Mr. B.A. Sheiko

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Mr. Sheiko B.A.

         Born 14.10.1957 in Rostov on Don, USSR.
        Graduated from Rostov State University, Dept. Zoology with diploma in Science.
Thesis: Ichthyofauna of Peter the Great Bay (Sea of Japan): species composition, ichthyocenes, zoogeography.


          Positions:

1980-82 - junior research fellow, Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (TINRO, Vladivostok)
1983-1987 - research fellow, Azov Research Institute of Fisheries (Rostov on Don)
1987-1990 - post-graduate student, Zoological Institute (ZIN, St. Petersburg)
1991-2000 - research fellow, Kamchatka Institute of Ecology (KIE, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky)
2000 - now - junior research fellow, Zoological Institute (ZIN, St. Petersburg)


         Research Interests:

          - Systematics and fauna of Agonidae and Cottidae (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes); ichthyofauna of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea; curatorial science.


         Publications:

          23 papers.


         Sheiko, B.A. 1983. K poznaniyu ikhtiofauny zaliva Petra Velikogo [To the knowledge of the ichthyofauna of Peter the Great Bay]. Biologiya morya. (4): 14-20. In Russian.
         Sheiko, B.A. 1988. Novaya notakantovaya ryba Lipogenys plaxae Sheiko, sp. nov. (Notacanthidae, Halosauroidei) iz batiali tikhookeanskogo poberezh'ya Yaponii [New notacanthid fish Lipogenys plaxae Sheiko, sp. nov. (Notacanthidae, Halosauroidei) from the bathyal of the Pacific coast of Japan]. Vopr. Ikhtiol. 28 (3): 361-366 (English translation: Journal of Ichthyology. 1988. 28 (4): 85-90).
         Sheiko, B.A. 1992. Agonomalus brashnikowi Pavlenko, 1910 - mladshiy sub'ektivniy sinonim Agonomalus jordani Jordan et Starks, 1904 (Scorpaeniformes: Agonidae) (s zamechaniyami o nekotorykh osobennostyakh izmenchivosti vida) [Agonomalus brashnikowi Pavlenko, 1910 - junior subjective synonym of Agonomalus jordani Jordan et Starks, 1904 (Scorpaeniformes: Agonidae) (with notes on some peculiarities of the variability of the species)]. Vopr. Ikhtiol. 32 (2): 32-41. In Russian.
         Sheiko, B.A. [1993a]. Podothecus gilberti (Collett, 1895) - mladshiy sinonim P. sturioides (Guichenot, 1869) (Scorpaeniformes: Agonidae) [Podothecus gilberti (Collett, 1895) - junior synonym of P. sturioides (Guichenot, 1869) (Scorpaeniformes: Agonidae)]. Proc. Zool. Inst. AN USSR for 1991. 235: 58-64. In Russian, English summary.
         Sheiko, B.A. [1993b]. Katalog ryb semeystva Agonidae sensu lato (Scorpaeniformes: Cottoidei) [Catalogue of fishes of the family Agonidae sensu lato (Scorpaeniformes: Cottoidei)]. Ibidem: 65-95. In Russian, English summary.
         Sheiko, B.A. 1995. Agonus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Osteichthyes, Scorpaeniformes): proposed conservation; AGONIDAE Kirby, 1837 (Insecta, Coleoptera) and AGONIDAE Swainson, 1839 (Osteichthyes, Scorpaeniformes): proposed removal of homonymy. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 1995. 52 (1): 57-60.
         Sheiko, B.A., Tranbenkova, A.G. 1998. Novye dlya fauny Rossii i redkie vidy ryb, vpervye naydennye v vodakh Kamchatki, Kuril'skikh i Komandorskikh ostrovov [New for Russian fauna and rare marine fishes from Kamchatka, Kuril and Commander islands]. Actual problems of fish taxonomy / Abstracts. St. Petersburg, 17-19 November, 1998. St. Petersburg. P. 62-63. In Russian.
         Sheiko, B.A., Fedorov, V.V. 2000. Glava 1. Klass Cephalaspidomorphi - Minogi. Klass Chondrichthyes - Khryashchevye Ryby. Klass Holocephali - Tsel'nogolovye. Klass Osteichthyes - Kostnye Ryby. [Chapter 1. Class Cephalaspidomorphi - Lampreys. Class Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous Fishes. Class Holocephali - Chimaeras. Class Osteichthyes - Bony Fishes.] P. 7-69 // Catalog of vertebrates of Kamchatka and adjacent waters / R.S. Moiseev, A.M. Tokranov (eds.). Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: Kamchatskiy Pechatniy Dvor. 166 p. In Russian, English summary.



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Russian Academy of Sciences
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