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List of works by John S. Sparks

A putative chordate luciferase from a cosmopolitan tunicate indicates convergent bioluminescence evolution across phyla

scientific article published on 20 October 2020

Adaptive Evolution of Eel Fluorescent Proteins from Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Produces Bright Fluorescence in the Marine Environment

scientific article

Biofluorescence in Catsharks (Scyliorhinidae): Fundamental Description and Relevance for Elasmobranch Visual Ecology

scientific article

Bioluminescent flashes drive nighttime schooling behavior and synchronized swimming dynamics in flashlight fish

scientific article published on 14 August 2019

Description of a New Species of Ponyfish (Teleostei: Leiognathidae: Equulitini: Photolateralis) from the Gulf of Oman

scientific article published in 2019

Description of a new genus of ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), with a review of the current generic-level composition of the family

scientific article (publication date: 15 April 2015)

Diagnoses for Leiognathus Lacepède 1802, Equula Cuvier 1815, Equulites Fowler 1904, Eubleekeria Fowler 1904, and a New Ponyfish Genus (Teleostei: Leiognathidae)

scientific article published in 2008

Evolution of the light organ system in ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae)

scientific article published on March 23, 2011

First Observation of Fluorescence in Marine Turtles

scientific article

Formalizing the names of subfamilies and tribes of ponyfishes (Leiognathidae Gill 1893)

scientific article (publication date: 2 June 2015)

Gobius lagocephalus: the world's most widespread nomen dubium

scientific article published on 27 September 2006

In situ Observations of the Meso-Bathypelagic Scyphozoan,Deepstaria enigmatica(Semaeostomeae: Ulmaridae)

scientific article published in 2018

Is sexual selection driving diversification of the bioluminescent ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae)?

scientific article published on May 30, 2011

Phylogenomic analysis on the exceptionally diverse fish clade Gobioidei (Actinopterygii: Gobiiformes) and data-filtering based on molecular clocklikeness

scientific article published on 20 July 2018

Phylogeny and biogeography of the Malagasy and Australasian rainbowfishes (Teleostei: Melanotaenioidei): Gondwanan vicariance and evolution in freshwater

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Phylogeny, taxonomy, and evolution of Neotropical cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Cichlinae)

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Repeated and Widespread Evolution of Bioluminescence in Marine Fishes

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Revision of the Endemic Malagasy Cavefish GenusTyphleotris(Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Milyeringidae), with Discussion of its Phylogenetic Placement and Description of a New Species

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Species-specific bioluminescence facilitates speciation in the deep sea

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Temporal patterns of diversification across global cichlid biodiversity (Acanthomorpha: Cichlidae)

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

The First Record of a Trans-Oceanic Sister-Group Relationship between Obligate Vertebrate Troglobites

scientific article published on August 28, 2012

The covert world of fish biofluorescence: a phylogenetically widespread and phenotypically variable phenomenon

scientific article published in 2014

The evolution of pharyngognathy: a phylogenetic and functional appraisal of the pharyngeal jaw key innovation in labroid fishes and beyond

scientific article published on 27 June 2012

Transcriptome sequencing and annotation of the polychaete Hermodice carunculata (Annelida, Amphinomidae)

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