Antony S. Harold

Professor

Address: Grice 125
Phone: 843.953.9180
E-mail: harolda@cofc.edu



Education

Ph.D. - Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland
M.S. - Zoology, University of Toronto
B.S. - University of Toronto


Research Interests

Research in my lab focuses on phylogenetics, morphometrics, taxonomy, biogeography, and ecology of a variety of teleostean fishes. The main groups we are working with are deep-sea hatchetfishes (Sternoptychidae), especially Polyipnus, codlets (Bregmacerotidae) and related gadiforms, gobies (Gobiidae, especially Gobiodon), and Neotropical characids (especially Creagrutus). The ecological studies are concerned with dietary analysis based on gut contents of various inshore fishes, including gobies (e.g., Gobiosoma and  Ctenogobius species) and juvenile carangids (especially Trachinotus species).


Courses Taught

BIOL 335: Biology of Fishes
BIOL 340: Zoogeography
BIOL 445/645: Systematic Biology
BIOL 350: Evolution
BIOL 632/EVSS 724: Ichthyology


Publications

Javonillo, R., and A.S. Harold. 2010. A systematic review of the genus Chasmodes. (Teleostei: Perciformes: Blenniidae). Zootaxa 2558: 1-16.

Harold, A.S., and N.J. Salcedo. 2009. Creagrutus yanatili (Teleostei: Characidae), a new species of characid from the Río Urubamba drainage, southeastern Peru. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 20: 377-383.

Harold, A.S., and M.F. Gomon. 2008. Gonostomatidae, Phosichthyidae, and Sternoptychidae. Pp. 224-239, in Gomon, M.F., D. Bray, and R. Kuiter (eds.) The Fishes of Australia’s Southern Coasts, New Holland Publishing, 928 p.

Kenaley, C., A.S. Harold, and M.F. Gomon. 2008. Family Stomiidae, Dragonfishes. Pp. 240-254, in Gomon, M.F., D. Bray, and R. Kuiter (eds.). The Fishes of Australia’s Southern Coasts, New Holland Publishing, 928 p.

Harold, A.S., R. Winterbottom, P.L. Munday, and R.W. Chapman. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of Indo-Pacific coral gobies of the genus Gobiodon (Teleostei: Gobiidae), based on morphological and molecular data. Bulletin of  Marine Science 82: 119-136.