Project is an outgrowth of the abiding expertise and experience of the investigator.
Products are of value to the world fisheries and scientific communities, and represent fundamental increases in the knowledge of the marine fish fauna of the world. Significant contributions to several high-profile regional guides for fisheries personnel and synoptic faunal monographs have resulted from this research. Additional service relative to public information has been rendered to institutions such as the Smithsonian and North Carolina State Museum as a direct result of this ongoing research. Although reimbursable funding for such research is rarely available, some support has been obtained to sponsor short-term work, travel, publication, and certain expendable costs. Numerous presentations at scientific meetings, workshop participation, and information communicated otherwise is not included here.