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John S. Sparks

Observed names: J S Sparks, J. S. SPARKS, J. S. Sparks, JOHN S SPARKS, JOHN S. SPARKS, John S Sparks, John Sparks, SPARKS, JOHN S, SPARKS, JOHN S., Sparks, J S, Sparks, John S.
Observed institutions: Agricultural Research Service, American Museum of Natural History, University of Michigan, Field Museum of Natural History, Yale University, University of Michigan–Flint, John B. Pierce Laboratory, Yale Peabody Museum, Arizona State University, University of California, Davis
ORCID: 0000-0003-4104-2314
Observed ORCID: 0000-0003-4104-2314
OpenAlex ID: A5081908174
The Evolution of Pharyngognathy: A Phylogenetic and Functional Appraisal of the Pharyngeal Jaw Key Innovation in Labroid Fishes and Beyond
2012 · P. C. Wainwright, W. L. Smith, et al. · Systematic Biology · 257
Patterns of species change in anthropogenically disturbed forests of Madagascar
2010 · Mitchell T. Irwin, Patricia C. Wright, et al. · Biological Conservation · 233
The Covert World of Fish Biofluorescence: A Phylogenetically Widespread and Phenotypically Variable Phenomenon
2014 · John S. Sparks, Robert C. Schelly, et al. · PLoS ONE · 175
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Phylogeny and biogeography of cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae)
2004 · John S. Sparks, Wm. Leo Smith · Cladistics · 157
Repeated and Widespread Evolution of Bioluminescence in Marine Fishes
2016 · Matthew P. Davis, John S. Sparks, et al. · PLoS ONE · 129
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Phylogeny, taxonomy, and evolution of Neotropical cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Cichlinae)
2008 · Wm. Leo Smith, Prosanta Chakrabarty, et al. · Cladistics · 114
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Species-specific bioluminescence facilitates speciation in the deep sea
2014 · Matthew P. Davis, Nancy I. Holcroft, et al. · Marine Biology · 105
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Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the Malagasy and South Asian cichlids (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae)
2003 · John S. Sparks · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 99
Phylogeny and biogeography of the Malagasy and Australasian rainbowfishes (Teleostei: Melanotaenioidei): Gondwanan vicariance and evolution in freshwater
2004 · John S. Sparks, W. Leo Smith · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 98
Conserving Madagascar's Freshwater Biodiversity
2003 · JONATHAN P. BENSTEAD, PATRICK H. DE RHAM, et al. · BioScience · 98
Evolution and diversification of a sexually dimorphic luminescent system in ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), including diagnoses for two new genera
2005 · John S. Sparks, Paul V. Dunlap, et al. · Cladistics · 91
Freshwater Fishes, Dispersal Ability, and Nonevidence: “Gondwana Life Rafts” to the Rescue
2005 · John S. Sparks, Wm. Leo Smith · Systematic Biology · 89
Temporal Patterns of Diversification across Global Cichlid Biodiversity (Acanthomorpha: Cichlidae)
2013 · Caleb D. McMahan, Prosanta Chakrabarty, et al. · PLoS ONE · 80
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Does counting species count as taxonomy? On misrepresenting systematics, yet again
2013 · Marcelo R. de Carvalho, Malte C. Ebach, et al. · Cladistics · 75
The First Record of a Trans-Oceanic Sister-Group Relationship between Obligate Vertebrate Troglobites
2012 · Prosanta Chakrabarty, Matthew P. Davis, et al. · PLoS ONE · 61
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Biofluorescence in Catsharks (Scyliorhinidae): Fundamental Description and Relevance for Elasmobranch Visual Ecology
2016 · David F. Gruber, Ellis R. Loew, et al. · Scientific Reports · 58
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Observations of in situ deep-sea marine bioluminescence with a high-speed, high-resolution sCMOS camera
2016 · Brennan T. Phillips, David F. Gruber, et al. · Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers · 50
Evolution of the light organ system in ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae)
2011 · Prosanta Chakrabarty, Matthew P. Davis, et al. · Journal of Morphology · 46
Phylogenomic analysis on the exceptionally diverse fish clade Gobioidei (Actinopterygii: Gobiiformes) and data-filtering based on molecular clocklikeness
2018 · Ting Kuang, Luke Tornabene, et al. · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 45
First Observation of Fluorescence in Marine Turtles
2015 · David F. Gruber, John S. Sparks · American Museum Novitates · 45
Adaptive Evolution of Eel Fluorescent Proteins from Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Produces Bright Fluorescence in the Marine Environment
2015 · David F. Gruber, Jean P. Gaffney, et al. · PLoS ONE · 39
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Is sexual selection driving diversification of the bioluminescent ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae)?
2011 · PROSANTA CHAKRABARTY, MATTHEW P. DAVIS, et al. · Molecular Ecology · 34
A Clade of Non-Sexually Dimorphic Ponyfishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Leiognathidae): Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Description of a New Species
2004 · JOHN S. SPARKS, PAUL V. DUNLAP · American Museum Novitates · 34
Phylogeny of the Cichlid Subfamily Etroplinae and Taxonomic Revision of the Malagasy Cichlid Genus Paretroplus (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
2008 · John S. Sparks · Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History · 29
Diagnoses for Leiognathus Lacepède 1802, Equula Cuvier 1815, Equulites Fowler 1904, Eubleekeria Fowler 1904, and a New Ponyfish Genus (Teleostei: Leiognathidae)
2008 · Prosanta Chakrabarty, John S. Sparks · American Museum Novitates · 26
Works count: 141
Citation count: 2,821
H-index: 25
I10-index: 43
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