Author: Luiz Rocha

Luiz Rocha

Luiz Rocha is the curator of ichthyology at the California Academy of Sciences. His research interests and experience are centered on the evolution, phylogeography (or the geographic distribution of genetic lineages), biogeography, systematics and community and behavioral ecology of coral reef fishes. He frequently tries to combine these fields, invoking ecology to help explain evolutionary patterns and using molecular tools to test biogeographic and systematic hypotheses. The overall objective of this interdisciplinary research is to test existing hypotheses (and propose new ones) about what generates and maintains the extremely high biodiversity in tropical coral reefs.
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Reefs Magazine

Enter the Twilight Zone

by Luiz Rocha February 4, 2017 0

By Luiz Rocha I am sure by now most aquarium keepers know exactly what I am talking about when I say “twilight zone”, but I will take some time to explain i... Read more.

Conservation, Fish, Science

Conservation status of Surgeonfishes and Parrotfishes

by Luiz Rocha July 13, 2012 0

A new report published this week in the journal PLoS ONE indicates that two groups of iconic coral reef herbivores (parrotfishes and surgeonfishes) are in relat... Read more.