Richard Cloutier

Associate Professor,
Université du Québec à Rimouski
Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie
E-mail: richard_cloutier@uqar.ca
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Research

We study the skeletal and nervous development of fish in order to identify their modules (network of elements that act like relatively independent units) and patterning (order of formation of this elements) in order to solve the phylogeny of gnathostomes. We will a test our theoretical model of modularity in lampreys, chondrichthyes as well as bony fishes.

QCBS students

Previous students (since 2009)

France Charest

Ph.D.
(Start: 2009, End: 2016)
Devonian larval and juvenile fishes: an evo-devo perspective

Marion Chevrinais

Ph.D.
Other (co-)supervisor: Jean-Yves Sire, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
(Start: 2012, End: 2016)
Phylo-evo-devo perspective on the diversification of basal gnathostomes
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Laurence Fischer-Rousseau

Ph.D.
(Start: 2008, End: 2014)
Developmental integration in fishes

Thomas Grünbaum

Ph.D.
(Start: 2004, End: 2010)
An integrative study of water velocity effects on salmonids

Olivier Larouche

Ph.D.
Other (co-)supervisor: Zelditch, Miriam L.
(Start: 2010, End: 2018)
Median and paired fin disparity and modularity in lower vertebrates

Cyrena Riley

Ph.D.
(Start: 2009, End: 2015)
Chondrogenesis and developmental patterning in chondrichthyans

margot angibaud

M.Sc.
(Start: 2017, End: 2019)
Skeletogenesis and variation of the regionalization pattern of the spine of black dogfish (Centroscyllium fabricii: Elasmobranchii).

Isabelle Béchard

M.Sc.
(Start: 2009, End: 2011)
Developmental patterns in Devonian lungfishes

France Charest

M.Sc.
(Start: 2005, End: 2009)
Fin modularity in fossil and living fishes

Marion Chevrinais

M.Sc.
(Start: 2012, End: 2012)
Trophic networking in Devonian lower vertebrate assemblages

Lemieux Cynthia

M.Sc.
(Start: 2015, End: 2015)
Position phylogénétique de Platycephalichthys par rapport à l'origine des tétrapodes.

Cynthia Deschênes

M.Sc.
Other (co-)supervisor: John A. Long, Findlers University
(Start: 2016, End: 2018)

François Grégoire

M.Sc.
(Start: 2014, End: 2018)
Variations dans la croissance du saumon atlantique de la rivière Matane sur plus de trois décennies

Laurent Houle

M.Sc.
(Start: 2018, End: 2019)
Intégration morphologique durant l'ontogénie du squelette crânien d'Ambystoma mexicanum

Émilie Lebel

M.Sc.
(Start: 2013, End: 2016)
Skeletal development of the black dogfish from the Gulf of St-Lawrence.

Émilie Lebel

M.Sc.
(Start: 2013, End: 2017)
Skeletogenesis of the black dogfish (Centroscyllium fabricii)

Michèle Leduc-Lapierre

M.Sc.
(Start: 2010, End: 2013)
Patterning of the spinal nerves in salmonids

Caroline Lehoux

M.Sc.
(Start: 2011, End: 2013)
Patterning and modularity of the sensory canal system in living and fossil fishes

Élodie Libert

M.Sc.
Other (co-)supervisor: non member e.g Fernando de la Gandara, Institut Océanographique Espagnol Murcia
(Start: 2012, End: 2015)
Osteological development and malformations in Bluefin tunas

Catherine Morel

M.Sc.
(Start: 2012, End: 2014)
Squelletogenesis of the marine lamprey

Roxane Noël

M.Sc.
(Start: 2015, End: 2018)
Description des nageoires pectorales du tatrapodomorphe Elpistostege watsoni.

Martin Pelletier

M.Sc.
(Start: 2007, End: 2010)
Mathematical modeling of larval fish locomotion

Daniel Potvin-Leduc

M.Sc.
(Start: 2009, End: 2016)
New Devonian chondrichthyans from the Middle Devonian of New York

Vincent Roy

M.Sc.
(Start: 2015, End: 2017)
Description de la colonne vertébrale du tétrapodomorphe Elpistostege watsoni.

Agathe Valette

M.Sc.
Other (co-)supervisor: Julien Claude
(Start: 2016, End: 2018)

Examples of species studied

Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Salvelinus alpinus
Salmoniformes
Teleostei
Salmonidae
Percina copelandi
Sarcopterygii
Nereis virens
Chondrichthyes
Bothriolepis canadensis
Latimeria chalumnae


Publications

51- A microanatomical and histological study of the scales of the Devonian sarcopterygian Miguashaia bureaui and the evolution of the squamation in coelacanths
Mondéjar‐Fernández J , Meunier F J , Cloutier R , Clément G , Laurin M ,
2021 Journal of Anatomy (Date Added: 2021-03-28)

50- The phylogenetic origin of fingers
Cloutier R , Long J A , Clement A M ,
2020 Medecine sciences : M/S (Date Added: 2020-12-27)

49- Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand
Cloutier R , Clement A M , Lee M S Y , Noël R , Béchard I , Roy V , Long J A ,
2020 Nature (Date Added: 2020-04-06)

48- A critical appraisal of appendage disparity and homology in fishes
Larouche O , Zelditch M L , Cloutier R ,
2019 Fish and Fisheries (Date Added: 2019-09-07)

47- Environmentally cued hatching in the bird-parasitic nest fly Philornis downsi
Sage R , Boulton R A , Lahuatte P F , Causton C E , Cloutier R , Heimpel G E ,
2018 Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (Date Added: 2019-02-27)

46- Evolution of vertebrate postcranial complexity: Axial skeleton regionalization and paired appendages in a Devonian jawless fish
Chevrinais M , Johanson Z , Trinajstic K , Long J , Morel C , Renaud C B , Cloutier R ,
2018 Palaeontology (Date Added: 2018-08-01)

45- Loss in the making: Absence of pelvic fins and presence of paedomorphic pelvic girdles in a Late Devonian antiarch placoderm (jawed stem-gnathostome)
Charest F , Johanson Z , Cloutier R ,
2018 Biology Letters (Date Added: 2018-07-16)

44- Modularity promotes morphological divergence in ray-finned fishes
Larouche O , Zelditch M L , Cloutier R ,
2018 Scientific Reports (Date Added: 2018-05-24)

43- Early establishment of vertebrate tropic interactions: Food web structure in middle to late devonian fish assemblages with exceptional fossilization
Chevrinais M , Jacquet C , Cloutier R ,
2017 Bulletin of Geosciences (Date Added: 2018-01-19)

42- Unravelling the ontogeny of a Devonian early gnathostome, the "acanthodian" Triazeugacanthus affinis (eastern Canada)
Chevrinais M , Sire J , Cloutier R ,
2017 PeerJ (Date Added: 2017-11-08)

41- Similarity of morphological composition and developmental patterning in paired fins of the elephant shark
Riley C , Cloutier R , Grogan E D ,
2017 Scientific Reports (Date Added: 2017-09-17)

40- Fin modules: An evolutionary perspective on appendage disparity in basal vertebrates
Larouche O , Zelditch M L , Cloutier R ,
2017 BMC Biology (Date Added: 2017-05-18)

39- From body scale ontogeny to species ontogeny: Histological and morphological assessment of the Late Devonian acanthodian Triazeugacanthus affinis from Miguasha, Canada
Chevrinais M , Sire J , Cloutier R ,
2017 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2017-04-27)

38- Asymmetry in dentition and shape of pharyngeal arches in the clonal fish Chrosomus eos-neogaeus: Phenotypic plasticity and developmental instability
Leung C , Duclos K K , Grünbaum T , Cloutier R , Angers B ,
2017 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2017-04-17)

37- New Insights in the Ontogeny and Taphonomy of the Devonian Acanthodian Triazeugacanthus affinis From the Miguasha Fossil-Lagerstätte, Eastern Canada
Chevrinais, M, Balan, E, Cloutier, R
2016 Minerals (Date Added: 2016-02-01)

36- Building blocks of a fish head: Developmental and variational modularity in a complex system
Lehoux, C, Cloutier, R
2015 Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B, Molecular and Developmental Evolution (Date Added: 2015-11-09)

35- Head, Body and Fins: Patterns of Morphological Integration and Modularity in Fishes
Larouche, O, Cloutier, R, Zelditch, ML
2015 Evolutionary Biology (Date Added: 2015-07-10)

34-Givetian (Middle Devonian) sharks from Cairo, New York (USA): Evidence of early cosmopolitanism
Potvin-Leduc, D, Cloutier, R, Landing, E, Hernick, LV, Mannolini, F
2015 Acta Palaeontologica Polonica ( Date Added: 2015-03-30)

33- The revival of a so-called rotten fish: the ontogeny of the Devonian acanthodian Triazeugacanthus
Chevrinais, M, Cloutier, R, Sire, J-Y
2015 Biology Letters (Date Added: 2015-03-30)

32- The Devonian placoderm fish Bothriolepis canadensis revisited with three-dimensional digital imagery
Béchard, I, Arsenault, F, Cloutier, R, Kerr, J
2014 Palaeontologia Electronica (Date Added: 2015-02-19)

31- Great Canadian Lagerstätten 4. The Devonian Miguasha biota (Québec): UNESCO World Heritage Site and a time capsule in the early history of vertebrates
Cloutier, R
2013 Geoscience Canada (Date Added: 2015-02-19)

30- Apatite for destruction: Isotopic and geochemical analyses of bioapatites and sediments from the Upper Devonian Escuminac Formation (Miguasha, Québec)
Matton, O, Cloutier, R, Stevenson, R
2012 Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Date Added: 2012-08-24)

29- The Miguasha Fossil-Fish-Lagerstätte: a consequence of the Devonian land–sea interactions
Cloutier, R, Proust, J-N, Tessier, B
2011 Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (Date Added: 2012-09-26)

28- Early ontogeny of the Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus head
Cloutier, R, Lambrey de Souza, J, Browman, HI, Skiftesvik, AB
2011 Journal of Fish Biology (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

27- Effect of water velocity on the timing of skeletogenesis in the arctic Charr, Salvelinus alpinus (Salmoniformes: Teleostei): An empirical case of developmental plasticity
Cloutier, R, Caron, A, Grünbaum, T, Le François, NR
2011 International Journal of Zoology (Date Added: 2012-05-10)

26- Developmental plasticity in fish exposed to a water velocity gradient: A complex response
Fischer-Rousseau, L, Chu, KP, Cloutier, R
2010 Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

25- Ontogeny, variation, and homology in Salvelinus alpinus caudal skeleton (Teleostei: Salmonidae)
Grünbaum, T, Cloutier, R
2010 Journal of Morphology (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

24- The fossil record of fish ontogenies: Insights into developmental patterns and processes
Cloutier, R
2010 Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

23- Morphological integration and developmental progress during fish ontogeny in two contrasting habitats
Fischer-Rousseau, L, Cloutier, R, Zelditch, ML
2009 Evolution and Development (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

22- Comparison of the channel darter (Percina copelandi) summer habitat in two rivers from eastern Canada
Boucher, J, Bérubé, P, Cloutier, R
2009 Journal of Freshwater Ecology (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

21- Positive effects of exposure to increased water velocity on growth of newly hatched Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus L.
Grünbaum, T, Cloutier, R, Le François, NR
2008 Aquaculture Research (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

20- A primitive megalichthyid fish (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Upper Devonian of Turkey and its biogeographical implications
Janvier, P, Clément, G, Cloutier, R
2007 Geodiversitas (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

19- Early developmental plasticity and integrative responses in arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus): effects of water velocity on body size and shape
Grünbaum, T, Cloutier, R, Mabee, PM, Le François, NR
2007 Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution (Date Added: 2012-06-20)

18- Environmental influence on activity levels and behavioural allocation in the polychaete Nereis virens (Sars)
Deschênes, J, Desrosiers, G, Ferron, J, Cloutier, R, Stora, G
2005 Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

17- Origin and early diversification of actinopterygians
Cloutier, R, Arratia, G
2004 Recent advances in the origin an early radiation of vertebrates: honoring Hans-Peter Schultze (Date Added: 2013-11-27)

16- Variations in food utilisation and carbon sequestration by the polychaete Nereis virens under experimental conditions
Deschênes, J, Desrosiers, G, Ferron, J, Cloutier, R, Stora, G
2003 Vie et Milieu (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

15- The oldest articulated chondrichthyan from the Early Devonian period
Miller, RF, Cloutier, R, Turner, S
2003 Nature (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

14- Vertebral development in the Devonian sarcopterygian fish Eusthenopteron foordi and the polarity of vertebral evolution in non-amniote tetrapods
Cote, S, Carroll, R, Cloutier, R, Bar-Sagi, L
2002 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

13- Early diagenesis of the Upper Devonian Escuminac Formation in the Gaspé Peninsula, Québec: Sedimentological and geochemical evidence
El Albani, A, Cloutier, R, Candilier, A-M
2002 Sedimentary Geology (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

12- Middle and Late Devonian vertebrates of the western Old Red Sandstone Continent
Elliott, DK, Johnson, HG, Cloutier, R, Carr, RK, Daeschler, EB
2000 (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

11- Biostratigraphical correlations of Early Devonian vertebrate assemblages of the Old Red Sandstone Continent
Blieck, A, Cloutier, R, Elliott, DK, Goujet, D, Loboziak, S, Reed, RC, Rodina, O, Steemans, P, Valiukevicius, JJ, V'yushkova, L, Yolkin, EA, Young, VT
2000 (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

10- Lower vertebrate palaeontology - Renewal and developments
Poplin, C, Blieck, A, Cloutier, R, Derycke, C, Goujet, D, Janvier, P, Lelièvre, H, Véran, M, Wenz, S
1997 Geobios (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

9- Biostratigraphy of the upper devonian escuminac formation, eastern Quebec, Canada: A comparative study based on miospores and fishes
Cloutier, R, Loboziak, S, Candilier, A-M, Blieck, A
1996 Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

8- Sarcopterygian interrelationships: How far are we from a phylogenetic consensus?
Cloutier, R, Ahlberg, PE
1995 Geobios (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

7- Palaeozoic vertebrates ofnorthern France and Belgium: Part III-Sarcopterygii (Devonian to Carboniferous)
Cloutier, R, Candilier, AM
1995 Geobios (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

6- Palaeozoic vertebrates ofnorthern France and Belgium: Part II. Chondrichthyes; Acanthodii; Actinopterygii (uppermost Silurian to Carboniferous)
Derycke, C, Cloutier, R, Candilier, A-M
1995 Geobios (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

5- Patterns, trends, and rates of evolution within the Actinistia
Cloutier, R
1991 Environmental Biology of Fishes (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

4- Diversity of extinct and living actinistian fishes (Sarcopterygii)
Cloutier, R, Forey, PL
1991 Environmental Biology of Fishes (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

3- Literature relating to fossil coelacanths
Forey, PL, Cloutier, R
1991 Environmental Biology of Fishes (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

2- Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging studies of Latimeria chalumnae
Schultze, H-P, Cloutier, R
1991 Environmental Biology of Fishes (Date Added: 2012-07-11)

1- Recent radiologic imaging techniques for morphological studies in Latimeria chalumnae
Cloutier, R, Schultze, H-P, Wiley, EO, Musick, JA, Daimler, JC, Brown, MA, Dwyer III, SJ, Cook, LT, Laws, RL
1988 Environmental Biology of Fishes (Date Added: 2012-07-11)