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The following papers published in 2006 have used specimens from the Australian Museum fish collection.


  1. Allen, G.R. & M.V. Erdmann. 2006. Cirrhilabrus cenderawasih, a new wrasse (Pisces: Labridae) from Papua, Indonesia. Aqua 11(3): 125-131.
  2. Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V., 2006. Paracheilinus walton, a new species of flasherwrasse (Perciformes: Labridae) from Papua, Indonesia with a key to the species of Paracheilinus. Aqua 12(1): 11-18.
  3. Allen, G.R. & M.V. Erdmann. 2006. Pterocaesio flavifasciata, a new species of fusilier (Teleostei: Caesionidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia. Aqua 12(1): 27-31.
  4. Allen, G.R. & J.E. Randall. 2006. Exyrias akihito, a new species of coral-reef goby (Gobiidae) from the western Pacific. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53(2): 231-235.
  5. Burridge, C.P, Meléndez, R.C. & B.S. Dyer. 2006. Multiple Origins of the Juan Fern´andez Kelpfish Fauna and Evidence for Frequent and Unidirectional Dispersal of Cirrhitoid Fishes Across the South Pacific. Systematic Biology. 55(4): 566-578.
  6. Chessman, B.C. 2006. Prediction of riverine fish assemblages through the concept of environmental filters. Marine and Freshwater Research. 57: 601-609.
  7. Doiuchi, R & T. Nakabo. 2006. Molecular phylogeny of the stromateoid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequenses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 39: 111-123.
  8. Drass, D.M. 2006. Tilefish larvae of the genus Hoplolatilus. Poster presentation at the 30th Larval Fish Conference held in conjunction with the 136th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Lake Placid, New York and 86th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, New Orleans, Louisiana. (download pdf 148k)
  9. Fraser T.H. 2006. A new species of cardinalfish (Perciformes: Apogonidae: Apogon) from New Caledonia, with comments and a key to related species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 119(1): 137-142.
  10. Fraser, T. & G. Allen, 2006. A new species of Neamia (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from the West Pacific Ocean. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 63(1): 1-5.
  11. Greenfield, D.W. 2006. Two new toadfish genera (teleostei: Batrachoididae) Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 57(32): 945-954.
  12. Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & G.R. Allen. 2006. Fishes. In Beesley, P.L. & A. Wells. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing: Australia. parts 1-3, pages 1-2178.
  13. Hoese, D.F. & H. Larson. 2006. Description of two new species of Nesogobius (Pisces: Gobioidei: Gobiidae) from southern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 63(1): 7-13.
  14. Hoese, D.F. & S.E. Reader. 2006. Description of a new species of dwarf Philypnodon (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Eleotridae) from south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 63(1): 15-19.
  15. Hoese, D.F. & D.S. Rennis. 2006. Description of a new species of Heteroclinus (Blennoidei: Clinidae) from southern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 63(1): 21-24.
  16. Hutchins, B. 2006. Description of two new species of shore-eels (Gobiesocidae: Cheilobranchinae: Alabes) from south-eastern Australia and Norfolk Island. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 63(1): 25-28.
  17. Huveneers, C. 2006. Redescription of two species of wobbegongs (Chondrichthys: Orectolobidae) with elevation of Orectolbus halei Whitley 1940 to species level. Zootaxa. 1284: 29-51.
  18. Imamura, H. 2006. Rediagnosis of the Marbled Flathead, Platycephalus marmoratus (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Platycephalidae), with Comments on the Composition of the Type Series. Species Diversity. 11: 295-306.
  19. Iwatsuki, Y. & K. Carpenter. 2006. Acanthopagrus taiwanensis, a new sparid fish (Perciformes), with comparisons to Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775) and other nominal species of Acanthopagrus. Zootaxa. 1202: 1-19.
  20. Iwatsuki, Y., Kimura, S. & T. Yoshino. 2006. A new sparid, Acanthopagrus akazakii, from New Caledonia with notes on nominal species of Acanthopagrus. Ichthyological Research 53: 406-414.
  21. Iwatsuki, Y. & B.C. Russell. 2006. Revision of the genus Hapalogenys (Teleostei: Perciformes) with two new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 63(1): 29-46.
  22. Jacobsen, I. & M.B. Bennett. 2007. Description of a new species of catshark, Atelomycterus marnkalha n. sp. (Carcharhiformes: Scyliorhinidae) from north-east Australia. Zootaxa. 1520: 19-36.
  23. Johnson, J.W. 2006. Two new species of Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from north-eastern Australia, and rediscovery of Parapercis colemani Randall & Francis, 1993. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 63(1): 47-56.
  24. Johnson, J.W. & J.E. Randall. 2006. Simipercis trispinosa, a new genus and species of sandperch (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 63(1): 57-64.
  25. Kawai, T. & M. Yabe. 2006. Peristedion picturatum (Actinopterygii: Peristediidae) a Junior Synonym of Peristedion liorhynchus. Species Diversity. 11: 1-5.
  26. Leis, J.M. 2006. Nomenclature and distribution of the species of the porcupinefish family Diodontidae (Pisces, Teleostei). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 63(1): 77-90.
  27. Leis, J.M., Hay, A.C., Clark, D,A., Chen, I-S. & K.-T. Shao. 2006. Behavioral ontogeny in larvae and early juveniles of the giant trevally, Caranx ignobilis (Pisces: Carangidae). US Fishery Bulletin. 104:401- 414.
  28. Matsuura, K. 2006. Redescription of the Rare Boxfish, Aracana spilonota, with Comments on its taxonomic position and a record of another rare boxfish, Kentrocapros flavofasciatus, from Southeastern Australia. in Tomida, Y. et al. (eds) Proceedings of the 7th & 8th Symposia on Collection Building and Natural History Studies in Asia and the Pacific Rim. National Science Museum Monographs. 34: 273-277.
  29. McCosker, J.E., 2006. A new deepwater species of worm-eel, Scolecenchelys castlei (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from New Zealand and Australia, with comments on S. breviceps and S. macroptera. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 36(1): 17-26.
  30. Mincarone, M.M. & A.L. Stewart. 2006. A New Species of Giant Seven-gilled Hagfish (Myxinidae: Eptatretus) from New Zealand Copeia 2: 225-229.
  31. Moller, P.R. & W. Schwarzhans. 2006. Review of the Dinematichthyini (Teleostei, Bythitidae) of the Indo-West-Pacific. Part II. Dermatopsis, Dermatopsoides and Dipulus with description of six new species. The Beagle. 22: 39-76.
  32. Motomura, H & J.W. Johnson. 2006. Validity of the Poorly Known Scorpionfish, Rhinopias eschmeyeri, with redescriptions of R. frondosa and R. aphanes (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae). Copeia. 3: 500-515.
  33. Motomura, H., Last, P.R. & M.F. Gomon. 2006. A New Species of Scorpionfish Genus Maxillicosta from the Southeast Coast of Australia, with a Redescription of M. whitleyi (Scorpaeniformes: Neosebastidae). Copeia. 3: 445-459.
  34. Motomura, H., Last, P.R. & G.K. Yearsley. 2006. New Species of Shallow Water Scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae: Scorpaena) from the Central Coast of Western Australia. Copeia. 3: 360-369.
  35. Motomura, H. & T. Mukai. 2006. Tonlesapia tsukawakii, a new genus and species of freshwater dragonet (Perciformes: Callionymidae) from Lake Tonle Sap, Cambodia. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 17(1): 43-52.
  36. Motomura, H. & S. Tsukawaki. 2006. New species of the threadfin genus Polynemus (Teleostei: Polynemidae) from the Mekong River Basin, Vietnam, with comments on the Mekong species of Polynemus. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 54(2): 459-464.
  37. Murdy, E.O. 2006. A revision of the gobiid genus Trypauchen (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae). Zootaxa 1343: 55-68.
  38. Murdy, E.O. & C.J. Ferraris. 2006. A revision of the marine eel-tailed catfish genus Euristhmus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Plotosidae). The Beagle. 22: 77-90.
  39. Nakabo, T., Bray, D.J. & U. Yamada. 2006. A new species of Zenopsis (Zeiformes: Zeidae) from the South China Sea, East China Sea and off Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 63(1): 91-96.
  40. Orrell, T.M., Collette, B.B. & G.D. Johnson. 2006. Molecular data support separate scombroid and xiphioid clades. Bulletin of Marine Science. 79(3): 505–519.
  41. Randall, J.E. 2006. Three new species of the gobiid fish genus Tryssogobius from the western and South Pacific. Aqua. 11(3): 105-116.
  42. Randall, J.E. & P.C. Heemstra. 2006. Review of the Indo-Pacific fishes of the genus Odontanthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae), with descriptions of two new species and a related new genus. Indo-Pacific Fishes. 38.1-32.
  43. Randall, J.E. & M. Kulbicki. 2006. A Review of the Goatfishes of the Genus Upeneus (Perciformes: Mullidae) from New Caledonia and the Chesterfield Bank, with a New Species and Four New Records. Zoological Studies. 45(3): 298-307.
  44. Randall, J.E. & T. Yamakawa. 2006. Parapercis phenax from Japan and P. banoni from the Southeast Atlantic, New Species of Pinguipedid Fishes Previously Identified as P. roseoviridis. Zoological Studies. 45(1): 1-10.
  45. Roberts, C.D. & A.L. Stewart. 2006. First record of yellowfin bream Acanthopagrus australis (Günther) (Teleostei; Sparidae) in New Zealand waters. Records of Auckland Museum. 43: 43-54.
  46. Sakai, K. & T. Nakabo. 2006. Taxonomic reviews of two Indo-Pacific sea chubs, Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775) and Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886). Ichthyological Research. 53: 337-356.
  47. Santini, F., Tyler, J.C., Bannikov, A.F. & D, Baciu. 2006. A phylogeny of extant and fossil buckler dory fishes, family Zeidae (Zeiformes, Acanthomorpha) Cybium 30 (2): 99-107.
  48. Saeed, B., Ivantsoff, W. & Aarn. 2005. Descriptive anatomy of Iso rothophilus (Ogilby), with a phylogenetic analysis of Iso and a redefinition of Isonidae (Atheriniformes). Aqua. 11(1): 25-43.
  49. Smith, W.L & C.W. Ward. 2006. Venom Evolution Widespread in Fishes: A Phylogenetic Road Map for the Bioprospecting of Piscine Venoms. Journal of Heredity. doi:10.1093/jhered/esj034: 1-12.
  50. Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2006. Australian trevallies of the genus Pseudocaranx (Teleostei: Carangidae), with description of a new species from Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 63(1): 97-106.
  51. Sparks, J. 2006. A New Species of Ponyfish (Teleostei: Leiognathidae: Photoplagios) from Madagascar, with a Phylogeny for Photoplagios and Comments on the Status of Equula lineolata Valenciennes. American Museum Novitates. 3526(1): 1-20.
  52. Sparks, J. 2006. Leiognathus longispinis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835), a Senior Synonym of Leiognathus smithursti (Ramsay and Ogilby, 1886) (Teleostei: Leiognathidae). Copeia 2006(3): 539-543.
  53. Webb, J.F., Smith, W.L. & D.R. Ketten. 2006. The Laterophysic Connection and Swim Bladder of Butterflyfishes in the Genus Chaetodon (Perciformes: Chaetodontidae). Journal of Morphology. 267: 1338-1355.
  54. Winterbottom, R. 2006. Two new species of the gobiid fish Trimma from the coral reefs of the western Pacific Ocean (Pisces; Perciformes; Gobioidei). Zootaxa. 1331: 55-68.