Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

PhD

Bárbara Calegari

Position: Curator Fish Collection, staff scientist

Contact:

barbara.calegari@nhm.at
Phone: +43 1 52177-291

Projects
Publications

Integrative Research on Auchenipteridae: Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Biogeography, Morphology, and Nervous System Evolution

Reducing Linnean and Wallacean Knowledge Gaps in Auchenipteridae (Bleeker, 1862) in the Amazon Basin

A phylogenomic framework for the freshwater sculpin populations (Perciformes: Cotiidae) in Europe: highlighting relationships and uncover new species

Unravelling the Evolutionary and Biogeographic History of European Barbatula Stone Loaches Through Phylogenomics

Integrative Assessment of Biodiversity in European Freshwater Barbatula, Cottus, and Gobio: A Phylogenomic and Morphological Framework

Comparative phylogeography of catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the southern coast of Brazil: testing their shared history.

Selected peer-reviewed publications:

CALEGARI, B. B., AKAMA, A., FERRARIS, Jr. C.J., REIS, R.E. Hidden diversity of the catfish genus Trachelyichthys (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae): a revisionary study with description of four new species from the Amazon basin. Neotrop Ichthyol. 2026; 24(2):e250200. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2025-0200

CALEGARI, B. B., FREYHOF, J., WALDOCK, C., WEIGSCHEIDER, B., JOSI, D., RÜBER, L., SEEHAUSEN, O. 2025. Two new species of stone loaches of the genus Barbatula (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Europe with a neotype designation of B. barbatula (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70108

MEZA-VARGAS, V., CALEGARI, B. B., LUJAN, N. K., BALLEN, G. A., OYAKAWA, O. T., SOUSA, L. M., PY-DANIEL, L. R., REIS, R E. 2022. A New Species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) Expands the Distribution of Rubbernose Plecos Eastward into the Lower Amazon Basin of Brazil, Ichthyology & Herpetology 110(2), 364-377. https://doi.org/10.1643/i2021068

FREITAS, T. M. S., STROPP J., CALEGARI, B. B., CALATAYUD, J., DE MARCO, P. Jr., MONTAG, L. F. A., HORTAL, J. 2020. Quantifying shortfalls in the knowledge on Neotropical Auchenipteridae fishes. Fish and Fisheries, 2020:1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12507

CALEGARI, B. B., VARI, R. P., REIS, R. E. 2019. Phylogenetic Systematics of the Driftwood Catfishes (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae): A Combined Morphological and Molecular Analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 187(3):661-773. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz036

CALEGARI, B. B., AKAMA, A., REIS, R. E. 2018. First record of the driftwood catfish Spinipterus acsi Akama & Ferraris, 2011 (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae) for Brazil, Juruá River, Amazon basin. Check List, 14(4): 693-697. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.4.693

CALEGARI, B. B., REIS, R. E., VARI, R. P. 2014. Miniature catfishes of the genus Gelanoglanis (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae): monophyly and the description of a new species from the upper rio Tapajós basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, v.12(4), p.699-706. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20130233

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