Alexandre Pires Marceniuk
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Alexandre Pires Marceniuk is a Brazilian ichthyologist and university professor.
Alexandre Pires Marceniuk | |
|---|---|
| Education | Catholic University of Santos University of São Paulo |
| Known for | Taxonomy, phylogenetics and biogeography of marine and estuarine fishes |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ichthyology |
| Workplaces | Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes |
Career
Marceniuk earned a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from the Catholic University of Santos from 1988 to 1992 and a master's degree in Biological Sciences (Zoology) from the University of São Paulo from 1994 to 1997.[1]
He specializes in taxonomy, phylogenetics, and biogeography of marine and estuarine fishes, particularly species in the family Ariidae.[1]
In 2007, together with his colleague Naércio Aquino de Menezes, he described the new genus Amphiarius.[2] The genus was established in their work:
- Marceniuk, A. P. & Menezes, N. A. (2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera". Zootaxa 1416: 1–126.
Marceniuk is a professor at the Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes in Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil.
Taxa described by Marceniuk
- Amphiarius
- Ariopsis canteri
- Ariopsis jimenezi
- Carlarius
Selected publications
Book
- Marceniuk, Alexandre P. & Alexandre W. S. Hilsdorf (2010). Peixes das cabeceiras do Rio Tietê e Parque das Neblinas. Bauru, São Paulo: Canal 6 Editora. ISBN 978-85-7917-130-7.
Articles
- Marceniuk, A. P., Caires, R., Siccha-Ramirez, R. & Oliveira, C. (2016). "Review of the harvestfishes, genus Peprilus (Perciformes: Stromateidae), of the Atlantic coast of South America". Zootaxa 4098 (2): 311–332. Abstract.
- Marceniuk, A. P., Marchena, J. & Betancur-R, R. (2016). "Cathorops festae (Boulenger 1898) (Siluriformes; Ariidae), a valid species from Ecuador and Peru". Zootaxa 4170 (1): 137–148. Abstract.
- Silva, W. C. d., Marceniuk, A. P., Sales, J. B. L. & Araripe, J. (2016). "Early Pleistocene lineages of Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766) (Siluriformes: Ariidae), from the Atlantic coast of South America, with insights into the demography and biogeography of the species". Neotropical Ichthyology 14 (2): e150184. Full text.
- Marceniuk, A. P., Acero P., A., Cooke, R. & Betancur-R., R. (2017). "Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Ariopsis Gill (Siluriformes: Ariidae), with description of two new species". Zootaxa 4290 (1): 1–42. Abstract.
- Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires et al. (2019). "The bony fishes (Teleostei) caught by industrial trawlers off the Brazilian North coast, with insights into its conservation". Neotropical Ichthyology 17 (2): e150184, 38 pp. Full text.
Taxonomic author abbreviation
The author abbreviation Marceniuk is used to indicate Alexandre Pires Marceniuk as the authority for the description and taxonomy of zoological taxa.
