Education

Ph.D. 1971, University of Miami
M.S. 1967, University of Miami
B.S. 1964, Cornell University

Research Interests

Systematics, life history, and distribution of fishes, especially eels and eel larvae, and larvae of other oceanic fishes.

Recent Publications

Smith, David G. and Mitchell, Joseph C. 2013. 100th Anniversary of Copeia. Copeia, 2013

Smith, David G. 2012. A checklist of the moray eels of the world (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Zootaxa, 3474: 1-64.

Weigt, Lee A., Baldwin, Carole C., Driskell, Amy, Smith, David G., Ormos, Andrea and Reyier, Eric A. 2012. Using DNA Barcoding to Assess Caribbean Reef Fish Biodiversity: Expanding Taxonomic and Geographic Coverage. PLoS ONE, 7(7): 1-7. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041059

Smith, David G., Irmak, Erhan and Özen, Özcan 2012. A Redescription of the Eel Panturichthys fowleri (Anguilliformes: Heterenchelyidae), with a Synopsis of the Heterenchelyidae. Copeia, 2012(3): 484-493. doi:10.1643/CI-11-174

Reece, Joshua S., Bowen, Brian W., Smith, David G. and Larson, Allan 2011. Comparative phylogeography of four Indo-Pacific moray eel species (Muraenidae) reveals comparable ocean-wide genetic connectivity despite five-fold differences in available adult habitat. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 437: 269-277. doi:10.3354/meps09248

Smith, David G. 2011. James Chase Tyler, II. Copeia, 2011(4): 577-589. doi:10.1643/OT-11-073

Smith, David G. 2011. Joseph Schieser Nelson. Copeia, 2011(1): 169-176. doi:10.1643/OT-10-155

Baldwin, Carole C., Brito, Balam J., Smith, David G., Weigt, Lee A. and Escobar-Briones, Elva 2011. Identification of early life-history stages of Caribbean Apogon (Perciformes: Apogonidae) through DNA Barcoding. Zootaxa, 3133: 1-36.

Reece, Joshua S., Bowen, Brian W., Smith, David G. and Larson, Allan 2010. Molecular phylogenetics of moray eels (Muraenidae) demonstrates multiple origins of a shell-crushing jaw (Gymnomuraena, Echidna) and multiple colonizations of the Atlantic Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 57(2): 829-835. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.013

Smith, David G. 2010. Clarence Lavett Smith. Copeia, 2: 334-340. doi:10.1643/OT-09-192

Baldwin, Carole C., Weight, Lee, Smith, David G. and Mounts, Julie H. 2009. Reconciling genetic lineages with species in western Atlantic Coryphopterus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, 38: 113-140.

Baldwin, Carole C., Mounts, Julie H., Smith, David G. and Weigt, Lee A. 2009. Genetic identification and color descriptions of early life-history stages of Belizean Phaeoptyx and Astrapogon (Teleostei: Apogonidae) with Comments on identification of adult Phaeoptyx. Zootaxa, 2008: 1-22.