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John Stephen Sparks - Publications

Affiliations: 
2002- American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, United States 
Area:
systematics, evolution, and biogeography of freshwater and both nearshore and deep-sea marine fishes
Website:
https://www.amnh.org/our-research/staff-directory/john-s.-sparks

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Year Citation  Score
2021 Sparks JS, Smith WL. Phylogeny and biogeography of cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae). Cladistics : the International Journal of the Willi Hennig Society. 20: 501-517. PMID 34892958 DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2004.00038.x  0.548
2019 Sparks JS, Chakrabarty P. Description of a New Species of Ponyfish (Teleostei: Leiognathidae: Equulitini: Photolateralis) from the Gulf of Oman American Museum Novitates. 2019: 1. DOI: 10.1206/3929.1  0.651
2019 Martinez CM, Kao BH, Sparks JS, Wainwright PC. Pectoral Dimorphism Is a Pervasive Feature of Skate Diversity and Offers Insight into their Evolution Integrative Organismal Biology. 1. DOI: 10.1093/IOB/OBZ012  0.772
2018 Kuang T, Tornabene L, Li J, Jiang J, Chakrabarty P, Sparks JS, Naylor GJP, Li C. Phylogenomic analysis on the exceptionally diverse fish clade Gobioidei (Actinopterygii: Gobiiformes) and data-filtering based on molecular clocklikeness. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PMID 30036699 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2018.07.018  0.618
2018 Gruber DF, Phillips BT, Marsh L, Sparks JS. In situ Observations of the Meso-Bathypelagic Scyphozoan,Deepstaria enigmatica(Semaeostomeae: Ulmaridae) American Museum Novitates. 3900: 1-14. DOI: 10.1206/3900.1  0.359
2017 Martinez CM, Sparks JS. Malagasy cichlids differentially limit impacts of body shape evolution on oral jaw functional morphology. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. PMID 28640393 DOI: 10.1111/Evo.13298  0.644
2016 Davis MP, Sparks JS, Smith WL. Repeated and Widespread Evolution of Bioluminescence in Marine Fishes. Plos One. 11: e0155154. PMID 27276229 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0155154  0.722
2016 Gruber DF, Loew ER, Deheyn DD, Akkaynak D, Gaffney JP, Smith WL, Davis MP, Stern JH, Pieribone VA, Sparks JS. Biofluorescence in Catsharks (Scyliorhinidae): Fundamental Description and Relevance for Elasmobranch Visual Ecology. Scientific Reports. 6: 24751. PMID 27109385 DOI: 10.1038/Srep24751  0.653
2015 Martinez CM, Arroyave J, Sparks JS. A new species of Ptychochromis from southeastern Madagascar (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Zootaxa. 4044: 79-92. PMID 26624703 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4044.1.4  0.785
2015 Gruber DF, Gaffney JP, Mehr S, DeSalle R, Sparks JS, Platisa J, Pieribone VA. Adaptive Evolution of Eel Fluorescent Proteins from Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Produces Bright Fluorescence in the Marine Environment. Plos One. 10: e0140972. PMID 26561348 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0140972  0.318
2015 Chakrabarty P, Sparks JS. Formalizing the names of subfamilies and tribes of ponyfishes (Leiognathidae Gill 1893). Zootaxa. 3964: 298-9. PMID 26249439 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3964.2.10  0.556
2015 Sparks JS, Chakrabarty P. Description of a new genus of ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), with a review of the current generic-level composition of the family. Zootaxa. 3947: 181-90. PMID 25947728 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3947.2.2  0.659
2015 Gruber DF, Sparks JS. First Observation of Fluorescence in Marine Turtles American Museum Novitates. 2015. DOI: 10.1206/3845.1  0.373
2014 de Carvalho MR, Ebach MC, Williams DM, Nihei SS, Trefaut Rodrigues M, Grant T, Silveira LF, Zaher H, Gill AC, Schelly RC, Sparks JS, Bockmann FA, Séret B, Ho HC, Grande L, et al. Does counting species count as taxonomy? On misrepresenting systematics, yet again. Cladistics : the International Journal of the Willi Hennig Society. 30: 322-329. PMID 34788970 DOI: 10.1111/cla.12045  0.484
2014 Davis MP, Holcroft NI, Wiley EO, Sparks JS, Leo Smith W. Species-specific bioluminescence facilitates speciation in the deep sea. Marine Biology. 161: 1139-1148. PMID 24771948 DOI: 10.1007/S00227-014-2406-X  0.661
2014 Sparks JS, Schelly RC, Smith WL, Davis MP, Tchernov D, Pieribone VA, Gruber DF. The covert world of fish biofluorescence: a phylogenetically widespread and phenotypically variable phenomenon. Plos One. 9: e83259. PMID 24421880 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0083259  0.699
2014 De Carvalho MR, Ebach MC, Williams DM, Nihei SS, Trefaut Rodrigues M, Grant T, Silveira LF, Zaher H, Gill AC, Schelly RC, Sparks JS, Bockmann FA, Séret B, Ho HC, Grande L, et al. Does counting species count as taxonomy? On misrepresenting systematics, yet again Cladistics. 30: 322-329. DOI: 10.1111/Cla.12045  0.565
2013 McMahan CD, Chakrabarty P, Sparks JS, Smith WM, Davis MP. Temporal patterns of diversification across global cichlid biodiversity (Acanthomorpha: Cichlidae). Plos One. 8: e71162. PMID 23990936 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0071162  0.768
2012 Chakrabarty P, Davis MP, Sparks JS. The first record of a trans-oceanic sister-group relationship between obligate vertebrate troglobites. Plos One. 7: e44083. PMID 22937155 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0044083  0.735
2012 Wainwright PC, Smith WL, Price SA, Tang KL, Sparks JS, Ferry LA, Kuhn KL, Eytan RI, Near TJ. The evolution of pharyngognathy: a phylogenetic and functional appraisal of the pharyngeal jaw key innovation in labroid fishes and beyond. Systematic Biology. 61: 1001-27. PMID 22744773 DOI: 10.1093/Sysbio/Sys060  0.768
2012 Sparks JS, Gruber DF. A new mesophotic clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Bahamas Copeia. 251-256. DOI: 10.1643/Ci-11-124  0.572
2012 Sparks JS, Chakrabarty P. Revision of the endemic malagasy cavefish genus typhleotris (teleostei: Gobiiformes: milyeringidae), with discussion of its phylogenetic placement and description of a new species American Museum Novitates. 1-28. DOI: 10.1206/3764.2  0.717
2012 SPARKS JS, Loiselle PV, BALDWIN ZH. Rediscovery and phylogenetic placement of the endemic Malagasy cichlid Ptychochromoides itasy (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Ptychochrominae) Zootaxa. 3352: 17. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3352.1.2  0.492
2012 SPARKS JS, BALDWIN ZH. A new species of Parapercis (Teleostei: Pinguipedidae) from Madagascar. Zootaxa, 3024, 31–39. (Erratum) Zootaxa. 3208: 68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3208.1.5  0.469
2012 SPARKS JS, BALDWIN ZH. A new species of Parapercis (Teleostei: Pinguipedidae) from Madagascar Zootaxa. 3204: 31. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3204.1.3  0.554
2011 Chakrabarty P, Davis MP, Smith WL, Baldwin ZH, Sparks JS. Is sexual selection driving diversification of the bioluminescent ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae)? Molecular Ecology. 20: 2818-34. PMID 21623980 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2011.05112.X  0.721
2011 Chakrabarty P, Davis MP, Smith WL, Berquist R, Gledhill KM, Frank LR, Sparks JS. Evolution of the light organ system in ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae). Journal of Morphology. 272: 704-21. PMID 21433053 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.10941  0.75
2011 BALDWIN ZH, SPARKS JS. A new species of Secutor (Teleostei: Leiognathidae) from the Western Indian Ocean Zootaxa. 2998: 39. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.2998.1.3  0.502
2011 SPARKS JS, SCHELLY RC. A new species of Paretroplus (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Etroplinae) from northeastern Madagascar, with a phylogeny and revised diagnosis for the P. damii clade Zootaxa. 2768: 55. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.2768.1.4  0.588
2010 Ho HC, Chakrabarty P, Sparks JS. Review of the Halieutichthys aculeatus species complex (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae), with descriptions of two new species Journal of Fish Biology. 77: 841-869. PMID 20840615 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02716.x  0.676
2010 Jones CC, Smith WL, Sparks JS. A new species of rainbowfish (Teleostei: Melanotaenioidei: Bedotiidae) from the Makira Region of Northeastern Madagascar Copeia. 284-291. DOI: 10.1643/Ci-09-187  0.647
2010 Chakrabarty P, Chu J, Nahar L, Sparks JS. Geometric morphometrics uncovers a new species of ponyfish (Teleostei: Leiognathidae: Equulites), with comments on the taxonomic status of Equula berbis Valenciennes Zootaxa. 15-24. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.2427.1.2  0.671
2010 SPARKS JS, STIASSNY ML. A new species of Ptychochromis from northeastern Madagascar (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with an updated phylogeny and revised diagnosis for the genus Zootaxa. 2341: 33. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.2341.1.1  0.781
2010 Irwin MT, Wright PC, Birkinshaw C, Fisher BL, Gardner CJ, Glos J, Goodman SM, Loiselle P, Rabeson P, Raharison JL, Raherilalao MJ, Rakotondravony D, Raselimanana A, Ratsimbazafy J, Sparks JS, et al. Patterns of species change in anthropogenically disturbed forests of Madagascar Biological Conservation. 143: 2351-2362. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2010.01.023  0.522
2010 Chakrabarty P, Sparks JS, Ho HC. Taxonomic review of the ponyfishes (Perciformes: Leiognathidae) of Taiwan Marine Biodiversity. 40: 107-121. DOI: 10.1007/S12526-010-0037-0  0.697
2009 Chakrabarty P, Amarasinghe T, Sparks JS. Rediscription of Ponyfishes ( Teleostei: Leiognathidae) of Sri Lanka and the Status of Aurigequula Fowler 1918 Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences). 37: 143. DOI: 10.4038/Cjsbs.V37I2.502  0.701
2008 Heok HN, Sparks JS, Loiselle PV. A new species of catfish of the genus Gogo from northeastern Madagascar (Siluriformes: Anchariidae) Copeia. 395-400. DOI: 10.1643/Ci-07-121  0.516
2008 Chakrabarty P, Sparks JS. Diagnoses for Leiognathus Lacepède 1802, Equula Cuvier 1815, Equulites Fowler 1904, Eubleekeria Fowler 1904, and a New Ponyfish Genus (Teleostei: Leiognathidae) American Museum Novitates. 1-11. DOI: 10.1206/618.1  0.649
2008 Sparks JS. Phylogeny of the Cichlid Subfamily Etroplinae and Taxonomic Revision of the Malagasy Cichlid Genus Paretroplus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 314: 1. DOI: 10.1206/314.1  0.613
2008 Leo Smith W, Chakrabarty P, Sparks JS. Phylogeny, taxonomy, and evolution of Neotropical cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Cichlinae) Cladistics. 24: 625-641. DOI: 10.1111/J.1096-0031.2008.00210.X  0.651
2007 Smith WL, Sparks JS. Gobius lagocephalus: the world's most widespread nomen dubium. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 43: 696-8. PMID 17127081 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2006.09.007  0.426
2007 Sparks JS. Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa Phil, Elaine. Heemstra . 2004. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity and National Inquiry Service Centre. Grahamstown, South Africa. ISBN: 1-920033-01-7. 488 $40.00 (paperback). Copeia. 2007: 237-238. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[237:Cfosa]2.0.Co;2  0.307
2007 Sparks JS, Chakrabarty P. A new species of ponyfish (Teleostei: Leiognathidae: Photoplagios) from the Philippines Copeia. 622-629. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)2007[622:Ansopt]2.0.Co;2  0.727
2007 Chakrabarty P, Sparks JS. Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Nuchequula Whitley 1932 (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), with the description of a new species American Museum Novitates. 1-25. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3588[1:Patron]2.0.Co;2  0.719
2007 CHAKRABARTY P, SPARKS JS. Phylogeny and Taxonomic Revision of Nuchequula Whitley 1932 (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), with The Description of a New Species American Museum Novitates. 3588: 1. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3588[1:PATRON]2.0.CO;2  0.516
2007 Chakrabarty P, Sparks JS. Relationships of the New World cichlid genus Hypsophrys Agassiz 1859 (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with diagnoses for the genus and its species Zootaxa. 59-64. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.1523.1.3  0.725
2006 Sparks JS, Smith WL. Sicyopterus lagocephalus: widespread species, species complex, or neither? A critique on the use of molecular data for species identification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40: 900-2. PMID 16806991 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2006.05.016  0.669
2006 Sparks JS. Leiognathus Longispinis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835), a Senior Synonym of Leiognathus Smithursti (Ramsay and Ogilby, 1886) (Teleostei: Leiognathidae) Copeia. 2006: 539-543. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)2006[539:Llvica]2.0.Co;2  0.483
2006 STIASSNY ML, SPARKS JS. Phylogeny and Taxonomic Revision of the Endemic Malagasy Genus Ptychochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with the Description of Five New Species and a Diagnosis for Katria, New Genus American Museum Novitates. 3535: 1. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3535[1:Patrot]2.0.Co;2  0.782
2006 SPARKS JS. A New Species of Ponyfish (Teleostei: Leiognathidae: Photoplagios) from Madagascar, with a Phylogeny for Photoplagios and Comments on the Status of Equula lineolata Valenciennes American Museum Novitates. 3526: 1. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3526[1:Ansopt]2.0.Co;2  0.629
2005 Sparks JS, Dunlap PV, Smith WL. Evolution and diversification of a sexually dimorphic luminescent system in ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), including diagnoses for two new genera. Cladistics : the International Journal of the Willi Hennig Society. 21: 305-327. PMID 34892969 DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2005.00067.x  0.627
2005 Sparks JS, Smith WL. Freshwater fishes, dispersal ability, and nonevidence: "Gondwana life rafts" to the rescue Systematic Biology. 54: 158-165. PMID 15823966 DOI: 10.1080/10635150590906019  0.485
2005 SPARKS JS, RUSH LM. A new rainbowfish (Teleostei: Melanotaenioidei: Bedotiidae) from the southeastern highlands of Madagascar, with comments on the biogeography of Bedotia Zootaxa. 1051: 39. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.1051.1.4  0.527
2005 Sparks JS, Dunlap PV, Smith WL. Evolution and diversification of a sexually dimorphic luminescent system in ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), including diagnoses for two new genera Cladistics. 21: 305-327. DOI: 10.1111/J.1096-0031.2005.00067.X  0.667
2004 Sparks JS, Smith WL. Phylogeny and biogeography of the Malagasy and Australasian rainbowfishes (Teleostei: Melanotaenioidei): Gondwanan vicariance and evolution in freshwater. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33: 719-34. PMID 15522799 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2004.07.002  0.675
2004 Sparks JS. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the Malagasy and South Asian cichlids (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 30: 599-614. PMID 15012941 DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00225-2  0.473
2004 SPARKS JS, DUNLAP PV. A Clade of Non-Sexually Dimorphic Ponyfishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Leiognathidae): Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Description of a New Species American Museum Novitates. 3459: 1. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2004)459<0001:Acondp>2.0.Co;2  0.541
2004 SPARKS JS, NELSON DW. Review of the Malagasy Sicydiine Gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae), with Description of a New Species and Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Gobius lagocephalus Pallas, 1770 American Museum Novitates. 3440: 1. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2004)440<0001:Rotmsg>2.0.Co;2  0.598
2004 SPARKS JS. A new and presumably extinct species of Ptychochromoides (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from central Madagascar Zootaxa. 524: 1. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.524.1.1  0.621
2004 Sparks JS, Smith WL. Phylogeny and biogeography of cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) Cladistics. 20: 501-517. DOI: 10.1111/J.1096-0031.2004.00038.X  0.465
2003 BENSTEAD JP, DE RHAM PH, GATTOLLIAT J, GIBON F, LOISELLE PV, SARTORI M, SPARKS JS, STIASSNY MLJ. Conserving Madagascar's Freshwater Biodiversity Bioscience. 53: 1101. DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[1101:Cmfb]2.0.Co;2  0.548
2001 Sparks JS. Bedotia masoala: A New Species of Atherinoid Rainbowfish (Teleostei: Bedotiidae) from the Masoala Peninsula, Northeastern Madagascar Copeia. 2001: 482-489. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0482:BMANSO]2.0.CO;2  0.504
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