Ichthyofaunal Illustrations

The complex sensory array that runs along the sides of a fish’s body is the Lateral Line. It serves the role of sensation to a fish in its environment.

The intricate forms and structures that comprise the natural world have always inspired me, and my kindred connection with rivers have led me to a career in fish biology and science illustration. I am particularly interested in freshwater fish and the complexities of their early life history. I have blended my skills as a biologist and illustrator to produce descriptions of larval fish ontogeny using morphometrics, meristics and illustration. I have illustrated all 63 native fish species from New Mexico in addition to other threatened, endangered, and extinct fish species from the desert Southwestern U.S. and Australia.

I have rendered science illustrations of bats, reptiles, Indigenous art, parasites and more for numerous journal publications and research projects. Examples of my work can be viewed in the tabs below

The busy work station of the lab