General Inquiries:
Telephone: (213) 763-3374
Fax: (213) 748-4432
Rick Feeney
Collections Manager, Ichthyology
rfeeney@nhm.org
Christine Thacker
Curator, Ichthyology
thacker@nhm.org
Rick Feeney specializes in collection database management and studies larval development of freshwater and marine fishes, including sculpins (Cottidae) and suckers (Catostomidae).
Christine Thacker studies the phylogeny and evolution of acanthomorph fishes, with emphasis on gobies, gudgeons, and cardinalfishes.