Dictionary of Ichthyology

    Over 23,000 terms defined. An ongoing project with new terms being defined and illustrations added continually.

Systematics and Associated Studies

    Systematic studies are being carried out on Canadian and Southwest Asian fishes, both marine and freshwater. The aim is to resolve systematic problems of various taxa, describe new species, investigate their zoogeography, biodiversity and conservation status, and to present this new data as conference papers and posters, reports, books, web sites and research papers. This work is collections-based and also involves field work. A wide variety of techniques is utilised including  meristics and morphometrics, radiography, osteology and molecular analyses. Collaborators vary with the projects and taxa over time but include scientists from Canada, Europe and Asia. Published papers are in the Curriculum Vitae.

Arctic Marine Fishes of Canada

    Scheduled to be completed soon (!? December 2010). This book covers over 190 species in 48 families. Each species has a line figure, a spot distribution map, and sections on the scientific name, common names, taxonomy, description, habitat, biology, commercial importance, distribution and sources. There is also a Dedication to the late Don E. McAllister, an Introduction covering the environment, history of research, habitats, climate, fisheries, scientific names, fish structure, collecting and preserving fishes, and traditional ecological knowledge, Checklists, Keys, a Glossary and Bibliographies. This is a partnership with Dr. J. D. Reist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Winnipeg and has contributions from other scientists at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, the University of Copenhagen, Denmark and the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.

Freshwater Fishes of Nunavut

    Ongoing.

Fishes of Canada's National Capital Region

    Now presented as a website. Maps and illustrations have been added and the work is now mostly comprised of updates.

Freshwater Fishes of Iran

    This project is comprised of several components, including research papers on systematics, zoogeography and conservation (see Curriculum Vitae) and the website now under construction here.

Fishes of Canada: Annotated  Checklist

    A list of the Latin, English and French names of all fishes reported from Canadian fresh and marine waters. New work comprised of updates.

Freshwater Fishes of Iraq

    This project began in 2005. It aims to present a popular guide to the freshwater fishes of Iraq in Arabic and English in book form and a more detailed technical work as a website. The English book has been published -

Coad, Brian W. 2010. Freshwater Fishes of Iraq. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. 294 pp. ISBN 978-954-642-530-0. Pensoft Series Faunistica, 93, ISSN 1312-0174. €48.00,  £54.95, US$82.50.

The website currently has a checklist of species and a Bibliography of over 2320 items. The project is funded through the Canadian International Development Agency and the Canada-Iraq Marshlands Initiative (CIMI) (see http://www.iraqimarshlands.org/site/home/ for details).