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.
Having worked as a fish biologist in New Mexico for almost twenty years, I am particularly interested in the native fishes of the desert Southwest with expertise regarding the early life history of fishes. I have illustrated all of the native fishes of New Mexico and have also illustrated the ontogenetic life stages of several cyprinid species.
In addition to fish illustrations, I have rendered scientific illustrations of bats, frogs, snakes, parasites, invertebrates, and Mimbres pottery.
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Central Stoneroller, Campostoma anomalum -
Roundnose Minnow, Dionda episcopa - Developmental Series -
Speckled Chub, Macrhybopsis aestivalis - Developmental Series -
Chihuahua Chub, Gila nigrescens -
Rio Grande Silvery Minnow, Hybognathus amarus -
Desert Sucker, Catostomus clarki -
Notropis braytoni, Tamaulipas Shiner -
Hybognathus placitus, juvenile -
Texas Shiner Notropis amabilis -
Flathead Gudgeon, Philypnodon grandiceps -
Humpback Chub, Gila cypha -
Manantial Roundnose Minnow, Dionda argentosa -
Little Galaxias, Galaxiella toourtkoourt