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Smithsonian Institution's Sustainable Seafood website

Education

Ph.D. Marine Science, College of William and Mary
M.S. Marine Biology, College of Charleston
B.S. Biology, James Madison University

Research Interests

Diversity and evolution of coral-reef and deep-sea fishes; taxonomy of larval fishes and their utility in evolutionary studies; patterns of morphological divergence and speciation; marine conservation; public communication of marine science.

Selected Publications

Baldwin, Carole C. and Jeffrey M. Leis. 2007. Rainfordia opercularis, a liopropomin serranid (Teleostei: Serranidae: Epinephelidae): corroborative evicence from settlement-stage larvae. Ichthyological Research 54:193-197.

Richards, W. J., C. C. Baldwin, and A. Ropke. 2005. Chapter119, Serranidae: Sea basses. Pp. 1225-1331 in: Richards, W. J. (Ed.) Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic, Volume 1. Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL. 1335 p.

Van Tassell, J. and C. C. Baldwin. 2004. A review of the gobiid genus Akko (Teleostei: Gobiidae) with description of a new species. Zootaxa 462:1-15.

Baldwin, C. C. and D. G. Smith. 2003. Larval Gobiidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) of Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, Central America. Bulletin of Marine Science 72:639-674.

Baldwin, C. C. and J. H. Mounts. 2003. One Fish, Two Fish, Crawfish, Bluefish – The Smithsonian Sustainable Seafood Cookbook. Smithsonian Books. October 2003.

Baldwin, C. C. and J. M. McCosker. 2001. Wrasses of the Galápagos Islands, with the description of a new deepwater species of Halichoeres (Perciformes: Labridae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 49 Supl. 1:89-100.

Baldwin, C. C. and G. D. Johnson. 1999. Paxton concilians, a new genus and species of pseudamine apogonid (Teleostei: Percoidei) from western Australia: The sister group of the enigmatic Gymnapogon. Copeia 1999:1050-1071.

Baldwin, C. C. and W. L. Smith. 1998. Belonoperca pylei, a new species of seabass (Teleostei: Serranidae: Epinephelinae: Diploprionini) from the Cook Islands with comments on relationships among diploprionins. Ichthyological Research 45:325-339.

Baldwin, C. C. and G. D. Johnson. 1996. Interrelationships of Aulopiformes, pp. 355-404 in: Stiassny, M. L. J., L. R. Parenti, and G. D. Johnson (eds.). Interrelationships of Fishes. Academic Press, San Diego.

Baldwin, C. C. and G. D. Johnson. 1993. Phylogeny of the Epinephelinae (Teleostei: Serranidae). Bulletin of Marine Science, 22:240-283.

Baldwin, C. C. 1990. Morphology of the larvae of American Anthiinae (Teleostei: Serranidae) with comments on relationships within the subfamily. Copeia 1990:913-955.