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Robert J. Lavenberg
Researcher at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Publications - 2
Citations - 140
Robert J. Lavenberg is an academic researcher from Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The author has contributed to research in topics: Megamouth shark & Opistognathidae. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 132 citations.
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An acoustic tracking of a megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios: a crepuscular vertical migrator
Donald R. Nelson,James N. McKibben,Wesley R. Strong,Christopher G. Lowe,Joseph A. Sisneros,Donna M. Schroeder,Robert J. Lavenberg +6 more
TL;DR: A 4.9 m TL megamouth shark, only the sixth specimen known to science, was tracked continuously for 50.5 h, during which it exhibited distinct vertical migrations at the dawn and dusk transitions.
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Four new species of eastern tropical Pacific jawfishes ( Opistognathus : Opistognathidae)
TL;DR: Three of four new jawfishes described herein have sexually dimorphic jaws and dichromatic maxillary markings: O. smithvanizi, with a simple nasal cirrus, buccal pigmentation and other traits similar to members of the O. macrognathus group, is known only from Isla del Caño, a continental shelf island off southern Costa Rica.