Scientists
Education and Appointments
Education
Visiting scholar, California Academy of Sciences (2005).
Ph.D., Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ichthyology (1999).
M. S., Lanzhou University, Animal Ecology (1996).
B. S., North-west Normal University, Biology (1993).
Professional Experience
2015~, Professor, Principal Investigator, Doctoral Supervisor, Ichthyologist, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2005~2015, Associate Professor, Graduate Student Advisor, Ichthyologist, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2007~2008, Senior Management Assistant, Musselling in on Pollution Project implemented by Kunming Institute of Zoology and funded by The World Bank.
2004~2008, Monitoring Specialist, Lake Dianchi Freshwater Biodiversity Restoration Project implemented by Kunming Institute of Zoology and funded by GEF/The World Bank.
1999~2005, Assistant Professor, Ichthyologist, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Research Areas
Integration of biodiversity assessment, systematic biology, and conservation aquaculture, with a focus on freshwater fish and aquatic organisms in China's Eastern Himalayas and Southeast Asia. Research involves resource surveys to evaluate the status of economically, ecologically, and conservationally important species, assessment of anthropogenic impacts, and formulation of evidence-based conservation strategies. Integrative taxonomy, molecular systematics, and phylogeography are employed to discover cryptic species, elucidate the roles of major geological events and ecological factors in speciation, and reveal diversity patterns shaped by climate change. Building on successful captive breeding of rare and endangered fish in Yunnan, efforts also include introduction, artificial propagation, and stock enhancement of valuable, endemic, and threatened species from Southeast Asia, as well as selective breeding and development of new varieties for sustainable utilization.
Supported Projects
(1) Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Key Research and Development Program, 2024YFF130670102, Investigation of Fish Diversity in the Western Mountainous Valley Areas, from 2024-12 to 2027-11, 400,000 Yuan, In progress, Principal Investigator
(2) Kunming Institute of Botany, Provincial Key Research and Development Program, 202403AC100028, Assessment of Fish Diversity Investigation, from 2024-07 to 2027-06, 500,000 Yuan, In progress, Principal Investigator
(3) Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Core Team Project, 2015CASEABRIRG002, Aquatic Biodiversity, from 2024-07 to 2027-06, 1.8 million Yuan, In progress, Principal Investigator
Publications
[1] Chen Xiao Yong, Zeng Yu Yang (2025). Fishes of the Gaoligong Mountains. Yunnan Science and Technology Press.
[2] Xiao-yong Chen, Tao Qin, Feng Lin, Nay Htet Naing, Thinn Su Tin, Khin Yadanar Htay, Shu-sen Shu. 2024. An illustrated guide to the Fishes of Indawgyi Lake in Myanmar. Science Press, EDP Sciences.
[3] Wang Zhi Bang, Thaung Naing Oo, Zheng Lan Ping; Chen Xiao--Yong. (2024) Phylogeny, Diversification, and Biogeography of Garra (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) Reveals Multiple Cross-Drainage Dispersals in Southeast Asia. Ecology and Evolution 14(11). DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70448.
[4] Min Rui, Zhao Ya Hui, Kang Bin, Chen Xiao Yong, Yang Jun Xing. (2023) Vicariance and monsoon as drivers of diversification of nemacheilid loaches (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) around the Hengduan Mountains of China. Zoological Research 44(5): 936-938. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2023.020.
[5] Wu Ling, Qin Tao, Hoang Huy Duc, Oo Thaung Naing, Wang Xiao Ai, Chen Xiao Yong. (2024) Molecular Systematics and Divergence of Tor and Neolissochilus Fishes (Cypriniforms: Cyprinidae) from Southeast Asia and South China. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. DOI:10.1155/2024/5662867.
[6] Zhang Le Jia, Liu Cai Xin, Qin Tao; Thaung Naing Oo, Ounekham Khamsene, Lorphengsy Sengvilay, Chen Xiao Yong. (2026) Time-Calibrated Phylogeny of River Snails (Gastropoda: Viviparidae) Reveals a New Viviparid Genus With a "Lazarus Species". Zoologica Scripta.,55(1): 52-61. DOI:10.1111/zsc.70027
Collaborations and Networks
工作人员：
舒树森 助理研究员
秦涛 研究实习员
研究生：
林峰、徐路路、吕海丹、李彦知、罗召君、陈孟芳、Thinn Su Tin、Eimon Kyaw、Khin Yadanar Htay
Member
Shu Shusen, Assistant Researcher;
Qin Tao, Assistant Researcher;
Liu Shuwei, Assistant Researcher;
Zhang Lejia, Postdoctoral;
Song Xinyuan, Laboratory Technician;
Wu Ling, Assistant Laboratory Technician;
Lyu Jianbing, Assistant Laboratory Technician;
Shi Min, Assistant Laboratory Technician.
