{"id":226,"date":"2017-01-08T20:05:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T01:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caresforfish.org\/?page_id=226"},"modified":"2026-08-25T13:48:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:48:04","slug":"cares-coordinators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caresforfish.org\/?page_id=226","title":{"rendered":"CARES Priority List Coordinators"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"directory\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">\n<h2>General Coordinators<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Technical Editor of Freshwater Fishes<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Aleksei Saunders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CARES Priority List Coordinator<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Claudia Dickinson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">\n<h2>CARES Priority List Regional Coordinators<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Central America<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Juan Miguel Artigas Azas<br \/>\n                                                Rusty Wessel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South America<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Hern\u00e1n L\u00f3pez-Fern\u00e1ndez, Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>East Africa Lagoon region<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Peter George<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lake Malawi<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Ad Konings, Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lake Tanganyika<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Ad Konings, Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lake Victoria region<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Greg Steeves<br \/>\n                                          Peter George<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Madagascar<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Aleksei Saunders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>West Africa region<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Anton Lamboj, Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">\n<h2>CARES Priority List Family Coordinators<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Adrianichthidae<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Richard Pierce, Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Anabantidae<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Anton Lamboj, Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Aphaniidae<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Richard Pierce, Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Aplocheilidae<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Richard Pierce, Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bedotiidae<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Aleksei Saunders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Characidae<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Donald Taphorn, Ph.D.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cichlidae<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Juan Miguel Artigas Azas<br \/>\n                        Peter George<br \/>\n\t\t\tAd Konings, Ph.D.<br \/>\n\t\t\tAnton Lamboj, Ph.D.<br \/>\n\t\t\tAleksei Saunders<br \/>\n\t\t\tGreg Steeves<br \/>\n                        Rusty Wessel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cyprinidae<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Mike Hellweg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cyprinodontidae<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Richard Pierce, 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