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Luiz Rocha

Ichthyology
California Academy of Sciences (United States of America)
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Publications

Please note that only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs are indexed.

	Ecology and Zoogeography of Deep-Reef Fishes in Northeastern Brazil \| article Feitoza BM, Rosa RS, Rocha LA (2005) Bull Mar Sci 76:725-742
	Fish Biodiversity of the Vitória-Trindade Seamount Chain, Southwestern Atlantic: An Updated Database \| article Pinheiro HT, Mazzei E, Moura RL, Amado-Filho GM, Carvalho-Filho A, Braga AC, Costa PAS, Ferreira BP, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR, Francini-Filho RB, Gasparini JL, Macieira RM, Martins AS, Olavo G, Pimentel CR, Rocha LA, Sazima I, Simon T, Teixeira JB, Xavier LB, Joyeux J-C (2015) PLoS ONE 10:e0118180
	Mesophotic fishes of the Abrolhos Shelf, the largest reef ecosystem in the South Atlantic \| article Simon T, Pinheiro HT, Moura RL, Carvalho-Filho A, Rocha LA, Martins AS, Mazzei E, Francini-Filho RB, Amado-Filho GM, Joyeux J-C (2016) J Fish Biol 89:990-1001
	Grammatonotus brianne, a new callanthiid fish from Philippine waters, with short accounts of two other Grammatonotus from the Coral Triangle \| article Anderson WD, Greene BD, Rocha LA (2016) Zootaxa 4173:289-295
	Large-scale invasion of western Atlantic mesophotic reefs by lionfish potentially undermines culling-based management \| article Andradi-Brown DA, Vermeij MJA, Slattery M, Lesser M, Bejarano I, Appeldoorn R, Goodbody-Gringley G, Chequer AD, Pitt JM, Eddy C, Smith SR, Brokovich E, Pinheiro HT, Jessup ME, Shepherd B, Rocha LA, Curtis-Quick J, Eyal G, Noyes TJ, Rogers AD, Exton DA (2017) Biol Invasions 19:939–954
	Upper and lower mesophotic coral reef fish communities evaluated by underwater visual censuses in two Caribbean locations \| article Pinheiro HT, Goodbody-Gringley G, Jessup ME, Shepherd B, Chequer AD, Rocha LA (2016) Coral Reefs 35:139-151
	Ephemeral aggregation of the benthic ctenophore Lyrocteis imperatoris on a mesophotic coral ecosystem in the Philippines \| article Shepherd B, Pinheiro HT, Rocha LA (2018) Bull Mar Sci 94:101-102
	Mesophotic coral ecosystems are threatened and ecologically distinct from shallow water reefs \| article Rocha LA, Pinheiro HT, Shepherd B, Papastamatiou YP, Luiz OJ, Pyle RL, Bongaerts P (2018) Science
	Roa rumsfeldi, a new butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines \| article Rocha LA, Rocha LA, Pinheiro HT, Wandell M, Rocha CR, Shepherd B (2017) Zookeys 709:127-134
	Sponge-dwelling fishes of northeastern Brazil \| article Rocha LA, Rosa IL, Feitoza BM (2000) Environ Biol Fish 59:453-458
	Adult habitat preferences, larval dispersal, and the comparative phylogeography of three Atlantic surgeonfishes (Teleostei: Acanthuridae) \| article Rocha LA, Bass AL, Robertson DR, Bowen BW (2002) Mol Ecol 11:243-252
	Patterns of distribution and processes of speciation in Brazilian reef fishes \| article Rocha LA (2003) Biogeography 30:1161-1171
	Plectranthiasahiahiata, a new species of perchlet from a mesophotic ecosystem at Rapa Nui (Easter Island) (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) \| article Shepherd B, Phelps T, Pinheiro HT, Pérez-Matus A, Rocha LA (2018) Zookeys 762:105-116
	SubCAS: A Portable, Submersible Hyperbaric Chamber to Collect Living Mesophotic Fishes \| article Shepherd B, Wandell1 M, Pinheiro HT, Rocha LA (2018) Front Mar Sci 5:187
	Two new species of Plectranthias (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems in the tropical Central Pacific \| article Shepherd B, Phelps TAY, Pinheiro HT, Rocha CR, Rocha LA (2020) Zookeys 941:145-161
	Fishes: Biodiversity \| chapter Pyle RL, Kosaki RK, Pinheiro HT, Rocha LA, Whitton RK, Copus JM (2019) in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019) by Yossi L, Puglise KA, Bridge T
	Mesophotic ecosystems at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil (South-western Atlantic), reveal unique ichthyofauna and need for conservation \| article Pimentel CR, Rocha LA, Shepherd B, Phelps TAY, Joyeux JC, Martins AS, Stein CE, Teixeira JB, Gasparini JL, Reis-Filho JA, Garla RC, Francini-Filho RB, Delfino SDT, Mello TJ, Giarrizzo T, Pinheiro HT (2020) Neotrop Ichthyol 18:e200050
	Three new species of Chromis (Teleostei, Pomacentridae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines \| article Arango BG, Pinheiro HT, Rocha C, Greene BD, Pyle RL, Copus JM, Shepherd B, Rocha LA (2019) Zookeys 835:1-15
	Tosanoides aphrodite, a new species from mesophotic coral ecosystems of St. Paul’s Rocks, Mid Atlantic Ridge (Perciformes, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) \| article Pinheiro HT, Rocha C, Rocha LA (2018) Zookeys 786:105-115
	Brazil \| chapter Francini-Filho RB, Márquez Velásquez V, da Silva MB, Rosa MR, Rosa MR, Sumida PYG, Pinheiro HT, Rocha LA, Ferreira CEL, Francini CLB, Rosa RdS (2019) in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
	Pseudanthiashangapiko, a new anthiadine serranid (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) from Rapa Nui (Easter Island) \| article Shepherd B, Pinheiro HT, Phelps TA, Pérez-Matus A, Rocha LA (2021) Zookeys 1054:1-13
	Liopropoma incandescens sp. nov. (Epinephelidae, Liopropominae), a new species of basslet from mesophotic coral ecosystems of Pohnpei, Micronesia \| article Pinheiro HT, Shepherd B, Greene BD, Rocha LA (2019) Zookeys 863:97 - 106
	Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa (Teleostei, Labridae), a new species of fairy wrasse from the Maldives, with comments on the taxonomic identity of C. rubri... \| article Tea YK, Najeeb A, Rowlett J, Rocha LA (2020) Zookeys 1088:65-80
	Cirrhilabrus wakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae) \| article Tea YK, Pinheiro HT, Shepherd B, Rocha LA (2019) Zookeys 863:85-96
	A new species of Chromis damselfish from the tropical western Atlantic (Teleostei, Pomacentridae) \| article McFarland EP, Baldwin CC, Robertson DR, Rocha LA, Tornabene L (2020) Zookeys 1008:107-138
	Terelabrus toretore sp. nov. (Perciformes: Labridae), a New Species of Striped Hogfish from Tahiti, with Range Extensions for Two Congeners \| article Shepherd B, Pinheiro HT, Phelps TAY, Siu G, Rocha LA (2023) Zool Stud 62:e8
	Lessons from the invasion front: Integration of research and management of the lionfish invasion in Brazil \| article Soares MO, Pereira PH, Feitosa CV, Maggioni R, Rocha RS, Bezerra LE, Duarte OS, Paiva SV, Noleto-Filho E, Silva MQ, Csapo-Thomaz M (2023) J Environ Manage 340:117954
	Mesophotic.org: a repository for scientific information on mesophotic ecosystems \| article Bongaerts P, Perez-Rosales G, Radice VZ, Eyal G, Gori A, Gress E, Hammerman NM, Hernandez-Agreda A, Laverick J, Muir P, Pinheiro H, Pyle RL, Rocha L, Turner JA, Booker R (2019) Database (Oxford)
	assembly rules of coral reef fish communities along the depth gradient \| article Pinheiro HT, MacDonald C, Quimbayo JP, Shepherd B, Phelps TA, Loss AC, Teixeira JB, Rocha LA (2023) Curr Biol 33:1421-1430
	Genetic diversity patterns of lionfish in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean reveal a rapidly expanding stepping‑stone bioinvasion process \| article Maggioni R, Rocha RS, Viana JT, Giarrizzo T, Rabelo EF, Ferreira CE, Sampaio CL, Pereira PH, Rocha LA, Rocha LA, Tavares TC, Soares MO (2023) Sci Rep 13:13469
	Genetic diversity patterns of lionfish in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean reveal a rapidly expanding stepping‑stone bioinvasion process \| article Maggioni R, Rocha RS, Viana JT, Giarrizzo T, Rabelo EF, Ferreira CE, Sampaio CL, Pereira PH, Rocha LA, Rocha LA, Tavares TC, Soares MO (2023) Sci Rep 13:13469
	Plastic pollution on the world’s coral reefs \| article Pinheiro HT, MacDonald C, Santos RG, Ali R, Bobat A, Cresswell BJ, Francini-Filho R, Freitas R, Galbraith GF, Musembi P, Phelps TA, Quimbayo JP, Quiros TEAL, Shepherd B, Stefanoudis PV, Talma S, Teixeira JB, Woodall LC, Rocha LA (2023) Nature 619:311-316
	Roa rumsfeldi, a new butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines \| article Rocha LA, Rocha LA, Pinheiro HT, Wandell M, Rocha CR, Shepherd B (2017) Zookeys 709:127-134
	Function and stability of mesophotic coral reefs \| article Slattery M, Lesser MP, Rocha LA, Spalding HL, Smith TB (2024) TREE 39:585-598

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Research summary (from publications)

	Ecology and Zoogeography of Deep-Reef Fishes in Northeastern Brazil \| article Feitoza BM, Rosa RS, Rocha LA (2005) Bull Mar Sci 76:725-742
	Fish Biodiversity of the Vitória-Trindade Seamount Chain, Southwestern Atlantic: An Updated Database \| article Pinheiro HT, Mazzei E, Moura RL, Amado-Filho GM, Carvalho-Filho A, Braga AC, Costa PAS, Ferreira BP, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR, Francini-Filho RB, Gasparini JL, Macieira RM, Martins AS, Olavo G, Pimentel CR, Rocha LA, Sazima I, Simon T, Teixeira JB, Xavier LB, Joyeux J-C (2015) PLoS ONE 10:e0118180
	Mesophotic fishes of the Abrolhos Shelf, the largest reef ecosystem in the South Atlantic \| article Simon T, Pinheiro HT, Moura RL, Carvalho-Filho A, Rocha LA, Martins AS, Mazzei E, Francini-Filho RB, Amado-Filho GM, Joyeux J-C (2016) J Fish Biol 89:990-1001
	Grammatonotus brianne, a new callanthiid fish from Philippine waters, with short accounts of two other Grammatonotus from the Coral Triangle \| article Anderson WD, Greene BD, Rocha LA (2016) Zootaxa 4173:289-295
	Large-scale invasion of western Atlantic mesophotic reefs by lionfish potentially undermines culling-based management \| article Andradi-Brown DA, Vermeij MJA, Slattery M, Lesser M, Bejarano I, Appeldoorn R, Goodbody-Gringley G, Chequer AD, Pitt JM, Eddy C, Smith SR, Brokovich E, Pinheiro HT, Jessup ME, Shepherd B, Rocha LA, Curtis-Quick J, Eyal G, Noyes TJ, Rogers AD, Exton DA (2017) Biol Invasions 19:939–954
	Upper and lower mesophotic coral reef fish communities evaluated by underwater visual censuses in two Caribbean locations \| article Pinheiro HT, Goodbody-Gringley G, Jessup ME, Shepherd B, Chequer AD, Rocha LA (2016) Coral Reefs 35:139-151
	Ephemeral aggregation of the benthic ctenophore Lyrocteis imperatoris on a mesophotic coral ecosystem in the Philippines \| article Shepherd B, Pinheiro HT, Rocha LA (2018) Bull Mar Sci 94:101-102
	Mesophotic coral ecosystems are threatened and ecologically distinct from shallow water reefs \| article Rocha LA, Pinheiro HT, Shepherd B, Papastamatiou YP, Luiz OJ, Pyle RL, Bongaerts P (2018) Science
	Roa rumsfeldi, a new butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines \| article Rocha LA, Rocha LA, Pinheiro HT, Wandell M, Rocha CR, Shepherd B (2017) Zookeys 709:127-134
	Sponge-dwelling fishes of northeastern Brazil \| article Rocha LA, Rosa IL, Feitoza BM (2000) Environ Biol Fish 59:453-458
	Adult habitat preferences, larval dispersal, and the comparative phylogeography of three Atlantic surgeonfishes (Teleostei: Acanthuridae) \| article Rocha LA, Bass AL, Robertson DR, Bowen BW (2002) Mol Ecol 11:243-252
	Patterns of distribution and processes of speciation in Brazilian reef fishes \| article Rocha LA (2003) Biogeography 30:1161-1171
	Plectranthiasahiahiata, a new species of perchlet from a mesophotic ecosystem at Rapa Nui (Easter Island) (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) \| article Shepherd B, Phelps T, Pinheiro HT, Pérez-Matus A, Rocha LA (2018) Zookeys 762:105-116
	SubCAS: A Portable, Submersible Hyperbaric Chamber to Collect Living Mesophotic Fishes \| article Shepherd B, Wandell1 M, Pinheiro HT, Rocha LA (2018) Front Mar Sci 5:187
	Two new species of Plectranthias (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems in the tropical Central Pacific \| article Shepherd B, Phelps TAY, Pinheiro HT, Rocha CR, Rocha LA (2020) Zookeys 941:145-161
	Fishes: Biodiversity \| chapter Pyle RL, Kosaki RK, Pinheiro HT, Rocha LA, Whitton RK, Copus JM (2019) in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019) by Yossi L, Puglise KA, Bridge T
	Mesophotic ecosystems at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil (South-western Atlantic), reveal unique ichthyofauna and need for conservation \| article Pimentel CR, Rocha LA, Shepherd B, Phelps TAY, Joyeux JC, Martins AS, Stein CE, Teixeira JB, Gasparini JL, Reis-Filho JA, Garla RC, Francini-Filho RB, Delfino SDT, Mello TJ, Giarrizzo T, Pinheiro HT (2020) Neotrop Ichthyol 18:e200050
	Three new species of Chromis (Teleostei, Pomacentridae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines \| article Arango BG, Pinheiro HT, Rocha C, Greene BD, Pyle RL, Copus JM, Shepherd B, Rocha LA (2019) Zookeys 835:1-15
	Tosanoides aphrodite, a new species from mesophotic coral ecosystems of St. Paul’s Rocks, Mid Atlantic Ridge (Perciformes, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) \| article Pinheiro HT, Rocha C, Rocha LA (2018) Zookeys 786:105-115
	Brazil \| chapter Francini-Filho RB, Márquez Velásquez V, da Silva MB, Rosa MR, Rosa MR, Sumida PYG, Pinheiro HT, Rocha LA, Ferreira CEL, Francini CLB, Rosa RdS (2019) in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
	Pseudanthiashangapiko, a new anthiadine serranid (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) from Rapa Nui (Easter Island) \| article Shepherd B, Pinheiro HT, Phelps TA, Pérez-Matus A, Rocha LA (2021) Zookeys 1054:1-13
	Liopropoma incandescens sp. nov. (Epinephelidae, Liopropominae), a new species of basslet from mesophotic coral ecosystems of Pohnpei, Micronesia \| article Pinheiro HT, Shepherd B, Greene BD, Rocha LA (2019) Zookeys 863:97 - 106
	Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa (Teleostei, Labridae), a new species of fairy wrasse from the Maldives, with comments on the taxonomic identity of C. rubri... \| article Tea YK, Najeeb A, Rowlett J, Rocha LA (2020) Zookeys 1088:65-80
	Cirrhilabrus wakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae) \| article Tea YK, Pinheiro HT, Shepherd B, Rocha LA (2019) Zookeys 863:85-96
	A new species of Chromis damselfish from the tropical western Atlantic (Teleostei, Pomacentridae) \| article McFarland EP, Baldwin CC, Robertson DR, Rocha LA, Tornabene L (2020) Zookeys 1008:107-138
	Terelabrus toretore sp. nov. (Perciformes: Labridae), a New Species of Striped Hogfish from Tahiti, with Range Extensions for Two Congeners \| article Shepherd B, Pinheiro HT, Phelps TAY, Siu G, Rocha LA (2023) Zool Stud 62:e8
	Lessons from the invasion front: Integration of research and management of the lionfish invasion in Brazil \| article Soares MO, Pereira PH, Feitosa CV, Maggioni R, Rocha RS, Bezerra LE, Duarte OS, Paiva SV, Noleto-Filho E, Silva MQ, Csapo-Thomaz M (2023) J Environ Manage 340:117954
	Mesophotic.org: a repository for scientific information on mesophotic ecosystems \| article Bongaerts P, Perez-Rosales G, Radice VZ, Eyal G, Gori A, Gress E, Hammerman NM, Hernandez-Agreda A, Laverick J, Muir P, Pinheiro H, Pyle RL, Rocha L, Turner JA, Booker R (2019) Database (Oxford)
	assembly rules of coral reef fish communities along the depth gradient \| article Pinheiro HT, MacDonald C, Quimbayo JP, Shepherd B, Phelps TA, Loss AC, Teixeira JB, Rocha LA (2023) Curr Biol 33:1421-1430
	Genetic diversity patterns of lionfish in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean reveal a rapidly expanding stepping‑stone bioinvasion process \| article Maggioni R, Rocha RS, Viana JT, Giarrizzo T, Rabelo EF, Ferreira CE, Sampaio CL, Pereira PH, Rocha LA, Rocha LA, Tavares TC, Soares MO (2023) Sci Rep 13:13469
	Genetic diversity patterns of lionfish in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean reveal a rapidly expanding stepping‑stone bioinvasion process \| article Maggioni R, Rocha RS, Viana JT, Giarrizzo T, Rabelo EF, Ferreira CE, Sampaio CL, Pereira PH, Rocha LA, Rocha LA, Tavares TC, Soares MO (2023) Sci Rep 13:13469
	Plastic pollution on the world’s coral reefs \| article Pinheiro HT, MacDonald C, Santos RG, Ali R, Bobat A, Cresswell BJ, Francini-Filho R, Freitas R, Galbraith GF, Musembi P, Phelps TA, Quimbayo JP, Quiros TEAL, Shepherd B, Stefanoudis PV, Talma S, Teixeira JB, Woodall LC, Rocha LA (2023) Nature 619:311-316
	Roa rumsfeldi, a new butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines \| article Rocha LA, Rocha LA, Pinheiro HT, Wandell M, Rocha CR, Shepherd B (2017) Zookeys 709:127-134
	Function and stability of mesophotic coral reefs \| article Slattery M, Lesser MP, Rocha LA, Spalding HL, Smith TB (2024) TREE 39:585-598