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Our research is based on the evaluation of phenotypic characteristics in freshwater fishes that are modulated by the environment. We carried out controlled experiments to define the specific effects of factors such as diet, temperature, turbidity, pH, habitat complexity, etc., on the expression of morphological characteristics, sexual selection and foraging behavior. We work on live organisms from native and endemic species to the state of Mexico that are located at high altitude.

Our most recent publications

  • Garduño Paz M.V., Méndez Sánchez J.F., Burggren W., García Martínez J.L.A. 2020. Metabolic rate and hypoxia tolerance in Girardinichthys multiradiatus (Pisces: Goodeidae), an endemic fish at high altitude in tropical Mexico. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: Part A. 239 (2020). ISSN 1095-6433. PDF

  • Burggren W. W., Arriaga-Bernal J. C., Méndez-Arzate P. M., and Méndez-Sánchez J. F. 2019. Metabolic physiology of the Mayan cichlid fish (Mayaheros uropthalmus): Re-examination of classification as an oxyconformer. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, 237:110538. PDF

  • Caballero-Viñas M. C., Garduño-Paz M. V., Méndez-Sánchez J. F., and Macías García C. 2017. Indirect Effects of the common carp on life history of the Amarillo Fish, Girardinichtys multiradiatus, an endemic species to the upper Lerma Basin in Central Mexico. Bulletin Lampetra, 8:144-165. PDF

  • Méndez-Sánchez J. F., Díaz Pardo E., and Soto Galera E. 2016. Charal del Santiago, Toluca Silverside in: Los peces dulceacuícolas de México en peligro de extinción. Ediciones Científicas Universitarias. Fondo de Cultura Económica. 245-248. PDF

  • Méndez-Sánchez J. F., Soto Galera E., and Díaz Pardo E. 2016. Mexclapique de Zempoala, Darkedged Splitfin in: Los peces dulceacuícolas de México en peligro de extinción. Ediciones Científicas Universitarias. Fondo de Cultura Económica. 309-310. PDF

  • Barriga-Vallejo C., Hernández-Gallegos O., Hunt Von Herbing I., López-Moreno A. E., Ruíz-Gómez M. L., Granados-Gonzales G., Garduño-Paz M. V., Méndez-Sánchez J. F., Banda-Leal J., and Davis A. K. 2015. Assessing Population Health of the Toluca Axolotl Ambystoma rivulare (Taylor, 1940) from México using Leukocyte Profiles. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 10(2):592-601. PDF

  • Von Herbing I. H., T-C F. Pan, Méndez Sánchez J.F., Garduño Paz M.V., Hernández Gallegos O., Ruíz Gómez M.L. & Rodríguez Vargas G. 2015. Chronic stress of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss at high altitude: a field study. Journal of Fish Biology (2015) 87, 138–158. PDF

  • Guerrero-Flores J.J.,Macías-Sánchez S.,Mundo-Hernández V. y Méndez-Sánchez F. 2013. Ecology of the Neotropical otter (Lontra longicaudis) in Temascaltepec, Mexico: case study. THERYA. 4(2):231-242. PDF

  • Von Herbing I. H., Hernández Gallegos O., Méndez Sánchez J. F., Garduño Paz M.V., Ruiz Gómez M. de L, Rodriguez Vargas G. y Pan Tien-Chien F. 2013. Environmental Sustainability At High Altitude In Mexico: A Case Study Of Rainbow Trout Culture And Water Quality At High Altitude. The International Journal of Environmental Sustainability, 8:19-34. PDF

  • Rodríguez-Romero F., Smith G. R., Méndez-Sánchez F., Hernández-Gallegos O., Sánchez Nava P., and Méndez de la Cruz F. R. 2011. Demography of a Semelparous, High-Elevation Population of Sceloporus bicanthalis (Lacertilia: Phrynosomatidae) from the Nevado de Toluca Volcano, Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist, 56(1):71-77. PDF

  • Colón C., Méndez-Sánchez J. F., y Ceballos G. 2010. Peces dulceacuícolas en: La diversidad biológica del Estado de México, Estudio de Estado. Colección Mayor: Estado de México: Patrimonio de un Pueblo, 119-124. PDF

  • Méndez-Sánchez J. F., Garduño-Paz M. V., Ruíz-Gómez M. L., Hernández-Gallegos O., and Adams C. E. 2008. Threatened fishes of the world: Menidia riojai Solórzano and López 1965 (Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae). Environ. Biol. Fish, 83:211-212. PDF

  • Ruiz-Gomez M. L., Méndez-Sánchez J. F., Rodriguez-Romero F. J., and Taylor C. M. 2008. Spatiotemporal Changes in Fish Assemblages of Los Terreros Creek, an Isolated Stream System in Headwaters of the Lerma River, Central Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist, 53(2):224-229. PDF

  • Méndez-Sánchez J. F., Soto Galera E., Maya J.P., and Hernández Hernández M. A. 2002. Ictiofauna del Estado de México. Ciencia Ergo Sum, 9(1):87-90. PDF