Rajeev Raghavan | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation(s) | Assistant Professor, Fisheries Scientist |
| Known for | Freshwater Fish Conservation, Fish Systematics |
| Board member of | Mahseer Trust, SHOAL Conservation, Freshwater Life, Fisheries Conservation Foundation |
| Awards | FSBI MEDAL 2023 [1] |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | St. Albert's College, University of Madras, Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology, University of Kent |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Conservation Biology, Fisheries science |
| Sub-discipline | Freshwater Fish Conservation, Fish Systematics, Molecular ecology, Inland Fisheries |
| Institutions | Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| Website | http://www.fishlab.in |
Rajeev Raghavan is a fisheries scientist and aquatic conservation biologist known for his work on the freshwater fishes of the Indian subcontinent.[1] Rajeev is currently an Assistant Professor at the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, India, the South Asia Chair of the IUCN’s Freshwater Fish Specialist Group.[2][3], and the IUCN Freshwater Fish Red List Authority Coordinator for Asia and Oceania.
Rajeev has to his credit more than 200 publications [4] and has been listed in the Elsevier/Scopus Top 2% Scientists of the World for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 [5]
In honour of Rajeev's research contributions to Indian ichthyology, two fish species have been named after him - a snakehead from the northern Western Ghats, Channa rara,[6] and a hill-stream loach Indoreonectes rajeevi.[7]
Research[edit]
Since 2003, Rajeev has been involved in interdisciplinary research that generates information to support conservation decision making in tropical aquatic ecosystems, particularly in the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot.[8] His work cuts across multiple disciplines from systematics, to molecular ecology and biogeography, freshwater fisheries and conservation policies. His research group[9] is globally recognized for advancing the knowledge-base on understanding the diversity of freshwater fishes on the Indian subcontinent, resulting in the discovery and description of 21 new species (including three new genera and two new families).[10][11][12] Working with collaborators, he has also contributed to solving long-standing taxonomic and nomenclatural issues in Indian fish taxonomy.[13][14]
References[edit]
- ^ "An interview with Rajeev Raghavan – SHOAL Conservation". Retrieved 23 Oct 2022.
- ^ "IUCN Freshwater Fish Specialist Group". Retrieved 18 Aug 2017.
- ^ "Professors to study freshwater conservation - Eastern Mirror". Retrieved 26 Aug 2017.
- ^ "Rajeev Raghavan". Retrieved 23 Oct 2022.
- ^ "Kufos faculty member named among world's top scientists". Retrieved 15 Oct 2023.
- ^ "Channa rara, a new species of snakehead fish from the Western Ghats region of Maharashtra, India (Teleostei: Labyrinthici: Channidae)". Retrieved 23 Oct 2022.
- ^ "Two new species of the hillstream loach genus Indoreonectes from the northern Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)". Retrieved 23 Oct 2022.
- ^ "An interview with Rajeev Raghavan – SHOAL Conservation". Retrieved 23 Oct 2022.
- ^ "Rajeev Research Group at KUFOS". Retrieved 23 Oct 2022.
- ^ "World's largest cave fish discovered in India". National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on February 28, 2021. Retrieved 23 Oct 2022.
- ^ "New freshwater fish species discovered from Western Ghats". Retrieved 23 Oct 2022.
- ^ "Three new species of fishes found in Western Ghats". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 Oct 2022.
- ^ "After 150 years, a fish gets a scientific name". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 Oct 2022.
- ^ Benziger, Allen (2011). "Unraveling a 146 Years Old Taxonomic Puzzle: Validation of Malabar Snakehead, Species-Status and Its Relevance for Channid Systematics and Evolution". PLOS ONE. 6 (6): e21272. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...621272B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021272. PMC 3123301. PMID 21731689.