 2021 Neotropical riverine cichlids: adaptive radiation and macroevolution at continental scales In: ME Abate & DLG Noakes (Eds.) The Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of Cichlid Fishes: A Modern Synthesis. Springer Academic (In press).

56. Kolmann, M.A., Hughes, L.C., Hernandez, L.P., Sabaj, M., H. López-Fernández, & G. Ortí. 2020. Phylogenomics of piranhas and pacus (Serrasalmidae) uncovers how convergent diets obfuscate traditional morphological taxonomy. Systematic Biology (In press). doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaa065

55. L. Araujo Argolo, H. López-Fernández, H. Batalha-Filho & P.R.A.M. Affonso. 2020. Unraveling the systematics and evolution of the ‘Geophagus’ brasiliensis (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) species complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 150:106855. doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106855

54. Mark H. Sabaj, López-Fernández, H., Willis. S.C., Hemraj, D.D., Taphorn, D.C. & Winemiller, K.O. 2020. 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 167:69-86.

53. Arbour, J.H., C.G. Montaña, K.O. Winemiller, A.A. Pease, M. Soria-Barreto, J.L. Cochran-Biederman & H. López-Fernández. 2020. Repeated adaptive shifts towards predatory diets affect functional diversity in Neotropical cichlids. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 129:844-861. Doi: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa001

52. Andrade, M.C., H. López-Fernández & E. A. Liverpool. 2019. New Myloplus from the Essequibo River basin, Guyana (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae), with discussion of the taxonomic status of Myleus pacu. Neotropical Ichthyology 17(4):e190026.

51. K. Feilich & H. López-Fernández. 2019. When does form reflect function? Acknowledging and supporting ecomorphological assumptions. Integrative and Comparative Biology 59: 358-370. doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz070

50. Lehmberg ES, Elbassiouny, AA, Bloom, DD, López-Fernández H, Crampton, WGR & Lovejoy NR. 2018. Fish biogeography in the "Lost World" of the Guiana Shield: Phylogeography of the weakly electric knifefish Gymnotus carapo (Teleostei: Gymnotidae). Journal of Biogeography 45:815–825. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13177

49. Arbour, JH & H. López-Fernández. 2018. Intrinsic constraints on the diversification of Neotropical cichlid adductor mandibulae size. The Anatomical Record, 226:216–226. doi: 10.1002/ar.23713.

48. Ilves, KL, Torti, D. & H. López-Fernández. 2018. Exon-based phylogenomics strengthens the phylogeny of Neotropical cichlids and identifies remaining conflicting clades (Cichlomorphae: Cichlidae: Cichlinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 118:232-243.

47. Kullander, S.O., H. López-Fernández & P. van der Sleen. 2018. Cichlidae – Cichlids in Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco and Guianas, edited by J.S. Albert & P. van der Sleen, Princeton University Press, p. 359-384.

46. Hauser, FE, KL Ilves, RK Schott, GM Castiglione, H. López-Fernández & Chang BSW. 2017. Evolutionary and functional divergence of rhodopsin accompanies cichlid colonization of Central America. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 31(5):1149-65. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msu064.

45. Lujan, N.K, C.A Cramer, R. Covain, S. Fisch-Muller, N.R. Lovejoy & H. López-Fernández. 2017. Evolutionary relationships and biogeographical patterns within the ornamental wood-eating catfish genera Panaqolus and Panaque (Siluriformes, Loricariidae), with descriptions of four new taxa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 109: 321-336.

44. Arbour, J.H. & H. López-Fernández. 2016. Continental cichlid radiations: functional diversity reveals the role of changing ecological opportunity in the Neotropics. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B, 283(1836): 20160556.

43. Varela, H.R., J. Zuanon, S.O. Kullander and H. López-Fernández. 2016. Teleocichla preta, a new species of cichlid fish from the Rio Xingu basin in Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology, 89:1551-1569.

42. Lujan, N.K., V. Mesa-Vargas, V. Astudillo-Clavijo, R. Barriga-Salazar and H. López-Fernández. 2015. A multilocus molecular phylogeny for Chaetostoma Clade genera and species with a review of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes. Copeia, 664-701 (Awarded Copeia’s best paper by a junior researcher [Nathan K. Lujan] for the year 2015).

41. Astudillo-Clavijo, V., J.H. Arbour and H. López-Fernández. 2015. Selection towards different adaptive optima drove the early diversification of locomotor morphology in the radiation of Neotropical geophagine cichlids. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15:77 [Highly Accessed].

40. Lujan, N.K., J.W. Armbruster, N.R. Lovejoy & H. López-Fernández. 2015. Multilocus molecular phylogeny of the suckermouth armored catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with a focus on the subfamily Hypostominae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 82: 269-288.

39. Arbour, J. H. and H. López-Fernández. 2014. Adaptive landscape and functional diversity of Neotropical cichlids: implications for the ecology and evolution of Cichlinae (Cichlidae: Cichliformes). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27: 2431-2442, doi: 10.1111/jeb.12486

38. Steele, S.E. & H. López-Fernández. Body Size Diversity and Frequency Distributions of Neotropical Cichlid Fishes (Cichliformes: Cichlidae: Cichlinae), PLoS ONE, e106336, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106336.

37. Thompson, A.W., R. Betancur-R, H. López-Fernández & G. Ortí. 2014. A Time-Calibrated, Multi-locus Phylogeny of Piranhas, Pacus, and Allies (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) and a Comparison of Species Tree Methods. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 81: 242-257.

36. Arbour, J.H., R. Barriga and H. López-Fernández. 2014. A new species of Bujurquina (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Cichlasomatini) from the río Danta, Ecuador, with a key to all known species in the genus Copeia, 2014: 79-86.

35. López-Fernández, H.* J.H. Arbour*, S.C. Willis, C. Watkins, R.L. Honeycutt & K.O. Winemiller. 2014. Morphology and efficiency of a specialized foraging behavior, substrate sifting, in Neotropical cichlid fishes. PLoS ONE, 9(3); e89832, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0089832. *Equal contributions

34. Schott, R., S. Refvik, F. E. Hauser, H. López-Fernández, B. Chang. 2014. Positive Selection at Non-Overlapping Sites in Rhodopsin from Lake vs. Riverine Cichlids. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 31 (5), 1149-1165. DOI:10.1093/molbev/msu064

33. Ilves, K. & H. López-Fernández. 2014. A targeted next-generation sequencing toolkit for exon-based cichlid phylogenomics. Molecular Ecology Resources, 14: 802-811. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12222

32. Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., H. López-Fernández, D.C. Taphorn, C. R. Bernard, W.G.R. Crampton & N.R. Lovejoy. 2014. Akawaio penak, a new genus and species of Neotropical electric fish (Gymnotiformes, Hypopomidae) endemic to the Upper Mazaruni River in the Guiana Shield. Zoologica Scripta, 43: 24-33, DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12035.

31. Alofs, K.M., E.A. Liverpool, D.C. Taphorn, C.R. Bernard & H. López-Fernández. 2014. Mind the (information) gap: the importance of exploration and discovery for assessing conservation priorities for freshwater fish. Diversity and Distributions, 20: 107-113, DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12127

30. Malabarba, M.C., L.R. Malabarba & H. López-Fernández. 2014. On the Eocene cichlids from the Lumbrera Formation: additions and implications for the Neotropical ichthyofauna. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34: 49-58.

29. Hauser, F.E. & H. López-Fernández. 2013. Geophagus crocatus, a new species of geophagine cichlid from the Berbice River, Guyana (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Zootaxa 3731: 279-286.

28. Phillip, D.A., D.C. Taphorn, E. Holm. J. Gilliam, B. Lamphêre & H. López-Fernández. 2013. Annotated list and key to the riverine fishes of Trinidad & Tobago. Zootaxa, 3711: 1-64.

27. Lujan, N.K., H. Agudelo-Zamora, D.C. Taphorn, P. N. Booth & H. López-Fernández. 2013. Description of a new, narrowly endemic South American darter (Perciformes: Crenuchidae) from the central Guiana Shield highlands of Guyana. Copeia, 2013: 454-463.

26. Steele, S.E., E.A. Liverpool & H. López-Fernández. 2013. Krobia petitella, a new species of cichlid fish from the Berbice River in Guyana (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Zootaxa, 3693:152-162.

25. Arbour, J.H & H. López-Fernández. 2013. Ecological variation in South American geophagine cichlids arose during an early burst of adaptive functional morphological evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 280(1763):20130849.

24. Netto-Ferreira, A.L., H. López-Fernández, D.C. Taphorn, E.A. Liverpool. 2013. New species of Lebiasina (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Lebiasinidae) from the upper Mazaruni River drainage, Guyana. Zootaxa, 3652: 562-568

23. López-Fernández, H.,J. H. Arbour, K. O. Winemiller & R. L. Honeycutt. 2013. Testing for ancient adaptive radiations in Neotropical cichlid fishes. Evolution, 67: 1321-1337. (Journal Issue Cover)

22. López-Fernández, H., D. C. Taphorn & E. Liverpool. 2012. Phylogenetic diagnosis and expanded description of the genus Mazarunia Kullander 1990 (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the upper Mazaruni River, Guyana, with description of two new species. Neotropical Ichthyology, 10(3):465-486

21. Willis, S.C., H. López-Fernández, C.G. Montaña, I.P. Farias, G. Orti. 2012. Species-level phylogeny of 'Satan's perches' based on discordant gene trees (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Satanoperca Günther 1862). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 63: 798-808.

20. López-Fernández, H. K. O. Winemiller C. G. Montaña, & R. L. Honeycutt. 2012. Diet-morphology correlations in the radiation of South American geophagine cichlids (Perciformes: Cichlidae: Cichlinae). PLoS ONE 7(4):e33997 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033997

19. López-Fernández, H. & J. S. Albert. 2011. Paleogene radiations. In. Albert, J. & R. E. Reis (Eds.) Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes, University of California Press Pp. 105-117.

18. Hulsey, C.D. & Hernán López-Fernández. 2011. Nuclear Central America. In. Albert, J. & R. E. Reis (Eds.) Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes, Univeristy of California Press. Pp. 279-291.

17. Arbour, J. & H. López-Fernández. 2011. Guianacara dacrya, a new species from the Rio Branco and Essequibo River drainages of the Guiana Shield (Cichlidae, Perciformes). Neotropical Ichthyology 9: 87-96.

16. Taphorn, D. C., J. W. Armbruster, H. López-Fernández & C. R. Bernard. 2010. Description of Neblinichthys brevibracchium and N. echinasus from the upper Mazaruni River, Guyana (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), and recognition of N. roraima and N. yaravi as distinct species. Neotropical Ichthyology, 8: 615-624.

15. López- Fernández, H., K.O. Winemiller & R.L. Honeycutt. 2010. Multilocus phylogeny and rapid radiations in Neotropical cichlid fishes (Perciformes: Cichlidae: Cichlinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 55: 1070-1086. [Highly Cited]

14. Taphorn, D. C. T., H. López-Fernández & C. R. Bernard. 2008. Apareiodon agmatos, a new species from the upper Mazaruni river, Guyana (Teleostei: Characiformes: Parodontidae). Zootaxa 1925: 31-38.

13. Montaña, C.G., H. López-Fernández & D.C. Taphorn. 2008. A new species of Crenicichla (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the Rio Ventuari, Upper Rio Orinoco, Amazonas State, Venezuela. Zootaxa, 1856: 33-40.

12. Winemiller, K.O., H. López-Fernández, D. C. Taphorn, L. Nico and A. Barbarino. 2008. Fish assemblages of the Casiquiare River, a corridor and zoogeographic filter for dispersal between the Orinoco and Amazon basins. Journal of Biogeography, 35: 1551-1563.

11. Bolnick, D.I, M. Turelli, H. López-Fernández, P.C. Wainwright and T.J. Near. 2008. Accelerated mitochondrial evolution and ‘Darwin’s corollary’: Asymmetric viability of reciprocal F1 hybrids in centrarchid fishes. Genetics, 178: 1037–1048.

10. López-Fernández, H. & D.I. Bolnick. 2007. What causes partial F1 hybrid viability? Incomplete penetrance versus genetic variation. PLoS ONE 2(12): e1294. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001294.

9. Correa, S.B., K.O. Winemiller, H. López-Fernández and M. Galetti. 2007. Seed consumption and dispersal by fishes: evolutionary perspectives. BioScience, 57: 748-756.

8. López-Fernández, H., D.C. Taphorn and S.O. Kullander. 2006. Two new species of Guianacara from the Venezuelan portion of the Guiana Shield (Perciformes: Cichlidae). Copeia, 2006: 384-395.

7. López-Fernández, H., R.L. Honeycutt, M.L.J. Stiassny and K.O. Winemiller. 2005. Morphology, molecules, and character congruence in the phylogeny of geophagine cichlids from South America (Perciformes: Labroidei). Zoologica Scripta, 34: 627-651.

6. López- Fernández, H., R.L. Honeycutt and K.O. Winemiller. 2005. Molecular phylogeny and evidence for an adaptive radiation of geophagine cichlids from South America (Perciformes: Labroidei). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 34: 227-244.

5. Willis, S.C., K.O. Winemiller and H. López-Fernández. 2005. Habitat structural complexity and morphological diversity of fish assemblages in a Neotropical floodplain river. Oecologia, 142: 284-295.

4. López-Fernández, H. and K.O. Winemiller. 2005. Status of Dionda diaboli and report of established populations of exotic fish species in Lower San Felipe creek, Val Verde County, Texas. The Southwestern Naturalist, 50: 246-251.

3. López-Fernández, H. and D.C. Taphorn. 2004. Geophagus abalios, G. dicrozoster and G. winemilleri (Perciformes: Cichlidae), three new species from Venezuela. Zootaxa, 439: 1-27.

2. López-Fernández, H. and K. O. Winemiller. 2003. Morphological variation in Acestrorhynchus microlepis and A. falcatus (Characiformes: Acestrorhynchidae), reassessment of A. apurensis and distribution of Acestrorhynchus in Venezuela. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 14: 193-208.

1. López-Fernández, H. and K. O. Winemiller. 2000. A review of Venezuelan species of Hypophthalmus (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 11:35-46.

Reports and other non-peer reviewed publications

1. Taphorn, D.C. J. Armbruster, D. Fernandes, M. Kolmann, E. Liverpool, H. López-Fernández, H, & D. Werneke. 2017. Fishes of the upper Potaro River, Guyana. In: Alonso, L.E., J. Persaud & A. Williams (Eds.). Biodiversity assessment survey of the Kaieteur Plateau and upper Potaro, Guyana, BAT Survey Report No. World Wildlife Fund