Primary Recipient

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

Amount

$519,944.00

Award Date

8/15/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Despite numerous ecological and behavioral studies focusing on Neotropical cichlids, Heroini, the largest tribe comprising 160 nominal species, has received little taxonomic attention. Heroini includes many well-known fishes kept as pets (e.g., Amatitlani