Prietella phreatophila
Carranza 1954
| ORDER | SUB-ORDER | FAMILY |
|---|---|---|
| Siluriformes | Siluroidei | Ictaluridae |
Synonyms
None.
The specific name was misspelled phreaticola by Vandel (1964, 1965).
Country
México, USATypes
Holotype: A female 54.6mm (SL/TL?). This specimen was reported to have been kept in the collection of Carranza and its present location (if still extant) is unknown. Paratypes: Sixty‑five specimens 33.5mm ‑ 54.7mm (SL/TL ?). Of these the whereabouts of only the following are known for sure: UMMZ 173788 (3 specimens, 35-45mm SL), UMMZ 223109 (5 specimens, 34-52mm SL), SU 48047 (3 specimens), TU 10810 (3 specimens, ex-Carranza collection), TU osteo 178, USNM 164169 (3 specimens). It was reported (Carranza, 1954:132) that each of the following institutions was sent three paratypes: BMNH, MNHN, IPN. Nineteen were retained alive in aquaria at the time of publication, 26 in the collection of Carranza, and 2 in the collection of C. Bolivar. The present location of these 47 (if still extant) is unknown. This species is the type species by original designation and monotypy of the cave‑restricted genus Prietella.
Distribution
Type locality: a dug‑out well called Pozo El Potrero de Dona Mariana, Municipio de Musquiz, Coahuila, Mexico (27o10'N 101o05'W). Specimens of this species have now been collected from the Sotano de Amezcua (29o20’N, 101o30W) 200 km from the type locality (Sprouse, 1993; Elliott, 1994), and other sites (see Hendrickson, Krejca and Rodriguez Martinez 2001 for details). Ongoing research (Dean Hendrickson pers. comm.) will probably result in more locations being discovered. In 2016 this species was discovered in Amistad National Recreation Area near Del Rio, Texas, USA, which is at the southern limit of the Edwards Aquifer in Val Verde County, Texas (Sinatra 2016, Sharp et al. 2019, Krejca and Reddell 2019). Specifically it is in the Edwards-Trinity (Plateau) Aquifer (Jones and Anaya 2019) which is separate from the aquifer inhabited by Satan eurystomus and Trogloglanis pattersoni which is called the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer (Green et al. 2019). These aquifers are separate from one another by at least 250km.
Habitat
The type locality is “an artificially enlarged natural well fed by a deep crevice” (Reddell 1981:245). Hendrickson, Krejca and Rodriguez Martinez (2001) reports that the habitat of this species vary from deep ephemeral streams to perennial flows. All known habitats are subject to massive flooding. In Sotano de Amezcua the animals have been collected from a sump pool which is probably not the real habitat.
Systematics
Taylor (1955, 1969) suggested that Prietella phreatophila is the sister group of the large and extensive genus Noturus. This was supported by Lundberg (1982) after a thorough anatomical study of many ictalurids. Further support was gathered by Amemiya, Kelsch, Hendricks and Gold (1986) who determined the karyotype of a single specimen. It has 2n=50 with a diploid are number of 80. This is not very distinct from a Noturus karyotype although it was suggested that the presence of a single NOR (as opposed to multiple NORs in Noturus) may represent the ancestral condition for the Ictaluridae. Miller and Smith (1986:477) suggest that this species is of Oligocene or more recent origin. The closest living relative is currently the hypogean Prietella lundbergi, though this is over 600km away.
Detailed studies the four North and Central American troglobitic ictalurids Satan eurystomus, Trogloglanis pattersoni, Prietella phreatophila and P. lundbergi by Arce et al. (2017) suggest that they form a monophyletic group with fifteen synapomorphies: 1. Absence of eyes, 2. depigmentation, 3. Fifth vertebra, 4. Lateral line extent, 5. Mesethmoid cornua, 6. Anterior cranial fontanel, 7. Descending wing of frontal, 8. Supraoccipital posterior process, 9. Pterotic wings, 10. Parasphenoid and orbitosphenoid, 11. Abductor arcus palatine scars, 12. Anterior ceratohyal-ventral hypohyal joint, 13. Dorsal hypohyal, 14. Upper hypurals, 15. Transcapular ligament ossification. It would be highly valuable to compare these anatomical synapomorphies with those from molecular markers. This group of four is the sister group to all other ictalurids in the analysis and they presumably share a last common ancestor which lived in the northern Mexico area.
Conservation Status
MuG [EN A1ace+2ce, B1+2bc:2.3:1996]
EN A1ace+2ce,B1+2bc:2.3:1996. (Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996. Prietella phreatophila. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T18136A7669809.en. Downloaded on 07 July 2017).
E (Miller, 1977), I (IUCN, 1988), R (IUCN, 1990), E (IUCN, 1993), 2000). E1,5 (Williams, Johnson, Hendrickson, Balderas-Balderas, Williams., Navarro-Mendoza, McAllister and Deacon, 1989). E (United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 1994a,1994b), E (Contreras-Balderas, Almada-Villela, Lozano-Vilano and Garcia-Ramirez, 2003).
Museum Holdings
As above plus: USNM 164169, UMMZ 187684, and 173788, TNHC 12100, TCWC 5144-1 (karyotype slide preparation). Probably several specimens at the Instituto Mexicano de Recursos Naturales Renovables, Mexico (Taylor, 1969). More recent collections (including live animals) at Texas Natural History Collection, Texas Memorial Museum.
Internet Resources
https://cns.utexas.edu/news/rare-blind-catfish-never-before-found-in-us-discovered-in-texas
Powerpoint presentation on the genus Prietella - very significant source of information (downloads as a pdf, check your downloads folder)
Genbank sequences
| Genbank accession no. | Gene |
| AY458884.1 | my cytb |
| HM991671.1 | rag2 |
| AY458868.1 | mt 12S, mt 16s ribosomal |
Prietella phreatophila mitochondrion, complete genome
Trogloglanis pattersoni mitochondrion, complete genome
Key References
- Hubbs, C.L. and Bailey, R.M. (1947)
- Carranza, J. (1954)
- Taylor, W. R. (1955)
- Suttkus, R. D. (1961)
- Taylor, W. R. (1969)
- Lundberg, J.G. (1970)
- Hubbs, C. (1971)
- Longley, G. (1977)
- Karnei, H. (1978)
- Karnei, H. (1979)
- Longley, G. (1979)
- Longley, G. and Karnei, H. (1979)
- Longley, G. and Karnei, H. (1979)
- Cooper, J.E. and Longley, G. (1980)
- Cooper, J.E. and Longley, G. (1980)
- Longley, G. (1981)
- Lundberg, J.G. (1982)
- Edwards, R.J., Beaty, H.E., Longley, G., Riskind, D.H., Tupa, D.D. and Whiteside, B.G. (1984)
- Longley, G. (1986)
- Amemiya, C.T., Kelsch, S.W., Hendricks, F.S. and Gold, J.R. (1986)
- Moravec, F. and Huffman, D.G. (1988)
- Edwards, R.J., Longley, G., Moss, R., Ward, G., Matthews, R. and Stewart, B. (1989)
- Langecker, T.G. and Longley, G. (1992)
- Langecker, T.G. and Longley, G. (1992)
- Langecker, T.G. and Longley, G. (1993)
- Elliott, W.R. (1994)
- Hendrickson, D.A. (1995)
- Walsh, S.J. and Gilbert, C.R. (1995)
- Hendrickson, D.A. (1996)
- Hendrickson, D.A. and Krejca, J. (1997)
- Longley, G. and Jordan, W.R. (1997)
- Hendrickson, D.A. and Krecja, J. (1998)
- Garcia de Leon, F.J., Hendrickson, D.A. and Hillis, D.M. (1998)
- Hendrickson, D.A., Krejca, J. and Rodriguez Martinez, J.M. (1998)
- Hendrickson, D.A. and Krejca, J. (2000)
- Krejca, J.K., Taylor, S.J. and Hendrickson, D.A. (2000)
- Krejca, J., Hendrickson, D.A. and Taylor, S.J. (2000)
- Hendrickson, D.A., Krejca, J. and Rodriguez Martinez, J.M. (2001)
- Krejca, J. (2003)
- Sneegas, G.W. and Hendrickson, D.A. (2003)
- Contreras-Balderas, S, Almada-Villela, P, Lozano-Vilano, M de L and Garcia-Ramirez, ME (2003)
- Wilcox, T.P., Garcia de Leon, F.J., Hendrickson, D.A. and Hillis, D.M. (2004)
- Boghici, R. (2004)
- Hardman, M. (2004)
- Sullivan, J.P., Lundberg, J.G. and Hardman, M. (2006)
- Taylor, S.J., Weckstein, J.D., Takiya, D.M., Krejca, J.K., Murdoch, J.D., Veni, G., Johnson, K.P. and Reddell, J.R. (2007)
- Engel, A.S. (2007)
- Zara Environmental LLC (2010)
- Dahdul, W.M., Lundberg, J.G., Midford, P.E., Balhoff, J.P., Lapp, H., Vision, T.J., Haendel, M.A., Westerfield, M. and Mabee, P.M. (2010)
- Egge, J.J.D. (2010)
- Gary, M.O., Gary, R.H. and Hunt, B.B. (2011)
- Zara Environmental LLC (2014)
- Bishop, R., Humphreys, W.F. and Longley, G. (2014)
- Palacios-Vargas, J.G., Juberthie, C. and Reddell, J. (2014-2015)
- Engel, A.S. (ed.) (2015)
- Sanchez, R., Lopez, V. and Eckstein, G. (2016)
- Yuhas, A. (2016)
- Hendrickson, D.A., Johnson, J., Sprouse, P.S., Howard, S., Garrett, G.P. Krejca, J.K., Gluesenkamp, W., Paulín, J.A.D., Dugan, L., Cohen, A.E., Espriú, A.H., Sullivan, J.P., Fenol, D.B., Karges, J., Smith, R., García De León, F.J., Wolaver, B. and Reddell (2016)
- Coleman, W.T., Hutchins, B.T. and Schwartz, B.F. (2016)
- Hutchins, B.T., Engel, A.S., Nowlin, W.H. and Schwartz, B.F. (2016)
- Hutchins, B.T. (2016)
- Sinatra, C.S. (2016)
- Hutchins, B., Engel, A., Nowlin, W., and Schwartz, B. (2016)
- Arce, M., Lundberg, J.G. and O'Leary, M.A. (2017)
- Hendrickson, D.A., Hernández‐ Espriú, A., Dugan, L., Sprouse, P., Dávila Paulín, J.A., Krejca, J., Gluesenkamp, A., Reddell, J., Smith, R., Howard, S., Johnson, J., Garrett, G.P., Cohen, A.E., García De León, F.J., Wolaver, B.P. and Fenolio, D.B. (2017)
- Lundberg, J.G., Hendrickson, D.A., Luckenbill, K.R. and Arce, M. (2017)
- Nissen, B.D., Devitt, T.J., Bendik, N.F., Gluesenkamp, A.G., Gibson, R. (2018)
- Hutchins, B.T. (2018)
- Lyons, K.M. (2019)
- Jones, I.C. and Anaya, R. (2019)
- Niemiller, M.L., Taylor, S.J., Slay, M.E. and Hobbs, H.H. III (2019)
- Green, R.T., Bertetti, F.P., Fratesi, B. and Schinfel, G.M. (2019)
- Krejca, J. and Reddell, J. (2019)
- Sharp, J.M., Green, R.T. and Schindel, G.M. (2019)
- Devitt, T. (2019)
- Devitt, T.J. (2019)
- Burr, B.M., Warren, M.L. and Bennett, M.G. (2020)
- Warren, M.L. and Burr, B.M. (2020)
- Gibson, R., Hutchins, B.T., Krejca, J.K., Diaz, P.H. and Sprouse. P.S. (2021)
- Gibson, R., Hutchins, B.T., Krejca, J.K., Diaz, P.H. and Sprouse. P.S. (2021)
- Hutchins, B.T., Gibson, J.R., Diaz, P.H. and Schwartz, B.F. (2021)
- Hendrickson, D.A., Lundberg, J., Luckenbill, K. and Arce-H, M. (2022)
- Hendrickson, D.A. (2022)
- Hendrickson, D.A. (2022)
- Hendrickson, D.A. and Cohen, A.E. (2022)
- Niemiller, M.L., Carter, E.T., Fenolio, D.B., Gluesenkamp, A.G. and Phillips, J.G. (2022)
- Pérez-Rodríguez, R., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Pedraza-Lara, C., Rosas-Valdez, R., Pérez-Ponce de León, G., García-Andrade, A.B. and Doadrio, I. (2023)
- Janzen, F. (2023)
- Janzen, F.H., Pérez-Rodríguez, R., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Hendrickson, D.A., Sabaj, M.H. and Blouin-Demers, G. (2023)
| Hubbs, C.L. and Bailey, R.M. | Journal Article | 1947 | Blind catfishes from artesian waters of Texas |
| Carranza, J. | Journal Article | 1954 | Descripcion del primer bagre anoftalmo y depigmentado encontrado en aguas Mexicanus (Pisc., Ameiur) |
| Taylor, W. R. | Thesis | 1955 | A revision of the genus Noturus Rafinesque with a contribution to the classification of the North American catfishes |
| Suttkus, R. D. | Journal Article | 1961 | Additional information about blind catfishes from Texas |
| Taylor, W. R. | Journal Article | 1969 | A revision of the catfish genus Noturus Rafinesque, with an analysis of higher groups in the Ictaluridae |
| Lundberg, J.G. | Thesis | 1970 | The evolutionary history of north American catfishes, family Ictaluridae |
| Hubbs, C. | Book Section | 1971 | Fishes of Texas caves |
| Longley, G. | Journal Article | 1977 | Preliminary report of biological investigations: Valdina Farms sinkhole, Medina County, Texas |
| Karnei, H. | Thesis | 1978 | Survey of the subterranean fauna, Bexar County, Texas |
| Karnei, H. | Journal Article | 1979 | Status of the troglobitic blind catfishes, Trogloglanis pattersoni and Satan eurystomus, in Bexar County, Texas |
| Longley, G. | Journal Article | 1979 | Subterranean aquatic fauna of the Edwards aquifer in Texas, as indicated by samples from wells and springs |
| Longley, G. and Karnei, H. | Journal Article | 1979 | Status of Trogloglanis pattersoni Eigenmann, the toothless blindcat |
| Longley, G. and Karnei, H. | Journal Article | 1979 | Status of Satan eurystomus Hubbs and Bailey, the widemouth blindcat |
| Cooper, J.E. and Longley, G. | Book Section | 1980 | Trogloglanis pattersoni Eigenmann Toothless blindcat |
| Cooper, J.E. and Longley, G. | Book Section | 1980 | Satan eurystmus Hubbs and Bailey Widemouth blindcat |
| Longley, G. | Journal Article | 1981 | The Edwards aquifer: Earths most diverse groundwater ecosystem ? |
| Lundberg, J.G. | Journal Article | 1982 | The comparative anatomy of the toothless blindcat, Trogloglanis pattersoni Eigenmann, with a phylogenetic analysis of the ictalurid fishes |
| Edwards, R.J., Beaty, H.E., Longley, G., Riskind, D.H., Tupa, D.D. and Whiteside, B.G. | Book | 1984 | The San Marcos recovery plan |
| Longley, G. | Book Section | 1986 | The biota of the Edwards Aquifer and the implications for zoogeography |
| Amemiya, C.T., Kelsch, S.W., Hendricks, F.S. and Gold, J.R. | Journal Article | 1986 | The karyoptype of the Mexican blindcat, Prietalla phreatophila Carranza (Ictaluridae) |
| Moravec, F. and Huffman, D.G. | Journal Article | 1988 | Rhabdochona longleyi sp. n. (Nematoda, Rhabdochonidae) from the blind catfishes, Trogloglanis pattersoni and Satan eurystomus (Ictaluridae) from the subterranean waters of Texas |
| Edwards, R.J., Longley, G., Moss, R., Ward, G., Matthews, R. and Stewart, B. | Journal Article | 1989 | A classification of Texas aquatic communities with special consideration toward the conservation of enangered and threatened taxa |
| Langecker, T.G. and Longley, G. | Book Section | 1992 | Blind catfish (Trogloglanis pattersoni and Satan eurystomus) from deep artesian waters. A study on convergent adaptations to cave and deep sea biota |
| Langecker, T.G. and Longley, G. | Journal Article | 1992 | Blind catfish (Trogloglanis pattersoni and Satan eurystomus) from deep artesian waters: A study on convergant adaptation to cave and deep sea biotas |
| Langecker, T.G. and Longley, G. | Journal Article | 1993 | Morphological adaptations of the Texas blind catfishes Trogloglanis pattersoni and Satan eurystomus (iluriformes, Ictaluridae) to their underground environment |
| Elliott, W.R. | Journal Article | 1994 | Sotano de Amezcua |
| Hendrickson, D.A. | Journal Article | 1995 | Miscellaneous notes on biogeography and biology of Mexican blind catfish of the genus Prietella |
| Walsh, S.J. and Gilbert, C.R. | Journal Article | 1995 | New species of troglobitic catfish of the genus Prietella (Siluriformes, Ictaluridae) from Northeastern Mexico |
| Hendrickson, D.A. | Journal Article | 1996 | Notes on biogeography, ecology and behaviour of Mexican blind catfish, genus Prietella (Ictaulridae) |
| Hendrickson, D.A. and Krejca, J. | Journal Article | 1997 | Notes on biogeography, ecology and behaviour of Mexcan blind catfish, genus Prietella (Ictaluridae) |
| Longley, G. and Jordan, W.R. | Journal Article | 1997 | Management of the Edwards Aquifer region - How the Endangered Species Act influenced action |
| Hendrickson, D.A. and Krecja, J. | Journal Article | 1998 | Blindcats of the genus Prietella (Ictualuridae) of northeastern Mexico: an overview of recent explorations and studies |
| Garcia de Leon, F.J., Hendrickson, D.A. and Hillis, D.M. | Journal Article | 1998 | Molecular phylogeny of Ictaluridae with emphasis on the Mexican blindcats, genus Prietella |
| Hendrickson, D.A., Krejca, J. and Rodriguez Martinez, J.M. | Journal Article | 1998 | Blind catfish (Prietella: Ictaluridae) phylogenies and troglobitic invertebrates as indicators of international (Mexico-USA) subterranean aquatic interconnections, and as tools for environmental risk assessment |
| Hendrickson, D.A. and Krejca, J. | Book Section | 2000 | Subterranean freshwater diversity in northeastern Mexico and Texas |
| Krejca, J.K., Taylor, S.J. and Hendrickson, D.A. | Journal Article | 2000 | The Mexican blindcat research team |
| Krejca, J., Hendrickson, D.A. and Taylor, S.J. | Journal Article | 2000 | Using stygobites to follow groundwater in Texas and Mexico |
| Hendrickson, D.A., Krejca, J. and Rodriguez Martinez, J.M. | Journal Article | 2001 | Mexican blindcats genus Prietella (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae): An overview of recent explorations |
| Krejca, J. | Journal Article | 2003 | The Mexican blindcat (Prietella phreatophila): Research and exploration in the groundwater |
| Sneegas, G.W. and Hendrickson, D.A. | Journal Article | 2003 | Extreme catfishes |
| Contreras-Balderas, S, Almada-Villela, P, Lozano-Vilano, M de L and Garcia-Ramirez, ME | Journal Article | 2003 | Freshwater fish at risk or extinct in Mexico |
| Wilcox, T.P., Garcia de Leon, F.J., Hendrickson, D.A. and Hillis, D.M. | Journal Article | 2004 | Convergence among cave catfishes: long-branch attraction and a Bayesian relative rates test |
| Boghici, R. | Report | 2004 | Hydrogeology of Edwards and Trinity Aquifer of Texas and Coahuila in the Border Region |
| Hardman, M. | Journal Article | 2004 | The phylogenetic relationships among Noturus catfishes (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) as inferred from mitochondrial gene cytochrome b and nuclear recombination activating gene 2. |
| Sullivan, J.P., Lundberg, J.G. and Hardman, M. | Journal Article | 2006 | A phylogenetic analysis of the major groups of catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) using rag1 and rag2 nuclear gene sequences |
| Taylor, S.J., Weckstein, J.D., Takiya, D.M., Krejca, J.K., Murdoch, J.D., Veni, G., Johnson, K.P. and Reddell, J.R. | Report | 2007 | Phylogeography of cave crickets (Ceuthophilus spp.) in central Texas: A keystone taxon for the conservation and management of federally listed endangered cave arthropods |
| Engel, A.S. | Journal Article | 2007 | Observations on the biodiversity of sulfidic karst habitats |
| Zara Environmental LLC | Report | 2010 | Final Report for deep aquifer biota study of the Edwards Aquifer |
| Dahdul, W.M., Lundberg, J.G., Midford, P.E., Balhoff, J.P., Lapp, H., Vision, T.J., Haendel, M.A., Westerfield, M. and Mabee, P.M. | Journal Article | 2010 | The Teleost anatomy ontology: Anatomocal representation for the genomics age |
| Egge, J.J.D. | Book Section | 2010 | Systematics if ictalurid catfishes: a review of the evidence |
| Gary, M.O., Gary, R.H. and Hunt, B.B. | Journal Article | 2011 | Interconnection of the Trinity (Glen Rose) and Edwards Aquifers along the Balcones Fault Zone and related topics |
| Zara Environmental LLC | Report | 2014 | Fauna of wells near the saline waterline of the Edwards Aquifer, Texas |
| Bishop, R., Humphreys, W.F. and Longley, G. | Journal Article | 2014 | Epigean and hypogean palaemonetes sp. (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from Edwards Aquifer: an examination of trophic structure and metabolism. |
| Palacios-Vargas, J.G., Juberthie, C. and Reddell, J. | Book | 2014-2015 | Encyclopaedia Biospeologica Mexico |
| Engel, A.S. (ed.) | Book | 2015 | Microbial Life of Cave Systems: Unique focus on the microbial life of caves, the ecological processes and geological consequences attributed to microbes in cave environments |
| Sanchez, R., Lopez, V. and Eckstein, G. | Journal Article | 2016 | Identifying and characterizing transboundary aquifers along the Mexico–US border: An initial assessment |
| Yuhas, A. | Web Page | 2016 | Eyeless catfish discovered in Texas cave may have come from Mexico |
| Hendrickson, D.A., Johnson, J., Sprouse, P.S., Howard, S., Garrett, G.P. Krejca, J.K., Gluesenkamp, W., Paulín, J.A.D., Dugan, L., Cohen, A.E., Espriú, A.H., Sullivan, J.P., Fenol, D.B., Karges, J., Smith, R., García De León, F.J., Wolaver, B. and Reddell | Conference Paper | 2016 | Discovery of the Mexican Blindcat, Prietella phreatophila in the U.S and an update on its rangewide conservation status |
| Coleman, W.T., Hutchins, B.T. and Schwartz, B.F. | Conference Paper | 2016 | Dynamics of detectability: Insights from high-frequency sampling at a stygobiont hot-spot, Edwards Aquifer, Texas |
| Hutchins, B.T., Engel, A.S., Nowlin, W.H. and Schwartz, B.F. | Conference Paper | 2016 | Biodiversity, stability, and trophic complexity in the Edwards Aquifer, United States: The influence of chemolithoautotrophy on stygobiont community structure |
| Hutchins, B.T. | Conference Paper | 2016 | Conservation status of stygobionts in Texas, United States. |
| Sinatra, C.S. | Web Page | 2016 | Rare, blind catfish never before found in U.S. discovered in Texas |
| Hutchins, B., Engel, A., Nowlin, W., and Schwartz, B. | Journal Article | 2016 | Chemolithoautotrophy supports macroinvertebrate food webs and affects diversity and stability in groundwater communities |
| Arce, M., Lundberg, J.G. and O'Leary, M.A. | Journal Article | 2017 | Phylogeny of the North American catfish Family Ictaluridae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) combining morphology, genes and fossils |
| Hendrickson, D.A., Hernández‐ Espriú, A., Dugan, L., Sprouse, P., Dávila Paulín, J.A., Krejca, J., Gluesenkamp, A., Reddell, J., Smith, R., Howard, S., Johnson, J., Garrett, G.P., Cohen, A.E., García De León, F.J., Wolaver, B.P. and Fenolio, D.B. | Conference Paper | 2017 | Discovery of endangered Mexican Blindcat, Prietella phreatophila , in Texas: Implications for international groundwater management and evolution of the regional karst aquifer biota |
| Lundberg, J.G., Hendrickson, D.A., Luckenbill, K.R. and Arce, M. | Journal Article | 2017 | Satan's skeleton revealed: a tomographic and comparative osteology of Satan eurystomus, the subterranean Widemouth Blindcat (Siluriformes, Ictaluridae) |
| Nissen, B.D., Devitt, T.J., Bendik, N.F., Gluesenkamp, A.G., Gibson, R. | Journal Article | 2018 | New occurrence records for stygobiontic invertebrates from the Edwards and Trinity aquifers in west-central Texas, USA |
| Hutchins, B.T. | Journal Article | 2018 | The conservation status of Texas groundwater invertebrates |
| Lyons, K.M. | Thesis | 2019 | Exploring the distribution of groundwater salamanders and catfish with environmental DNA |
| Jones, I.C. and Anaya, R. | Book Section | 2019 | The Edwards-Trinity (Plateau) and Trinity (Hill Country) aquifer system, Texas |
| Niemiller, M.L., Taylor, S.J., Slay, M.E. and Hobbs, H.H. III | Book Section | 2019 | Biodiversity in the United States and Canada |
| Green, R.T., Bertetti, F.P., Fratesi, B. and Schinfel, G.M. | Book Section | 2019 | San Antonio Pool of the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) aquifer |
| Krejca, J. and Reddell, J. | Book Section | 2019 | Biology and ecology of the Edwards aquifer |
| Sharp, J.M., Green, R.T. and Schindel, G.M. | Book | 2019 | The Edwards Aquifer : the past, present, and future of a vital water resource |
| Devitt, T. | Journal Article | 2019 | Creatures of the deep karst |
| Devitt, T.J. | Book Section | 2019 | Evolution of Edwards-Trinity aquifer biodiversity: Insights from phylogeography |
| Burr, B.M., Warren, M.L. and Bennett, M.G. | Book Section | 2020 | Ictaluridae: North American catfishes |
| Warren, M.L. and Burr, B.M. | Book | 2020 | Freshwater fishes of North America. Volume 2 Characidae to Poeciliidae |
| Gibson, R., Hutchins, B.T., Krejca, J.K., Diaz, P.H. and Sprouse. P.S. | Journal Article | 2021 | Stygobromus bakeri, a new species of groundwater amphipod (Amphipoda, Crangonyctidae) associated with the Trinity and Edwards aquifers of central Texas, USA |
| Gibson, R., Hutchins, B.T., Krejca, J.K., Diaz, P.H. and Sprouse. P.S. | Journal Article | 2021 | Corrigenda: Stygobromus bakeri, a new species of groundwater amphipod (Amphipoda, Crangonyctidae) associated with the Trinity and Edwards aquifers of central Texas, USA |
| Hutchins, B.T., Gibson, J.R., Diaz, P.H. and Schwartz, B.F. | Journal Article | 2021 | Stygobiont diversity in the San Marcos Artesian Well and Edwards Aquifer groundwater ecosystem, Texas, USA. |
| Hendrickson, D.A., Lundberg, J., Luckenbill, K. and Arce-H, M. | Conference Paper | 2022 | Update on taxonomic and conservation status of North American blindcats (Ictaluridae) |
| Hendrickson, D.A. | Web Page | 2022 | Fish of the Week!: North American Blindcats feat |
| Hendrickson, D.A. | Web Page | 2022 | Blind cave catfishes |
| Hendrickson, D.A. and Cohen, A.E. | Web Page | 2022 | Fishes of Texas Project Database (Version 3.0) |
| Niemiller, M.L., Carter, E.T., Fenolio, D.B., Gluesenkamp, A.G. and Phillips, J.G. | Book Section | 2022 | Subterranean colonisation and diversification of cave-dwelling salamanders |
| Pérez-Rodríguez, R., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Pedraza-Lara, C., Rosas-Valdez, R., Pérez-Ponce de León, G., García-Andrade, A.B. and Doadrio, I. | Journal Article | 2023 | Multi-locus phylogeny of the catfish genus Ictalurus Rafinesque, 1820 (Actinopterygii, Siluriformes) and its systematic and evolutionary implications |
| Janzen, F. | Thesis | 2023 | Evolutionary biogeography of catfishes (Siluriformes, Actinopterygii): The influence of habitat and landscape on gene flow and genetic diversification |
| Janzen, F.H., Pérez-Rodríguez, R., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Hendrickson, D.A., Sabaj, M.H. and Blouin-Demers, G. | Journal Article | 2023 | Phylogenetic relationships of the North American catfishes (Ictaluridae, Siluriformes): investigating the origins and parallel evolution of the troglodytic species |