Lily Hughes
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Bio
Bio
My lab uses a combination of genomics and data from natural history collections to understand the biodiversity of fishes. We are based at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science’s Research Laboratory.
For more information about my lab, visit ncfishlab.org!
Education
PhD Biological Sciences George Washington University 2018
Publications
- Carolina Redhorse—a new species of Moxostoma (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) from North Carolina and South Carolina, USA , Zootaxa (2026)
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Ichthyofaunal diversity of the
C anjeR iver (G uyana): A distinctive lowland fauna between theB erbice andC orentyneR ivers, supported by aDNA barcode repository , Journal of Fish Biology (2026) - Ecological interactions and genomic innovation fueled the evolution of ray-finned fish endothermy , Science Advances (2025)
- New Drainage Records and Revised Ranges for Sympatric Pirate Perch Species in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia , Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings (2025)
- Phylogenomic resolution of lampreys reveals the recent evolution of an ancient vertebrate lineage , Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2025)
- Phylogenomic and comparative genomic analyses support a single evolutionary origin of flatfish asymmetry , Nature Genetics (2024)
- Concordance and Discordance in the Phylogenomics of the Wrasses and Parrotfishes (Teleostei: Labridae) , Systematic Biology (2022)
- Hybridization is strongly constrained by salinity during secondary contact between silverside fishes (Odontesthes, Atheriniformes) , Heredity (2022)
- Phylogenomics and body shape morphometrics reveal recent diversification in the goatfishes (Syngnatharia: Mullidae) , (2022)
- Phylogenomics and body shape morphometrics reveal recent diversification in the goatfishes (Syngnatharia: Mullidae) , Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2022)