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
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Publications
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- Blackwater Diving: An Exciting Window Into the Planktonic Arena and Its Potential to Enhance the Quality of Larval Fish Collections 2021
- Anatomy and evolution of the pectoral filaments of threadfins (Polynemidae) 2020
- Facial and gill musculature of polynemid fishes, with notes on their possible relationships with sciaenids (Percomorphacea: Perciformes) 2020
- Zeiform Mouthbrooding in the Deepsea--Dispelling a Myth 2020
- Phylogenetic interrelationships of the eel families Derichthyidae and Colocongridae (Elopomorpha: Anguilliformes) based on the pectoral skeleton 2019
- Revisions of Anatomical Descriptions of the Pharyngeal Jaw Apparatus in Moray Eels of the Family Muraenidae (Teleostei: Anguilliformes) 2019
- Reconsidering pectoral girdle and fin morphology in Anguillidae (Elopomorpha: Anguilliformes) 2018
- Review of the groppos, Grammatonotus (Percoidei: Callanthiidae 2018
- A new genus and species of the family Symphysanodontidae, Cymatognathus aureolateralis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes) from Indonesia 2017
- A reappraisal of the Eocene priacanthid fish Pristigenys substriata (Blainville, 1818) from Monte Bolca, Italy 2017
- Evolution of a Functional Head Joint in Deep-Sea Fishes (Stomiidae) 2017
- The First Functional Fish Head Joint Discovered in Deep Sea Dragonfishes 2017
- Two new species of callanthiid fishes of the genus Grammatonotus (Percoidei: Callanthiidae) from Pohnpei, western Pacific 2017
- Hidden diversity in deep-water bandfishes: review of Owstonia with descriptions of twenty-one new species (Teleostei: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae) 2016
- High-proof Ethanol Fixation of Larval and Juvenile Fishes for Clearing and Double Staining 2016
- Osteology of the telescopefishes of the genus Gigantura (Brauer, 1901), Teleostei: Aulopiformes 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 2016
- A Cretaceous Cusk-Eel (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes) from Italy and the Mesozoic Diversification of Percomorph Fishes 2015
- Development of the Rostrum and Upper Jaws in Squirrelfishes and Soldierfishes (Beryciformes: Holocentridae): A Unique Ontogenetic Trajectory 2015
- Fishes and Morphology Today: An Introduction 2015
- Review of the Splendid Perches, Callanthias (Percoidei: Callanthiidae) 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 2015
- A developmentally “tail-less” adult cowfish, Lactoria cornuta, from Oman (Ostraciidae, Tetraodontiformes) 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 2014
- Reinventing the disc: a reminder to give credit to past giants 2014
- The infrabranchial musculature and its bearing on the phylogeny of percomorph fishes (osteichthyes: teleostei) 2014
- Protoblepharon mccoskeri, a new flashlight fish from eastern Taiwan (Teleostei: Anomalopidae) 2012
- A comparative ontogenetic study of the tetraodontiform caudal complex 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 2012
- Ontogeny and homology of the skeletal elements that form the sucking disc of remoras (Teleostei, Echeneoidei, Echeneidae) 2012
- Ontogeny of the jaw apparatus and suspensorium of the Tetraodontiformes 2012
- The caudal skeleton of a 20 mm Triodon and homology of its components 2012
- A ‘living fossil’ eel (Anguilliformes: Protoanguillidae, fam. nov.) from an undersea cave in Palau 2011
- Comments on the establishment of the one to one relationship between characters as a prerequisite for homology assessment in phylogenetic studies 2011
- John Edward Olney, Sr. (1947–2010). Copeia. 2011:332-341. 2011
- New Insights into the Complex Structure and Ontogeny of the Occipito-Vertebral Gap in Barbeled Dragonfishes (Stomiidae, Teleostei) 2010
- Osteology of Parastromateus niger (Bloch 1795), with comments on its relationships within the Carangidae (Percomorpha: Perciformes). Copeia. 2010:312-333. 2010
- Deep-sea mystery solved: astonishing larval transformations and extreme sexual dimorphism unite three fish families 2009
- First fossil records of the tholichthys larval stage of butterfly fishes (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae), from the Oligocene of Europe 2009
- Redescription of a poorly known acropomatid, Verilus sordidus Poey 1860, and comparison with Neoscombrops atlanticus Mochizuki and Sano 1984 (Teleostei: Perciformes) 2009
- A New Species of Pteropsaron (Teleostei: Trichonotidae: Hemerocoetinae) from the Western Pacific, with Notes on Related Species 2007
- Clarification of the Occipito-vertebral Region of Arapaima gigas (Osteoglossomorpha: Osteoglossidae) through Developmental Osteology 2007
- Ontogeny of the beak of the gymnodonts and fixation of the ethmopalatine articulation (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes) 2007
- When two equals three: developmental osteology and homology of the caudal skeleton in carangid fishes (Perciformes: Carangidae) 2007
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- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
