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Dr Ralf Britz

Dr Ralf Britz

Scientific Associate

Department: Life Sciences
Division: LS Vertebrates Division
Contact: email

Summary

My research program focuses on comparative anatomy, phylogenetics, and taxonomy of actinopterygian and sarcopterygian fishes, ranging from general questions of evolutionary biology and homology and studies of higher level relationships to basal problems in taxonomy and systematics of various fish groups. Although my primary approach to phylogenetic questions is and will remain deeply founded in morphology, I have also developed an interest in tests of morphology-based hypotheses with molecular data and I am involved in several ongoing collaborations. My taxonomic interest lies with the freshwater fishes of Southeast Asia with a focus on Myanmar (Burma), a poorly known fauna with dozens of new species described each year. These systematic studies form the basis for more general questions about biogeographical pattern of this interesting region and how these have evolved. The morphology based questions I try to resolve concern the relationship between evolution and development. I investigate how ontogenies change during evolution and try to understand how complex structures, like e.g. the tail of the ocean sunfishes or the Weberian apparatus of otophysans, have evolved. In addition, I study the ontogeny of characters to resolve long-standing homology issues and thus to get a better idea about the phylogenetic relationships of various groups. I have recently become fascinated by the organismal consequences of miniaturization in teleosts caused by the evolutionary process of developmental truncation (progenesis) for which Paedocypris spp. and Danionella dracula are prime examples.

Qualifications

    Degrees

  • PhD, Lehrstuhl für Spezielle Zoologie, Tübingen University, Germany, 1992 - 1995
  • Biologie Diplom (Biology Masters), Lehrstuhl für Spezielle Zoologie, Tübingen University, Germany, 1985 - 1992

Employment history

    Academic

  • Researcher Fishes, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom, 2004 - ongoing
  • Visiting Professor, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, 2014 - 2014
  • Visiting Professor, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, 2012 - 2012
  • Visiting Professor, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, 2010 - 2010
  • Visiting Professor, Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Zoologia, Brazil, 2007 - 2007
  • Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Division of Fishes, United States, 2005 - 2014
  • Invited Researcher, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, Département Systématique et Evolution, France, 2003 - 2003
  • Visiting Senior Researcher, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Division of Fishes, United States, 2002 - 2004
  • Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History, Ichthyology Department, Germany, 1998 - 2004
  • Assistant Professor, Tübingen University, Lehrstuhl für Spezielle Zoologie, Germany, 1996 - 2004
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, American Museum of Natural History, Ichthyology Department, United States, 1995 - 1996
  • Teaching Assistant, Tübingen University, Lehrstuhl für Spezielle Zoologie, Germany, 1988 - 1995

Grants

Breaking the rules - development and evolution of extreme asymmetry and morphological novelty
Role: Principal investigator
Co-investigator: Fraser G
Funding: Leverhulme Trust
Total value £270,782
Dates: 2016 - 2019

Publications

BRITZ R, DAHANUKAR N, ANOOP VK, ALI A (null) <p><strong><em>Channa</em> <em>rara</em>, a new species of snakehead fish from the Western Ghats region </strong><strong>of Maharashtra, India (Teleostei: Labyrinthici: Channidae)</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 4683 (4) : 589 - 600. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4683.4.8

BRITZ R, ANOOP VK, DAHANUKAR N, RAGHAVAN R (null) The subterranean Aenigmachanna gollum, a new genus and species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Kerala, South India. Zootaxa, 4603 (2) : 377 - 377. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.10

BRITZ R, ANOOP VK, DAHANUKAR N (null) Dario neela, a new species of badid fish from the Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae). Zootaxa, 4429 (1) : 141 - 141. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.1.6

KATWATE U, KUMKAR P, BRITZ R, RAGHAVAN R, DAHANUKAR N (null) The identity of Aplocheilus andamanicus (Köhler, 1906) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes), an endemic Killifish from the Andaman Islands, with notes on Odontopsis armata van Hasselt. Zootaxa, 4382 (1) : 159 - 159. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.6

Britz R (2017) On the identity of Mastacembelus dayi with notes on M-alboguttatus (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 28 (1) : 75 - 81.

BRITZ R, ADAMSON E, RAGHAVAN R, ALI A, DAHANUKAR N (null) Channa pseudomarulius, a valid species of snakehead from the Western Ghats region of peninsular India (Teleostei: Channidae), with comments on Ophicephalus grandinosus, O. theophrasti and O. leucopunctatus. Zootaxa, 4299 (4) : 529 - 529. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.4.4

Thiery AP, Shono T, Kurokawa D, Britz R, Johanson Z, Fraser GJ (2017) Spatially restricted dental regeneration drives pufferfish beak development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114 (22) : doi: 10.1073/pnas.1702909114

Conway KW, Kubicek KM, Britz R (2017) Morphological novelty and modest developmental truncation inBarboides, Africa's smallest vertebrates (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Journal of Morphology, 278 (6) : 750 - 767. doi: 10.1002/jmor.20670

Britz R, Doherty-Bone TM, Kouete MT, Sykes D, Gower DJ (2016) Monopterus luticolus, a new species of swamp eel from Cameroon (Teleostei: Synbranchidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 27 (4) : 309 - 323.

Britz R (2016) Pillaiabrachia siniae, a new species of earthworm eel from northern Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Chaudhuriidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 27 (1) : 41 - 47.

DAHANUKAR N, RAGHAVAN R, ALI A, BRITZ R (null) <p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong><em>Amblyceps accari</em>, a new species of torrent catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from the Western Ghats of India</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 4109 (2) : 218 - 218. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.6

Mattox GMT, Britz R, Toledo-Piza M (2015) Osteology of and remarkable developmental truncation in a miniature Amazonian fish (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae). Journal of Morphology, n/a - n/a. doi: 10.1002/jmor.20477

Collins RA, Britz R, Rüber L (2015) Phylogenetic systematics of leaffishes (Teleostei: Polycentridae, Nandidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, n/a - n/a. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12103

Britz R (2015) Teleostei, In: Spezielle Zoologie, Teil 2: Wirbel- oder Schädeltiere, Westheide W, Rieger G (Eds). Spektrum Akademischer Verlag : Heidelberg, Germany. 243 - 287.

BRITZ R, ALI A (null) <p><strong><em>Dario</em> <em>huli</em>, a new species of badid from Karnataka, southern India </strong><strong>(Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae)</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 3911 (1) : 139 - 139. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3911.1.9

Conway KW, Britz R (2015) Psilorhynchus olliei, a new species of torrent minnow from eastern Myanmar (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 25 (4) : 347 - 356.

KULLANDER SO, BRITZ R (null) <p><strong>Description of <em>Danio absconditus</em>, new species, and redescription of <em>Danio feegradei</em> (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), from the Rakhine Yoma hotspot </strong><strong>in south-western Myanmar</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 3948 (2) : 233 - 233. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.2.5

Britz R, Conway KW, Rüber L (2014) Miniatures, morphology and molecules:Paedocyprisand its phylogenetic position (Teleostei, Cypriniformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 172 (3) : 556 - 615. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12184

Mattox GMT, Britz R, Toledo-Piza M (2014) Skeletal development and ossification sequence of the characiform Salminus brasiliensis (Ostariophysi: Characidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (2) : 103 - 158.

Conway KW, Britz R, Siegel DS (2014) Different on the inside: extreme swimbladder sexual dimorphism in the South Asian torrent minnows. Biology Letters, 10 (7) : 20140348 - 20140348. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0348

Britz R, Rüber L, Johnson GD (2014) Reinventing the disc: a reminder to give credit to past giants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281 (1784) : 20132920 - 20132920. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2920

Rocha LA, Aleixo A, Allen G, Almeda F, Baldwin CC, Barclay MVL, Bates JM, Bauer AM, Benzoni F, Berns CM, Berumen ML, Blackburn DC, Blum S, Bolaños F, Bowie RCK, Britz R, Brown RM, Cadena CD, Carpenter K, Ceríaco LM, Chakrabarty P, Chaves G, Choat JH, Clements KD, Collette BB, Collins A, Coyne J, Cracraft J, Daniel T, de Carvalho MR, de Queiroz K, Di Dario F, Drewes R, Dumbacher JP, Engilis A, Erdmann MV, Eschmeyer W, Feldman CR, Fisher BL, Fjeldså J, Fritsch PW, Fuchs J, Getahun A, Gill A, Gomon M, Gosliner T, Graves GR, Griswold CE, Guralnick R, Hartel K, Helgen KM, Ho H, Iskandar DT, Iwamoto T, Jaafar Z, James HF, Johnson D, Kavanaugh D, Knowlton N, Lacey E, Larson HK, Last P, Leis JM, Lessios H, Liebherr J, Lowman M, Mahler DL, Mamonekene V, Matsuura K, Mayer GC, Mays H, McCosker J, McDiarmid RW, McGuire J, Miller MJ, Mooi R, Mooi RD, Moritz C, Myers P, Nachman MW, Nussbaum RA, Foighil DÓ, Parenti LR, Parham JF, Paul E, Paulay G, Pérez-Emán J, Pérez-Matus A, Poe S, Pogonoski J, Rabosky DL, Randall JE, Reimer JD, Robertson DR, Rödel M-O, Rodrigues MT, Roopnarine P, Rüber L, Ryan MJ, Sheldon F, Shinohara G, Short A, Simison WB, Smith-Vaniz WF, Springer VG, Stiassny M, Tello JG, Thompson CW, Trnski T, Tucker P, Valqui T, Vecchione M, Verheyen E, Wainwright PC, Wheeler TA, White WT, Will K, Williams JT, Williams G, Wilson EO, Winker K, Winterbottom R, Witt CC (2014) Specimen collection: An essential tool. Science, 344 (6186) : 814 - 815. doi: 10.1126/science.344.6186.814

Britz R, Kakkassery F, Raghavan R (2014) Osteology of Kryptoglanis shajii, a stygobitic catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Peninsular India with a diagnosis of the new family Kryptoglanidae. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (3) : 193 - 207.

Conway KW, Britz R, Shrestha J, Manimekalan A, Rüber L (2015) Molecular systematics of the Asian torrent minnows (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 53 (1) : 33 - 44. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12090

Low BW, Britz R, Tan HH (2014) Trichopodus poptae, a new anabantoid fish from Borneo (Teleostei: Osphronemidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 69 - 77.

Toledo-Piza M, Mattox GMT, Britz R (2014) Priocharax nanus, a new miniature characid from the rio Negro, Amazon basin (Ostariophysi: Characiformes), with an updated list of miniature Neotropical freshwater fishes. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2) : 229 - 246. doi: 10.1590/1982-0224-20130171

BRITZ R, KULLANDER SO (null) <p><strong><em>Dario kajal</em>, a new species of badid fish from Meghalaya, India </strong><br /><strong>(Teleostei: Badidae)</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 3731 (3) : 331 - 331. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.3.3

BRITZ R (null) <strong><em>Channa andrao</em>, a new species of dwarf snakehead from West Bengal, India (Teleostei: Channidae)</strong>. Zootaxa, 3731 (2) : 287 - 287. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.2.9

BRITZ R, MATTOX GMT, TOLEDO-PIZA M, MARINHO MMF (null) Nomenclatural remarks on <i>Cyanogaster</i> Oken 1823 and Cyanogaster Blainville 1825 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pleurobranchaeidae). Zootaxa, 3683 (1) : 99 - 99. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.1.9

Britz R, Ali A, Raghavan R (2013) Pseudolaguvia lapillicola, a new species of catfish from Peninsular India (Teleostei: Sisoridae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 23 (4) : 289 - 295.

Mattox GMT, Britz R, Toledo-Piza M, Marinho MMF (2013) Cyanogaster noctivaga, a remarkable new genus and species of miniature fish from the Rio Negro, Amazon basin (Ostariophysi: Characidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 23 (4) : 297 - 318.

Britz R, Johnson GD (2012) Ontogeny and homology of the skeletal elements that form the sucking disc of remoras (Teleostei, Echeneoidei, Echeneidae). Journal of Morphology, 273 (12) : 1353 - 1366. doi: 10.1002/jmor.20063

Britz R, Hartel KE (2012) On the synonymy of Caristius groenlandicus Jensen and Pteraclis fasciatus Borodin (Pisces: Caristiidae). ZOOTAXA, 85 - 88.

Britz R, Ali A, Philip S, Kumar K, Raghavan R (2012) First record from the wild of Carinotetraodon imitator in Peninsular India (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 23 (2) : 105 - 109.

Britz R, Ali A, Philip S (2012) Dario urops, a new species of badid fish from the Western Ghats, southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae). ZOOTAXA, 63 - 68.

Britz R, Kumar K, Baby F (2012) Pristolepis rubripinnis, a new species of fish from southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Pristolepididae). ZOOTAXA, 59 - 68.

Britz R, Ali A, Raghavan R (2012) Pangio ammophila, a new species of eel-loach from Karnataka, southern India (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 23 (1) : 45 - 50.

Fraser GJ, Britz R, Hall A, Johanson Z, Smith MM (2012) Replacing the first-generation dentition in pufferfish with a unique beak. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109 (21) : 8179 - 8184. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1119635109

Britz R, Johnson GD (2012) The caudal skeleton of a 20 mm Triodon and homology of its components. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 125 (1) : 66 - 73. doi: 10.2988/10-24.1

Britz R, Toledo-Piza M (2012) Egg surface structure of the freshwater toadfish Thalassophryne amazonica (Teleostei: Batrachoididae) with information on its distribution and natural habitat. Neotropical Ichthyology, 10 (3) : 593 - 599. doi: 10.1590/s1679-62252012000300013

Bohlen J, Šlechtová V, Tan HH, Britz R (2011) Phylogeny of the Southeast Asian freshwater fish genus Pangio (Cypriniformes; Cobitidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 61 (3) : 854 - 865. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.003

Britz R, Kottelat M, Hui TH (2011) Fangfangia spinicleithralis, a new genus and species of miniature cyprinid fish from the peat swamp forests of Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 22 (4) : 327 - 335.

Brown KJ, Britz R, Bills R, Rüber L, Day JJ (2011) Pectoral fin loss in the Mastacembelidae: a new species from Lake Tanganyika. Journal of Zoology, 284 (4) : 286 - 293. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00804.x

BRITZ R, Conway KW (null) The Cypriniformes Tree of Confusion. Zootaxa, 2946 (1) : 73 - 73. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2946.1.15

BRITZ R, CONWAY KW (null) Additions to “The Cypriniformes Tree of Confusion”. Zootaxa, 2946 (1) : 142 - 142. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2946.1.19

BRITZ R, JOHNSON GD (null) Comments on the establishment of the one to one relationship between characters as a prerequisite for homology assessment in phylogenetic studies. Zootaxa, 2946 (1) : 65 - 65. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2946.1.14

Britz R, Lalremsanga HT, Lalrotluanga , Lalramliana (2011) Monopterus ichthyophoides, a new species of scaled swamp eel (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) from Mizoram, India. ZOOTAXA, 51 - 58.

Benziger A, Philip S, Raghavan R, Anvar Ali PH, Sukumaran M, Tharian JC, Dahanukar N, Baby F, Peter R, Devi KR, Radhakrishnan KV, Haniffa MA, Britz R, Antunes A (null) Unraveling a 146 Years Old Taxonomic Puzzle: Validation of Malabar Snakehead, Species-Status and Its Relevance for Channid Systematics and Evolution. PLoS ONE, 6 (6) : e21272 - e21272. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021272

Vishwanath W, Ng HH, Britz R, Singh LK, Chaudhry S, Conway KW (2011) The status and distribution of freshwater fishes of the Eastern Himalaya region, In: The Status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the eastern Himalaya, Allen D, Molur S, Daniel BA (Eds). IUCN and Zoo Outreach Organisation : Cambridge, UK and Gland, Switzerland; Coimbatore, India. 22 - 41.

BRITZ R, WIN TIN (null) Redescription of Silurus burmanensis Thant 1967: a Silurus not a Pterocryptis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Siluridae). Zootaxa, 2647 (1) : 61 - 61. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2647.1.5

Conway KW, Britz R (2010) Three new species of Psilorhynchus from the Ayeyarwaddy River drainage, Myanmar (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae). ZOOTAXA, 31 - 47.

Britz R (2010) A new earthworm eel of the genus Chaudhuria from the Ayeyarwaddy River Drainage, Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Chaudhuriidae). ZOOTAXA, 62 - 68.

Schnell NK, Britz R, Johnson GD (2010) New insights into the complex structure and ontogeny of the occipito-vertebral gap in barbeled dragonfishes (Stomiidae, Teleostei). Journal of Morphology, n/a - n/a. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10858

Britz R (2010) Macrognathus aureus, a new spiny eel of the M. aculeatus species group from the Upper Ayeyarwaddy River Drainage, Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae). ZOOTAXA, 55 - 60.

Britz R (2010) Review of MESOZOIC FISHES 4. Edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Wilson, M. V. H.. Journal of Fish Biology, 76 : 1537 - 1539.

BRITZ R (2010) Der Indische Regenwurmaal - ein seltener Gast im Aqaurium. Amazonas, 6 : 36 - 39.

BRITZ R (2010) Malabar Tropicals in Kalkutta - ein El Dorado für ungewöhnliche Fischarten.. Amazonas, 6 : 26 - 31.

BRITZ R (2010) Neue Stachelaale aus Burma und Indien. Amazonas, 6 : 11 - 13.

BRITZ R (2010) Spindeldürr und stachelig: der Burmastichling. Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift, 63 : 24 - 29.

BRITZ R, Johnson GD (2010) Occipito-vertebral fusion in actinopterygians: conjecture, myth and reality. Part 1: Non-teleosts, In: Origin and phylogenetic interrelationships of teleosts honoring Gloria Arratia,, Nelson JS, Schultze HP, Wilson MVH (Eds). Verlag Dr Friedrich Pfeil : 77 - 93.

Hilton E, BRITZ R (2010) The caudal skeleton of osteoglossomorph fishes, revisited: comparisons, homologies, and characters, In: Origin and phylogenetic interrelationships of teleosts honoring Gloria Arratia., Nelson JS, Schultze HP, Wilson MVH (Eds). Verlag Dr Friedrich Pfeil : 219 - 237.

Johnson GD, BRITZ R (2010) Occipito-vertebral fusion in actinopterygians: conjecture, myth and reality. Part 2: Teleosts, In: Origin and phylogenetic interrelationships of teleosts honoring Gloria Arratia, Nelson JS, Schultze HP, Wilson MVH (Eds). Verlag Dr Friedrich Pfeil : 95 - 110.

Britz R (2009) Species of the Macrognathus aculeatus group in Myanmar with remarks on M. caudiocellatus (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 20 (4) : 295 - 308.

Britz R, Kottelat M (2009) Pangio longimanus, a miniature species of eel-loach from Central Laos (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 20 (4) : 371 - 376.

BRITZ R (null) <strong><em>Danionella priapus</em>, a new species of miniature cyprinid fish from West Bengal, India (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)</strong>. Zootaxa, 2277 (1) : 53 - 60. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2277.1.4

Britz R, Conway KW, Rüber L (2009) Spectacular morphological novelty in a miniature cyprinid fish, Danionella dracula n. sp.. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276 (1665) : 2179 - 2186. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0141

Britz R, Conway KW (2009) Osteology ofPaedocypris, a miniature and highly developmentally truncated fish (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae). Journal of Morphology, 270 (4) : 389 - 412. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10698

Britz R (2009) Teleostei, In: Spezielle Zoologie, Teil 2: Wirbeltiere, Westheide W, Rieger R (Eds). Spektrum Akademischer Verlag : Heidelberg, Germany. 260 - 306.

BRITZ R (2009) Ein "neuer" Kristallbärbling aus Burma (Myanmar). Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift, 62 :

BRITZ R (2009) Neues aus der Danio-Verwandtschaft. Amazonas, 5 : 4 - 6.

BRITZ R (2009) Der Amazonaskrötenfisch Thalassophryne amazonica. Amazonas, 5 : 44 - 47.

BRITZ R, Roesler R (2009) Breeding first! The rope eel. Practical Fishkeeping, 52 - 54.

Britz R, Kottelat M (2008) Paedocypris carbunculus, a new species of miniature fish from Borneo (Teleostei : Cypriniformes : Cyprinidae). RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY, 56 (2) : 415 - 422.

Britz R (2008) Review of FRESHWATER FISHES OF MEXICO by R. R. Miller, University of Chicago Press, USA, 2005. Acta Zoologica, 89 : 87 - 88.

Britz R (2008) Out of water (Review of YOUR INNER FISH by Neil Shubin, Penguin Books, UK, 2008). Timer Literary Supplement (TLS), 12 - 12.

BRITZ R (2008) Out of water.. :

BRITZ R (2008) Polycentridae, In: Poissons d’eaux douces et saumâtres de basse Guinée, ouest de l’Afrique centrale, The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa Vol. 2., Teugels GG, Stiassny MLJ, Hopkins C (Eds). IRD, MRAC, AMNH : 248 - 250.

BRITZ R, Roesler R (2008) Flösselaale erstmals nachgezogen. Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift, 61 : 10 - 15.

Kullander SO, BRITZ R (2008) Puntius padamya, a new species of cyprinid fish from Myanmar (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Electronic Journal of Ichthyology, 4 : 56 - 66.

Britz R (2007) Channa ornatipinnis and C. pulchra, two new species of dwarf snakeheads from Myanmar (Teleostei : Channidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 18 (4) : 335 - 344.

de Carvalho MR, Bockmann FA, Amorim DS, Brandão CRF, de Vivo M, de Figueiredo JL, Britski HA, de Pinna MCC, Menezes NA, Marques FPL, Papavero N, Cancello EM, Crisci JV, McEachran JD, Schelly RC, Lundberg JG, Gill AC, Britz R, Wheeler QD, Stiassny MLJ, Parenti LR, Page LM, Wheeler WC, Faivovich J, Vari RP, Grande L, Humphries CJ, DeSalle R, Ebach MC, Nelson GJ (2007) Taxonomic Impediment or Impediment to Taxonomy? A Commentary on Systematics and the Cybertaxonomic-Automation Paradigm. Evolutionary Biology, 34 (3-4) : 140 - 143. doi: 10.1007/s11692-007-9011-6

Conway KW, Britz R (2007) Sexual dimorphism of the Weberian apparatus and pectoral girdle in Sundadanio axelrodi (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 71 (5) : 1562 - 1570. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01646.x

Britz R (2007) Two new species of Mastacembelus from Myanmar (Teleostei : Synbranchiformes : Mastacembelidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 18 (3) : 257 - 268.

Britz R, Maclaine J (2007) A review of the eel-loaches, genus Pangio, from Myanmar (Teleostei : Cypriniformes : Cobitidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 18 (1) : 17 - 30.

Hilton EJ, Britz R, Johnson GD, Forey PL (2007) Clarification of the Occipito-Vertebral Region of Arapaima gigas (Osteoglossomorpha: Osteoglossidae) through Developmental Osteology. Copeia, 2007 (1) : 218 - 224. doi: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[218:cotoro]2.0.co;2

BRITZ R (2007) Polypteridae, In: Poissons d’eaux douces et saumâtres de basse Guinée, ouest de l’Afrique centrale, The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Vol. 1, Teugels GG, Stiassny MLJ, Hopkins C (Eds). IRD, MRAC, AMNH : 168 - 173.

BRITZ R, MORITZ T (2007) Reinvestigation of the osteology of the miniature African freshwater fishes Cromeria and Grasseichthys (Teleostei, Gonorynchiformes, Kneriidae), with comments on kneriid relationships. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Zoologische Reihe, 83 : 3 - 42.

Rüber L, Kottelat M, Tan H, Ng PKL, Britz R (2007) Evolution of miniaturization and the phylogenetic position of Paedocypris, comprising the world's smallest vertebrate. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 7 (1) : 38 - 38. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-38

Britz R, Hoffmann M (2006) Ontogeny and homology of the claustra in Otophysan Ostariophysi (Teleostei). Journal of Morphology, 267 (8) : 909 - 923. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10447

HOFFMANN M, BRITZ R (2006) Ontogeny and homology of the neural complex of otophysan Ostariophysi. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 147 (3) : 301 - 330. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00220.x

Moritz T, Britz R, Linsenmair KE (2006) On the ecology of Cromeria occidentalis (Teleostei : Gonorynchiformes). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 17 (2) : 173 - 180.

Rüber L, Britz R, Zardoya R (2006) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolutionary Diversification of Labyrinth Fishes (Perciformes: Anabantoidei). Systematic Biology, 55 (3) : 374 - 397. doi: 10.1080/10635150500541664

Kottelat M, Britz R, Hui TH, Witte K-E (2006) Paedocypris , a new genus of Southeast Asian cyprinid fish with a remarkable sexual dimorphism, comprises the world's smallest vertebrate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273 (1589) : 895 - 899. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3419

Moritz T, Britz R, Linsenmair KE (2006) Cromeria nilotica and Cromeria occidentalis, two valid species of the African freshwater fish family Kneriidae (Teleostei : Gonorynchiformes). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 17 (1) : 65 - 72.

BRITZ R (2006) Review of V. G. Springer and G. D. Johnson with illustrations by Karolyn Darrow and the Appendix, Phylogenetic Analysis of 147 Families of Acanthomorph Fishes Based Primarily on Dorsal Gill-arch Muscles and Skeleton, by V. G. Springer and T. M. Orrell Copeia. : 323 - 329.

BRITZ R (2006) Review of FISHES OF THE WORLD. By J. S. Nelson. 4th edoition. xix+601 pp. Published by John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Journal of Fish Biology, 69 : 1900 - 1901.

BRITZ R (2006) Review of EARLY STAGES OF ATLANTIC FISHES. Edited by W. J. Richards. Vol. I, 1335 pp., Vol. II, 1337-2640 pp. Published by Taylor and Francis (CRC Marine Biology Series), Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 2006. Journal of Fish Biology, 69 : 322 - 323.

BRITZ R, Kottelat M, Tan HH (2006) Paedocypris progenetica und P. micromegethes - Zwergfische. Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift, 59 :

RUBER R, BRITZ R, Zardoya R (2006) Molecular phylogenetics of labyrinth fishes, evolution of their breeding behaviour and remarks on their historical biogeography (Perciformes; Anabantoidei). Systematic Biology, 55 : 374 - 397.

Ferraris CJ, Britz R (2005) A diminutive new species of Glyptothorax (Siluriformes : Sisoridae) from the upper Irrawaddy River basin, Myanmar, with comments on sisorid and erethistid phylogenetic relationships. ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 16 (4) : 375 - 383.

Britz R, Johnson GD (2005) Occipito-vertebral fusion in ocean sunfishes (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes: Molidae) and its phylogenetic implications. Journal of Morphology, 266 (1) : 74 - 79. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10366

Britz R, Johnson GD (2005) Leis' conundrum: Homology of the clavus of the ocean sunfishes. 1. Ontogeny of the median fins and axial skeleton ofMonotrete leiurus (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae). Journal of Morphology, 266 (1) : 1 - 10. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10243

Johnson GD, Britz R (2005) Leis' conundrum: Homology of the clavus of the ocean sunfishes. 2. Ontogeny of the median fins and axial skeleton ofRanzania laevis (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes, Molidae). Journal of Morphology, 266 (1) : 11 - 21. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10242

Johnson GD, Britz R (2005) A description of the smallest Triodon on record (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes: Triodontidae). Ichthyological Research, 52 (2) : 176 - 181. doi: 10.1007/s10228-005-0271-9

MORITZ T, BRITZ R (2005) Ontogeny and homology of the basipterygoid articulation in Pantodon buchholzi (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 144 (1) : 1 - 13. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00163.x

de Carvalho MR, Bockmann FA, Amorim DS, de Vivo M, de Toledo-Piza M, Menezes NA, de Figueiredo JL, Castro RMC, Gill AC, McEachran JD, Compagno LJV, Schelly RC, Britz R, Lundberg JG, Vari RP, Nelson G (2005) Revisiting the Taxonomic Impediment. Science, 307 (5708) : 353 - 353. doi: 10.1126/science.307.5708.353b

BRITZ R, Johnson GD (2005) The smallest Triodon on record (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes: Triodontidae).. 7th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference. Abstract,

Ferraris C, BRITZ R (2005) A new diminutive species of Glyptothorax (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) from the upper Irrawaddy River basin, Myanmar, with comments on sisorid and erethistid phylogenetic relationships. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 16 : 375 - 383.

Britz R (2004) Teleostei, In: Spezielle Zoologie Teil 2: Wirbeltiere, Westheide W, Rieger R (Eds). Spektrum Akademischer Verlag : Heidelberg, Germany. 238 - 285.

Britz R (2004) Labyrinth fishes, In: Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Gale Group : Farmington Hills: MI. 427 - 436.

BRITZ R (2004) Polypterus teugelsi, a new species of bichir from the Upper Cross River system in Cameroon (Actinopterygii: Cladistia: Polypteridae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 15 : 179 - 186.

BRITZ R (2004) Egg structure and larval development of Pantodon buchholzi Peters 1877 (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha), with a review of data on reproduction and early life history in other osteoglossomorphs. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 15 : 209 - 224.

BRITZ R, Johnson GD (2004) Leis's conundrum: ontogeny and homology of the clavus of the ocean sunfishes. Part 1 Ontogeny of the median fins and axial skeleton of Monotrete leiurus (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae). Journal of Morphology, DOI - 10.1002/jmor.10243.

Courtenay WR, Williams JD, Britz R, Yamamoto MN, Loiselle PV (2004) Identity of introduced snakeheads (Pisces, Channidae) in Hawai’i and Madagascar, with comments on ecological concerns. Occasional Papers of the Bishop Museum, 77 : 1 - 13.

Courtenay WR, Williams JD, BRITZ R, Yamamoto MN, Loiselle PV (2004) Identity of introduced snakeheads (Pisces, Channidae) in Hawaii and Madagascar, with comments on ecological concerns. Occasional Papers of the Bishop Museum, 77 : 1 - 13.

Johnson GD, BRITZ R (2004) Leis's conundrum: ontogeny and homology of the clavus of the ocean sunfishes (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes, Molidae). Part 2 Ontogeny of the median fins and axial skeleton of Ranzania laevis. Journal of Morphology, DOI - 10.1002/jmor.10242..

Johnson GD, BRITZ R (2004) Leis' conundrum: a brief 'tale' of the ocean sunfishes: ontogeny and homology of the clavus of Ranzania laevis (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes: Molidae).. XI European Congress of Ichthyology, Abstract,

Kottelat M, Kullander SO, Fang F, BRITZ R, Ferraris C (2004) Comment on the proposed conservation of the specific name of Macropodus concolor Ahl, 1937 (Osteichthyes, OSPHRONEMIDAE). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 61 : 114 - 116.

Rüber L, BRITZ R, Kullander SO, Zardoya R (2004) Evolutionary and biogeographic patterns of the Badidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 32 : 1010 - 1022.

Rüber L, BRITZ R, Tan HH, Ng PKL, Zardoya R (2004) Evolution of mouthbrooding and life-history correlates in the fighting fish genus Betta. Evolution, 58 : 799 - 813.

Schunger I, Beutel RG, Britz R (2003) Morphology of immature stages of Prostomis mandibularis (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Prostomidae). European Journal of Entomology, 100 (3) : 357 - 370. doi: 10.14411/eje.2003.057

Britz R, Bartsch P (2003) The myth of dorsal ribs in gnathostome vertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 270 (Suppl_1) : S1 - S4. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0035

Britz R (2003) Suborder Anabantoidei: Labyrinth fishes, In: Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Gale Group : Farminton Hills, MI, USA. 427 - 436.

Britz R (2003) Descriptive osteology of the family Chaudhuriidae (Teleostei, Synbranchiformes, Mastacembeloidei), with a discussion of its relationships. American Museum Novitates, 3418 : 1 - 62.

Britz R (2003) On the homology of the posteriormost gill arch in polypterids (Cladistia, Actinopterygii). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 138 : 495 - 504.

Britz R (2003) Danionella mirifica, a new species of miniature fish from Upper Myanmar (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 14 : 217 - 222.

Britz R, Favorito-Amorim S, Johnson GD (2003) The hyopalatine arch of a 25 mm larva of Synbranchus and homology of the pterygoid bone in the Synbranchidae (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 116 : 337 - 340.

Britz R, Ferraris CJJ (2003) A new species of the Asian catfish genus Pseudolaguvia from Myanmar (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Erethistidae). Zootaxa, 388 : 1 - 8.

Britz R, Kullander SO (2003) Polycentridae-Leaffishes, In: Check-list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America, Reis R, Kullander SO, Ferraris CJJ (Eds). EDIPUCRS : Porto Alegre, Brazil. 603 - 604.

Britz R (2002) Larvale Anheftungsorgane bei Teleostei, In: Verhalten der Aquarienfische (2), Greven H, Riehl R (Eds). Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag : Bornheim, Germany. 17 - 35.

Britz R (2002) "Paradox Lost": Skeletal ontogeny of Indostomus paradoxus and its significance for the phylogenetic relationships of Indostomidae (Teleostei, Gasterosteiformes). American Museum Novitates, 1 - 43.

Britz R, Kottelat M (2002) Parasphaerichthys lineatus, a new species of labyrinth fish from southern Myanmar (Teleostei: Osphronemidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 13 : 243 - 250.

Kullander SO, Britz R (2002) Revision of the family Badidae (Teleostei: Perciformes), with description of a new genus and ten new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 13 : 295 - 372.

Britz R, Kirschbaum F, Heyd A (2001) Observations on the structure of larval attachment organs in three species of gymnotiforms (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). Acta Zoologica, 81 (1) : 57 - 67. doi: 10.1046/j.1463-6395.2000.00038.x

Britz R (2001) The genus Betta - monophyly and intrarelationships, with remarks on the subfamilies Macropodinae and Luciocephalinae. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 12 : 305 - 318.

Britz R, Cambray J (2001) Structure of egg surfaces and attachment organs in anabantoids. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 12 : 267 - 288.

Britz R, Gebhardt H, Bückle C (2001) Seltene und faunistisch bemerkenswerte Käferfunde aus Württemberg. Mitteilungen des Entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart, 36 : 31 - 34.

Schunger I, Britz R, Bückle C (2001) Eudectus giraudi Redt., 1858 - Neu für Baden-Württemberg (Col., Staphylinidae). Mitteilungen des Entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart, 36 : 108 - 108.

Breining T, Britz R (2000) Egg surface structure of three clingfish species, using scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Fish Biology, 56 (5) : 1129 - 1137. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2000.tb02128.x

Britz R (2000) Anisarthron barbipes (Schrk.) (Cerambycidae) im Stuttgarter Stadtgebiet. Mitteilungen des Entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart, 35 : 120 - 120.

Britz R (2000) Aspects of the reproduction and development of Indostomus paradoxus Prashad & Mukerji 1929 (Teleostei, Gasterosteiformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 11 : 305 - 314.

Britz R, Gebhardt H (2000) Prostomis mandibularis F. (Prostomidae) und Ceruchus chrysomelinus (Hochenw.) (Lucanidae) - zwei Urwaldrelikte im Südschwarzwald. Mitteilungen des Entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart, 35 : 120 - 120.

Britz R, Kerle R, Ng PKL (2000) Habitat preference, reproduction and diet of the earthworm eel, Chendol keelini (Teleostei: Chaudhuriidae).. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 57 : 413 - 422.

Britz R, Kullander SO, Fang F (2000) Pillaia kachinica, a new chaudhuriid fish species from Myanmar, with observations on the genus Garo (Teleostei: Mastacembeloidei: Chaudhuriidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 11 : 327 - 334.

Britz R (1999) Sundasalanx mekongensis, a new species of clupeiform fish from the Mekong basin (Teleostei: Sundasalangidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 10 : 337 - 344.

Britz R, Kottelat M (1999) Carinotetraodon imitator, a new freshwater pufferfish from India (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes). Journal of South Asian Natural History, 4 : 39 - 47.

Ng HH, Ng PKL, Britz R (1999) Channa harcourtbutleri (Annandale, 1918): a valid species of snakehead (Perciformes; Channidae) from Myanmar. Journal of South Asian Natural History, 4 : 57 - 64.

Britz R (1998) Aphanisticus elongatus (Ol.) (Buprestidae), Airaphilus elongatus (Gyll.) (Silvanidae) und Microsporus obsidianus Kol. (Microsporidae) - Drei bemerkenswerte Käferarten aus dem Federseegebiet. Mitteilingen des Entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart, 33 : 64 - 64.

Britz R (1998) Two new species of gasterosteiform fishes of the genus Indostomus (Teleostei: Indostomidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 10 : 327 - 336.

Britz R (1998) On the reproduction and early development of Erpetoichthys calabaricus, Polypterus senegalus, and P. ornatipinnis (Actinopterygii: Polypteridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 9 : 325 - 334.

Gemballa S, Britz R (1998) Homology of intermuscular bones in acanthomorph fishes. American Museum Novitates, 3241 : 1 - 25.

Bartsch P, Britz R (1997) A single micropyle in the eggs of the most basal living actinopterygian fish, Polypterus (Actinopterygii, Polypteriformes). Journal of Zoology, 241 (3) : 589 - 592. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb04850.x

Britz R (1997) Egg surface structure and larval cement glands in nandid and badid fishes (Teleostei, Percomorpha), with remarks on phylogeny and zoogeography. American Museum Noviates, 3195 : 1 - 17.

Britz R (1996) Ontogeny of the ethmoidal region and hyopalatine arch in Macrognathus pancalus (Percomorpha, Mastacembeloidei) : with critical remarks on mastacembeloid inter- and intrarelationships. American Museum Novitates, 3181 : 1 - 18.

Britz R, Kokoscha M, Riehl R (1995) The anabantoid genera Ctenops, Luciocephalus, Parasphaerichthys, and Sphaerichthys (Teleostei: Perciformes) as a monophyletic group: evidence from egg surface structure and reproductive behaviour. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 42 : 71 - 79.

Britz R (1994) Ontogenetic features of Luciocephalus (Perciformes, Anabantoidei) with a revised hypothesis of anabantoid intrarelationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 112 (4) : 491 - 508. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1994.tb00333.x

Bernhard D, Britz R (1994) Dritter Nachtrag zur Käferfauna des Spitzberges bei Tübingen. Veröffentlichungen für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege in Baden-Württemberg, 68/69 : 335 - 338.

Britz R, Bernhard D (1994) Ein Beitrag zur Holzkäferfauna des Landschaftsschutzgebietes Rammert bei Tübingen. Veröffentlichungen für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege in Baden-Württemberg, 68/69 : 339 - 353.

Britz R (1990) Bemerkenswerte Käferfunde aus dem Kreis Tübingen. Mitteilungen des Entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart, 25 : 66 - 72.

Introduction

Summary

My research program focuses on comparative anatomy, phylogenetics, and taxonomy of actinopterygian and sarcopterygian fishes, ranging from general questions of evolutionary biology and homology and studies of higher level relationships to basal problems in taxonomy and systematics of various fish groups. Although my primary approach to phylogenetic questions is and will remain deeply founded in morphology, I have also developed an interest in tests of morphology-based hypotheses with molecular data and I am involved in several ongoing collaborations. My taxonomic interest lies with the freshwater fishes of Southeast Asia with a focus on Myanmar (Burma), a poorly known fauna with dozens of new species described each year. These systematic studies form the basis for more general questions about biogeographical pattern of this interesting region and how these have evolved. The morphology based questions I try to resolve concern the relationship between evolution and development. I investigate how ontogenies change during evolution and try to understand how complex structures, like e.g. the tail of the ocean sunfishes or the Weberian apparatus of otophysans, have evolved. In addition, I study the ontogeny of characters to resolve long-standing homology issues and thus to get a better idea about the phylogenetic relationships of various groups. I have recently become fascinated by the organismal consequences of miniaturization in teleosts caused by the evolutionary process of developmental truncation (progenesis) for which Paedocypris spp. and Danionella dracula are prime examples.

Qualifications

    Degrees

  • PhD, Lehrstuhl für Spezielle Zoologie, Tübingen University, Germany, 1992 - 1995
  • Biologie Diplom (Biology Masters), Lehrstuhl für Spezielle Zoologie, Tübingen University, Germany, 1985 - 1992

Employment history

    Academic

  • Researcher Fishes, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom, 2004 - ongoing
  • Visiting Professor, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, 2014 - 2014
  • Visiting Professor, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, 2012 - 2012
  • Visiting Professor, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, 2010 - 2010
  • Visiting Professor, Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Zoologia, Brazil, 2007 - 2007
  • Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Division of Fishes, United States, 2005 - 2014
  • Invited Researcher, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, Département Systématique et Evolution, France, 2003 - 2003
  • Visiting Senior Researcher, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Division of Fishes, United States, 2002 - 2004
  • Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History, Ichthyology Department, Germany, 1998 - 2004
  • Assistant Professor, Tübingen University, Lehrstuhl für Spezielle Zoologie, Germany, 1996 - 2004
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, American Museum of Natural History, Ichthyology Department, United States, 1995 - 1996
  • Teaching Assistant, Tübingen University, Lehrstuhl für Spezielle Zoologie, Germany, 1988 - 1995
Projects

Grants

Breaking the rules - development and evolution of extreme asymmetry and morphological novelty
Role: Principal investigator
Co-investigator: Fraser G
Funding: Leverhulme Trust
Total value £270,782
Dates: 2016 - 2019

Publications

Publications

BRITZ R, DAHANUKAR N, ANOOP VK, ALI A (null) <p><strong><em>Channa</em> <em>rara</em>, a new species of snakehead fish from the Western Ghats region </strong><strong>of Maharashtra, India (Teleostei: Labyrinthici: Channidae)</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 4683 (4) : 589 - 600. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4683.4.8

BRITZ R, ANOOP VK, DAHANUKAR N, RAGHAVAN R (null) The subterranean Aenigmachanna gollum, a new genus and species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Kerala, South India. Zootaxa, 4603 (2) : 377 - 377. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.10

BRITZ R, ANOOP VK, DAHANUKAR N (null) Dario neela, a new species of badid fish from the Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae). Zootaxa, 4429 (1) : 141 - 141. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.1.6

KATWATE U, KUMKAR P, BRITZ R, RAGHAVAN R, DAHANUKAR N (null) The identity of Aplocheilus andamanicus (Köhler, 1906) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes), an endemic Killifish from the Andaman Islands, with notes on Odontopsis armata van Hasselt. Zootaxa, 4382 (1) : 159 - 159. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.6

Britz R (2017) On the identity of Mastacembelus dayi with notes on M-alboguttatus (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 28 (1) : 75 - 81.

BRITZ R, ADAMSON E, RAGHAVAN R, ALI A, DAHANUKAR N (null) Channa pseudomarulius, a valid species of snakehead from the Western Ghats region of peninsular India (Teleostei: Channidae), with comments on Ophicephalus grandinosus, O. theophrasti and O. leucopunctatus. Zootaxa, 4299 (4) : 529 - 529. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.4.4

Thiery AP, Shono T, Kurokawa D, Britz R, Johanson Z, Fraser GJ (2017) Spatially restricted dental regeneration drives pufferfish beak development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114 (22) : doi: 10.1073/pnas.1702909114

Conway KW, Kubicek KM, Britz R (2017) Morphological novelty and modest developmental truncation inBarboides, Africa's smallest vertebrates (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Journal of Morphology, 278 (6) : 750 - 767. doi: 10.1002/jmor.20670

Britz R, Doherty-Bone TM, Kouete MT, Sykes D, Gower DJ (2016) Monopterus luticolus, a new species of swamp eel from Cameroon (Teleostei: Synbranchidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 27 (4) : 309 - 323.

Britz R (2016) Pillaiabrachia siniae, a new species of earthworm eel from northern Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Chaudhuriidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 27 (1) : 41 - 47.

DAHANUKAR N, RAGHAVAN R, ALI A, BRITZ R (null) <p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong><em>Amblyceps accari</em>, a new species of torrent catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from the Western Ghats of India</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 4109 (2) : 218 - 218. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.6

Mattox GMT, Britz R, Toledo-Piza M (2015) Osteology of and remarkable developmental truncation in a miniature Amazonian fish (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae). Journal of Morphology, n/a - n/a. doi: 10.1002/jmor.20477

Collins RA, Britz R, Rüber L (2015) Phylogenetic systematics of leaffishes (Teleostei: Polycentridae, Nandidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, n/a - n/a. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12103

Britz R (2015) Teleostei, In: Spezielle Zoologie, Teil 2: Wirbel- oder Schädeltiere, Westheide W, Rieger G (Eds). Spektrum Akademischer Verlag : Heidelberg, Germany. 243 - 287.

BRITZ R, ALI A (null) <p><strong><em>Dario</em> <em>huli</em>, a new species of badid from Karnataka, southern India </strong><strong>(Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae)</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 3911 (1) : 139 - 139. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3911.1.9

Conway KW, Britz R (2015) Psilorhynchus olliei, a new species of torrent minnow from eastern Myanmar (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 25 (4) : 347 - 356.

KULLANDER SO, BRITZ R (null) <p><strong>Description of <em>Danio absconditus</em>, new species, and redescription of <em>Danio feegradei</em> (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), from the Rakhine Yoma hotspot </strong><strong>in south-western Myanmar</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 3948 (2) : 233 - 233. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.2.5

Britz R, Conway KW, Rüber L (2014) Miniatures, morphology and molecules:Paedocyprisand its phylogenetic position (Teleostei, Cypriniformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 172 (3) : 556 - 615. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12184

Mattox GMT, Britz R, Toledo-Piza M (2014) Skeletal development and ossification sequence of the characiform Salminus brasiliensis (Ostariophysi: Characidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (2) : 103 - 158.

Conway KW, Britz R, Siegel DS (2014) Different on the inside: extreme swimbladder sexual dimorphism in the South Asian torrent minnows. Biology Letters, 10 (7) : 20140348 - 20140348. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0348

Britz R, Rüber L, Johnson GD (2014) Reinventing the disc: a reminder to give credit to past giants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281 (1784) : 20132920 - 20132920. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2920

Rocha LA, Aleixo A, Allen G, Almeda F, Baldwin CC, Barclay MVL, Bates JM, Bauer AM, Benzoni F, Berns CM, Berumen ML, Blackburn DC, Blum S, Bolaños F, Bowie RCK, Britz R, Brown RM, Cadena CD, Carpenter K, Ceríaco LM, Chakrabarty P, Chaves G, Choat JH, Clements KD, Collette BB, Collins A, Coyne J, Cracraft J, Daniel T, de Carvalho MR, de Queiroz K, Di Dario F, Drewes R, Dumbacher JP, Engilis A, Erdmann MV, Eschmeyer W, Feldman CR, Fisher BL, Fjeldså J, Fritsch PW, Fuchs J, Getahun A, Gill A, Gomon M, Gosliner T, Graves GR, Griswold CE, Guralnick R, Hartel K, Helgen KM, Ho H, Iskandar DT, Iwamoto T, Jaafar Z, James HF, Johnson D, Kavanaugh D, Knowlton N, Lacey E, Larson HK, Last P, Leis JM, Lessios H, Liebherr J, Lowman M, Mahler DL, Mamonekene V, Matsuura K, Mayer GC, Mays H, McCosker J, McDiarmid RW, McGuire J, Miller MJ, Mooi R, Mooi RD, Moritz C, Myers P, Nachman MW, Nussbaum RA, Foighil DÓ, Parenti LR, Parham JF, Paul E, Paulay G, Pérez-Emán J, Pérez-Matus A, Poe S, Pogonoski J, Rabosky DL, Randall JE, Reimer JD, Robertson DR, Rödel M-O, Rodrigues MT, Roopnarine P, Rüber L, Ryan MJ, Sheldon F, Shinohara G, Short A, Simison WB, Smith-Vaniz WF, Springer VG, Stiassny M, Tello JG, Thompson CW, Trnski T, Tucker P, Valqui T, Vecchione M, Verheyen E, Wainwright PC, Wheeler TA, White WT, Will K, Williams JT, Williams G, Wilson EO, Winker K, Winterbottom R, Witt CC (2014) Specimen collection: An essential tool. Science, 344 (6186) : 814 - 815. doi: 10.1126/science.344.6186.814

Britz R, Kakkassery F, Raghavan R (2014) Osteology of Kryptoglanis shajii, a stygobitic catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Peninsular India with a diagnosis of the new family Kryptoglanidae. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (3) : 193 - 207.

Conway KW, Britz R, Shrestha J, Manimekalan A, Rüber L (2015) Molecular systematics of the Asian torrent minnows (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 53 (1) : 33 - 44. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12090

Low BW, Britz R, Tan HH (2014) Trichopodus poptae, a new anabantoid fish from Borneo (Teleostei: Osphronemidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 69 - 77.

Toledo-Piza M, Mattox GMT, Britz R (2014) Priocharax nanus, a new miniature characid from the rio Negro, Amazon basin (Ostariophysi: Characiformes), with an updated list of miniature Neotropical freshwater fishes. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2) : 229 - 246. doi: 10.1590/1982-0224-20130171

BRITZ R, KULLANDER SO (null) <p><strong><em>Dario kajal</em>, a new species of badid fish from Meghalaya, India </strong><br /><strong>(Teleostei: Badidae)</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 3731 (3) : 331 - 331. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.3.3

BRITZ R (null) <strong><em>Channa andrao</em>, a new species of dwarf snakehead from West Bengal, India (Teleostei: Channidae)</strong>. Zootaxa, 3731 (2) : 287 - 287. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.2.9

BRITZ R, MATTOX GMT, TOLEDO-PIZA M, MARINHO MMF (null) Nomenclatural remarks on <i>Cyanogaster</i> Oken 1823 and Cyanogaster Blainville 1825 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pleurobranchaeidae). Zootaxa, 3683 (1) : 99 - 99. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.1.9

Britz R, Ali A, Raghavan R (2013) Pseudolaguvia lapillicola, a new species of catfish from Peninsular India (Teleostei: Sisoridae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 23 (4) : 289 - 295.

Mattox GMT, Britz R, Toledo-Piza M, Marinho MMF (2013) Cyanogaster noctivaga, a remarkable new genus and species of miniature fish from the Rio Negro, Amazon basin (Ostariophysi: Characidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 23 (4) : 297 - 318.

Britz R, Johnson GD (2012) Ontogeny and homology of the skeletal elements that form the sucking disc of remoras (Teleostei, Echeneoidei, Echeneidae). Journal of Morphology, 273 (12) : 1353 - 1366. doi: 10.1002/jmor.20063

Britz R, Hartel KE (2012) On the synonymy of Caristius groenlandicus Jensen and Pteraclis fasciatus Borodin (Pisces: Caristiidae). ZOOTAXA, 85 - 88.

Britz R, Ali A, Philip S, Kumar K, Raghavan R (2012) First record from the wild of Carinotetraodon imitator in Peninsular India (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 23 (2) : 105 - 109.

Britz R, Ali A, Philip S (2012) Dario urops, a new species of badid fish from the Western Ghats, southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae). ZOOTAXA, 63 - 68.

Britz R, Kumar K, Baby F (2012) Pristolepis rubripinnis, a new species of fish from southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Pristolepididae). ZOOTAXA, 59 - 68.

Britz R, Ali A, Raghavan R (2012) Pangio ammophila, a new species of eel-loach from Karnataka, southern India (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 23 (1) : 45 - 50.

Fraser GJ, Britz R, Hall A, Johanson Z, Smith MM (2012) Replacing the first-generation dentition in pufferfish with a unique beak. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109 (21) : 8179 - 8184. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1119635109

Britz R, Johnson GD (2012) The caudal skeleton of a 20 mm Triodon and homology of its components. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 125 (1) : 66 - 73. doi: 10.2988/10-24.1

Britz R, Toledo-Piza M (2012) Egg surface structure of the freshwater toadfish Thalassophryne amazonica (Teleostei: Batrachoididae) with information on its distribution and natural habitat. Neotropical Ichthyology, 10 (3) : 593 - 599. doi: 10.1590/s1679-62252012000300013

Bohlen J, Šlechtová V, Tan HH, Britz R (2011) Phylogeny of the Southeast Asian freshwater fish genus Pangio (Cypriniformes; Cobitidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 61 (3) : 854 - 865. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.003

Britz R, Kottelat M, Hui TH (2011) Fangfangia spinicleithralis, a new genus and species of miniature cyprinid fish from the peat swamp forests of Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 22 (4) : 327 - 335.

Brown KJ, Britz R, Bills R, Rüber L, Day JJ (2011) Pectoral fin loss in the Mastacembelidae: a new species from Lake Tanganyika. Journal of Zoology, 284 (4) : 286 - 293. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00804.x

BRITZ R, Conway KW (null) The Cypriniformes Tree of Confusion. Zootaxa, 2946 (1) : 73 - 73. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2946.1.15

BRITZ R, CONWAY KW (null) Additions to “The Cypriniformes Tree of Confusion”. Zootaxa, 2946 (1) : 142 - 142. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2946.1.19

BRITZ R, JOHNSON GD (null) Comments on the establishment of the one to one relationship between characters as a prerequisite for homology assessment in phylogenetic studies. Zootaxa, 2946 (1) : 65 - 65. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2946.1.14

Britz R, Lalremsanga HT, Lalrotluanga , Lalramliana (2011) Monopterus ichthyophoides, a new species of scaled swamp eel (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) from Mizoram, India. ZOOTAXA, 51 - 58.

Benziger A, Philip S, Raghavan R, Anvar Ali PH, Sukumaran M, Tharian JC, Dahanukar N, Baby F, Peter R, Devi KR, Radhakrishnan KV, Haniffa MA, Britz R, Antunes A (null) Unraveling a 146 Years Old Taxonomic Puzzle: Validation of Malabar Snakehead, Species-Status and Its Relevance for Channid Systematics and Evolution. PLoS ONE, 6 (6) : e21272 - e21272. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021272

Vishwanath W, Ng HH, Britz R, Singh LK, Chaudhry S, Conway KW (2011) The status and distribution of freshwater fishes of the Eastern Himalaya region, In: The Status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the eastern Himalaya, Allen D, Molur S, Daniel BA (Eds). IUCN and Zoo Outreach Organisation : Cambridge, UK and Gland, Switzerland; Coimbatore, India. 22 - 41.

BRITZ R, WIN TIN (null) Redescription of Silurus burmanensis Thant 1967: a Silurus not a Pterocryptis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Siluridae). Zootaxa, 2647 (1) : 61 - 61. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2647.1.5

Conway KW, Britz R (2010) Three new species of Psilorhynchus from the Ayeyarwaddy River drainage, Myanmar (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae). ZOOTAXA, 31 - 47.

Britz R (2010) A new earthworm eel of the genus Chaudhuria from the Ayeyarwaddy River Drainage, Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Chaudhuriidae). ZOOTAXA, 62 - 68.

Schnell NK, Britz R, Johnson GD (2010) New insights into the complex structure and ontogeny of the occipito-vertebral gap in barbeled dragonfishes (Stomiidae, Teleostei). Journal of Morphology, n/a - n/a. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10858

Britz R (2010) Macrognathus aureus, a new spiny eel of the M. aculeatus species group from the Upper Ayeyarwaddy River Drainage, Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae). ZOOTAXA, 55 - 60.

Britz R (2010) Review of MESOZOIC FISHES 4. Edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Wilson, M. V. H.. Journal of Fish Biology, 76 : 1537 - 1539.

BRITZ R (2010) Der Indische Regenwurmaal - ein seltener Gast im Aqaurium. Amazonas, 6 : 36 - 39.

BRITZ R (2010) Malabar Tropicals in Kalkutta - ein El Dorado für ungewöhnliche Fischarten.. Amazonas, 6 : 26 - 31.

BRITZ R (2010) Neue Stachelaale aus Burma und Indien. Amazonas, 6 : 11 - 13.

BRITZ R (2010) Spindeldürr und stachelig: der Burmastichling. Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift, 63 : 24 - 29.

BRITZ R, Johnson GD (2010) Occipito-vertebral fusion in actinopterygians: conjecture, myth and reality. Part 1: Non-teleosts, In: Origin and phylogenetic interrelationships of teleosts honoring Gloria Arratia,, Nelson JS, Schultze HP, Wilson MVH (Eds). Verlag Dr Friedrich Pfeil : 77 - 93.

Hilton E, BRITZ R (2010) The caudal skeleton of osteoglossomorph fishes, revisited: comparisons, homologies, and characters, In: Origin and phylogenetic interrelationships of teleosts honoring Gloria Arratia., Nelson JS, Schultze HP, Wilson MVH (Eds). Verlag Dr Friedrich Pfeil : 219 - 237.

Johnson GD, BRITZ R (2010) Occipito-vertebral fusion in actinopterygians: conjecture, myth and reality. Part 2: Teleosts, In: Origin and phylogenetic interrelationships of teleosts honoring Gloria Arratia, Nelson JS, Schultze HP, Wilson MVH (Eds). Verlag Dr Friedrich Pfeil : 95 - 110.

Britz R (2009) Species of the Macrognathus aculeatus group in Myanmar with remarks on M. caudiocellatus (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 20 (4) : 295 - 308.

Britz R, Kottelat M (2009) Pangio longimanus, a miniature species of eel-loach from Central Laos (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 20 (4) : 371 - 376.

BRITZ R (null) <strong><em>Danionella priapus</em>, a new species of miniature cyprinid fish from West Bengal, India (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)</strong>. Zootaxa, 2277 (1) : 53 - 60. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2277.1.4

Britz R, Conway KW, Rüber L (2009) Spectacular morphological novelty in a miniature cyprinid fish, Danionella dracula n. sp.. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276 (1665) : 2179 - 2186. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0141

Britz R, Conway KW (2009) Osteology ofPaedocypris, a miniature and highly developmentally truncated fish (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae). Journal of Morphology, 270 (4) : 389 - 412. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10698

Britz R (2009) Teleostei, In: Spezielle Zoologie, Teil 2: Wirbeltiere, Westheide W, Rieger R (Eds). Spektrum Akademischer Verlag : Heidelberg, Germany. 260 - 306.

BRITZ R (2009) Ein "neuer" Kristallbärbling aus Burma (Myanmar). Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift, 62 :

BRITZ R (2009) Neues aus der Danio-Verwandtschaft. Amazonas, 5 : 4 - 6.

BRITZ R (2009) Der Amazonaskrötenfisch Thalassophryne amazonica. Amazonas, 5 : 44 - 47.

BRITZ R, Roesler R (2009) Breeding first! The rope eel. Practical Fishkeeping, 52 - 54.

Britz R, Kottelat M (2008) Paedocypris carbunculus, a new species of miniature fish from Borneo (Teleostei : Cypriniformes : Cyprinidae). RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY, 56 (2) : 415 - 422.

Britz R (2008) Review of FRESHWATER FISHES OF MEXICO by R. R. Miller, University of Chicago Press, USA, 2005. Acta Zoologica, 89 : 87 - 88.

Britz R (2008) Out of water (Review of YOUR INNER FISH by Neil Shubin, Penguin Books, UK, 2008). Timer Literary Supplement (TLS), 12 - 12.

BRITZ R (2008) Out of water.. :

BRITZ R (2008) Polycentridae, In: Poissons d’eaux douces et saumâtres de basse Guinée, ouest de l’Afrique centrale, The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa Vol. 2., Teugels GG, Stiassny MLJ, Hopkins C (Eds). IRD, MRAC, AMNH : 248 - 250.

BRITZ R, Roesler R (2008) Flösselaale erstmals nachgezogen. Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift, 61 : 10 - 15.

Kullander SO, BRITZ R (2008) Puntius padamya, a new species of cyprinid fish from Myanmar (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Electronic Journal of Ichthyology, 4 : 56 - 66.

Britz R (2007) Channa ornatipinnis and C. pulchra, two new species of dwarf snakeheads from Myanmar (Teleostei : Channidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 18 (4) : 335 - 344.

de Carvalho MR, Bockmann FA, Amorim DS, Brandão CRF, de Vivo M, de Figueiredo JL, Britski HA, de Pinna MCC, Menezes NA, Marques FPL, Papavero N, Cancello EM, Crisci JV, McEachran JD, Schelly RC, Lundberg JG, Gill AC, Britz R, Wheeler QD, Stiassny MLJ, Parenti LR, Page LM, Wheeler WC, Faivovich J, Vari RP, Grande L, Humphries CJ, DeSalle R, Ebach MC, Nelson GJ (2007) Taxonomic Impediment or Impediment to Taxonomy? A Commentary on Systematics and the Cybertaxonomic-Automation Paradigm. Evolutionary Biology, 34 (3-4) : 140 - 143. doi: 10.1007/s11692-007-9011-6

Conway KW, Britz R (2007) Sexual dimorphism of the Weberian apparatus and pectoral girdle in Sundadanio axelrodi (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 71 (5) : 1562 - 1570. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01646.x

Britz R (2007) Two new species of Mastacembelus from Myanmar (Teleostei : Synbranchiformes : Mastacembelidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 18 (3) : 257 - 268.

Britz R, Maclaine J (2007) A review of the eel-loaches, genus Pangio, from Myanmar (Teleostei : Cypriniformes : Cobitidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 18 (1) : 17 - 30.

Hilton EJ, Britz R, Johnson GD, Forey PL (2007) Clarification of the Occipito-Vertebral Region of Arapaima gigas (Osteoglossomorpha: Osteoglossidae) through Developmental Osteology. Copeia, 2007 (1) : 218 - 224. doi: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[218:cotoro]2.0.co;2

BRITZ R (2007) Polypteridae, In: Poissons d’eaux douces et saumâtres de basse Guinée, ouest de l’Afrique centrale, The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Vol. 1, Teugels GG, Stiassny MLJ, Hopkins C (Eds). IRD, MRAC, AMNH : 168 - 173.

BRITZ R, MORITZ T (2007) Reinvestigation of the osteology of the miniature African freshwater fishes Cromeria and Grasseichthys (Teleostei, Gonorynchiformes, Kneriidae), with comments on kneriid relationships. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Zoologische Reihe, 83 : 3 - 42.

Rüber L, Kottelat M, Tan H, Ng PKL, Britz R (2007) Evolution of miniaturization and the phylogenetic position of Paedocypris, comprising the world's smallest vertebrate. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 7 (1) : 38 - 38. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-38

Britz R, Hoffmann M (2006) Ontogeny and homology of the claustra in Otophysan Ostariophysi (Teleostei). Journal of Morphology, 267 (8) : 909 - 923. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10447

HOFFMANN M, BRITZ R (2006) Ontogeny and homology of the neural complex of otophysan Ostariophysi. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 147 (3) : 301 - 330. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00220.x

Moritz T, Britz R, Linsenmair KE (2006) On the ecology of Cromeria occidentalis (Teleostei : Gonorynchiformes). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 17 (2) : 173 - 180.

Rüber L, Britz R, Zardoya R (2006) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolutionary Diversification of Labyrinth Fishes (Perciformes: Anabantoidei). Systematic Biology, 55 (3) : 374 - 397. doi: 10.1080/10635150500541664

Kottelat M, Britz R, Hui TH, Witte K-E (2006) Paedocypris , a new genus of Southeast Asian cyprinid fish with a remarkable sexual dimorphism, comprises the world's smallest vertebrate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273 (1589) : 895 - 899. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3419

Moritz T, Britz R, Linsenmair KE (2006) Cromeria nilotica and Cromeria occidentalis, two valid species of the African freshwater fish family Kneriidae (Teleostei : Gonorynchiformes). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 17 (1) : 65 - 72.

BRITZ R (2006) Review of V. G. Springer and G. D. Johnson with illustrations by Karolyn Darrow and the Appendix, Phylogenetic Analysis of 147 Families of Acanthomorph Fishes Based Primarily on Dorsal Gill-arch Muscles and Skeleton, by V. G. Springer and T. M. Orrell Copeia. : 323 - 329.

BRITZ R (2006) Review of FISHES OF THE WORLD. By J. S. Nelson. 4th edoition. xix+601 pp. Published by John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Journal of Fish Biology, 69 : 1900 - 1901.

BRITZ R (2006) Review of EARLY STAGES OF ATLANTIC FISHES. Edited by W. J. Richards. Vol. I, 1335 pp., Vol. II, 1337-2640 pp. Published by Taylor and Francis (CRC Marine Biology Series), Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 2006. Journal of Fish Biology, 69 : 322 - 323.

BRITZ R, Kottelat M, Tan HH (2006) Paedocypris progenetica und P. micromegethes - Zwergfische. Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift, 59 :

RUBER R, BRITZ R, Zardoya R (2006) Molecular phylogenetics of labyrinth fishes, evolution of their breeding behaviour and remarks on their historical biogeography (Perciformes; Anabantoidei). Systematic Biology, 55 : 374 - 397.

Ferraris CJ, Britz R (2005) A diminutive new species of Glyptothorax (Siluriformes : Sisoridae) from the upper Irrawaddy River basin, Myanmar, with comments on sisorid and erethistid phylogenetic relationships. ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 16 (4) : 375 - 383.

Britz R, Johnson GD (2005) Occipito-vertebral fusion in ocean sunfishes (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes: Molidae) and its phylogenetic implications. Journal of Morphology, 266 (1) : 74 - 79. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10366

Britz R, Johnson GD (2005) Leis' conundrum: Homology of the clavus of the ocean sunfishes. 1. Ontogeny of the median fins and axial skeleton ofMonotrete leiurus (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae). Journal of Morphology, 266 (1) : 1 - 10. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10243

Johnson GD, Britz R (2005) Leis' conundrum: Homology of the clavus of the ocean sunfishes. 2. Ontogeny of the median fins and axial skeleton ofRanzania laevis (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes, Molidae). Journal of Morphology, 266 (1) : 11 - 21. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10242

Johnson GD, Britz R (2005) A description of the smallest Triodon on record (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes: Triodontidae). Ichthyological Research, 52 (2) : 176 - 181. doi: 10.1007/s10228-005-0271-9

MORITZ T, BRITZ R (2005) Ontogeny and homology of the basipterygoid articulation in Pantodon buchholzi (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 144 (1) : 1 - 13. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00163.x

de Carvalho MR, Bockmann FA, Amorim DS, de Vivo M, de Toledo-Piza M, Menezes NA, de Figueiredo JL, Castro RMC, Gill AC, McEachran JD, Compagno LJV, Schelly RC, Britz R, Lundberg JG, Vari RP, Nelson G (2005) Revisiting the Taxonomic Impediment. Science, 307 (5708) : 353 - 353. doi: 10.1126/science.307.5708.353b

BRITZ R, Johnson GD (2005) The smallest Triodon on record (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes: Triodontidae).. 7th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference. Abstract,

Ferraris C, BRITZ R (2005) A new diminutive species of Glyptothorax (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) from the upper Irrawaddy River basin, Myanmar, with comments on sisorid and erethistid phylogenetic relationships. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 16 : 375 - 383.

Britz R (2004) Teleostei, In: Spezielle Zoologie Teil 2: Wirbeltiere, Westheide W, Rieger R (Eds). Spektrum Akademischer Verlag : Heidelberg, Germany. 238 - 285.

Britz R (2004) Labyrinth fishes, In: Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Gale Group : Farmington Hills: MI. 427 - 436.

BRITZ R (2004) Polypterus teugelsi, a new species of bichir from the Upper Cross River system in Cameroon (Actinopterygii: Cladistia: Polypteridae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 15 : 179 - 186.

BRITZ R (2004) Egg structure and larval development of Pantodon buchholzi Peters 1877 (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha), with a review of data on reproduction and early life history in other osteoglossomorphs. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 15 : 209 - 224.

BRITZ R, Johnson GD (2004) Leis's conundrum: ontogeny and homology of the clavus of the ocean sunfishes. Part 1 Ontogeny of the median fins and axial skeleton of Monotrete leiurus (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae). Journal of Morphology, DOI - 10.1002/jmor.10243.

Courtenay WR, Williams JD, Britz R, Yamamoto MN, Loiselle PV (2004) Identity of introduced snakeheads (Pisces, Channidae) in Hawai’i and Madagascar, with comments on ecological concerns. Occasional Papers of the Bishop Museum, 77 : 1 - 13.

Courtenay WR, Williams JD, BRITZ R, Yamamoto MN, Loiselle PV (2004) Identity of introduced snakeheads (Pisces, Channidae) in Hawaii and Madagascar, with comments on ecological concerns. Occasional Papers of the Bishop Museum, 77 : 1 - 13.

Johnson GD, BRITZ R (2004) Leis's conundrum: ontogeny and homology of the clavus of the ocean sunfishes (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes, Molidae). Part 2 Ontogeny of the median fins and axial skeleton of Ranzania laevis. Journal of Morphology, DOI - 10.1002/jmor.10242..

Johnson GD, BRITZ R (2004) Leis' conundrum: a brief 'tale' of the ocean sunfishes: ontogeny and homology of the clavus of Ranzania laevis (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes: Molidae).. XI European Congress of Ichthyology, Abstract,

Kottelat M, Kullander SO, Fang F, BRITZ R, Ferraris C (2004) Comment on the proposed conservation of the specific name of Macropodus concolor Ahl, 1937 (Osteichthyes, OSPHRONEMIDAE). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 61 : 114 - 116.

Rüber L, BRITZ R, Kullander SO, Zardoya R (2004) Evolutionary and biogeographic patterns of the Badidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 32 : 1010 - 1022.

Rüber L, BRITZ R, Tan HH, Ng PKL, Zardoya R (2004) Evolution of mouthbrooding and life-history correlates in the fighting fish genus Betta. Evolution, 58 : 799 - 813.

Schunger I, Beutel RG, Britz R (2003) Morphology of immature stages of Prostomis mandibularis (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Prostomidae). European Journal of Entomology, 100 (3) : 357 - 370. doi: 10.14411/eje.2003.057

Britz R, Bartsch P (2003) The myth of dorsal ribs in gnathostome vertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 270 (Suppl_1) : S1 - S4. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0035

Britz R (2003) Suborder Anabantoidei: Labyrinth fishes, In: Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Gale Group : Farminton Hills, MI, USA. 427 - 436.

Britz R (2003) Descriptive osteology of the family Chaudhuriidae (Teleostei, Synbranchiformes, Mastacembeloidei), with a discussion of its relationships. American Museum Novitates, 3418 : 1 - 62.

Britz R (2003) On the homology of the posteriormost gill arch in polypterids (Cladistia, Actinopterygii). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 138 : 495 - 504.

Britz R (2003) Danionella mirifica, a new species of miniature fish from Upper Myanmar (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 14 : 217 - 222.

Britz R, Favorito-Amorim S, Johnson GD (2003) The hyopalatine arch of a 25 mm larva of Synbranchus and homology of the pterygoid bone in the Synbranchidae (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 116 : 337 - 340.

Britz R, Ferraris CJJ (2003) A new species of the Asian catfish genus Pseudolaguvia from Myanmar (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Erethistidae). Zootaxa, 388 : 1 - 8.

Britz R, Kullander SO (2003) Polycentridae-Leaffishes, In: Check-list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America, Reis R, Kullander SO, Ferraris CJJ (Eds). EDIPUCRS : Porto Alegre, Brazil. 603 - 604.

Britz R (2002) Larvale Anheftungsorgane bei Teleostei, In: Verhalten der Aquarienfische (2), Greven H, Riehl R (Eds). Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag : Bornheim, Germany. 17 - 35.

Britz R (2002) "Paradox Lost": Skeletal ontogeny of Indostomus paradoxus and its significance for the phylogenetic relationships of Indostomidae (Teleostei, Gasterosteiformes). American Museum Novitates, 1 - 43.

Britz R, Kottelat M (2002) Parasphaerichthys lineatus, a new species of labyrinth fish from southern Myanmar (Teleostei: Osphronemidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 13 : 243 - 250.

Kullander SO, Britz R (2002) Revision of the family Badidae (Teleostei: Perciformes), with description of a new genus and ten new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 13 : 295 - 372.

Britz R, Kirschbaum F, Heyd A (2001) Observations on the structure of larval attachment organs in three species of gymnotiforms (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). Acta Zoologica, 81 (1) : 57 - 67. doi: 10.1046/j.1463-6395.2000.00038.x

Britz R (2001) The genus Betta - monophyly and intrarelationships, with remarks on the subfamilies Macropodinae and Luciocephalinae. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 12 : 305 - 318.

Britz R, Cambray J (2001) Structure of egg surfaces and attachment organs in anabantoids. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 12 : 267 - 288.

Britz R, Gebhardt H, Bückle C (2001) Seltene und faunistisch bemerkenswerte Käferfunde aus Württemberg. Mitteilungen des Entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart, 36 : 31 - 34.

Schunger I, Britz R, Bückle C (2001) Eudectus giraudi Redt., 1858 - Neu für Baden-Württemberg (Col., Staphylinidae). Mitteilungen des Entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart, 36 : 108 - 108.

Breining T, Britz R (2000) Egg surface structure of three clingfish species, using scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Fish Biology, 56 (5) : 1129 - 1137. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2000.tb02128.x

Britz R (2000) Anisarthron barbipes (Schrk.) (Cerambycidae) im Stuttgarter Stadtgebiet. Mitteilungen des Entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart, 35 : 120 - 120.

Britz R (2000) Aspects of the reproduction and development of Indostomus paradoxus Prashad & Mukerji 1929 (Teleostei, Gasterosteiformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 11 : 305 - 314.

Britz R, Gebhardt H (2000) Prostomis mandibularis F. (Prostomidae) und Ceruchus chrysomelinus (Hochenw.) (Lucanidae) - zwei Urwaldrelikte im Südschwarzwald. Mitteilungen des Entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart, 35 : 120 - 120.

Britz R, Kerle R, Ng PKL (2000) Habitat preference, reproduction and diet of the earthworm eel, Chendol keelini (Teleostei: Chaudhuriidae).. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 57 : 413 - 422.

Britz R, Kullander SO, Fang F (2000) Pillaia kachinica, a new chaudhuriid fish species from Myanmar, with observations on the genus Garo (Teleostei: Mastacembeloidei: Chaudhuriidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 11 : 327 - 334.

Britz R (1999) Sundasalanx mekongensis, a new species of clupeiform fish from the Mekong basin (Teleostei: Sundasalangidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 10 : 337 - 344.

Britz R, Kottelat M (1999) Carinotetraodon imitator, a new freshwater pufferfish from India (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes). Journal of South Asian Natural History, 4 : 39 - 47.

Ng HH, Ng PKL, Britz R (1999) Channa harcourtbutleri (Annandale, 1918): a valid species of snakehead (Perciformes; Channidae) from Myanmar. Journal of South Asian Natural History, 4 : 57 - 64.

Britz R (1998) Aphanisticus elongatus (Ol.) (Buprestidae), Airaphilus elongatus (Gyll.) (Silvanidae) und Microsporus obsidianus Kol. (Microsporidae) - Drei bemerkenswerte Käferarten aus dem Federseegebiet. Mitteilingen des Entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart, 33 : 64 - 64.

Britz R (1998) Two new species of gasterosteiform fishes of the genus Indostomus (Teleostei: Indostomidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 10 : 327 - 336.

Britz R (1998) On the reproduction and early development of Erpetoichthys calabaricus, Polypterus senegalus, and P. ornatipinnis (Actinopterygii: Polypteridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 9 : 325 - 334.

Gemballa S, Britz R (1998) Homology of intermuscular bones in acanthomorph fishes. American Museum Novitates, 3241 : 1 - 25.

Bartsch P, Britz R (1997) A single micropyle in the eggs of the most basal living actinopterygian fish, Polypterus (Actinopterygii, Polypteriformes). Journal of Zoology, 241 (3) : 589 - 592. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb04850.x

Britz R (1997) Egg surface structure and larval cement glands in nandid and badid fishes (Teleostei, Percomorpha), with remarks on phylogeny and zoogeography. American Museum Noviates, 3195 : 1 - 17.

Britz R (1996) Ontogeny of the ethmoidal region and hyopalatine arch in Macrognathus pancalus (Percomorpha, Mastacembeloidei) : with critical remarks on mastacembeloid inter- and intrarelationships. American Museum Novitates, 3181 : 1 - 18.

Britz R, Kokoscha M, Riehl R (1995) The anabantoid genera Ctenops, Luciocephalus, Parasphaerichthys, and Sphaerichthys (Teleostei: Perciformes) as a monophyletic group: evidence from egg surface structure and reproductive behaviour. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 42 : 71 - 79.

Britz R (1994) Ontogenetic features of Luciocephalus (Perciformes, Anabantoidei) with a revised hypothesis of anabantoid intrarelationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 112 (4) : 491 - 508. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1994.tb00333.x

Bernhard D, Britz R (1994) Dritter Nachtrag zur Käferfauna des Spitzberges bei Tübingen. Veröffentlichungen für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege in Baden-Württemberg, 68/69 : 335 - 338.

Britz R, Bernhard D (1994) Ein Beitrag zur Holzkäferfauna des Landschaftsschutzgebietes Rammert bei Tübingen. Veröffentlichungen für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege in Baden-Württemberg, 68/69 : 339 - 353.

Britz R (1990) Bemerkenswerte Käferfunde aus dem Kreis Tübingen. Mitteilungen des Entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart, 25 : 66 - 72.