David J. Eisenhour
Contact Information
Address: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY 40351
Office: Lappin Hall 301C
Phone: (606) 783-2963
FAX (606) 783-5002
E-mail: [email protected]
Address: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY 40351
Office: Lappin Hall 301C
Phone: (606) 783-2963
FAX (606) 783-5002
E-mail: [email protected]
Education
1990, May, B.S. (Biology) Evangel College, Springfield, Missouri.
1993, May, M.S. (Zoology) University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Thesis title: Systematics of Etheostoma camurum and E. chlorobranchium (Osteichthyes: Percidae) in the Tennessee and Cumberland river drainages.
1997, August, Ph.D. (Zoology) Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Dissertation title: Systematics, variation, and speciation of the Macrhybopsis aestivalis complex (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) west of the Mississippi River.
On-going Research Projects
1990, May, B.S. (Biology) Evangel College, Springfield, Missouri.
1993, May, M.S. (Zoology) University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Thesis title: Systematics of Etheostoma camurum and E. chlorobranchium (Osteichthyes: Percidae) in the Tennessee and Cumberland river drainages.
1997, August, Ph.D. (Zoology) Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Dissertation title: Systematics, variation, and speciation of the Macrhybopsis aestivalis complex (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) west of the Mississippi River.
On-going Research Projects
- Phylogeography of Nothonotus camurus (Bluebreast Darter). (with Ben Keck).
- Status of the Trout-Perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus) in Kentucky.
- Occupancy and habitat of the Blackside Dace (Chrosomus cumberlandensis) (with Brandon Yates and Mike Compton)
- Life-history of the Bigeye Shiner (Notropis boops) (with Matt Fossett).
- Fishes of Kentucky (a book with B. M. Burr and M. Thomas).
Publications
2018. Eisenhour, D. J., M. R. Thomas, J. J. Culp, M. C. Compton, S. M. Brandt, R. Pierce. Updated distributional records of selected Kentucky fishes. Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings 58:1-19.
2018. Echelle, A. A., N. J. Lang, W. C. Borden, M. R. Schwemm, C. W. Hoagstrom, D. J. Eisenhour, R. L. Mayden, and R. A. Van Den Bussche. Molecular systematics of the chub genus Macrhybopsis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa 4375 (4):537-554.
2017. Eisenhour, D. J., and B. A. Washburn. Long-distance movements of six darters (Teleostei: Percidae) in the Red River, Kentucky. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science 77:19-24.
2013. Eisenhour, D. J, and M. A. Floyd. A culvert acts as a barrier for Blackside Dace (Chrosomus cumberlandensis) movements in Lick Fork, Kentucky. Southeastern Naturalist 12:82-91.
2013. Eisenhour, D. J., A. M. Richter, L. V. Eisenhour, and C-R. Gingras. Reproductive biology of the Frecklebelly Darter, Percina stictogaster (Teleostei: Percidae). Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings 54:1-8.
2011. Eisenhour, D. J., A. M. Richter, and J. M. Schiering. Conservation status of the Longhead Darter, Percina macrocephala, in Kinniconick Creek, Kentucky. Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings 53:13-20.
2009. Hopkins, R. L., II, D. J. Eisenhour, L. J. Hopman, and D. K. Peyton. Morphological analysis of a hybrid swarm. Northeastern Naturalist 16:621-628.
2008. Scheibly, J. F., D. J. Eisenhour, and L. V. Eisenhour. Reproductive Biology of the Northern Madtom, Noturus stigmosus (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) from the Licking River, Kentucky. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science 69:178-186.
2008. Hopkins, R. L., II, and D. J. Eisenhour. Hybridization of Lythrurus fasciolaris (Cope) and Lythrurus umbratilis (Girard) (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in the Ohio River basin. Copeia 2008:162-171.
2007. Eisenhour, D. J. and L. V. Eisenhour. Clinal variation in Ohio river basin populations of the redfin shiner, Lythrurus umbratilis. Northeastern Naturalist 14:519-530.
2005. Burr, B. M., D. J. Eisenhour, and J. M. Grady. Two New Species Of Noturus (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) From The Tennessee River Drainage: Description, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Copeia 2005:783-802.
2004. Eisenhour, D. J. Systematics, variation, and speciation of the Macrhybopsis aestivalis complex west of the Mississippi River. Bulletin Alabama Museum of Natural History 23:9-47.
2004. Compton, M. C., D. J. Eisenhour, R. R. Cicerello, L. E. Kornman, A. Surmont, Jr., and E. L. Laudermilk. Distributional records of selected Kentucky fishes. J. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 65:76-84.
2004. Eisenhour, D. J., and L. V. Eisenhour. Morphological variation and systematics of the Notropis rubellus complex (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Kentucky and Tennessee. Southeastern Naturalist 3:431-450.
2003. Underwood, D. M., A. A. Echelle, D. J. Eisenhour, M. D. Jones, and W. L. Fisher. Genetic variation in western members of the Macrhybopsis aestivalis complex (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with emphasis on those of the Red and Arkansas River basins. Copeia 2003:493-501.
2001. McCafferty, K. A., and D. J. Eisenhour. Temporal change in fish assemblages of Triplett Creek, Kentucky. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 55:353-363.
2000. Eisenhour, D. J., and B. M. Burr. Conservation status and nesting biology of the endangered duskytail darter, Etheostoma percnurum, in the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River, Kentucky. J. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 61:67-76.
1999. Eisenhour, D. J. Systematics of Macrhybopsis tetranema (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Copeia 1999:969-980.
1999. Luttrell, G. R., A. A. Echelle, W. L. Fisher, and D. J. Eisenhour. Declining status of two species of the Macrhybopsis aestivalis complex (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in the Arkansas River basin and related effects of reservoirs as barriers to dispersal. Copeia 1999: 969-989.
1999. Eisenhour, D. J. and R. M. Strange. Threatened fishes of the world: Phoxinus cumberlandensis Starnes & Starnes, 1978 (Cyprinidae). Environmental Biol. Fishes. 51:140.
1997. Eisenhour, D. J. Distribution and systematics of Notropis wickliffi (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in Illinois. Trans. Illinois St. Acad. Sci. 90:65-78.
1997. Eisenhour, D. J. and K. R. Piller. Two new intergeneric hybrids involving Semotilus atromaculatus and the genus Phoxinus with analysi of additional S. atromaculatus-Phoxinus hybrids. Copeia 1997:204:209.
1996. Burr, B. M., K. M. Cook, D. J. Eisenhour, K. R. Piller, W. J. Poly, R. M. Sauer, C. A. Taylor, E. R. Atwood, and G. L. Seegert. Selected Illinois fishes in jeopardy: new records and status evaluations. Trans. Illinois St. Acad. Sci. 89:169-186.
1996. Eisenhour, D. J., B. M. Burr, K. M. Cook, and C. A. Taylor. Conservation status review of the Saddled Madtom, Noturus, sp. (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) in the Duck River drainage. J. Tennessee Acad. Sci. 71:41-46.
1996. Burr, B. M., D.J. Eisenhour, K. M. Cook, C. A. Taylor, G. L. Seegert, R. W. Sauer, and E. R. Atwood. Nonnative fishes in Illinois waters: What do the Illinois records reveal? Trans. Illinois St. Acad. Sci. 89:73-89.
1995. Eisenhour, D. J. Systematics of Etheostoma camurum and E. chlorobranchium (Osteichthyes: Percidae) in the Tennessee and Cumberland River drainages with analysis of hybridization int he Nolichucky River system. Copeia 1995:368-379.
Books
2018. Hickman, C. P., Jr., L. S. Roberts, S. Keen, A. Larson, and D. J. Eisenhour. Animal Diversity, 8th edition. McGraw-Hill.
2020. Hickman, C. P., Jr., L. S. Roberts, S. Keen, D. J. Eisenhour, A. Larsen, and H. I’Anson. Integrated Principles of Zoology, 18th edition. McGraw-Hill.
Publications
2018. Eisenhour, D. J., M. R. Thomas, J. J. Culp, M. C. Compton, S. M. Brandt, R. Pierce. Updated distributional records of selected Kentucky fishes. Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings 58:1-19.
2018. Echelle, A. A., N. J. Lang, W. C. Borden, M. R. Schwemm, C. W. Hoagstrom, D. J. Eisenhour, R. L. Mayden, and R. A. Van Den Bussche. Molecular systematics of the chub genus Macrhybopsis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa 4375 (4):537-554.
2017. Eisenhour, D. J., and B. A. Washburn. Long-distance movements of six darters (Teleostei: Percidae) in the Red River, Kentucky. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science 77:19-24.
2013. Eisenhour, D. J, and M. A. Floyd. A culvert acts as a barrier for Blackside Dace (Chrosomus cumberlandensis) movements in Lick Fork, Kentucky. Southeastern Naturalist 12:82-91.
2013. Eisenhour, D. J., A. M. Richter, L. V. Eisenhour, and C-R. Gingras. Reproductive biology of the Frecklebelly Darter, Percina stictogaster (Teleostei: Percidae). Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings 54:1-8.
2011. Eisenhour, D. J., A. M. Richter, and J. M. Schiering. Conservation status of the Longhead Darter, Percina macrocephala, in Kinniconick Creek, Kentucky. Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings 53:13-20.
2009. Hopkins, R. L., II, D. J. Eisenhour, L. J. Hopman, and D. K. Peyton. Morphological analysis of a hybrid swarm. Northeastern Naturalist 16:621-628.
2008. Scheibly, J. F., D. J. Eisenhour, and L. V. Eisenhour. Reproductive Biology of the Northern Madtom, Noturus stigmosus (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) from the Licking River, Kentucky. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science 69:178-186.
2008. Hopkins, R. L., II, and D. J. Eisenhour. Hybridization of Lythrurus fasciolaris (Cope) and Lythrurus umbratilis (Girard) (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in the Ohio River basin. Copeia 2008:162-171.
2007. Eisenhour, D. J. and L. V. Eisenhour. Clinal variation in Ohio river basin populations of the redfin shiner, Lythrurus umbratilis. Northeastern Naturalist 14:519-530.
2005. Burr, B. M., D. J. Eisenhour, and J. M. Grady. Two New Species Of Noturus (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) From The Tennessee River Drainage: Description, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Copeia 2005:783-802.
2004. Eisenhour, D. J. Systematics, variation, and speciation of the Macrhybopsis aestivalis complex west of the Mississippi River. Bulletin Alabama Museum of Natural History 23:9-47.
2004. Compton, M. C., D. J. Eisenhour, R. R. Cicerello, L. E. Kornman, A. Surmont, Jr., and E. L. Laudermilk. Distributional records of selected Kentucky fishes. J. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 65:76-84.
2004. Eisenhour, D. J., and L. V. Eisenhour. Morphological variation and systematics of the Notropis rubellus complex (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Kentucky and Tennessee. Southeastern Naturalist 3:431-450.
2003. Underwood, D. M., A. A. Echelle, D. J. Eisenhour, M. D. Jones, and W. L. Fisher. Genetic variation in western members of the Macrhybopsis aestivalis complex (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with emphasis on those of the Red and Arkansas River basins. Copeia 2003:493-501.
2001. McCafferty, K. A., and D. J. Eisenhour. Temporal change in fish assemblages of Triplett Creek, Kentucky. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 55:353-363.
2000. Eisenhour, D. J., and B. M. Burr. Conservation status and nesting biology of the endangered duskytail darter, Etheostoma percnurum, in the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River, Kentucky. J. Kentucky Acad. Sci. 61:67-76.
1999. Eisenhour, D. J. Systematics of Macrhybopsis tetranema (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Copeia 1999:969-980.
1999. Luttrell, G. R., A. A. Echelle, W. L. Fisher, and D. J. Eisenhour. Declining status of two species of the Macrhybopsis aestivalis complex (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in the Arkansas River basin and related effects of reservoirs as barriers to dispersal. Copeia 1999: 969-989.
1999. Eisenhour, D. J. and R. M. Strange. Threatened fishes of the world: Phoxinus cumberlandensis Starnes & Starnes, 1978 (Cyprinidae). Environmental Biol. Fishes. 51:140.
1997. Eisenhour, D. J. Distribution and systematics of Notropis wickliffi (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in Illinois. Trans. Illinois St. Acad. Sci. 90:65-78.
1997. Eisenhour, D. J. and K. R. Piller. Two new intergeneric hybrids involving Semotilus atromaculatus and the genus Phoxinus with analysi of additional S. atromaculatus-Phoxinus hybrids. Copeia 1997:204:209.
1996. Burr, B. M., K. M. Cook, D. J. Eisenhour, K. R. Piller, W. J. Poly, R. M. Sauer, C. A. Taylor, E. R. Atwood, and G. L. Seegert. Selected Illinois fishes in jeopardy: new records and status evaluations. Trans. Illinois St. Acad. Sci. 89:169-186.
1996. Eisenhour, D. J., B. M. Burr, K. M. Cook, and C. A. Taylor. Conservation status review of the Saddled Madtom, Noturus, sp. (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) in the Duck River drainage. J. Tennessee Acad. Sci. 71:41-46.
1996. Burr, B. M., D.J. Eisenhour, K. M. Cook, C. A. Taylor, G. L. Seegert, R. W. Sauer, and E. R. Atwood. Nonnative fishes in Illinois waters: What do the Illinois records reveal? Trans. Illinois St. Acad. Sci. 89:73-89.
1995. Eisenhour, D. J. Systematics of Etheostoma camurum and E. chlorobranchium (Osteichthyes: Percidae) in the Tennessee and Cumberland River drainages with analysis of hybridization int he Nolichucky River system. Copeia 1995:368-379.
Books
2018. Hickman, C. P., Jr., L. S. Roberts, S. Keen, A. Larson, and D. J. Eisenhour. Animal Diversity, 8th edition. McGraw-Hill.
2020. Hickman, C. P., Jr., L. S. Roberts, S. Keen, D. J. Eisenhour, A. Larsen, and H. I’Anson. Integrated Principles of Zoology, 18th edition. McGraw-Hill.
Last updated: 4 August 2020