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Research interests

• Fisheries biology
• Mugilids
• Morphometrics
• Freshwater fish restocking

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Dr. Ana Laura Ibáñez Aguirre holds a Ph.D., a Master’s degree, and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM). She completed a postdoctoral research appointment at the Hull International Fisheries Institute at the University of Hull (United Kingdom). With over 35 years of academic and research experience at UAM Iztapalapa, she previously served as Coordinator of the Master’s Program in Biology. She holds the rank of National Researcher Level II in the Sistema Nacional de Investigadoras e Investigadores (SNII).

She serves as a Full-Time Professor (Level C) in the Department of Hydrobiology within the Division of Biological and Health Sciences at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa.

Her research focuses on fish biology, ecology, and population genetics (specifically the Mugilidae family), morphometric scale-shape analysis for stock recognition, aquaculture-based fisheries, and inland water restocking. Her scientific output includes 95 peer-reviewed articles published in JCR-indexed journals, two research books, three textbooks, and several book chapters. She has supervised 39 undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral theses, alongside extensive service on national research evaluation committees.

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Research interests

• Fisheries biology
• Mugilids
• Morphometrics
• Freshwater fish restocking

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Some examples of publications

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Open Access	References	UN SDGs
OA	Al Fatle, F.A., Ibaňez, A.L., Jawad, L.A. (2026).Intraspecific Meristic Variation in Gambusia holbrooki from the Middle East and its Implications for Stock Structure and Taxonomic Status. Baghdad Science Journal,23(2) 615-628
OA	Guerra, E., Enríquez-García, A.B., Cruz-Escalona, V.H. and 4 more (...) (2026).Does any fish scale of a fish have the same number of marks? A case study for two Mugilidae species. Journal of Fish Biology,108(4) 1276-1283
OA	Cervantes-Hernández, P., Ibañez, A.L., Torres-Huerta, A.M. (2025).Combined use of artificial intelligence and biological oscillatory growth model to explain the relationship: shell length vs. dye production in purple snail. Hidrobiologica,35(2) 109-116	14
OA	Fatle, F.A.A., Jawad, L.A., Ibáñez, A.L. (2025).Analysis of morphometric and meristic characteristics of three cichlid species in central Iraq: farmed and wild. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies,54(4) 364-379	14
OA	Ibáñez, A.L., Castellanos-Juárez, M., Mendoza-Carranza, M. and 2 more (...) (2025).Reproduction of white mullet, Mugil curema (Actinopterygii: Mugilidae), in coastal systems in Southern Gulf of Mexico. Hidrobiologica,35(2) 155-165
	Jawad, L.A., Elsalini, O.A., Ibáñez, A.L. (2025).Relationship between otolith morphometry and fish total length of Chelon auratus from two localities (Mediterranean Sea and Ain Ziana Lake) in Libyan waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology,52(4) 399-409	14
OA	Ibáñez, A.L., Cruz-Escalona, V.H., Pacheco-Almanzar, E. (2024).Extensionof thedistributionrangeof Mugilthoburni (Pisces: Mugilidae) tothewest coast of theGulf of California, Mexico.. Hidrobiologica,34(2) 133-136
OA	Cruz, P.M., Ibáñez, A.L., Monroy, O.H. and 3 more (...) (2024).Efectodelaadministracióndesimbióticosenel crecimientoyenlavariacióndelamicrobiotaintestinal depacú(Piaractus mesopotamicus) ensistemasacuícolasderecirculación. Hidrobiologica,34(1) 13-25	14
	Colín, A., Castañeda-Rico, S., Guevara-Chumacero, L.M. and 2 more (...) (2024).Evidence of philopatry in white mullet Mugil curema (Pisces: Mugilidae). Fisheries Research,280	14
	Castellanos-Juárez, M., Mendoza-Carranza, M., Pacheco-Almanzar, E. and 2 more (...) (2024).The regularity of the striped mullet Mugil cephalus spawning in accordance with Gulf of Mexico tides. Environmental Biology of Fishes,107(4) 491-501	14
	Ibáñez, A.L., Jawad, L.A., David, B. and 2 more (...) (2023).The morphometry of fish scales collected from New Zealand and Turkey. New Zealand Journal of Zoology,50(2) 318-328
	Abed, J.M., Jawad, L.A., Tahir, M.A. and 1 more (...) (2022).Population structure of the sillaginid fishes collected from Fao marine environment, marine, estuary of Shatt al-Arab River and the lower reaches of Shatt al-arab river, Basrah, Iraq. Thalassas,38(2) 1091-1097
OA	Jawad, L.A., Abed, J.M., Ibáñez, A.L. and 1 more (...) (2022).Morphometric and meristic characters of cultured and wild carp, Cyprinus carpio L., populations (southern Iraq). Fisheries and Aquatic Life,30(2) 95-103	14
	Ávila-Herrera, C.L., Guevara-Chumacero, L.M., Velázquez- Aragón, J.A. and 1 more (...) (2022).Evidence of flow and low genetic structure between populations of the Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican Pacific of white mullet, Mugil curema (Pisces) inferred from single nucleotide polymorphisms. Fisheries Research,256
	Ibañez, A., Rangely, J., Ávila-Herrera, L. and 7 more (...) (2022).Unraveling the Mugil curema complex of American coasts integrating genetic variations and otolith shapes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science,273	14
OA	Jiménez-Reyes, S., Pacheco-Almánzar, E., Ibáñez, A.L. (2021).The utility of urohial shape in the discrimination of Pisces: Mugilidae species and local populations. Hidrobiologica,30(3) 259-267
OA	López-Valdez, M.L., Espinosa-Pérez, H.S., Ibáñez, A.L. (2021).Diferenciación morfométrica de los géneros Poblana, Chirostoma y Menidia (Osteichthyes: Atherinopsidae). Hidrobiologica,31(2) 153-162
	Jawad, L.A., Abed, J.M., Ibáňez, A.L. (2021).Stock differentiation of the greater lizardfish Saurida tumbil (Teleostei: Synodontidae) collected along the western coast of the Arabian Gulf and Sea of Oman using meristic characters. Journal of Fish Biology,99(2) 495-501
	Ávila-Herrera, C.L., Pacheco-Almanzar, E., Guevara-Chumacero, L.M. and 4 more (...) (2021).Past and recent connectivity of white mullet between the Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican Pacific inferred through sequences of the gene cytochrome c oxidase I and microsatellites. Marine Biology,168(6)
	Avigliano, E., Ibañez, A., Fabré, N. and 4 more (...) (2021).Unravelling the complex habitat use of the white mullet, Mugil curema, in several coastal environments from Neotropical Pacific and Atlantic waters. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems,31(4) 789-801	14
	Colín, A., Hernández-Pérez, Z., Guevara-Chumacero, L.M. and 3 more (...) (2020).Are striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) philopatric?. Marine Biology,167(1)
OA	Jiménez-Reyes, S., Pacheco-Almánzar, E., Ibáñez, A.L. (2020).The utility of urohial shape in the discrimination of Pisces: Mugilidae species and local populations. Hidrobiologica,30(3) 259-267
OA	Ibáñez, A.L., Guerra, E., Pacheco-Almanzar, E. (2020).Fish Species Identification Using the Rhombic Squamation Pattern. Frontiers in Marine Science,7
OA	Pacheco-Almanzar, E., Loza-Estrada, N., Ibáñez, A.L. (2020).Do the Fish Scales Shape of Mugil curema Reflect the Genetic Structure Using Microsatellites Markers and the Mexican Marine Ecoregions Classification?. Frontiers in Marine Science,7	14
OA	Jawad, L.A., Ibáńez, A.L., Kiki, M. and 1 more (...) (2020).Determination of body shape and meristic characters variations in wild and cultured populations of cichlid fish, Oreochromis niloticus, from the Republic of Benin, West of Africa. Fisheries and Aquatic Life,28(3) 186-194	14
OA	Avigliano, E., Ibañez, A., Fabré, N. and 4 more (...) (2020).White mullet Mugil curema population structure from Mexico and Brazil revealed by otolith chemistry. Journal of Fish Biology,97(4) 1187-1200

Courses taught by the professor in recent trimesters

*Courses are conducted in spanish

Num.	Trim.	Course Name	Level
1	26P	Proyecto de Investigación I	Posgrado
2	26I	Seminario II	Posgrado
3	25O	Seminario I	Posgrado
4	25P	Proyecto de Investigación I	Licenciatura
5	25I	Proyecto de Investigación III	Licenciatura
6	25I	Ecología de Poblaciones	Licenciatura
7	24O	Ecología de Poblaciones	Licenciatura
8	24O	Proyecto de Investigación III	Licenciatura
9	24O	Biología Pesquera	Licenciatura
10	24P	Crecimiento Relativo y Análisis Morfométrico	Licenciatura
11	24P	Proyecto de Investigación III	Licenciatura
12	24I	Proyecto de Investigación II	Licenciatura
13	24I	Teoría Ecológica y Evolutiva II	Posgrado
14	24I	Proyecto de Investigación II	Licenciatura
15	24I	Ecología de Poblaciones	Licenciatura
16	24I	Proyecto de Investigación III	Licenciatura
17	23O	Proyecto de Investigación I	Licenciatura
18	23O	Proyecto de Investigación II	Licenciatura
19	23O	Proyecto de Investigación II	Licenciatura
20	23O	Ecología de Poblaciones	Licenciatura
21	23P	Crecimiento Relativo y Análisis Morfométrico	Licenciatura
22	23P	Proyecto de Investigación I	Licenciatura
23	23P	Proyecto de Investigación I	Licenciatura
24	23I	Ecología de Poblaciones	Licenciatura
25	23I	Proyecto de Investigación I	Licenciatura
26	22O	Ecología de Poblaciones	Licenciatura
27	22O	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis III	Posgrado
28	22P	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis II	Posgrado
29	22I	Ecología de Poblaciones	Licenciatura
30	22I	Proyecto de Investigación III	Licenciatura
31	22I	Proyecto de Investigación IV	Posgrado
32	22I	Temas Selectos III	Posgrado
33	22I	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis I	Posgrado

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