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  1. Measuring morphological disparity in fish body shape using geometric morphometrics: Gerreidae as a case study

    Article • Organisms Diversity & Evolution, March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  2. Population structure and beak shape variation in Octopus hubbsorum (Berry, 1953) inferred from microsatellite markers and geometric morphometry in the Mexican Pacific

    Article • Regional Studies in Marine Science, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  3. Temporal dietary shifts in California sea lions at Los Islotes colony, Gulf of California

    Article • Regional Studies in Marine Science, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  4. For California sea lions, where they live is critical in determining their population trajectories

    Article • PLOS One, November 2025, PLOS

    Ana Lucia Pozas Franco, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  5. Horizontal and vertical distribution of fish larvae in the main entrance of Bahía de La Paz, Gulf of California (October 2022)

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Victor M Godínez, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  6. Type specimen matters: Authorship, validity and neotypification of the Atlantic yellowfin mojarra Gerres cinereus (Teleostei: Gerreidae)

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, June 2025, Wiley

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  7. Barcode Reveals Hidden Diversity and Cryptic Speciation among Butterfly Rays Distributed in the Americas

    Article • Taxonomy, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Mr Nicolas R Ehemann, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  8. Alike but genetically divergent: The resurrection of Urotrygon asterias (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883) from its closest relatives, the Munda and the Blotched stingray

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, July 2024, Wiley

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Mr Nicolas R Ehemann, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  9. Character variation in separate body regions of Gerreidae (Osteichthyes: Teleostei) fishes inferred from geometric morphometrics

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, November 2023, Wiley

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  10. Shape variability in the periotics of odontocetes (Cetacea) distributed along the Pacific coast of northern Mexico

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, May 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  11. Urotrygon rogersi (Myliobatiformes: Urotrygonidae) from the subtropical, provides new biological, genetic, taxonomic, and distribution data for the genus Urotrygon

    Article • Regional Studies in Marine Science, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Mr Nicolas R Ehemann, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  12. Ancestral morphology and taxonomic utility of squid statoliths (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae)

    Article • Journal of Molluscan Studies, February 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  13. Skull morphometric variability related to offshore and inshore ecotypes of the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) from northwestern Mexico

    Article • Marine Mammal Science, February 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  14. Morphological abnormalities in seven American round ray specimens: A review of America's batomorph anomalies

    Article • Journal of Fish Diseases, December 2021, Wiley

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Mr Nicolas R Ehemann, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  15. New microsatellite loci for estimating genetic diversity and structure in Octopus hubbsorum from Nayarit, México

    Article • Molecular Biology Reports, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  16. Historical records of the blotched stingray Urotrygon chilensis (Urotrygonidae: Myliobatiformes) yield insight into species distribution: the importance of natural history collections to questions of zoogeography

    Article • Systematics and Biodiversity, February 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Mr Nicolas R Ehemann, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  17. Revision of the diagnostic characters of two morphologically similar snook species, Centropomus viridis and C. nigrescens (Carangiformes: Centropomidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, January 2021, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  18. Diversity and population genetic structure of Octopus hubbsorum in the Mexican Pacific inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences

    Article • Marine & Freshwater Research, January 2021, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  19. A simple method for the genetic identification of commercially important species in the Opisthonema genus Gill, 1861 in the southern Gulf of California

    Article • Ciencias Marinas, September 2020, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanologicas

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  20. Taxonomic assessment of species of the genus Octopus from the northeastern Pacific via morphological, molecular and morphometric analyses

    Article • PeerJ, November 2019, PeerJ

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  21. Taxonomic considerations of squids of the family Loliginidae (Cephalopoda: Myopsida) supported by morphological, morphometric, and molecular data

    Article • Marine Biodiversity, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  22. First record of a specimen of the shortbill spearfish Tetrapturus angustirostris Tanaka, 1915 in the Pacific coast of Mexico

    Article • Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, September 2019, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  23. Geometric morphometrics for the analysis of character variation in size and shape of the sulcus acusticus of sagittae otolith in species of Gerreidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)

    Article • Marine Biodiversity, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  24. Supporting the existence of two isolated evolutionary lineages of Gerres (Perciformes: Gerreidae) in America

    Article • Zoologica Scripta, May 2019, Wiley

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  25. Genetic homogeneity of the Pacific thread herring (Opisthonema libertate) (Günther, 1867) in the Eastern Pacific, inferred from mtDNA sequences

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part A, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  26. Detecting Opisthonema libertate (Gunther, 1867) phenotypic stocks in northwestern coast of Mexico using geometric morphometrics based on body and otolith shape

    Article • Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, September 2018, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  27. Isolation and characterization of 21 novel microsatellite loci in sailfish Istiophorus platypterus Shaw 1792 from a shotgun genomic library

    Article • Journal of Applied Ichthyology, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  28. Life histories predict genetic diversity and population structure within three species of octopus targeted by small-scale fisheries in Northwest Mexico

    Article • PeerJ, February 2018, PeerJ

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  29. Article • Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, January 2018, Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  30. Anisotropic larval connectivity and metapopulation structure driven by directional oceanic currents in a marine fish targeted by small-scale fisheries

    Article • Marine Biology, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    David A Paz-García, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  31. Genetic variability and historic stability of the California spiny lobster Panulirus interruptus in the Gulf of California

    Article • Fisheries Research, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  32. Combining geometric morphometrics and genetic analysis to identify species ofOpisthonemaGill, 1861 in the eastern Mexican Pacific

    Article • Journal of Applied Ichthyology, October 2016, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  33. Eugerres castroaguirrei González-Acosta et Rodiles-Hernández, 2013 is a junior synonym of Eugerres mexicanus (Steindachner, 1863) (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gerreidae)

    Article • Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, December 2015, Szczecinskie Towarzystwo Naukowe

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  34. Genetic diversity and population structure of Indo-Pacific sailfish Istiophorus platypterus in the eastern Pacific

    Article • Fisheries Science, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  35. The complete mitochondrial genome of Octopus bimaculatus Verrill, 1883 from the Gulf of California

    Article • Mitochondrial DNA Part A, November 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  36. Article • Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, January 2015, Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  37. DNA sequence data analysis supports the taxonomic status of Eucinostomus dowii within the genus (Perciformes: Gerreidae)

    Article • Journal of Ichthyology, December 2014, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  38. The Taxonomy and Morphometry of Squids in the Family Loliginidae (Cephalopoda:Myopsida) from the Pacific Coast of Mexico

    Article • American Malacological Bulletin, September 2014, American Malacological Society

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  39. Geometric morphometrics support the proposed molecular taxonomy for three Eucinostomus species (Perciformes: Gerreidae) along the coasts of Mexico

    Article • Zoomorphology, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  40. Taxonomy of the phyllosoma of Panulirus inflatus (Bouvier, 1895) and P. gracilis Streets, 1871, based on morphometry and molecular analysis

    Article • Nauplius, June 2014, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  41. Systematic revision of the fish genus Diapterus (Mojarritas or Silver beddies)

    Article • Zoologica Scripta, April 2014, Wiley

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  42. Comparison of urohyal bone morphology among gerreid fish (Perciformes: Gerreidae)

    Article • Italian Journal of Zoology, April 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  43. Effect of preservation procedures on the body shape of the golden mojarra, Diapterus aureolus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gerreidae), and its repercussions in a taxonomic study

    Article • Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, March 2014, Szczecinskie Towarzystwo Naukowe

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  44. Urohyal size versus body-length and weight relationships for thirteen mojarras species (Perciformes: Gerreidae) in Mexican waters

    Article • Journal of Ichthyology, March 2014, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  45. Length–weight relations for 14 fish species of La Paz Bay, Baja California Sur, México

    Article • Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, December 2013, Szczecinskie Towarzystwo Naukowe

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  46. Comparing body and otolith shape for stock discrimination of Pacific sardine,Sardinops sagaxJenyns, 1842

    Article • Journal of Applied Ichthyology, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  47. Interspecific comparison of growth and shape within Diapterus (Gerreidae: Perciformes) using geometric morphometrics

    Article • Journal of Ichthyology, July 2013, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  48. Combined analyses of kinship and FST suggest potential drivers of chaotic genetic patchiness in high gene‐flow populations

    Article • Molecular Ecology, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  49. Identification of gerreid species (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gerreidae) from the Pacific coast of Mexico based on sagittal otolith morphology analysis

    Article • Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, December 2012, Szczecinskie Towarzystwo Naukowe

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  50. Abundance and genetic diversity of the red crab Pleuroncodes planipes along the western coast of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

    Article • Fisheries Science, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  51. Morphometric and molecular data on two mitochondrial genes of a newly discovered chimaeran fish (Hydrolagus melanophasma, Chondrichthyes)

    Article • Ocean Science Journal, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  52. A Comparison of Indexes for Prey Importance Inferred from Otoliths and Cephalopod Beaks Recovered from Pinniped Scats

    Article • February 2011, Science Alert

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  53. A study of the population structure of the Pacific sardine Sardinops sagax (Jenyns, 1842) in Mexico based on morphometric and genetic analyses

    Article • Fisheries Research, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  54. Length–weight relations of selected species of the family Gerreidae (Actinopterygii: Perciformes) from the Mexican coast

    Article • Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, January 2011, Szczecinskie Towarzystwo Naukowe

    Dr Jose De La Cruz-Agüero, Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  55. Using the Shape of Sagitta Otoliths in the Discrimination of Phenotypic Stocks in Scomberomorus sierra (Jordan and Starks, 1895)

    Article • Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, February 2010, Science Alert

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  56. Lack of genetic differentiation of blue spiny lobster Panulirus inflatus along the Pacific coast of Mexico inferred from mtDNA sequences

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, June 2008, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  57. Genetic differentiation of the California spiny lobster Panulirus interruptus (Randall, 1840) along the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

    Article • Marine Biology, September 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez

  58. Interaction between the California sea lion and the artisanal fishery in La Paz Bay, Gulf of California, Mexico

    Article • Ciencias Marinas, March 2003, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanologicas

    Dr. Francisco J. Garcia-Rodriguez