Research in Zoology

Research in Zoology is a peer-reviewed journal that plays an important role in disseminating information on field-based, experimental, and theoretical research on the zoology of the region. It covers all aspects of basic, comparative, and applied protozoan and animal biology at molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, population, and community-ecosystem levels.

Ekaterina Vasil'eva

Editorial Board Member of Research in Zoology

Head of Academic Department/Faculty, Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University, Russia

Research Areas

Ichthyology, Taxonomy, Evolution, Speciation, Clonal Forms, Heritability

Education

1999D.Sc. (Ichthyology) Moscow State University, Russian Federation
1978Ph.D (Ichthyology) Moscow State University, Russian Federation
1974-1977Postgraduate studiesMoscow State University, Russian Federation

Experience

1990-presentLeading research scientist, chief of the ichthyological department of the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University
1986-1990Senior research scientist at the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University
1978-1985Research scientist at the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University

Academic Achievement

George Soros grant for "Biodiversity" program in 1992-1993
MacArthur Foundation Grant for Individual Research (1994)
Award for the Best Paper presented in Zoologicheskyi Zhurnal (Russia, 1980)
Diploma of the Russian Society "Znanie" for the book "Fishes, Amphibian and Reptiles of the Red Book of the USSR" (co-authors T. Alexandrovskaya and V. Orlova), Pedagogica, Moscow, 1988, 208 pp. (1990)

Membership

Member of the Society of European Ichthyologists (since 2001)

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Sorokin P.А., Medvedev D.A., Vasil'ev V.P. Vasil'eva E.D. 2011. Further studies on mitochondrial genome variability in Ponto-Caspian Proterorhinus species (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae) and their taxonomic implications//Acta Ichthyol. Piscatoria V. 41(2). P. 95-104.
[2]  Vasil'ev V.P., Vasil'eva E.D., Shedko S.V., Novomodny G.V. 2010. How many times has polyploidization occurred during Acipenserid evolution? New data on the karyotypes of sturgeons (Acipenseridae, Actinopterygii) from the Russian Far East//J. Ichthyol. V. 50. № 10. P. 950-959.
[3]  Vasil'eva E.D., Vasil'ev V.P. 2010. Genetic and environmental variations in quantitative characters in fishes: a comparative analysis of monoclonal triploid and bisexual tetraploid spined loaches (Cobitis, Cobitidae)//J. Ichthyol. V. 50. № 10. P. 960-968.
[4]  Vasil'eva E.D., Vasil'ev V.P., Shedko S.V., Novomodny G.V. 2009. The revision of the validity of genus Huso (Acipenseridae) based on recent morphological and genetic data with particular reference to the kaluga H. dauricus//J. Ichthyol. V. 49. № 10. Р. 861-867.
[5]  Vasil'eva E.D., Vasil'ev V.P., Shedko S.V., Novomodny G.V. 2009. The validation of specific status of the Sakhalin sturgeon Acipenser mikadoi (Acipenseridae) in the light of recent genetic and morphological data//J. Ichthyol. V. 49. № 10. Р. 868-873.
[6]  Grunina A.S., Recoubratsky A.V., Barmintsev V.A., Vasil'eva E.D., Chebanov M.S. 2009. Dispermic androgenesis as a method for recovery of endangered sturgeon species//Biology, Conservation and Sustainable Development of Sturgeons. Fish and Fisheries Series. V. 29. Carmona R., Domezain A., Garcia-Gallego M., Hernando J.A., Rodriguez F., Ruiz-Rejón M. (eds.). Netherlands: Springer. P. 191-208.
[7]  Vasil'eva E.D. 2009. Morphological and morphometric characters in sturgeon taxonomy and phylogeny//Biology, Conservation and Sustainable Development of Sturgeons. Fish and Fisheries Series. V. 29. Carmona R., Domezain A., Garcia-Gallego M., Hernando J.A., Rodriguez F., Ruiz-Rejón M. (eds.). Netherlands: Springer. P. 51-61.
[8]  Bogutskaya N.G., Naseka A.M., Shedko S.V., Vasil'eva E.D., Chereshnev I.A. 2008. The fishes of the Amur River: updated check-list and zoogeography//Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters. V. 19. № 4. Р. 301-366.
[9]  Vasil'ev V.P., Vasil'eva E.D. 2008. Comparative Karyology of Species of the Genera Misgurnus and Cobitis (Cobitidae) from the Amur River Basin in Connection with Their Taxonomic Relations and the Evolution of Karyotypes. J Ichthyol 48(1):1-13.
[10]  Vasil'ev V.P., Vasil'eva E.D. 2008. Comparative karyological analysis of mud loach and spined loach species (genera Misgurnus and Cobitis) from the Far East region of Russia. Folia Zool 57(1-2):51-59.
[11]  Mendel J., Lusk S., Vasil'eva E.D., Vasil'ev V.P., Lusková V., Erk'akan F., Ruchin A., Koščo J., Vetešník L., Halačka K., Šanda R., Pashkov A.N., Reshetnikov S.I. 2008. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Gobio (Cyprinidae, Pisces) and its contribution to taxonomy//Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. V. 47. P. 1061-1075.
[12]  Vasil'eva E.D. 2007. Seahorse species (genus Hippocampus, Pisces) described by C. Linné//Folia Zoologica. V. 56 (3). P. 319-327.
[13]  Vasil'eva E.D. 2007. Gobies of the genus Rhinogobius (Gobiidae) from Primor'e and Water Bodies of Central Asia and Kazakhstan: I. Morphological Characteristic and Taxonomic Status. J Ichthyol 47(9):691-700.
[14]  Vasil'eva E.D., Vasil'ev V.P. 2006. Cobitis pontica sp. nova—a new spined loach species (Cobitidae) from the Bulgarian waters//J. Ichthyology. V. 46 (Suppl. 1): 15-20.
[15]  Janko K., Vasil'ev V.P., Ráb P., Rábová M., Šlechtová V., Vasil'eva E.D. 2005. Genetic and morphological analyses of 50-chromosome spined loaches (Cobitis, Cobitidae, Pisces) from the Black Sea basin that are morphologically similar to C. taenia, with the description of a new species//Folia Zool. V. 54 (4): 405-420.
[16]  Vasil'eva E.D. Kuga T.I. 2005. Craniological features as available diagnostic characters for the short-barb Crimean gudgeon Gobio krymensis (Gobioninae, Cyprinidae)//Folia Zool. V. 54 (Suppl. 1): 33-41.
[17]  Vasil'eva E.D. 2004. Morphological data corroborating the assumption of independent origins within octoploid sturgeon species//J. Ichthyology. V. 44. Suppl. 1. P. 63-72.
[18]  Economidis P.S., Economou A.N., Harrison I.J., Madurelli T., Miller P.J., Pinchuk V.I., Vasil'eva E.D., Vasil'ev V.P. 2004. The freshwater fishes of Europe. V. 8/II. Gobiidae 2 (Miller P.J., ed.). AULA-Verlag. 478 pp.
[19]  Vasil'eva E.D. 2003. Main alterations in ichthyofauna of the largest rivers of the northern coast of the Black Sea in the last 50 years: A review//Folia Zool. V. 52. № 4. Р. 337-358.
[20]  Vasil'ev V.P., Akimova N.V., Emel'yanova N.G., Pavlov D.A., Vasil'eva E.D. 2003. Reproductive capacities in the polyploidy males of spined loaches from the unisexual-bisexual complex, occurred in the Moscow River//Folia biologica (Krakov). V. 51, Supplement. P. 67-73.
[21]  Vasil'eva E.D., Makeeva A.P. 2003. Taxonomic status of the Black Amur Bream and Some remarks on problems of taxonomy of the genera Megalobrama and Sinibrama (Cyprinidae, Cultrinae). Journal Ichthyology. V. 43 (8). P. 582-597.
[22]  Vasil'eva E.D. 2003. An Annotated Catalogue of Fishes and Fish-Like Organisms Living in Seas of Russia and Adjacent Countries. Pt. 4. Gobioidei//J. Ichthyology. V. 43, Suppl. 1. P. 41-56.
[23]  Bath H., Harrison I.J., Miller P.J., Pinchuk V.I., Vasil'eva E.D, Vasil'ev V.P. 2003. Mugilidae, Atherinidae, Atherinopsidae, Blenniidae, Odontobutidae, Gobiidae 1. The Freshwater Fishes of Europe. V. 8/I (P.J. Miller ed.). AULA-Verlag GmbH Wiebelsheim. 404 pp.
[24]  Vasil'eva E.D., Vasil'ev V.P., Skomorokhov M.O. 2003. Loaches (Misgurnus, Cobitidae) of the Russian Asia. II. Мorphology, synonymy, diagnoses, biology, and distribution. Voprosy Ikhtiolog. V. 43 (4): 447-456 (in Russian).
[25]  Vasil'eva E.D., Makeeva A.P. 2003. Taxonomic status of the Black Amur Bream and some comments on the taxonomic problems in genera Megalobrama and Sinibrama (Cyprinidae, Cultrinae). Voprosy Ikhtiolog. V. 43 (5): 607-623 (in Russian).
[26]  Vasil'eva E.D., Kuga T.I. 2001. Craniological differences between the gobies Knipowitschia caucasica and Pomatoschistus marmoratus, and the problems of the "sand gobies" taxonomy. Voprosy Ikhtiolog. V. 41 (2): 159-166(in Russian).
[27]  Alekseev S.S., Vasil'eva E.D., Sokolov L.I., Krykhtin M.L., Kudersky M.L., Reshetnikov Yu.S., Ruban G.I., Savvaitova K.A., Shilin N.I. 2001. Teleostean fishes. In: Red book of Russia (Animals). Moscow: AST Astrel: 250-308(in Russian).
[28]  Vasil'eva E.D. 2001. Loaches (genus Misgurnus, Cobitidae) of the Asiatic part of Russia. 1. Species composition of the genus in Russian waters (with the description of a new species) and some nomenclatur and taxonomic problems of the related forms from the adjacent countries. Voprosy Ichtiolog. 41 (5): 581-592(in Russian).
[29]  Vasil'eva E.D., Grunina A.S., Recoubratsky A.V. 2001. Nature of some morphological characters manifestation in androgenous nuclear-cytoplasmic hybrids between the Persian Acipenser persicus and Russian A. gueldenstaedtii sturgeons during postlarval ontogeny. Voprosy Ichtyolog. 41 (4): 530-537 (in Russian).
[30]  Vasil'eva E.D., Sazonov Yu.I., Verigina I.A. 2001. Class Actinopterygii. In: Types of vertebrates in the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University. Sbornik trudov Zoolog. Museya MGU. V. 41. Moscow. Moscow University Publisher: 15-88.
[31]  Vasil'eva E., Stygar V. 2000. Salvelinus gritzenkoi-a new species of char from the north Kuril Islands (Salmonidae, Salmoniformes). Folia Zool. V. 49 (4): 317-320.
[32]  Vasil'eva E.D. 2000. Craniological analysis of several species of tadpole-gobies (Benthophilus, Gobiidae) and problems of their taxonomy and phylogenetic relations. Voprosy Ikhtiolog. V 40 (6): 764-771 (in Russian).
[33]  Vasil'eva E.D., Vasil'ev V.P. 2000. The origin and taxonomic status of the triploid form of the goldfish, Carassius auratus (Cyprinidae). J. Ichthyol. V. 40 (8): 553-563 (in Russian).
[34]  Vasil'eva E.D. 2000. Sibling species in the genus Cobitis (Cobitidae, Pisces). Folia Zool. V. 49 (Suppl. 1): 23-30.
[35]  Vasil'eva E.D. 1999. Taxonomic status of the tube-nosed goby Gobius marmoratus Pallas (Gobiidae) based on its skull morphology. J. Ichthyol. V. 39 (2): 139-148.
[36]  Vasil'ev V.P., Vinogradov A.E., Rosanov Yu. M., Vasil'eva E.D. 1999. Cellular DNA content in different forms of the bisexual-unisexual complex of spined loaches of the genus Cobitis and Luther's spined loach C. lutheri (Cobitidae). J. Ichthyol. V. 39 (5): 377-383.
[37]  Vasil'eva E.D., Vasil'ev V.P. 1998. Sibling species in genus Cobitis (Cobitidae). Cobitis rossomeridionalis sp. nova. J. Ichthyol. V. 38 (8): 580-590.
[38]  Vasil'eva E.D. 1998. Fam. 16. Cobitidae. In: Annotated check-list of Cyclostomata and fishes of the continental waters of Russia. Moscow. Nauka: 97-103 (in Russian).
[39]  Vasil'eva E.D. 1998. Fam. 41. Gobiidae. In: Annotated check-list of Cyclostomata and fishes of the continental waters of Russia. Moscow. Nauka: 125-148 (in Russian).
[40]  Vasil'eva E.D. 1997. Size variability and sexual dimorphism of the Teleostean skull: determing factors and principal patterns. Journ. Ichthyol. V. 37 (5): 331-343.
[41]  Vasil'eva E.D. 1997. Morphological divergence of two species of Gadid fishes Eleginus navaga and E. gracilis (Gadidae) with disjunctive area. Journ. Ichthyol. V. 37 (9): 754-760.
[42]  Reshetnikov Yu.S., Bogutskaya N.G., Vasil'eva E.D., Dorofeeva E.A., Naseka A.M., Popova O.A., Savvaitova K.A., Sideleva V.G., Sokolov L.I. 1997. An annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of Russia. Journ. Ichthyol. V. 37 (9): 687-736.