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Dr. Timo Moritz

  • Head of Section Ichthyology

Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3
20146 Hamburg
R-261

Phone: +49 40 238317 643
E-Mail: t.moritz@leibniz-lib.de

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    2025

  • 2025/06

    Moll, D., Asmus, H., Blocker, A., Bottcher, U., Conradt, J., Farber, L., Funk, N., Funk, S., Gutte, H., Hinrichsen, H., Kotterba, P., Krumme, U., Madiraca, F., Meier, H., Meyer, S., Moritz, T., Otto, S.A., Pinto, G., Polte, P., Riekhof, M., Sarrazin, V., Schwermer, H., Scotti, M., Voss, R., Winkler, H., Mollmann, C.

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    A climate vulnerability assessment of the fish community in the Western Baltic Sea (vol 14, 16184, 2024)

    Scientific reports, 1, 15

  • 2025/06

    Moll, D., Asmus, H., Blöcker, A., Böttcher, U., Conradt, J., Färber, L., Funk, N., Funk, S., Gutte, H., Hinrichsen, H., Kotterba, P., Krumme, U., Madiraca, F., Meier, H.M., Meyer, S., Moritz, T., Otto, S.A., Pinto, G., Polte, P., Riekhof, M., Sarrazin, V., Schwermer, H., Scotti, M., Voss, R., Winkler, H., Möllmann, C.

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    Correction: A climate vulnerability assessment of the fish community in the Western Baltic Sea

    Scientific reports, 15

  • 2025/05

    Westphal, L., Vietinghoff, V.v., Moritz, T., Nordheim, H.v., Schaarschmidt, T., Teifke, J., Wohlsein, P., Piroch, I., Harder, T., König, P., Höper, D., Benke, H., Dähne, M.

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    By‐Catch of Grey Seals in Fish Traps in the German Baltic Sea—From Incidents to Mitigation and Fisheries Regulation

    Aquatic conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems, 5, 35

  • 2025/03

    Thieme, P., Fischbach, V., Papadakis, I., Moritz, T.

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    Development of convergent adaptations reveal highly conserved early ontogenetic skull shape in fishes with amphibious vision

    Scientific reports, 1, 15

  • 2025/00

    Moritz, T.

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    An Overview of the Anatomy of Catfishes and its Diversity

    Catfishes, a Highly Diversified Group

  • 2025/00

    Moritz, T., Koch, A., Thieme, P.

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    Diversity and evolution of the pelvic girdle and fin in catfishes

  • 2024

  • 2024/11

    Fischbach, V., Thieme, P., Polte, P., Moritz, T.

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    Delineating early life stages of Belone belone: analysis of external morphology and postcranial skeletal development of the garfish

    Canadian Journal of Zoology, 12, 102

  • 2024/10

    Fischhaltung, E.f.d.w., Moritz, T., Bierbach, D., Schwarzer, J., Grunow, B.

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    Recommendations for scientific fish husbandry–a series for promoting animal welfare, reproducibility and transferability in ichthyologic research

    Bulletin of Fish Biology Volume, 20

  • 2024/07

    Moll, D., Asmus, H., Blöcker, A., Böttcher, U., Conradt, J., Färber, L., Funk, N., Funk, S., Gutte, H., Hinrichsen, H., Kotterba, P., Krumme, U., Madiraca, F., Meier, H.M., Meyer, S., Moritz, T., Otto, S.A., Pinto, G., Polte, P., Riekhof, M., Sarrazin, V., Schwermer, H., Scotti, M., Voss, R., Winkler, H., Möllmann, C.

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    A climate vulnerability assessment of the fish community in the Western Baltic Sea

    Scientific reports, 1, 14

  • 2024/05

    Fischhaltung, E.f.d.w., Koch, A., Moritz, T.

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    Recommendations for scientific fish husbandry: Kneria stappersii (Gonorynchiformes, Kneriidae)

    Bulletin of Fish Biology Volume, 20

  • 2024/04

    Koch, A., Moritz, T.

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    The pelvic girdle in extant gonorynchiformes (Teleostei: Otomorpha)

    Zoomorphology, 1, 143

  • 2023

  • 2023/12

    Koch, A., Kirschbaum, F., Moritz, T.

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    Ontogeny reveals the origin of Gemminger bones in Mormyridae

    Journal of Anatomy, 6, 243

  • 2023/12

    Ripley, D.M., Garner, T., Hook, S.A., Veríssimo, A., Grunow, B., Moritz, T., Clayton, P., Shiels, H.A., Stevens, A.

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    Warming during embryogenesis induces a lasting transcriptomic signature in fishes

    Science of the Total Environment, 902

  • 2023/09

    Moritz, T., Walter, J., Grunow, B., Thieme, P.

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    A true caudal fin or not? New insights in the evolution of the gadiform caudal fin

    Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 1, 199

  • 2023/07

    Koch, A., Moritz, T., Thieme, P.

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    Development of the dorsal and anal fin in Kneria stappersii (Otomorpha: Gonorynchiformes)

    Acta Zoologica, 3, 104

  • 2023/07

    Fischbach, V., Finke, A., Moritz, T., Polte, P., Thieme, P.

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    A staging system for Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) larvae based on external morphology and skeletal development

    Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 7, 21

  • 2022

  • 2022/12

    Hinrichsen, H., Barz, K., Lehmann, A., Moritz, T.

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    Can sporadic records of ocean sunfish (Mola mola) in the western Baltic Sea be linked to saline inflow events?

    Journal of Marine Systems, 236

  • 2022/10

    Wang, Q., Dizaj, L.P., Huang, J., Sarker, K.K., Kevrekidis, C., Reichenbacher, B., Esmaeili, H.R., Straube, N., Moritz, T., Li, C.

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    Molecular phylogenetics of the Clupeiformes based on exon-capture data and a new classification of the order

    Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 175

  • 2022/07

    Fischbach, V., Moritz, T., Thieme, P.

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    Postcranial skeletal development of the Atlantic herring (Clupeomorpha: Clupeidae: Clupea harengus)

    Zoologischer Anzeiger, 299

  • 2022/04

    Grunow, B., Reismann, T., Moritz, T.

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    Pre-Hatching Ontogenetic Changes of Morphological Characters of Small-Spotted Catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula)

    Fishes, 3, 7

  • 2022/03

    Thieme, P., Moritz, T.

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    The accessory neural arch: development, morphology, and systematic distribution

    Zoomorphology, 1, 141

  • 2022/01

    Thieme, P., Schnell, N.K., Parkinson, K., Moritz, T.

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    Morphological characters in light of new molecular phylogenies: the caudal-fin skeleton of Ovalentaria

    Royal Society Open Science, 1, 9

  • 2021

  • 2021/12

    Ripley, D.M., Garner, T., Hook, S.A., Veríssimo, A., Grunow, B., Moritz, T., Clayton, P., Shiels, H.A., Stevens, A.

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    Ocean-Warming During Embryogenesis Programs a Lasting Transcriptomic Signature in Fishes

  • 2021/08

    Thieme, P., Vallainc, D., Moritz, T.

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    Postcranial skeletal development of Mugil cephalus (Teleostei: Mugiliformes): morphological and life-history implications for Mugiliformes

    Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 4, 192

  • 2021/07

    Moritz, T.

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    Brazilian Ichthyology.

    Acta Zoologica, 3, 102

  • 2021/07

    Moritz, T.

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    Brazilian Ichthyology B. Baldisserotto EC Urbinati JEP Cyrino (eds.) Biology and physiology of freshwater neotropical fish Elsevier, London Academic Press, 2020; pp. 346. $120 …

    Acta Zoologica, 3, 102

  • 2021/06

    Musa, S., Ripley, D., Moritz, T., Shiels, H.

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    Ocean warming and hypoxia affect embryonic growth, fitness and survival of small-spotted catsharks, Scyliorhinus canicula (vol 97, pg 257, 2020)

    Journal of Fish Biology, 6, 98

  • 2021/05

    Moritz, T.

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    The Bichir Handbook, JoshuaPickett, Published by Independent Publishing Network, London, UK, 138 pp., price£ 24.95, ISBN: 978-1-78972-770-8

    Journal of Fish Biology, 5, 98

  • 2021/04

    Thieme, P., Warth, P., Moritz, T.

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    Development of the caudal-fin skeleton reveals multiple convergent fusions within Atherinomorpha

    Frontiers in Zoology, 1, 18

  • 2021/03

    Klemens, L., Moritz, T.

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    Fast, gentle and inexpensive maceration of teleostean bones using Enzyrim

    Bulletin of Fish Biology Volume, 19

  • 2021/01

    Thieme, P., Moritz, T.

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    Description of body scales of Myxus elongatus and Neomyxus leuciscus (Teleostei: Mugilidae) including a geometricmorphometric comparison.

    Bulletin of Fish Biology, 280

  • 2021/00

    Moritz, T.

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    Morphology, Phylogeny and Diversity of Basal Actinopterygians, with a Focus on African Freshwater Fishes

  • 2020

  • 2020/08

    Dannenberger, D., Möller, R., Westphal, L., Moritz, T., Dähne, M., Grunow, B.

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    Fatty acid composition in blubber, liver, and muscle of marine mammals in the southern Baltic Sea

    Animals, 9, 10

  • 2020/07

    Musa, S.M., Ripley, D.M., Moritz, T., Shiels, H.A.

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    Ocean warming and hypoxia affect embryonic growth, fitness and survival of small‐spotted catsharks, Scyliorhinus canicula

    Journal of Fish Biology, 1, 97

  • 2020/06

    Thieme, P., Moritz, T.

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    The osteology of the golden grey mullet Liza aurata (Teleostei: Mugiliformes: Mugilidae) including interactive three‐dimensional reconstructions

    Journal of Fish Biology, 6, 96

  • 2020/06

    Gut, C., Vukić, J., Šanda, R., Moritz, T., Reichenbacher, B.

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    Identification of past and present gobies: distinguishing Gobius and Pomatoschistus (Teleostei: Gobioidei) species using characters of otoliths, meristics and body morphometry

    Contributions to Zoology, 3, 89

  • 2019

  • 2019/12

    Hook, S.A., McMurray, C., Ripley, D.M., Allen, N., Moritz, T., Grunow, B., Shiels, H.A.

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    Recognition software successfully aids the identification of individual small‐spotted catsharks Scyliorhinus canicula during their first year of life

    Journal of Fish Biology, 6, 95

  • 2019/12

    Hook, S.A., Musa, S.M., Ripley, D.M., Hibbitt, J., Grunow, B., Moritz, T., Shiels, H.A.

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    Twins! Microsatellite analysis of two embryos within one egg case in oviparous elasmobranchs

    PloS one, 12, 14

  • 2019/09

    Hook, S., McMurray, C., Ripley, D., Allen, N., Moritz, T., Grunow, B., Shiels, H.

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    Recognition Software Successfully Aids the Identification of Individual Small-Spotted Catsharks during their First Year of Life

    THE APPLICATION OF GENETICS AND PROTEOMICS FOR THE CONSERVATION OF SHARKS AND THEIR RELATIVES

  • 2019/08

    Moritz, T., Britz, R.

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    Revision of the extant Polypteridae (Actinopterygii: Cladistia)

    Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, 2, 29

  • 2019/06

    Moritz, T., Dayem, Z.E., Abdallah, M.A., Neumann, D.

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    New and rare records of fishes from the White Nile in the Republic of the Sudan

    Cybium, 2, 43

  • 2019/06

    Moritz, T., Buchert, J., Schnell, N.K.

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    Unexpected diversity of median caudal cartilages in teleosts

    Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 3, 186

  • 2019/06

    Wirkner, C., Moeller, S., Moritz, T., Winkler, H.

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    3D-Visualizations of the Hearing Apparatus in Teleost Fish

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  • 2019/03

    Moritz, T., Thieme, P., You, K.W.T., Mol, J.

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    First record of the Short-tailed Pipefish, Microphis brachyurus lineatus (Kaup, 1856)(Syngnathidae, Nerophinae), for Suriname

    Check List, 2, 15

  • 2018

  • 2018/12

    Koch, K., Thieme, P., Moritz, T.

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    Development of hexagonal and octagonal scales in Atherina (Teleostei, Atheriniformes)

    Bulletin of Fish Biology Volume, 1/2, 18

  • 2018/12

    McMurray, C., Allen, N., Hook, S., Verissmo, A., Moritz, T., Shiels, H.

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    I 3 S software as a refinement technique to identify individuals within a captive Scyliorhinus canula population

    Animal Technology and Welfare, 3, 17

  • 2018/12

    Pendjari-Nationalparks, D.F.d., Moritz, T., Lalèyè, P.

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    Fishes of the Pendjari National Park (Benin, West Africa)

    Bulletin of Fish Biology Volume, 1/2, 18

  • 2018/10

    Straube, N., Li, C., Mertzen, M., Yuan, H., Moritz, T.

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    A phylogenomic approach to reconstruct interrelationships of main clupeocephalan lineages with a critical discussion of morphological apomorphies

    BMC Evolutionary Biology, 1, 18

  • 2017

  • 2017/12

    Mondfischen, N.v., Moritz, T., Augustin, C.B., Winkler, H.M., Pagel, H.

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    Records of the Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola, Tetraodontiformes) in the German Baltic Sea

    Bulletin of Fish Biology Volume, 1/2, 17

  • 2017/12

    Moritz, T., Laléyé, P.

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    Records of Nematogobius maindroni (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Upper Volta basin

    Bulletin of Fish Biology Volume, 1/2, 17

  • 2017/12

    Bräger, Z., Staszny, Á., Mertzen, M., Moritz, T., Horvath, G.

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    Fish scale identification: from individual to species-specific shape variability

    Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 47

  • 2017/06

    Richter, P., Moritz, T.

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    Lessons from the first dorsal fin in atheriniforms—A new mode of dorsal fin development and its phylogenetic implications

    Journal of Morphology, 6, 278

  • 2017/04

    Grunow, B., Kirchhoff, T., Moritz, T.

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    Stem cell expression and development of trunk musculature of lesser‐spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) reveal differences between sharks and teleosts

    Acta Zoologica, 2, 98

  • 2017/02

    Description of Labeo latebra (Cyprinidae) from the Nile river in Sudan

    Cybium, 1, 41

  • 2016

  • 2016/12

    Flösselhechte, A.d.F.a., Moritz, T.

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    Fishery impact on bichirs (Polypteridae, Teleostei) in the Pendjari River (Benin)

    Bulletin of Fish Biology Volume, 1/2, 16

  • 2016/12

    NeumaNN, D., Obermaier, H., Moritz, T.

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    Annotated checklist for fishes of the Main Nile Basin in the Sudan and Egypt based on recent specimen records (2006-2015)

    Cybium, 2, 40

  • 2016/12

    Moritz, T., Laléyé, P.

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    Fishery in the Pendjari River (Benin): fishermen, regulations and conflicts

    Bulletin of Fish Biology Volume, 1/2, 16

  • 2016/12

    Bräger, Z., Moritz, T.

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    A scale atlas for common Mediterranean teleost fishes

    Vertebrate Zoology, 66

  • 2016/03

    Bräger, Z., Moritz, T., Tsikliras, A., Gonzalvo, J., Radulović, M., Staszny, Á.

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    Scale morphometry allows discrimination of European sardine Sardina pilchardus and round sardinella Sardinella aurita and among their local populations

    Journal of Fish Biology, 3, 88

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