User:Frable



Wikipedia and I have been inseparable since I was in high school. I was and remain a huge proponent of the site and ardently defend it against false claims that you cannot trust the reliability of information on the site. Unfortunately, I have not been an active community member, with many of my contributions occurring outside of my user account or when I am not logged in. I hope to remedy this, as I LOVE this resource!

More about me
I am currently the Collection Manager of Marine Vertebrates at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. I study ichthyology, taxonomy, biogeography and evolutionary biology. I study fishes from various habitats all over the world in numerous different groups. My graduate work focused on the Neotropical headstanders or the superfamily Anostomoidea consisting of the four families:


 * Curimatidae
 * Chilodontidae (fishes)
 * Prochilodontidae
 * Anostomidae

I also work on the Lizardfish family Synodontidae, specifically in the New World. As well as: The Rockfish genus Sebastes, the grouper genus Epinephelus and Indo-Pacific Wrasses.

Species Descriptions

 * Leporinus arimaspi M. D. Burns, B. W. Frable & B. L. Sidlauskas, 2014
 * Sebastes diaconus Frable, D. W. Wagman, Frierson, A. Aguilar & Sidlauskas, 2015 (Deacon rockfish)
 * Synodus macrostigmus Frable, Luther & C. C. Baldwin, 2013 (Largespot lizardfish)

More to come soon!