Norhafiz Hanafi Ahmad Shah, Dr

Research background

My expertise lies in marine fish taxonomy, with a research focus on the Sciaenidae family (croakers) and Southeast Asian ichthyofauna. Mine have contributed to the discovery and description of new species, including Johnius sasakii, and is actively involved in morphological and molecular phylogenetic studies to understand fish biodiversity and evolutionary relationships.

Research focus

Marine fish taxonomy (sciaenidae), molecular phylogeny & evolutionary, spatiotemporal marine fishes

Selected publications

1. Hanafi, N., Chen, M. H., Chang, C. W., Chao, N. L., & Seah, Y. G. (2024). Taxonomic review of the genus Johnius (Perciformes: Sciaenidae) from East Malaysian waters, with comments on newly recorded Johnius species. Zootaxa, 5550(1), 85-117.
2. Hanafi, N., Chen, M. H., Yang, M. C., Lai, C. C., & Chang, C. W. (2024). A trawl collected dataset of Johnius (Actinopterygii, Sciaenidae) species in central-western Taiwanese waters. Biodiversity Data Journal, 12, e117960.
3. Hanafi, N., Chen, M.-H., Seah, Y.G., Chang, C.-W., Liu, S.Y.V., Lai, C.-C. & Chao, N.L. (2023) Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Croaker Johnius (Perciformes: Sciaenidae) in Taiwanese Waters. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 11(3): 471. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/jmse11030471
4. Hanafi, N., Chen, M.-H., Seah, Y.G., Chang, C.-W., Liu, S.Y.V. & Chao, N.L. (2022). Johnius sasakii, a new species of croaker (Perciformes: Sciaenidae) with a key to Johnius from East Malaysia, Borneo. Zootaxa, 5116(3), 393-409. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5116.3.5