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Naércio Aquino de Menezes

Naércio Aquino de Menezes is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Naércio Aquino de Menezes rather than just read about it. In short: Naércio Aquino de Menezes (born 1937) is a Brazilian ichthyologist and university professor. Career Naércio Aquino de Menezes graduated in 1962 with a degree in Natural History from the University of São Paulo (USP) and earned his doctorate in Biology in 1968 at Harvard University.

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Naércio Aquino de Menezes (born 1937) is a Brazilian ichthyologist and university professor.

Career Naércio Aquino de Menezes graduated in 1962 with a degree in Natural History from the University of São Paulo (USP) and earned his doctorate in Biology in 1968 at Harvard University. He is a full professor in the Department of Zoology at the Institute of Biosciences of the University of São Paulo and serves as a senior researcher and lecturer at the same university, also teaching at the Museum of Zoology (Ichthyology Laboratory) of the University of São Paulo. Menezes is a specialist in zoology, focusing on systematics, biogeography, and evolution of fishes, particularly the marine fish species of the Brazilian coast and Neotropical freshwater fishes. He is a member of the Brazilian Society of Ichthyology. Together with his colleague Mário César Cardoso de Pinna, he described the new species Pristigaster whiteheadi.

Described taxa (selection) Acestrorhynchus grandoculis Acestrorhynchus isalineae Amphiarius Carlarius Chrysobrycon Knodus nuptialis Mimagoniates rheocharis Mimagoniates sylvicola Mugil margaritae Oligosarcus varii Pristigaster whiteheadi

Selected publications Menezes, N. A. & Weitzman, S. H. (1990): "Two new species of Mimagoniates (Teleostei: Characidae: Glandulocaudinae), their phylogeny and biogeography and a key to the glandulocaudin fishes of Brazil and Paraguay". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(2): 380–426. Menezes, N. A. & Weitzman, S. H. (2009): "Systematics of the Neotropical fish subfamily Glandulocaudinae (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae)". Neotropical Ichthyology 7 (3): 295–370. (Abstract). Arcila, D., Vari, R. P. & Menezes, N. A. (2014): "Revision of the Neotropical Genus Acrobrycon (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae) with Description of Two New Species". Copeia 2013 (4) [2014]: 604–611. Loeb, M. V. & Menezes, N. A. (2015): "Taxonomic status of Engraulis nattereri Steindachner, 1880 (Osteichthyes: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae)". Zootaxa 3941 (2): 299–300. Menezes, N. A., Nirchio, M., De Oliveira, C. & Siccharamirez, R. (2015): "Taxonomic review of the species of Mugil (Teleostei: Perciformes: Mugilidae) from the Atlantic South Caribbean and South America, with integration of morphological, cytogenetic and molecular data". Zootaxa 3918 (1): 1–38. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3918.1.1 Menezes, N. A., Zanata, A. M. & Camelier, P. (2015): "Nematocharax costai Bragança, Barbosa & Mattos a junior synonym of Nematocharax venustus Weitzman, Menezes & Britski (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae)". Zootaxa 3920 (3): 453–462. Ribeiro, A. C. & Menezes, N. A. (2015): "Phylogenetic relationships of the species and biogeography of the characid genus Oligosarcus Günther, 1864 (Ostariophysi, Characiformes, Characidae)". Zootaxa 3949 (1): 41–81. Menezes, N. A. & Ribeiro, A. C. (2015): "A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae)". Neotropical Ichthyology 13 (3): 541–546. Ferreira, K. M., de Faria, E., Ribeiro, A. C., Santana, J. C. O., Quagio-Grassioto, I. & Menezes, N. A. (2018): "Gephyrocharax machadoi, a new species of Stevardiinae (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Rio Paraguai basin, central Brazil". Zootaxa 4415 (1): 161–172. Menezes, N. A. & Marinho, M. M. F. (2019): "A new species of Knodus Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) with comments on nuptial tubercles and gill gland in characiform fishes". PLoS ONE 14 (7): e0217915.

Author abbreviation The abbreviation Menezes is used to indicate Naércio Aquino de Menezes as the authority for species descriptions and taxonomy in zoology.

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Naércio Aquino de Menezes

In research: Naércio Aquino de Menezes appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Naércio Aquino de Menezes in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Naércio Aquino de Menezes is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1937 births, Academic staff of the University of São Paulo, Brazilian ichthyologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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Naércio Aquino de Menezes (born 1937) is a Brazilian ichthyologist and university professor. Career Naércio Aquino de Menezes graduated in 1962 with a degree in Natural History from the University of São Paulo (USP) and earned his doctorate in Biology in 1968 at Harvard University.

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