Johnson, G. David
Research Zoologist and Curator of Marine Larval Fishes
Systematics, comparative anatomy, ontogeny, phylogeny, and early life history of fishes, particularly acanthomorphs.
Background And Education
awards and honors
Publications
selected publications
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- Nonaka, Ai, Milisen, Jeffrey W., Mundy, Bruce C., and Johnson, G. D. 2021. "Blackwater Diving: An Exciting Window Into the Planktonic Arena and Its Potential to Enhance the Quality of Larval Fish Collections." Ichthyology & Herpetology 109 (1):138-156. https://doi.org/10.1643/i2019318 2021
- Pastana, Murilo N. L., Johnson, G. D., and Datovo, Aléssio. 2021. "Comprehensive phenotypic phylogenetic analysis supports the monophyly of stromateiform fishes (Teleostei: Percomorphacea)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab058 2021
- Presti, Paulo, Johnson, G. David, and Datovo, Aléssio. 2020. "Anatomy and evolution of the pectoral filaments of threadfins (Polynemidae)." Scientific Reports 10 (1):Article 17751. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74896-y 2020
- Presti, Paulo, Johnson, G. David, and Datovo, Alessio. 2020. "Facial and gill musculature of polynemid fishes, with notes on their possible relationships with sciaenids (Percomorphacea: Perciformes)." Journal of Morphology 281 (6):662-675. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21134 2020
- Britz, Ralf, Johnson, G. D., and Conway, Kevin. 2020. "Zeiform Mouthbrooding in the Deepsea--Dispelling a Myth." Preprints https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202004.0132.v1 2020
- da Silva, João, Paulo C.B., Datovo, Aléssio, and Johnson, G. David. 2019. "Phylogenetic interrelationships of the eel families Derichthyidae and Colocongridae (Elopomorpha: Anguilliformes) based on the pectoral skeleton." Journal of Morphology 280 (7):934-947. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20991 2019
- Johnson, G. David. 2019. "Revisions of Anatomical Descriptions of the Pharyngeal Jaw Apparatus in Moray Eels of the Family Muraenidae (Teleostei: Anguilliformes)." Copeia 107 (2):341-357. https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-19-211 2019
- Da Silva, J. P. C. B. and Johnson, G. David. 2018. "Reconsidering pectoral girdle and fin morphology in Anguillidae (Elopomorpha: Anguilliformes)." Journal of fish biology 93 (2):420-423. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13737 2018
- Anderson, William D., Johnson, G. David, and Nonaka, Ai. 2018. "Review of the groppos, Grammatonotus (Percoidei: Callanthiidae." Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 24 (2):47-80. 2018
- Kimura, Seishi, Johnson, G. David, Peristiwady, Teguh, and Matsuura, Keiichi. 2017. "A new genus and species of the family Symphysanodontidae, Cymatognathus aureolateralis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes) from Indonesia." Zootaxa 4277 (1):51-66. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4277.1.4 2017
- Carnevale, Giorgio, Johnson, G. David, Marramà, Giuseppe, and Bannikov, Alexandre F. 2017. "A reappraisal of the Eocene priacanthid fish Pristigenys substriata (Blainville, 1818) from Monte Bolca, Italy." Journal of Paleontology 91 (3):554-565. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2017.19 2017
- Schnell, Nalani K. and Johnson, G. David. 2017. "Evolution of a Functional Head Joint in Deep-Sea Fishes (Stomiidae)." PLOS ONE 12 (2):1-11. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170224 2017
- Schnell, Nalani and Johnson, G. David. 2017. "The First Functional Fish Head Joint Discovered in Deep Sea Dragonfishes." Fisheries 42 (5):296-296. https://doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2017.1305195 2017
- Anderson, William D., Jr. and Johnson, G. David. 2017. "Two new species of callanthiid fishes of the genus Grammatonotus (Percoidei: Callanthiidae) from Pohnpei, western Pacific." Zootaxa 4243 (1):187-194. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4243.1.10 2017
- Smith-Vaniz, William and Johnson, G. David. 2016. "Hidden diversity in deep-water bandfishes: review of Owstonia with descriptions of twenty-one new species (Teleostei: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae)." Zootaxa 4187 (1):1. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4187.1.1 2016
- Schnell, Nalani K., Konstantinidis, Peter, and Johnson, G. David. 2016. "High-proof Ethanol Fixation of Larval and Juvenile Fishes for Clearing and Double Staining." Copeia 104 (3):617-622. https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-15-382 2016
- Konstantinidis, Peter and Johnson, G. David. 2016. "Osteology of the telescopefishes of the genus Gigantura (Brauer, 1901), Teleostei: Aulopiformes." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179 (2):338-353. https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12469 2016
- Attaran-Farimani, Gilan, Estekani, Sanaz, Springer, Victor G., Crimmen, Oliver, Johnson, G. David, and Baldwin, Carole C. 2016. "Validation of the synonymy of the teleost blenniid fish species Salarias phantasticus Boulenger 1897 and Salarias anomalus Regan 1905 with Ecsenius pulcher (Murray 1887) based on DNA barcoding and morphology." Zootaxa 4072 (2):171. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4072.2.2 2016
- Carnevale, Giorgio and Johnson, G. David. 2015. "A Cretaceous Cusk-Eel (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes) from Italy and the Mesozoic Diversification of Percomorph Fishes." Copeia 103 (4):771-791. https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-15-236 2015
- Johnson, G. David and Schnell, Nalani K. 2015. "Development of the Rostrum and Upper Jaws in Squirrelfishes and Soldierfishes (Beryciformes: Holocentridae): A Unique Ontogenetic Trajectory." Copeia 103 (4):902-919. https://doi.org/10.1643/CG-15-260 2015
- Arratia, Gloria and Johnson, G. David. 2015. "Fishes and Morphology Today: An Introduction." Copeia 103 (4):725-726. https://doi.org/10.1643/CG-15-314 2015
- Anderson, William D., Jr., Johnson, G. David, and Baldwin, Carole C. 2015. "Review of the Splendid Perches, Callanthias (Percoidei: Callanthiidae)." Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 105 (3):1-126. 2015
- Springer, Victor G. and Johnson, G. David. 2015. "The Gill-Arch Musculature of Protanguilla , the Morphologically Most Primitive Eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes), Compared with That of Other Putatively Primitive Extant Eels and Other Elopomorphs." Copeia 103 (3):595-620. https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-14-152 2015
- Tyler, James C., Johnson, G. David, Jawad, Laith, and Brothers, Edward B. 2014. "A developmentally “tail-less” adult cowfish, Lactoria cornuta, from Oman (Ostraciidae, Tetraodontiformes)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 127 (2):311-322. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-127.2.311 2014
- Baldwin, Carole C. and Johnson, G. David. 2014. "Connectivity across the Caribbean Sea: DNA Barcoding and Morphology Unite an Enigmatic Fish Larva from the Florida Straits with a New Species of Sea Bass from Deep Reefs off Curaçao." PLoS ONE 9 (5):1-15. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097661 2014
- Britz, R., Ruber, L., and Johnson, G. David. 2014. "Reinventing the disc: a reminder to give credit to past giants." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1784):https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2920 2014
- Datovo, Aléssio, de Pinna, Mário C. C., and Johnson, G. David. 2014. "The infrabranchial musculature and its bearing on the phylogeny of percomorph fishes (osteichthyes: teleostei)." PloS One 9 (10):1-20. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110129 2014
- Ho, Hsuan-Ching and Johnson, G. David. 2012. "Protoblepharon mccoskeri, a new flashlight fish from eastern Taiwan (Teleostei: Anomalopidae)." Zootaxa (3479): 77-87. 2012
- Konstantinidis, Peter and Johnson, G. David. 2012. "A comparative ontogenetic study of the tetraodontiform caudal complex." Acta Zoologica 93 (1):98-114. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.2010.00490.x 2012
- Schnell, Nalani K. and Johnson, G. David. 2012. "Ontogenetic fusion of the third and fourth pharyngobranchial in Barbeled Dragonfishes (Stomiidae, Teleostei) with a revision of the identity of the single posterior upper pharyngeal toothplate." Copeia 2012 (3):394-407. https://doi.org/10.1643/CG-11-051 2012
- Britz, Ralf and Johnson, G. David. 2012. "Ontogeny and homology of the skeletal elements that form the sucking disc of remoras (Teleostei, Echeneoidei, Echeneidae)." Journal of Morphology 273 (12):1353-1366. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20063 2012
- Konstantinidis, Peter and Johnson, G. David. 2012. "Ontogeny of the jaw apparatus and suspensorium of the Tetraodontiformes." Acta Zoologica 93 (3):351-366. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.2011.00509.x 2012
- Britz, Ralf and Johnson, G. David. 2012. "The caudal skeleton of a 20 mm Triodon and homology of its components." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125 (1):66-73. https://doi.org/10.2988/10-24.1 2012
- Johnson, G. David, Ida, Hitoshi, Sakaue, Jiro, Sado, Tetsuya, Asahida, Takashi, and Miya, Masaki. 2011. "A ‘living fossil’ eel (Anguilliformes: Protoanguillidae, fam. nov.) from an undersea cave in Palau." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1730):934-943. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.1289 2011
- Britz, Ralf and Johnson, G. David. 2011. "Comments on the establishment of the one to one relationship between characters as a prerequisite for homology assessment in phylogenetic studies." Zootaxa (2946): 65-72. 2011
- Hilton, Eric J., Johnson, G. David, Houde, Edward D., and Latour, Robert J. 2011. "John Edward Olney, Sr. (1947–2010)." Copeia 2011 (2):332-341. https://doi.org/10.1643/OT-11-004 2011
- Schnell, Nalani K., Britz, Ralf, and Johnson, G. David. 2010. "New Insights into the Complex Structure and Ontogeny of the Occipito-Vertebral Gap in Barbeled Dragonfishes (Stomiidae, Teleostei)." Journal of Morphology 271 (8):1006-1022. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10858 2010
- Hilton, E. J., Johnson, G. David, and Smith-Vaniz, William F. 2010. "Osteology of Parastromateus niger (Bloch 1795), with comments on its relationships within the Carangidae (Percomorpha: Perciformes)." Copeia 2010:312-333. 2010
- Johnson, G. David, Paxton, John R., Sutton, Tracey T., Satoh, Takashi P., Sado, Tetsuya, Nishida, Mutsumi, and Miya, Masaki. 2009. "Deep-sea mystery solved: astonishing larval transformations and extreme sexual dimorphism unite three fish families." Biology Letters 5 (2):235-239. 2009
- Micklich, Norbert Richard, Tyler, James C., Johnson, G. David, Swidnicka, Ewa, and Bannikov, Alexandre F. 2009. "First fossil records of the tholichthys larval stage of butterfly fishes (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae), from the Oligocene of Europe." Paläontologische Zeitschrift 83 (4):479-497. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-009-0031-7 2009
- Yamanoue, Yusuke, Johnson, G. David, and Starnes, Wayne C. 2009. "Redescription of a poorly known acropomatid, Verilus sordidus Poey 1860, and comparison with Neoscombrops atlanticus Mochizuki and Sano 1984 (Teleostei: Perciformes)." Ichthyological Research 56 (4):400-406. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-009-0131-0 2009
- Smith, David G. and Johnson, G. David. 2007. "A New Species of Pteropsaron (Teleostei: Trichonotidae: Hemerocoetinae) from the Western Pacific, with Notes on Related Species." Copeia 2007 (2):364-377. https://doi.org/10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[364:ANSOPT]2.0.CO 2007
- Hilton, E. J., Britz, Ralf, Johnson, G. David, and Forey, P. L. 2007. "Clarification of the Occipito-vertebral Region of Arapaima gigas (Osteoglossomorpha: Osteoglossidae) through Developmental Osteology." Copeia 2007 (1):218-224. https://doi.org/10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[218:COTORO]2.0.CO 2007
- Konstantinidis, Peter, Britz, Ralf, and Johnson, G. David. 2007. "Ontogeny of the beak of the gymnodonts and fixation of the ethmopalatine articulation (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes)." Journal of Morphology 268 (12):1095-1095. 2007
- Hilton, E. J. and Johnson, G. David. 2007. "When two equals three: developmental osteology and homology of the caudal skeleton in carangid fishes (Perciformes: Carangidae)." Evolution & Development 9 (2):178-189. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-142X.2007.00148.x 2007
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chapter
- Paxton, J. R., Trnski, T., and Johnson, G. David. 2016. "Centomimidae." in The living marine resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Volume 3: Bony fishes part 1 (Elopiformes to Scorpaeniformes), edited by Carpenter, Kent E. and De Angelis, Nicoletta., 2174-2182. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2016
- Wiley, E. O. and Johnson, G. David. 2010. "A teleost classification based on monophyletic groups." in Origin and Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Teleosts, edited by Nelson, Joseph S., Schultze, Hans-Peter, and Wilson, Mark V. H., 123-182. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. 2010
- Johnson, G. David and Britz, Ralf. 2010. "Occipito-vertebral fusion in Actinopterygians: conjecture, myth and reality. Part 2: Teleosts." in Origin and Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Teleosts, edited by Nelson, Joseph S., Schultze, Hans-Peter, and Wilson, Mark V. H., 95-110. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. 2010
- Britz, Ralf and Johnson, G. David. 2010. "Occipito-vertebral fusion in actinopterygians: conjecture, myth and reality. Part 1: Non-teleosts." in Origin and Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Teleosts Honoring Gloria Arratia, edited by Nelson, Joseph S., Schultze, Hans-Peter, and Wilson, Mark V. H., 77-94. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. 2010
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- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
