John E. McCosker, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
Aquatic Biology California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, United States 
Area:
Ichthyology
Website:
http://research.calacademy.org/aquatic/staff/jmccosker

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2020 Hibino Y, McCosker JE. Resurrection of Ophichthus zophistius (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with a revised diagnosis of O. altipennis. Zootaxa. 4801: zootaxa.4801.2.7. PMID 33056662 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4801.2.7  0.323
2020 McCOSKER JE, Bogorodsky SV, Mal AO, Alpermann TJ. Description of a new snake eel Ophichthus olivaceus (Teleostei: Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) from the Red Sea. Zootaxa. 4750: zootaxa.4750.1.2. PMID 32230051 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4750.1.2  0.582
2019 Hibino Y, Ho HC, McCosker JE. A new species of Muraenichthys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan, with redescription of Muraenichthys thompsoni Jordan amp; Richardson, 1908. Zootaxa. 4702: zootaxa.4702.1.9. PMID 32229903 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4702.1.9  0.537
2019 Hibino Y, McCosker JE, Tashiro F. Four new deepwater Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan with a redescription of Ophichthus pallens (Richardson 1848) Ichthyological Research. 66: 289-306. DOI: 10.1007/S10228-018-00677-3  0.58
2018 Mccosker JE, Psomadakis PN. Snake eels of the genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Myanmar (Indian Ocean) with the description of two new species. Zootaxa. 4526: 71-83. PMID 30486091 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4526.1.5  0.551
2018 Ho HC, Smith DG, Tighe KA, Hibino Y, Mccosker JE. Checklist of eels of Taiwan (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes): An update. Zootaxa. 4454: 5-17. PMID 30314231 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4454.1.3  0.592
2018 Sánchez-Jiménez A, Naranjo-Elizondo B, Rodríguez-Arrieta A, Quesada AJ, Blum S, McCosker JE, Robertson DR, Auster PJ, Cortés J. Updated catalogue of bony fishes observed in deep waters at Isla del Coco National Park and Las Gemelas Seamount, Costa Rica (Eastern Tropical Pacific) Revista De Biología Tropical. 66: 1. DOI: 10.15517/Rbt.V66I5.34943  0.504
2016 Hibino Y, Mccosker JE, Kimura S. A new species of Apterichtus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Marquesas Islands. Zootaxa. 4117: 146-50. PMID 27395165 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4117.1.10  0.61
2015 Ho HC, Smith DG, Mccosker JE, Hibino Y, Loh KH, Tighe KA, Shao KT. Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan. Zootaxa. 4060: 140-89. PMID 26701598 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4060.1.16  0.609
2015 Mccosker JE, Ho HC. New species of the snake eels Echelus and Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa. 4060: 71-85. PMID 26701593 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4060.1.11  0.573
2015 Ho HC, Mccosker JE, Smith DG. Renaming of three recently described eels of the genus Neenchelys (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the western Pacific. Zootaxa. 4060: 49-51. PMID 26701589 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4060.1.7  0.528
2015 Ho HC, Mccosker JE, Smith DG, Shao KT. Introduction to the systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan. Zootaxa. 4060: 5-18. PMID 26701585 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4060.1.3  0.638
2015 Mccosker JE, Hibino Y. A review of the finless snake eels of the genus Apterichtus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa. 3941: 49-78. PMID 25947493 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3941.1.2  0.551
2015 Ho HC, McCosker JE, Smith DG. Renaming of three recently described eels of the genus Neenchelys (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the western Pacific Zootaxa. 4060: 49-51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.7  0.408
2015 McCosker JE, Hibino Y. A review of the finless snake eels of the genus Apterichtus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of five new species Zootaxa. 3941: 49-78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.2  0.524
2014 Rocha LA, Aleixo A, Allen G, Almeda F, Baldwin CC, Barclay MV, Bates JM, Bauer AM, Benzoni F, Berns CM, Berumen ML, Blackburn DC, Blum S, Bolaños F, Bowie RC, ... ... McCosker J, et al. Specimen collection: an essential tool. Science (New York, N.Y.). 344: 814-5. PMID 24855245 DOI: 10.1126/Science.344.6186.814  0.393
2014 Bernardi G, Ramon ML, Alva-Campbell Y, McCosker JE, Bucciarelli G, Garske LE, Victor BC, Crane NL. Darwin's fishes: Phylogeography of Galápagos Islands reef fishes Bulletin of Marine Science. 90: 533-549. DOI: 10.5343/Bms.2013.1036  0.413
2013 Ho HC, Mccosker JE, Smith DG. Revision of the worm eel genus neenchelys (Ophichthidae: Myrophinae), with descriptions of three new species from the western pacific ocean Zoological Studies. 52. DOI: 10.1186/1810-522X-52-58  0.611
2013 Hibino Y, McCosker JE, Kimura S. Redescription of a rare worm eel, Muraenichthys macrostomus Bleeker 1864, a senior synonym of Skythrenchelys lentiginosa Castle and McCosker 1999 (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae, Myrophinae) Ichthyological Research. 60: 227-231. DOI: 10.1007/S10228-013-0337-Z  0.52
2012 McCOSKER JE, Long DJ, Baldwin CC. Description of a new species of deepwater catshark, Bythaelurus giddingsi sp. nov., from the Galápagos Islands (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) Zootaxa. 3221: 48-59. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3221.1.4  0.775
2012 Hibino Y, Kimura S, Hoshino K, Hatooka K, Mccosker JE. Validity of scolecenchelys aoki, with a redescription of scolecenchelys gymnota (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) Ichthyological Research. 59: 179-188. DOI: 10.1007/S10228-011-0269-4  0.501
2012 McCosker JE, Long DJ, Baldwin CC. Description of a new species of deepwater catshark, Bythaelurus giddingsi sp. Nov., from the Galápagos Islands (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) Zootaxa. 48-59.  0.744
2012 Mccosker JE, Loh KH, Lin J, Chen HM. Pylorobranchus hoi, a new genus and species of myrophine worm-eel from taiwan (anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) Zoological Studies. 51: 1188-1194.  0.577
2011 Long DJ, McCosker JE, Blum S, Klapfer A. Tropical eastern pacific records of the prickly shark, echinorhinus cookei (Chondrichthyes: Echinorhinidae) Pacific Science. 65: 433-440. DOI: 10.2984/65.4.433  0.67
2011 McCosker JE, Hatooka K, Ohnishi N, Endo H. Redescription and designation of a neotype for Aphthalmichthys kuro Kuroda 1947, and its placement in Callechelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) Ichthyological Research. 58: 272-277. DOI: 10.1007/S10228-011-0238-Y  0.444
2010 McCosker JE. Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species Zootaxa. 1-39. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.2505.1.1  0.324
2009 McCosker JE, Chen WL, Chen HM. Comments on the snake-eel genus Xyrias (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of a new species Zootaxa. 61-67. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.2289.1.6  0.654
2008 Glynn PW, Enochs IC, McCosker JE, Graefe AN. First record of a pearlfish, Carapus mourlani, inhabiting the aplysiid opisthobrach mollusc Dolabella auricularia Pacific Science. 62: 593-601. DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2008)62[593:Froapc]2.0.Co;2  0.384
2008 Edgar GJ, Langhammer PF, Allen G, Brooks TM, Brodie J, Crosse W, De Silva N, Fishpool LDC, Foster MN, Knox DH, Mccosker JE, Mcmanus R, Millar AJK, Mugo R. Key biodiversity areas as globally significant target sites for the conservation of marine biological diversity Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 18: 969-983. DOI: 10.1002/Aqc.902  0.388
2007 McCosker JE, Ross SW. A new deepwater species of the snake eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from North Carolina Copeia. 783-787. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[783:Andsot]2.0.Co;2  0.605
2007 McCosker JE, Boseto D, Jenkins A. Redescription of Yirrkala gjellerupi, a poorly known freshwater indo-pacific snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) Pacific Science. 61: 141-144. DOI: 10.1353/Psc.2007.0009  0.458
2007 McCOSKER JE, MILLER EE. The Steinhart Aquarium Fish Roundabout: a decade later International Zoo Yearbook. 26: 48-53. DOI: 10.1111/J.1748-1090.1987.Tb03133.X  0.41
2006 McCosker JE, Stewart AL. Additions to the New Zealand marine eel fauna with the description of a new moray, Anarchias supremus (Teleostei: Muraenidae), and comments on the identity of Gymnothorax griffini Whitley & Phillips Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 36: 83-95. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2006.9517802  0.518
2006 McCosker JE. A new deepwater species of worm-eel, Scolecenchelys castlei (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from New Zealand and Australia, with comments on S. breviceps and S. macroptera Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 36: 17-26. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2006.9517796  0.545
2005 McCosker JE, Randall JE. Notes on the snake eels of the genera Apterichtus and Ichthyapus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) of the Central and South Pacific, with the description of a new species Zootaxa. 1-11. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.800.1.1  0.628
2004 McCosker JE, Catania DB. SHOREFISHES OF THE TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC/PECES COSTEROS DEL PACÍFICO ORIENTAL TROPICAL Copeia. 2004: 193-195. DOI: 10.1643/Ot-03-265  0.324
2004 Robertson DR, Grove JS, McCosker JE. Tropical transpacific shore fishes Pacific Science. 58: 507-565. DOI: 10.1353/Psc.2004.0041  0.614
2003 TIGHE KA, McCOSKER JE. Two new species of the genus Chlopsis (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Chlopsidae) from the Southwestern Pacific Zootaxa. 236: 1. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.236.1.1  0.608
2002 McCosker JE, Randall JE. Ophichthys melanochir Bleeker, 1865, a junior synonym of the Highfin snake eel Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856) Copeia. 798-799. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0798:Ombajs]2.0.Co;2  0.347
2002 McCosker JE. Notes on Hawaiian snake eels (Pisces: Ophichthidae), with comments on ophichthus bonaparti Pacific Science. 56: 23-34. DOI: 10.1353/Psc.2002.0005  0.573
2001 Baldwin CC, McCosker JE. Wrasses of the Galápagos Islands, with the description of a new deepwater species of Halichoeres (Perciformes: Labridae). Revista De Biología Tropical. 49: 89-100. PMID 15260157  0.581
2001 Iwamoto T, McCosker JE. Notes on Galápagos grenadiers (Pisces, Gadiformes, Macrouridae), with the description of a new species of Coryphaenoides. Revista De Biología Tropical. 49: 21-7. PMID 15260150  0.543
2001 McCosker JE, Robertson DR. Aplatophis zorro, a new species of eastern Pacific snake-eel, with comments on New World ophichthid distributions (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Revista De Biología Tropical. 49: 13-9. PMID 15260149  0.552
2001 McCosker JE, Lavenberg RJ. Gordiichthys combibus, a new species of eastern Pacific sand-eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Revista De Biología Tropical. 49: 7-12. PMID 15260148  0.592
2001 Böhlke EB, McCosker JE. The moray eels of Australia and New Zealand, with the description of two new species (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) Records of the Australian Museum. 53: 71-102. DOI: 10.3853/J.0067-1975.53.2001.1325  0.417
2000 McCosker JE, Chen YY. A new species of deepwater snake-eel, Ophichthus aphotistos, with comments on Neenchelys retropinna (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan Ichthyological Research. 47: 353-357. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02674262  0.63
1999 Castle PHJ, McCosker JE. A new genus and two new species of myrophine worm-eels, with comments on Muraenichthys and Scolecenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) Records of the Australian Museum. 51: 113-122. DOI: 10.3853/J.0067-1975.51.1999.1300  0.539
1999 Long DJ, McCosker JE. A new species of deep-water skate, Rajella eisenhardti, (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) from the Galapagos Islands Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 112: 45-51.  0.482
1999 Richards WJ, McCosker JE. A new species of the genus Bellator (Pisces: Triglidae), with comments on the trigloids of the Galápagos Islands Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 111: 936-941.  0.586
1998 Long DJ, McCosker JE. A new species of the morid genus gadella (teleostei: gadiformes) from the galápagos islands Ichthyological Research. 45: 1-5. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02678568  0.763
1998 Long DJ, McCosker JE. A new species of the morid genus Gadella (Teleostei: Gadiformes) from the Galápagos Islands Ichthyological Research. 45: 1-5.  0.767
1998 McCosker JE. Snake-eels of the genus Xyrias (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) Cybium. 22: 7-13.  0.534
1998 Cohen DM, McCosker JE. A new species of bythitid fish, genus Lucifuga, from the Gaĺapagos Islands Bulletin of Marine Science. 63: 179-187.  0.603
1997 McCosker JE, Long DJ. A new species of the deepwater cardinalfishEpigonus (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Galápagos Islands Ichthyological Research. 44: 125-129. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02678691  0.768
1997 McCosker JE, Smith DG. Two new Indo-Pacific morays of the genus Uropterygius (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) Bulletin of Marine Science. 60: 1005-1014.  0.415
1997 Böhlke EB, Mccosker JE. Review of the moray eel genus Scuticaria and included species (Pisces: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae: Uropterygiinae) Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 148: 171-176.  0.466
1997 McCosker JE, Long DJ. A new species of the deepwater cardinalfish Epigonus (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Galápagos Islands Ichthyological Research. 44: 125-129.  0.766
1995 McCosker JE, Parin NV. A New Species of Deepwater Worm-eel, Muraenichthys profundorum (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from the Nazca Ridge Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 42: 231-235. DOI: 10.11369/Jji1950.42.231  0.644
1993 McCosker JE, Randall JE. Finless snake-eels of the genus Cirricaecula (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of C. macdowelli from Taiwan Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 40: 189-192. DOI: 10.11369/Jji1950.40.189  0.31
1992 Howland HC, Murphy CJ, McCosker JE. Detection of eyeshine by flashlight fishes of the family Anomalopidae. Vision Research. 32: 765-9. PMID 1413559 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(92)90191-K  0.325
1991 McCosker JE. A fish that gets away. Science (New York, N.Y.). 252: 1863-4. PMID 17753262 DOI: 10.1126/Science.252.5014.1863-A  0.405
1987 McCosker JE. The fishes of the Galapagos Islands Oceanus. 30: 28-32. DOI: 10.2307/1447822  0.472
1987 McCosker JE, Rosenblatt RH. Notes on the biology, taxonomy, and distribution of flashlight fishes (Beryciformes: Anomalopidae) Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 34: 157-164. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02912410  0.742
1984 McCosker JE, Hatooka K, Sasaki K, Moyer JT. Japanese moray eels of the genus Uropterygius. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 31: 261-267. DOI: 10.11369/Jji1950.31.261  0.559
1984 McCosker JE, Rosenblatt RH. The inshore fish fauna of the Galapagos Islands. Key Environments: Galapagos. 133-144.  0.702
1977 McCosker JE. Fright Posture of the Plesiopid Fish Calloplesiops altivelis: An Example of Batesian Mimicry. Science (New York, N.Y.). 197: 400-1. PMID 17797968 DOI: 10.1126/Science.197.4301.400  0.503
1976 Iwamoto T, McCosker JE, Barton O. Alepocephalid Fishes of the Genera Herwigia and Bathylaco, with the First Pacific Record of H.kreffti Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 23: 55-59. DOI: 10.11369/Jji1950.23.55  0.378
1973 Böhlke JE, McCosker JE, Bohlke JE. Two Additional West Atlantic Gobies (Genus Gobiosoma) That Remove Ectoparasites from Other Fishes Copeia. 1973: 609. DOI: 10.2307/1443136  0.524
1971 McCosker JE. A New Species of Parapercis (Pisces: Mugiloididae) from the Juan Fernández Islands Copeia. 1971: 682. DOI: 10.2307/1442637  0.651
1971 McCosker JE, Nigrelli RF. New Records of Lymphocystis Disease in Four Eastern Pacific Fish Species Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 28: 1809-1810. DOI: 10.1139/F71-269  0.371
1970 Mccosker JE, Rosenblatt RH. Eastern Pacific snake-eels of the genus Callechelys (Apodes : Ophichthidae) Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History.. 17: 15-24. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.19958  0.748
1970 Stephens JS, Johnson RK, Key GS, McCosker JE. The Comparative Ecology of Three Sympatric Species of California Blennies of the Genus Hypsoblennius gill (Teleostomi, Blenniidae) Ecological Monographs. 40: 213-233. DOI: 10.2307/1942296  0.545
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