Bruce B. Collette

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The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates (2010) (1335)
The Diversity of Fishes (1997) (931)
FAO species catalogue. Volume 2. Scombrids of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos and related species known to date. (1983) (637)
Scombrids of the world : an annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos, and related species known to date. v. 2 (1983) (366)
Systematics, Historical Ecology, and North American Freshwater Fishes. (1993) (340)
Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine (Third Edition) (2002) (274)
High Value and Long Life—Double Jeopardy for Tunas and Billfishes (2011) (257)
Overview of the conservation status of the marine fishes of the Mediterranean Sea (2011) (162)
Correlations between ecology and morphology in anoline lizards from Havana, Cuba, and southern Florida (1961) (139)
Systematics of the tunas and mackerels (Scombridae) (2001) (136)
Breeding tubercles and contact organs in fishes : their occurrence, structure, and significance. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 143, article 3 (1970) (121)
Morphology, systematics, and biology of the Spanish mackerels (Scomberomorus, Scombridae) (1984) (110)
Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Needlefishes (Teleostei: Belonidae) and the Biogeography of Transitions between Marine and Freshwater Habitats (2001) (108)
Biology of the Percids (1977) (101)
Fishes of Bermuda : history, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (1999) (100)
Fishes of the Sea of Japan and the Adjacent Areas of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Yellow Sea (1989) (92)
PHYLOGENY OF RECENT BILLFISHES (XIPHIOIDEI) (2006) (91)
Reef Fishes Over Sponge Bottoms Off the Mouth of the Amazon River (1977) (90)
Morphology of Luvarus imperialis (Luvaridae), with a phylogenetic analysis of the Acanthuroidei (Pisces) (1989) (88)
II. – ADAPTATIONS AND SYSTEMATICS OF THE MACKERELS AND TUNAS (1978) (85)
Coherent assessments of Europe’s marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss (2017) (82)
Systematics and morphology of the bonitos (Sarda) and their relatives (Scombridae, Sardini) (1975) (81)
Systematics and Zoogeography of the Fishes of the Family Percidae (1977) (80)
Global phylogeography of mackerels of the genus Scomber (1998) (79)
Revision of the frigate tunas (Scombridae, Auxis ), with descriptions of two new subspecies from the eastern Pacific (1996) (68)
Gulf of Mexico Oil Blowout Increases Risks to Globally Threatened Species (2011) (62)
European Red List of Marine Fishes (2015) (61)
Mackerels, molecules, and morphology (1999) (61)
Biodiversity of Bear Seamount, New England Seamount chain: Results of exploratory trawling (2003) (59)
Phylogeny and Jaw Ontogeny of Beloniform Fishes1 (2004) (59)
RESULTS OF THE TEKTITE PROGRAM: ECOLOGY OF CORAL-REEF FISHES. (1972) (57)
INDEPENDENT EVOLUTION OF COMPLEX LIFE HISTORY ADAPTATIONS IN TWO FAMILIES OF FISHES, LIVE-BEARING HALFBEAKS (ZENARCHOPTERIDAE, BELONIFORMES) AND POECILIIDAE (CYPRINODONTIFORMES) (2007) (55)
Food of western North Atlantic tunas (Thunnus) and Lancetfishes (Alepisaurus) (1977) (55)
Review of the Toadfish Genera (Teleostei: Batrachoididae) (2008) (53)
Unstable and Stable Classifications of Scombroid Fishes (1995) (52)
Fishes of the Black Sea (Ryby Chernogo Morya) (1965) (51)
Shallow-water fishes of walters shoals, Madagascar ridge (1991) (50)
Importance of assessing taxonomic adequacy in determining fishing effects on marine biodiversity (2000) (48)
The garfishes (Hemiramphidae) of Australia and New Zealand (1974) (48)
MOLECULAR DATA SUppORT SEpARATE SCOMBROID AND XIphIOID CLADES (2006) (48)
Phylogenetic Systematics of the Scomberomorus regalis (Teleostei: Scombridae) Species Group: Molecules, Morphology and Biogeography of Spanish Mackerels (1999) (43)
Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of transisthmian and amphi-Atlantic needlefishes (Belonidae: Strongylura and Tylosurus): perspectives on New World marine speciation. (2004) (42)
Systematic Significance of Breeding Tubercles in Fishes of the Family Percidae (1965) (42)
DNA barcoding of billfishes (2011) (41)
The swamp darters of the subgenus Hololepis (Pisces, Percidae) (1962) (38)
Catalog of Type Specimens of the Darters (Pisces, Percidae, Etheostomatini) (1966) (38)
Unique spermatozeugmata in testes of halfbeaks of the genus Zenarchopterus (Teleostei: Hemiramphidae) (1987) (38)
Heterochrony In Jaw Morphology of Needlefishes (Teleostei: Belonidae) (1991) (37)
A Review of the Venomous Toadfishes, Subfamily Thalassophryninae (1966) (31)
SECOND SURVEY OF FISH COLLECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA (1995) (29)
Regional extinction risks for marine bony fishes occurring in the Persian/Arabian Gulf (2019) (29)
Fishes of Bermuda (1999) (29)
The status of marine biodiversity in the Eastern Central Atlantic (West and Central Africa) (2017) (28)
Separation of two species of sand lances ammodytes americanus and ammodytes dubius in the western north atlantic (1990) (26)
Resilience of the Fish Assemblage in New-England Tidepools (1986) (23)
The Subfamilies, Tribes, and Genera of the Percidae (Teleostei) (1963) (23)
Mangrove fishes of New Guinea (1983) (22)
The Freshwater Fishes of Fernando Poo (1969) (21)
The scorpionfish subfamily Setarchinae, including the genus Ectreposebastes (1966) (20)
Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (2018) (19)
A Molecular Phylogeny of the Remoras and their Relatives (2009) (19)
South American freshwater needlefishes of the genus Potamorrhaphis lBeloniformesc Belonidaer (1982) (19)
Belonion, a new genus of fresh-water needlefishes from South America. American Museum novitates ; no. 2274 (1966) (18)
The Central Role of Systematics in Marine Biodiversity Problems (1996) (17)
Hybridization between two serranids, the coney (Cephalopholis fulva) and the creole-fish (Paranthias furcifer), at Bermuda (2002) (17)
INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF THE SPANISH MACKERELS (PISCES: SCOMBRIDAE: SCOMBEROMORUS) AND THEIR COPEPOD PARASITES (1985) (16)
Collected Works, Vol. IV, Ichthyology (1963) (16)
Synopses of biological data on eight species of scombrids (1982) (15)
East not least for Pacific bluefin tuna (2017) (14)
Morphology, systematics, and biology of the double-lined mackerels (Grammatorcynus, Scombridae) (1992) (14)
Separation of Two Species of Sand Lances , Ammodytes americanus and A . dubius , in the Western North Atlantic (2010) (13)
Relationships of sauries and needlefishes (Teleostei: Scomberesocoidea) to the internally fertilizing halfbeaks (Zenarchopteridae) based on the pharyngeal jaw apparatus (2005) (13)
A review of the coral toadfishes of the genus Sanopus with descriptions of two new species from Cozumel Island, Mexico (1974) (12)
OPSANUS DICHROSTOMUS, A NEW TOADFISH (TELEOSTEI: BATRACHOIDIDAE) FROM THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO (2001) (12)
Red List of Marine Bony Fishes of the Eastern Central Atlantic (2016) (12)
Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus orientalis, from the Gulf of Papua (1981) (12)
Book Reviews (1867) (12)
The Halfbeaks (Pisces, Beloniformes, Hemiramphidae) of the Far East (2016) (12)
The Taxonomic History of the Darters (Percidae: Etheostomatini) (1967) (11)
Reproduction and Development in Epipelagic Fishes (2016) (11)
Recent Studies on the Needle-Fishes (Belonidae): An Evaluation@@@Data on Six Species of Needlefishes (Belonidae) from the Western Atlantic@@@A Preliminary Revision of the Belonidae@@@Further Revisional Notes on the Belonidae (1965) (11)
Potamobatrachus trispinosus , a new freshwater toadfish (Batrachoididae) from the Rio Tocantins, Brazil (1995) (11)
Astroblepus pholeterc a new species of cave-dwelling catfish from eastern Ecuador (1962) (11)
Interactions Between Fisheries and Systematics (1995) (10)
An Investigation Of The Global Population Structure Of The Marlinsucker (Remora osteochir) Inferred From Mitochondrial Control Region DNA Sequence Analysis (2009) (9)
Fisheries Agencies and Marine Biodiversity (1996) (9)
Hyporhampus meeki, a new species of halfbeak (Teleostei: Hemiramphidae) from the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States (1993) (9)
Bluefin tuna science remains vague (2017) (9)
Sperm morphology of the black marlin (Makaira indica) differs from scombroid sperm (2006) (8)
Strongylura hubbsi, a New Species of Freshwater Needlefish from the Usumacinta Province of Guatemala and México@@@Strongylura hubbsi, a New Species of Freshwater Needlefish from the Usumacinta Province of Guatemala and Mexico (1974) (8)
Taxonomic diversity, origin, and conservation status of Bermuda killifishes (Fundulus) based on mitochondrial cytochrome b phylogenies (2001) (8)
The Role of Time-share Computing in Museum Research (1968) (8)
Ontogeny of Squamation in Swordfish, Xiphias gladius (2004) (8)
Two New Species of Freshwater Halfbeaks (Pisces: Hemiramphidae) of the Genus Zenarchopterus from New Guinea (1982) (8)
Two new species of coral toadfishes family Batrachoididae, genus Sanopus, from Yucatan, Mexico, and Belize (1983) (8)
Family Belonidae. (2018) (7)
Mackerel from the northern indian ocean and the red sea arescomber australasicus, notscomber japonicus (1998) (7)
Scomberomorus munroi, a new species of Spanish mackerel from Australia and New Guinea (1980) (7)
Effects of Ocean Warming on Pelagic Tunas, a Review (2016) (7)
The Systematics Community (1987) (6)
Multilingual Dictionary of Names of Marine Food-Fishes of World Fauna (1983) (6)
What are the maximum size and live body coloration of opah (Teleostei: Lampridae: Lampris species)? (2012) (6)
Risks of Introductions of Marine Fishes: Reply to Briggs (2009) (6)
Scomberomorus lineolatus is a valid species of Spanish mackerel, not an interspecific hybrid: a reply (1994) (6)
Strongylura timucu (Walbaum): A Valid Species of Western Atlantic Needlefish (1968) (6)
First record of the butterfly kingfish Gasterochisma melampus (Scombridae) from the north Pacific Ocean (1994) (5)
The conservation status of marine bony shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean (2017) (5)
Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (1992) (5)
Scorpaenodes immaculatus, a new species of scorpionfish (Osteichthyes: Scorpaenidae) from Walters Shoals, Madagascar Ridge (1990) (5)
Extent of Assessment of Marine Biological Diversity (2016) (5)
Is the east–west division of haplotypes of the three‐spot seahorse along Wallace's Line novel among marine organisms? (2005) (5)
†Zappaichthys harzhauseri, Gen. Et Sp. Nov., A New Miocene Toadfish (Teleostei, Batrachoidiformes) From The Paratethys (St. Margarethen in Burgenland, Austria), With Comments on the Fossil Record of Batrachoidiform Fishes (2014) (5)
The Future of Bluefin Tunas: Ecology, Fisheries Management, and Conservation (2020) (5)
Arboreality, Lamellae, and Body Size in Two Species of Cuban Geckos (1962) (5)
Vertebral Numbers and Identification of the Two Species of Dolphin (Coryphaena) (1969) (5)
Fisheries: Corrected numbers for fish on Red List (2013) (5)
Ammodytoides Leptus, A New Species Of Sand Lance (Teleostei : Ammodytidae) From Pitcairn Island (2000) (5)
Pontinus niger, a Synonym of the Sc.orpionfiish, Ectreposebastes imus , with Extension of its Range to Japan (1972) (4)
Gymnothorax parini, a new species of moray eel (Teleostei: Muraenidae) from Walters Shoals, Madagascar Ridge (1991) (4)
Recognition of two species of double-lined mackerels (Grammatorcynus: Scombridae) (1983) (4)
An annotated list of the fishes of Massachusetts Bay (1988) (4)
Five new species of halfbeaks (Hemiramphidae) from the Indo-west Pacific (1978) (4)
Are There One or Two Species of Halobatrachus Toadfishes (Teleostei: Batrachoididae) in the Eastern Atlantic? (2006) (4)
Geographic Variation in the Central Pacific Halfbeak, Hyporhamphus acutus (Gunther) (1974) (4)
Potamorrhaphis petersi, a new species of freshwater needlefish (Belonidae) from the Upper Orinoco and Rio Negro (1974) (4)
Southernmost occurrence of the slender tuna, Allothunnus fallai, off Tierra del Fuego, South Atlantic Ocean (2008) (4)
The Systematic Status of the Gulf of Mexico Butterfish, Porontus burti (Fowler) (1963) (4)
Obituary: Edward C. Raney 1909-84 (1992) (3)
Dictionary of Japanese Fish Names and Their Foreign Equivalents (Nihonsan Gyoruimei Jiten) (1983) (3)
Daector schmitti, a new species of venomous toadfish from the Pacific coast of Central America (1968) (3)
Chapter 35. Extent of Assessment of Marine Biological Diversity (2015) (3)
Family Exocoetidae (2018) (3)
The Gulf of Guinea Stingray, Dasyatis rudis (1971) (3)
Tunas and Billfishes (2016) (2)
Austin Beatty Williams (17 October 1919-27 October 1999). Biographical Summary (2000) (2)
Pacific Bonito (Sarda chiliensis) and Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) without Stripes (1969) (2)
†Belone countermani, a new Miocene needlefish (Belonidae) from the St. Marys Formation of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland (2013) (2)
Zenarchopterus ornithocephalac a new species of freshwater halfbeak lPiscesc Hemiramphidaer from the Vogelkop Peninsula of New Guinea (1985) (2)
First Massachusetts Bay Record of the Arctic Shanny Stichaeus punctatus (1969) (2)
Order Beloniformes: Needlefishes, Sauries, Halfbeaks, and Flyingfishes (2018) (2)
Host Specificity of Lepeophtheirus crassus (Wilson and Bere) (Copepoda: Caligidae) Parasitic on the Marlin Sucker Remora osteochir (Cuvier) in the Atlantic Ocean (2006) (2)
A new species of halfbeak, Hyporhamphus naos (Beloniformes: Hemiramphidae), from the tropical eastern Pacific. (2001) (2)
Redescription of Ammodytoides gilli, the tropical eastern Pacific sand lance (Perciformes: Ammodytidae). (2001) (2)
MARBID: NOAA/NMSF's (US) Marine Biodiversity Database (2000) (2)
Fishes: The Animal Answer Guide (2011) (1)
Occurrence of Caligus Coryphaenae On Thunnus Thynnus By Hogans (1985): Corrections (Copepoda, Caligidae) (1986) (1)
Preliminary guide to the identification of the early life history stages of batrachoid fishes of the western central North Atlantic (2003) (1)
Frederick H. Berry 1927–2001 (2002) (1)
Batrachus uranoscopus Guichenot, 1866 supposedly from Madagascar, is not a threatened species of toadfish (Batrachoididae) (2009) (1)
Northern Range Extension to Georges Bank for Hollardia hollardi (Reticulate Spikefish) (Triacanthodidae, Tetraodontiformes) (2013) (1)
William Ralph Taylor 1919–2004 (2005) (1)
THE IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEMATICS TO FISHERIES (1996) (1)
Richard Haven Backus (1922–2012) (2013) (1)
Order Beloniformes (2018) (1)
Family Hemiramphidae. Halfbeaks (2019) (1)
Status of the eastern Pacific agujon needlefish Tylosurus pacificus (Steindachner, 1876) (Beloniformes: Belonidae). (2001) (1)
Giles W. Mead Jr. 1928–2003 (2004) (1)
Family Exocoetidae. Flyingfishes (2019) (1)
Family Hemiramphidae (2018) (1)
The First Record of the Short Bigeye, Pseudopriacanthus altus, from the Caribbean Sea (1963) (1)
Correction: Corrigendum: Coherent assessments of Europe's marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss (2017) (1)
Status of Two Names for South African Halfbeaks, Hyporhamphus delagoae (Barnard) and Hyporhamphus improvisus (Smith) (1982) (1)
The Status of the Bermuda Fish Population of Jenkinsia (1962) (1)
Request for a ruling to correct homonymy in names of the family groups based on Plethodus Pisces and Plethodon Caudata. Z.N. (S.). 1803 (1967) (0)
Case 3297 Sphyraena acus Lacepèdec 1803 lcurrently Tylosurus acusr lTeleosteic Belonidaerc proposed reinstatement (2005) (0)
A. G. K. Menon 1921–2002 (2003) (0)
Status of the eastern Pacific agujon needlefish Ty l o s u rus pacificus ( S t e i n d a c h n e r, 1876) (Beloniformes: Belonidae) (2001) (0)
Family Scomberesocidae. (2018) (0)
Nikolai Vasil'evich Parin (1932–2012) (2013) (0)
Acknowledgements for refereeing (2004) (0)
What are the maximum size and live body coloration of opah (Teleostei: Lampridae: Lampris species)? (2012) (0)
NEEDLEFISHES (TELEOSTEI: BELONIDAE) (2016) (0)
Authors' index Volume 34 (2004) (0)
Thunnus South, 1845 (Pisces) : proposed validation under the plenary powers. Z.N. [S] 1652 (1964) (0)
Proposed suppression of three nomina oblita in the family Belonidae (Pisces) Z.N. (S.) 1723 (1966) (0)
Volume Contents 2 (2004) (0)
Family Belonidae. Needlefishes (2019) (0)
Stability in zoological nomenclature. (1972) (0)
Acknowledgements for refereeing (2004) (0)
Leslie William Knapp (1929–2017) (2020) (0)
Further comments on suppression of some names in the family Belonidae, Pisces Z.N (S) 1723 (1967) (0)
Leptocephali : Anguilliformes, Saccopharyngiformes, Notacanthiformes, Elopiformes (1989) (0)
North Atlantic Fisheries: A Response to Criticism of the Proactive Proposal. Authors' reply (2010) (0)
OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN A SURVEY OF UPPER JAW MUSCULATURE IN HIGHER TELEOSTEAN FISHES (2007) (0)
Coherent A ssessments of E urope ’ s M arine F ishes S how R egional D ivergence and M egafauna L oss (0)
Family Scomberesocidae. Sauries (2019) (0)
Daniel Morris Cohen (1930–2016) (2019) (0)