Biology:Rajeev Raghavan
Rajeev Raghavan | |
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| Born | Kerala State, Kochi, India |
| Occupation | Assistant Professor, Fisheries Scientist |
| Known for | Freshwater Fish Conservation, Fish Systematics |
| Board member of | Mahseer Trust, SHOAL Conservation, Freshwater Life, Fisheries Conservation Foundation |
| Awards | FSBI MEDAL 2023 [1] |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | St. Albert's College, University of Madras, Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology, University of Kent |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Conservation Biology, Fisheries science |
| Sub-discipline | Freshwater Fish Conservation, Fish Systematics, Molecular ecology, Inland Fisheries |
| Institutions | Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| Website | http://www.fishlab.in |
Rajeev Raghavan is a fisheries scientist and aquatic conservation biologist known for his work on the freshwater fishes of the Indian subcontinent.[1] Rajeev is currently an Assistant Professor at the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, India, the South Asia Chair of the IUCN’s Freshwater Fish Specialist Group.[2][3], and the IUCN Freshwater Fish Red List Authority Coordinator for Asia and Oceania.
Rajeev has to his credit close to 200 publications (with 3500+ citations and a h-index of 29),[4] and has been listed in the Elsevier/Scopus Top 2% Scientists of the World for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 [5]
In honour of Rajeev's research contributions to Indian ichthyology, two fish species have been named after him - a snakehead from the northern Western Ghats, Channa rara,[6] and a hill-stream loach Indoreonectes rajeevi.[7]
Research
Since 2003, Rajeev has been involved in interdisciplinary research that generates information to support conservation decision making in tropical aquatic ecosystems, particularly in the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot.[8] His work cuts across multiple disciplines from systematics, to molecular ecology and biogeography, freshwater fisheries and conservation policies. His research group[9] is globally recognized for advancing the knowledge-base on understanding the diversity of freshwater fishes on the Indian subcontinent, resulting in the discovery and description of 21 new species (including three new genera and two new families).[10][11][12] Working with collaborators, he has also contributed to solving long-standing taxonomic and nomenclatural issues in Indian fish taxonomy.[13][14]
Dr. Rajeev is particularly known for his pioneering work that has helped improved our understanding of the diversity, distribution, and conservation of subterranean and groundwater fish species of southern peninsular India.[15] He has been involved in some of the most talked-after fish discoveries including the first subterranean snakehead Aenigmachanna gollum – a living fossil representing a unique family (Aenigmachannidae),[16][17][18], the world's largest cavefish, Neolissochilus pnar[19] and two unique species of subterranean eel-loaches, Pangio bhujia and Pangio pathala.[20][21]
References
- ↑ "An interview with Rajeev Raghavan – SHOAL Conservation". https://shoalconservation.org/an-interview-with-rajeev-raghavan/.
- ↑ "IUCN Freshwater Fish Specialist Group". http://www.iucnffsg.org/about-ffsg/south-asia-office/.
- ↑ "Professors to study freshwater conservation - Eastern Mirror". http://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/professors-to-study-freshwater-conservation/.
- ↑ "Rajeev Raghavan". https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=59OFWwcAAAAJ&hl=en.
- ↑ "Kufos faculty member named among world’s top scientists". https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/kufos-faculty-member-named-among-worlds-top-scientists/article67399622.ece.
- ↑ "Channa rara, a new species of snakehead fish from the Western Ghats region of Maharashtra, India (Teleostei: Labyrinthici: Channidae)". https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4683.4.8.
- ↑ "Two new species of the hillstream loach genus Indoreonectes from the northern Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)". https://vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/62814/.
- ↑ "An interview with Rajeev Raghavan – SHOAL Conservation". https://shoalconservation.org/an-interview-with-rajeev-raghavan/.
- ↑ "Rajeev Research Group at KUFOS". https://www.fishlab.in.
- ↑ "World's largest cave fish discovered in India". https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/worlds-largest-cave-fish-found-in-india.
- ↑ "New freshwater fish species discovered from Western Ghats". https://indianexpress.com/article/india/new-freshwater-fish-species-discovered-from-western-ghats-6485537/.
- ↑ "Three new species of fishes found in Western Ghats". https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/three-new-species-of-fishes-found-in-western-ghats/article31551352.ece.
- ↑ "After 150 years, a fish gets a scientific name". https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/after-150-years-a-fish-gets-a-scientific-name/article24447850.ece.
- ↑ Benziger, Allen (2011). "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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021272. PMID 21731689. Bibcode: 2011PLoSO...621272B.
- ↑ "India's ancient underground fish species under threat due to poor water governance". https://india.mongabay.com/2021/10/indias-ancient-underground-fish-species-under-threat-due-to-poor-water-governance/.
- ↑ "Gollum surfaces in India: Scientists document the first underground snakehead fish". https://india.mongabay.com/2019/05/gollum-surfaces-in-india-scientists-document-the-first-underground-snakehead-fish/.
- ↑ "Snakehead fish species found in Kerala a living fossil, belongs to unique family, study says". https://theprint.in/science/snakehead-fish-species-found-in-kerala-a-living-fossil-belongs-to-unique-family-study-says/513846/.
- ↑ "Dragon snakeheads—strange new underground fish—discovered in India". https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/new-fish-family-dragon-snakeheads-found-india#:~:text=Newsletters-,Dragon%20snakeheads%E2%80%94strange%20new%20underground%20fish%E2%80%94discovered%20in%20India,taxonomic%20family%2C%20a%20rare%20finding..
- ↑ "Meghalaya: World’s largest cavefish named after Pnar community". https://www.eastmojo.com/meghalaya/2023/02/07/meghalaya-worlds-largest-cavefish-named-after-pnar-community/.
- ↑ "Named after 'bhujia', a new species of underground fish pops up in Kerala". https://india.mongabay.com/2019/10/named-after-bhujia-a-new-species-of-underground-fish-pops-up-in-kerala/.
- ↑ "To Find the Fish, Find the People: How Scientists Came Upon the Pathala Eel Loach". https://science.thewire.in/environment/pathala-eel-loach-citizen-science/.
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