 Contact Information
Department of Natural Sciences
Hale ‘Imiloa, Room 119
Windward Community College
45-720 Kea‘ahala Rd.
Kaneohe, HI 96744
Phone: (808) 236-9119
Fax: (808) 247-5362
Email: langston@hawaii.edu
Courses Taught
Education
- College of Charleston Marine Biology B.S., 1997
- University of Hawaii Zoology Ph.D., 2004
Research Interests
- Life history and ecology of coral reef fishes
Some Publications
- Langston, R.C., K. Peyton, H. Spalding, A. Fukunaga, and D. PENCE. 2006. Preliminary information on the fish fauna associated with deep-water seagrass and macroalgal meadows in Hawaii. Research Poster. Annual Meetings of American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, New Orleans, LA.
- Longenecker, K. and R.C. Langston. 2006 Life History Characteristics of a Small Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus rubrimacula (Percoidei: Apogonidae), from Koro, Fiji. Pacific Science.
- Longenecker, K. and R.C. Langston. 2005 Life history of the Hawaiian Blackhead Triplefin, Enneapterygius atriceps (Blennioidei, Tripterygiidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 73: 243–251. Randall, J.E., R.C. Langston, and M. Severns. 2006. First record of the labrid fish Cymolutes praetextatus from the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science. 60(4):549-553.
- Langston, R.C. 2004. Gonad morphology and sex change in sandburrowers (Teleostei: Creediidae). Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Hawaii at Manoa. 138 pp.
- Greenfield, D.W., R.C. Langston, and J.E. Randall. 2005. Two new cardinalfishes of the Indo-Pacific genus Zoramia (Apogonidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences. 56(33):625-637.
Professional Activities
Favorite Food
- ribs & grits
- sausage and green olives pizza
 Favorite Movies
- The Big Lebowski
- Lonesome Dove
- Snakes on a Plane
Favorite Books
- Kitchen Confidential
- A Long Way Down
- The Memory of Running
Most Interesting Job
Worked as a kiddie train driver at the Louisville Zoo |
