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The following papers published in 2009 have used specimens from the Australian Museum fish collection.

  1. Aarn, Ivantsoff, W. 2009. Description of a new subfamily, genus and species of a freshwater atherinid, Bleheratherina pierucciae (Pisces:Atherinidae) from New Caledonia. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. 15 (1): 13-28.
  2. Chiba, S., Iwatsuki, Y. & T. Yoshino. 2009. Comprehensive phylogeny of the family Sparidae (Perciformes: Teleostei) inferred from mitochondrial gene analysis. Genes Genet. Syst. (84): 153-170.
  3. Cooper, W.J., Smith, L.L. & M.W. Westneat. 2009. Exploring the radiation of a diverse reef fish family: Phylogenetics of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae), with new classifications based on molecular analyses of all genera Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52: 1-16.
  4. Corrigan, S. and L.B. Beheregaray. 2009. A recent shark radiation: Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and speciation of wobbegong sharks (family: Orectolobidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52. 205-216.
  5. Fishelson, L., and Gon, O. 2009 Comparison of the ovaries and oogenesis of some Australian and South African viviparid clinid fishes (Clinidae, Blennioidei, Perciformes) Environmental Biology of Fishes 86. 527-540 
  6. Frédérich, B. 2009. Study of the trophic diversity of damselfishes (Perciformes, Pomacentridae) by the analyses of skull shape variation during the post-settlement phase of coral reef. PhD Thesis. University of Liège.
  7. Ho, H-C., Seret, B. & K-T. Shao. 2009. Redescription of Lophiodes infrabrunneus Smith and Radcliffe, 1912, a senior synonym of L. abdituspinus Ni, Wu and Li, 1990 (Lophiiformes: Lophiidae). Zootaxa. 2326: 62-68.
  8. Hoese, D.F. & G.R. Allen, 2009. Description of three new species of Glossogobius from Australia and New Guinea. Zootaxa. 1981: 1-14.
  9. Hoese, D. F. & H. Motomura, 2009. Descriptions of two new genera and species of ptereleotrine fishes from Australia and Japan (Teleostei: Gobioidei) with discussion of possible relationships Zootaxa 2312: 49-59.
  10. Hulley, B.P. & G. Duhamel. 2009. A review of the lanternfish genus Bolinichthys Paxton, 1972 (Myctophidae). Cybium 33 (4): 259-304.
  11. Imamura, H. & Yoshino, T., 2009. Authorship and validity of two flatheads, Platycephalus japonicus and Platycephalus crocodilus (Teleostei: Platycephalidae) Ichthyological Research 56: 308-313.
  12. Iwatsuki, Y. & K. Carpenter. 2009. Acanthopagrus randalli (Perciformes: Sparidae), a new black seabream from the Persian Gulf Zootaxa 2267: 43-54.
  13. Jacobsen, I. & M. B., Bennett, 2009. A Taxonomic Review of the Australian Butterfly Ray Gymnura australis (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) and Other Members of the family Gymnuridae (Order Rajiformes) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa. 2228: 1-28.
  14. Kawai, T. & Y. Takata, 2009. Satyrichthys rugosus, a junior synonym of Satyrichthys clavilapis (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Peristediidae) Species Diversity 14 (2): 89-96.
  15. Kenaley, C.P. 2009. Revision of Indo-Pacific Species of the Loosejaw Dragonfish Genus Photostomias (Teleostei: Stomiidae: Malacosteinae). Copeia. 1: 175-189.
  16. Kimura, S., Hori, K. & K. Shibukawa. 2009. A new anchovy, Stolephorus teguhi (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae), from North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Ichthyological Research 56: 292-295.
  17. Liao, Yun-Chih, Reyes, B.R.Jnr & K-S, Shao. 2009. A new bandfish, Owstonia sarmiento (Pisces: Perciformes: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae), from the Phillipines with a key to species of the genus. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 57 (2): 521-525.
  18. Marshall, A., Compagno, L. & M. Bennett, 2009. Redescription of the genus Manta with resurrection of Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868) (Chondrichthyes; Myliobatoidei; Mobulidae) Zootaxa 2301: 1–28.
  19. McMillan, P. & T. Iwamoto, 2009. Two new species of Coelorinchus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the Tasman Sea. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 60 (4): 39-51.
  20. Melo, M. 2009. Revision of the Genus Chiasmodon (Acanthomorpha: Chiasmodontidae), with the description of Two New Species Copeia 2009 (3): 583-608.
  21. Motomura, H, Sakurai, Y., Senou, H. & Ho, H-C. 2009. Morphological comparisons of the Indo-West Pacific scorpionfish, Parascorpaena aurita, with a closely related species, P. picta, with first records of P. aurita from East Asia (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) Zootaxa 2191: 41–57.
  22. Motomura, H., Sakurai, Y & G. Shinohara, 2009. First records of a scorpionfish, Scorpaenodes albaiensis, from East Asia, with a synopsis of S. minor (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) Species Diversity 14 (2): 75-87.
  23. Motomura, H. & H. Senou. 2009. New Records of the Dwarf Scorpionfish, Sebastapistes fowleri (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae), from East Asia, and Notes on Australian Records of the Species. Species Diversity. 14: 1-8.
  24. Pietsch, T. W. 2009. Oceanic Anglerfishers: Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea. University of California Press. Pp 576.
  25. Pietsch, T. W., Johnson, J. & R. Arnold, 2009. A New Genus and Species of the Shallow-Water Anglerfish Family Tetrabrachiidae (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennarioidei) from Australia and Indonesia Copeia 3: 483–493.
  26. Randall, J. E., 2009. Five New Indo-Pacific Lizardfishes of the Genus Synodus (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae). Zoological Studies 48 (3): 16.
  27. Randall, J.E. & L. Rocha. 2009. Chaetodontoplus poliourus, a new Angelfish (Perciformes: Pomacanthidae) from the Tropical Western Pacific The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57 (2): 511-520.
  28. Randall, J. E. and L. Rocha. 2009. Halichoeres claudia sp. nov., a New Indo-Pacific Wrasse (Perciformes: Labridae), the Fourth Species of the H. ornatissimus Complex Zoological Studies 48 (5): 709-718.
  29. Sazonov, Y.I., Williams, A. & S.G. Kobyliansky. 2009. A review of fish of the genus Conocara (Alepocephalidae) from the continental slope of Australia and a description of C. paxtoni sp. nova. Journal of Ichthyology 49 (10): 852-860.
  30. Stelbrink, B. et al., 2009. Molecular systematics and global phylogeography of angel sharks (genus Squatina) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 1-9.
  31. Teske, P. & L.B. Beheregaray. 2009. Evolution of seahorses upright posture was linked to Oligocene expansion of seagrass habitats Biology Letters. 00: 1-3.
  32. Thacker, C. 2009. Phylogeny of Gobioidei and placement within Acanthomorpha, with a new classification and investigation of diversification and character evolution. Copeia. 2009 (1): 93-104.
  33. Thacker, C. & D. Roje. 2009. Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52: 735-745.
  34. Uiblein, F. & P. Heemstra. 2009. A taxonomic review of the Western Inidan Ocean goatfishes of the genus Upeneus (Family Mullidae), with descriptions of four new species. Smithiana 11: 35-71.
  35. Wilson, D.T., Patterson, H.M., Summerson, R. and P.I. Hobsbawn. 2009.  Information to support management options for upper-slope gulper sharks (including Harrisson's dogfish and southern dogfish). Final Report to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation.  Project No. 2008/65.  Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra.
  36. Yoshita, Y., Yamanoue, Y., Sagara, K., Nishibori, M., Kuniyoshi, H., Tetsuya, U., Sakai, Y., Hashimoto, H,. & Gushima, K. 2009. Phylogenetic relationship of two Mola sunfishes (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae) occurring around the coast of Japan, with notes on their geographical distribution and morphological characteristics. Ichthyological Research 56: 232-244.