Patricia J. Kailola is a noted ichthyologist. Her primary focus is in tropical

Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...

fishes. She is an Australian Museum Research Associate. Among her numerous publications are listed several books covering tropical fish. She also has written texts on catfish. As of April 2006, she was working on a textbook on Western Indian Ocean fishes. She has assisted the

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in confirmation of species identification among their collection. Worldcat.org lists 27 works in 57 publications in 1 language and 603 library holdings. Kailola graduated in 1990 from the

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with a PhD in zoology titled "The catfish family Ariidae (Teleostei) in New Guinea and Australia: relationships, systematics and zoogeography". She has been involved in studies of the following fish: *

Himantura ''Himantura'' is a genus of stingray in the family Dasyatidae that is native to the Indo-Pacific. In a 2016 taxonomic revision, many of the species formerly assigned to ''Himantura'' were reassigned to other genera ('' Brevitrygon'', '' Fluvitry ...

Glossolepis ''Glossolepis'' is a genus of rainbowfishes from New Guinea. Species There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: * '' Glossolepis dorityi'' G. R. Allen, 2001 (Doritys rainbowfish) * ''Glossolepis incisus The red rainbowfish or ...

* Lake Wanam rainbowfish * Amissidens hainesi * Aspistor *

Paraplagusia ''Paraplagusia'' is a genus of tonguefish. It is indigenous to the Indo-Pacific region, where commonly found in shallow waters on a muddy or sandy bottom. The largest species reaches in length. Species The currently recognized species in this g ...

* Hortle's whipray *

Ilisha (genus) ''Ilisha'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Pristigasteridae. The genus contains 16 species. It is similar to '' Pellona'' but lacks a toothed hypo-maxilla. The genus has a worldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical coastal w ...

* Cochlefelis * Hemiarius *

Neoarius ''Neoarius'' is a genus of sea catfishes found on and around the island New Guinea and Australia. They are found in marine, brackish waters and fresh waters with several species restricted solely to freshwater rivers. There are currently 10 desc ...

* Plicofollis * Sciades * Paracaesio *

Branchiostegus ''Branchiostegus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, tilefishes belonging to the family Malacanthidae. They are found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean. Here they create burrows in soft subs ...

Ozichthys ''Ozichthys'' is a monotypic genus of cardinalfish, which was named and characterized in 2014. Its sole species, ''Ozichthys albimaculosus'' (also known as the cream-spotted cardinalfish), is found in tropical Australia and southern New Guinea. ...

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* http://www.fishbase.se/Collaborators/CollaboratorSummary.php?ID=93 Australian academics Australian textbook writers Women textbook writers Living people Women ichthyologists Australian ichthyologists Year of birth missing (living people) University of the South Pacific faculty {{Australia-scientist-stub University of Adelaide alumni

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