Dr Tony Miskiewicz

Key Info

Tony Miskiewicz has been a regular visitor to the Fish Department over the last two decades.


Tony's main research interests include the systematics of larvae from temperate Australia and the distribution of fish larvae in estuarine and coastal waters.

  1. Miskiewicz, A.G. (1986). The season and length at entry into a temperate Australian estuary of the larvae of Acanthopagrus australis, Rhabdosargus sarba and Chrysophrys auratus. In: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Indo-Pacific Fishes, Tokyo, 28 July - 3 August, pp. 740 - 747.
  2. Gorman, T.B., Graham, K.J. & Miskiewicz, A.G. (1987). Report on survey for larval gemfish conducted during cruises 86 - 17 to 86 - 22. Kapala Cruise Report No. 100.
  3. Miskiewicz, A.G. (1989). Family Monodactylidae. In: The Larvae of the Indo-Pacific Shorefishes, pp. 196-199. Eds: J.M. Leis and T. Trnski. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney.
  4. Miskiewicz, A.G. (1992). A review of studies of the early life history of fish in temperate Australian waters. In Larval Biology. Australian Society for Fish Biology workshop, Hobart, 20 August 1991, Ed. D.A. Hancock. Bureau of Rural Resources Proceedings No. 15, AGPS, Canberra, pp. 170-193.
  5. Gray, C.A., Otway, N.M., Laurenson, F.A., Miskiewicz, A.G. & Pethebridge, R.L. (1992). Distribution and abundance of marine fish larvae in relation to effluent plumes from sewage outfalls and depth of water. Mar. Biol. 113:549-559.
  6. Miskiewicz, A.G., Bruce, B.D. & Dixon, P. (1996). Distribution of tailor (Pomatomus saltatrix) larvae along the coast of New South Wales, Australia. Mar. Freshwater Res. 47:331-336.
  7. Juanes, F., Hare, J.A. & Miskiewicz, A.G. (1996). Comparing early life history strategies of Pomatomus saltatrix: a global approach. Mar. Freshwater Res. 47:365-379.
  8. Neira, F.J., Miskiewicz, A.G. & Bruce, BD (1997). Larvae of five fish families with pattern 10 of the ramus lateralis accessorius nerve (Arripidae, Girellidae, Kyphosidae, Microcanthidae and Scorpidae) relevance to relationships. Bull. Mar. Sci. 60:117-138.
  9. Gray, C.A., Otway, N.M. & Miskiewicz, A.G. (1997). Numerical responses of larval fishes to deepwater sewage disposal: a field assessment. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 33:190-200.
  10. Neira, F.J., Miskiewicz, A.G. & Trnski, T. (1998) (Editors). Larvae of Temperate Australian Fishes: Laboratory Guide for Larval Fish Identification. University of Western Australia Press.
  11. Neira, F.J. Miskiewicz, A.G. & Tait, S. (1999). Development and ecology of larvae of the monotypic Australian fish family Dinolestidae. Aust. J. Zool. 47:37-45.
  12. Gray, C.A. & Miskiewicz, A.G. (2000). Larval fish assemblages in south-east Australian coastal waters: seasonal; and spatial structure. Est. Coast and Shelf SCI 50:549-570.
  13. Miskiewicz, A.G. & Trnski, T. (2000): Berycidae (Redfishes, Alfonsinos, Nannygais). In: The larvae of Indo-Pacific coastal fishes: an identification guide to marine fish larvae (Fauna Malesiana Handbook 2), pp. 170-175. Eds: Leis, J.M. & Carson-Ewart, B.M., Brill, Leiden.
  14. Miskiewicz, A.G. & Trnski, T. (2000): Hoplichthyidae (Ghost Flatheads or Spiny Flatheads). In: The larvae of Indo-Pacific coastal fishes: an identification guide to marine fish larvae, Fauna Malesiana Handbook 2, pp. 245-248. Eds: Leis, J.M. And Carson-Ewart, BM, Brill, Leiden.
  15. Miskiewicz, A.G., Baldwin, CC, Leis, J.M & Rennis, D.S. (2000): Callanthidae (Yellow-Fin Basses, Splendid Perches). In: The larvae of Indo-Pacific coastal fishes: an identification guide to marine fish larvae, Fauna Malesiana Handbook 2, pp. 280-284. Eds: Leis, J.M. & Carson-Ewart, BM, Brill, Leiden.
  16. Miskiewicz, A.G. (2000): Monodactylidae (Diamondfishes, Moonies, Fingerfishes). In: The larvae of Indo-Pacific coastal fishes: an identification guide to marine fish larvae, Fauna Malesiana Handbook 2, pp. 351-354. Eds: Leis, J.M. & Carson-Ewart, BM, Brill, Leiden.
  17. Walker, H.J. jr, Neira, F.J., Miskiewicz, A.G. & Carson-Ewart, BM (2000): Kyphosidae (Rudderfishes, Sea Chubbs). In: The larvae of Indo-Pacific coastal fishes: an identification guide to marine fish larvae, Fauna Malesiana Handbook 2, pp. 466-469. Eds: Leis, J.M. & Carson-Ewart, BM, Brill, Leiden.
  18. Walker, H.J. jr, Miskiewicz, A.G. & Neira, F.J. (2000): Microcanthidae (Stripey). In: The larvae of Indo-Pacific coastal fishes: an identification guide to marine fish larvae Fauna Malesiana Handbook 2, pp. 470-473. Eds: Leis, J.M. & Carson-Ewart, BM, Brill, Leiden.
  19. Leis, J.M., Hay, A.C & Miskiewicz, A.G (in press). Larval development of the rare Australian aploactinid fish Matsubarichthys inusitatus (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes). Zool. Stud.