David Ross Robertson

David Ross Robertson, Australian ichthyologist (B.Sc. University of Queensland, Brisbane, 1966, Ph.D. University of Queensland, Brisbane 1974).

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 9 taxon names authored by David Ross Robertson

Eponyms

(List may be incomplete)

• 1 eponym of David Ross Robertson

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2015

• Baldwin, C.C. & Robertson, D.R. 2015. A new, mesophotic Coryphopterus goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae) from the southern Caribbean, with comments on relationships and depth distributions within the genus. Zookeys 513: 123–142. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.513.9998 Reference page. 

2016

• Angulo, A., Baldwin, C.C. & Robertson, D.R. 2016. A new species of Leptoderma Vaillant, 1886 (Osmeriformes: Alepocephalidae) from the Pacific coast of Central America. Zootaxa 4066(4): 493–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.4.10 Full article, with link to PDF. Reference page. 
• Baldwin, C.C., Pitassy, D.E. & Robertson, D.R. 2016. A new deep-reef scorpionfish (Teleostei, Scorpaenidae, Scorpaenodes) from the southern Caribbean with comments on depth distributions and relationships of western Atlantic members of the genus. ZooKeys 606: 141–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.606.8590 Reference page. 
• Baldwin, C.C., Robertson, D.R., Nonaka, A. & Tornabene, L. 2016. Two new deep-reef basslets (Teleostei, Grammatidae, Lipogramma), with comments on the eco-evolutionary relationships of the genus. ZooKeys 638: 45–82. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.638.10455. Reference page. 
• Robertson, D.R., Simões, N., Gutiérrez Rodríguez, C., Piñeros, V.J. & Perez-España, H. 2016. An Indo-Pacific damselfish well established in the southern Gulf of Mexico: prospects for a wider, adverse invasion. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 19: 1–17. PDF. Reference page. 
• Robertson, D.R., Perez-España, H., Nuñez Lara, E., Itza, F.C. & Simões, N. 2016. The fishes of Cayo Arcas (Campeche Bank, Gulf of Mexico): an updated checklist. ZooKeys 640: 139–155. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.640.10862 Reference page. 
• Tornabene, L., Van Tassell, J.L., Gilmore, R.G., Robertson, D.R., Young, F., & Baldwin, C.C. 2016: Molecular phylogeny, analysis of character evolution, and submersible collections enable a new classification of a diverse group of gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Nes subgroup), including nine new species and four new genera. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 177(4): 764–812. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12394 Reference page. 
• Tornabene, L., Robertson, D.R. & Baldwin, C.C. 2016. Varicus lacerta, a new species of goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini, Nes subgroup) from a mesophotic reef in the southern Caribbean. ZooKeys 596: 143–156. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.596.8217 Reference page. 

2017

• Robertson, D.R., Angulo, A., Baldwin, C.C., Pitassy, D.E., Driskell, A., Weigt, L. & Navarro, I.J.F. 2017. Deep-water bony fishes collected by the B/O Miguel Oliver on the shelf edge of Pacific Central America: an annotated, illustrated and DNA-barcoded checklist. Zootaxa 4348(1): 1–125. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4348.1.1 Full article (PDF). ISBN 978-1-77670-262-6 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77670-263-3 (Online edition). Reference page. 

2018

• Baldwin, C.C., Tornabene, L., Robertson, D.R., Nonaka, A. & Gilmore, G. 2018. More new deep-reef basslets (Teleostei, Grammatidae, Lipogramma), with updates on the eco-evolutionary relationships within the genus. ZooKeys 729: 129–161. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.729.21842 Reference page. 
• Tornabene, L., Robertson, D.R. & Baldwin, C.C. 2018. A new species of Lipogramma from deep reefs of Roatan, Honduras (Teleostei, Grammatidae). Zookeys, 809: 79–95. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.809.29280 Reference page. 

2019

• Robertson, D.R., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Aroyo, Y.M.L., Mendoza, R.M. & Simões, N. 2019. Reef-associated fishes from the offshore reefs of western Campeche Bank, Mexico, with a discussion of mangroves and seagrass beds as nursery habitats. Zookeys, 843: 71–115. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.843.33873 Reference page. 
• Robertson, D.R., Pérez-España, H., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Estapé, C.J. & Estapé, A.M. 2019. An update to the inventory of shore-fishes from the Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano, Veracruz, México. ZooKeys, 882: 127–157. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.882.38449 Reference page. 
• Robertson, D.R., Estapé, C.J., Estapé, A.M., Peña, E., Tornabene, L. & Baldwin, C.C. 2020. The marine fishes of St Eustatius Island, northeastern Caribbean: an annotated, photographic catalog. ZooKeys, 1007: 145–180. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1007.58515 Reference page. 

2020

• McFarland, E.P., Baldwin, C.C., Robertson, D.R., Rocha, L.A. & Tornabene, L. 2020. A new species of Chromis damselfish from the tropical western Atlantic (Teleostei, Pomacentridae). ZooKeys, 1008: 107–138. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1008.58805 Reference page. 
• Robertson, D.R., Angulo, A., Baldwin, C.C., Pitassy, D., Driskell, A., Weigt, L. & Navarro, I.J.F. 2020. Misidentification of Bellator gymnostethus (Gilbert, 1892) as Prionotus ruscarius Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae). Zootaxa 4852(1): 142–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.1.8 Reference page. 

2022

• Robertson, D.R., Estapé, C.J., Estapé, A.M., Richter, L., Peña, E. & Victor, B. 2022. An updated, illustrated inventory of the marine fishes of the US Virgin Islands. Zookeys 1103ː 79–122. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1103.83795 Reference page. 

2023

• Fuentes, K.M., Baldwin, C.C., Robertson, D.R., Lardizábal, C.C. & Tornabene, L. 2023. Two new species of Varicus from Caribbean deep reefs, with comments on the related genus Pinnichthys (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini, Nes subgroup) Zookeys 1180ː 159–180. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1180.107551 Reference page. 

References

Links

• D. Ross Robertson – Biogeography, Taxonomy. 2019. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Research Overview. CV (PDF).