John P. Sullivan
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The Complete Genome Sequences of 38 Species of Elephantfishes (Mormyridae, Osteoglossiformes). (2022). doi:10.56179/001c.56077 56077-the-complete-genome-sequences-of-38-species-of-elephantfishes-mormyridae-osteoglossiformes.pdf (189.86 KB)
Mitogenome recovered from a 19th Century holotype by shotgun sequencing supplies a generic name for an orphaned clade of African weakly electric fishes (Osteoglossomorpha, Mormyridae). ZooKeys 1129, 163-196 (2022). ZK-1129-163_article-90287_en_1 (3).pdf (4.51 MB)
Phylogenomics of bonytongue fishes (Osteoglossomorpha) shed light on the craniofacial evolution and biogeography of the weakly electric clade Mormyridae. Systematic Biology 71, 1032–1044 (2022). Supplemental data for Peterson et al. 2022.zip (20.82 MB)
Marcusenius wamuinii (Teleostei: Mormyridae), a new elephantfish from the Mangroves National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 1090, (2019).
Rediscovery and description of Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879) and a new cryptic Paramormyrops (Mormyridae: Osteoglossiformes) from the Ogooué River of Gabon using morphometrics, DNA sequencing and electrophysiology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (2017). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw004
Cryptomyrus: a new genus of Mormyridae (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha) with two new species from Gabon, West-Central Africa. ZooKeys 561, 117 - 150 (2016).
Fish detector schematics. (2015). Fish Finder schematics.pdf (712.64 KB)
Signal variation and its morphological correlates in Paramormyrops kingsleyae provide insight into the evolution of electrogenic signal diversity in mormyrid electric fish. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 197, 799–817 (2011).
African weakly electric fishes of the genus Petrocephalus (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) of Odzala National Park, Republic of Congo (Lékoli River, Congo River basin) with description of five new species. Zootaxa 2600, 1-52 (2010). lavoue_et_al_2010.pdf (4.26 MB)
Sexual Signal Evolution Outpaces Ecological Divergence during Electric Fish Species Radiation. The American Naturalist 176, 335 - 356 (2010). arnegard_2010_am._nat.pdf (1.98 MB)
Differentiation of morphology, genetics and electric signals in a region of sympatry between sister species of African electric fish (Mormyridae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21, 1030-1045 (2008). Lavoue_et_al2008b.pdf (2.26 MB)
Petrocephalus of Odzala offer insights into evolutionary patterns of signal diversification in the Mormyridae, a family of weakly electrogenic fishes from Africa. Journal of Physiology-Paris 102, 322-339 (2008). lavoue_et_al_2008d.pdf (2.38 MB)
The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa ( ) 1, 220–334 (IRD, 2007). hopkins_lavoue_sullivan_2007.pdf (911.03 KB)
A new Stomatorhinus (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) from the Ivindo River, Gabon, West Central Africa. Zootaxa 847, 1-23 (2005). sullivan-zootaxa_2004_.pdf (2.52 MB)
AFLPs resolve phylogeny and reveal mitochondrial introgression within a species flock of African electric fish (Mormyroidea: Teleostei). Evolution 58, 825-841 (2004). evolution_2004_sullivan.pdf (676.24 KB)
Phylogenetic utility of the first two introns of the S7 ribosomal protein gene in African electric fishes (Mormyroidea: Teleostei) and congruence with other molecular markers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 78, 273-292 (2003). biological_journal_of_the_linnean_society_2003_lavoue-1.pdf (519.26 KB)
Molecular systematics of the African electric fishes (Mormyroidea: Teleostei) and a model for the evolution of their electric organs. Journal of Experimental Biology 203, 665-683 (2000). journal_of_experimental_biology_2000_sullivan.pdf (495.98 KB)