OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ichthyological Research is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Hermaphroditism in fishes: an annotated list of species, phylogeny, and mating system	55
Contrasting diets of the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica, in the upper and lower areas of Tsuchikawa-gawa River, Kagoshima, Japan	12
Taxonomic status of nominal species of the anchovy genus Stolephorus previously regarded as synonyms of Stolephorus commersonnii Lacepède 1803 and Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt 1823), and descripti	11
Fish assemblage structure response to seagrass bed degradation due to overgrazing by the green sea turtle Chelonia mydas at Iriomote Island, southern Japan	9
Complex phylogeographic patterns in the intertidal goby Chaenogobius annularis around Kyushu Island as a boundary zone of three different seas	8
Gobius xoriguer, a new offshore Mediterranean goby (Gobiidae), and phylogenetic relationships within the genus Gobius	7
Characterizing the spatial and temporal occurrence patterns of the endangered botiid loach Parabotia curtus by environmental DNA analysis using a newly developed species-specific primer set	7
The pressure drag reduction effect of tandem swimming by Caranx sexfasciatus and Rhincodon typus	6
Trophic resource partitioning by sympatric ecomorphs of Schizopygopsis (Cyprinidae) in a young Pamir Mountain lake: preliminary results	6
A new species of Elassodiscus (Cottoidei: Liparidae) from the North Pacific with an emended diagnosis of the genus	6
Feeding habits of the mesopelagic fish Sigmops gracilis larvae in the Kuroshio and its adjacent water, southern Japan	6
Review of Indo-Pacific species of the scorpionfish genus Scorpaena (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae), with descriptions of two new species from the west coast of Australia	6
First report of natural hybridization between two yellowtails, Seriola quinqueradiata and S. lalandi	5
Genetic diversity and morphological stasis in the Ceylon Snakehead, Channa orientalis (Teleostei: Channidae)	5
Japanese eels, Anguilla japonica, can surmount a 46-m-high natural waterfall of the Amikake River system of Kyushu Island, Japan	5
A new species of Thrissina from Pakistan (Arabian Sea), with redescription of Thrissina whiteheadi (Wongratana 1983) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae)	5
Complementary distribution of non-native white-spotted charr and native red-spotted masu salmon in Shikoku Island, southwestern Japan: a consequence of interspecific interactions?	5
Generic revision of the species formerly belonging to the genus Carangoides and its related genera (Carangiformes: Carangidae)	5
Comparative phylogeography of coastal gobies in the Japanese Archipelago: future perspectives for the study of adaptive divergence and speciation	5
Morphologies and population genetic structures of the eight-barbel loach of the genus Lefua on southern Sakhalin	5
Stress response of rainbow trout fry after exposure to an elevated concentration of carbon dioxide based on transcriptome analysis	5
Temporal dynamics of the fish communities in the reservoir: the influence of eutrophication on ecological guilds structure	5
Mating system and protandrous sex change in “Magochi” Platycephalus sp. 2 (Platycephalidae)	5
No apparent effects of the buccal cavity attaching parasite, Salmincola sp. (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae), on a stream salmonid: a mark-recapture study	4
Japanese eel at the northern edge: glass eel migration into a river on Hokkaido, Japan	4

The lateral line system and its innervation in the masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou masou (Salmonidae)	4
Upper thermal tolerance of larval Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)	4
Redescriptions of Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes 1847 and Dussumieria albulina (Fowler 1934), two valid species of rainbow sardines (Clupeiformes: Dussumieriidae)	4
Size, age, and social control of protogynous sex change in the labrid fish Pteragogus aurigarius	4
Geographical continuity and discontinuity in the meristic characteristics of ayus of the southern subspecies Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis	4
Cusk-eel confusion: revisions of larval Luciobrotula and Pycnocraspedum and re-descriptions of two bythitid larvae (Ophidiiformes)	3
Deadly interaction between a swordfish Xiphias gladius and a bigeye thresher shark Alopias superciliosus	3
Annandale’s collection of freshwater fishes from Inle Lake, Myanmar, housed in the Kyoto University Museum	3
Icelus hypselopterus, a new cottid from the southern Sea of Okhotsk	3
A new reefgoby, Priolepis duostella (Perciformes: Gobiidae) collected from off Kashiwa-jima Island, Kochi, Japan	3
A new lacustrine ricefish from central Sulawesi, with a redescription of Oryzias marmoratus (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae)	3
Mucus provisioning behavior in teleost fishes: a novel model system for the evolution of secretory provisioning in vertebrates	3
Seasonal habitat use by warmwater fishes in a braided river, southwestern Japan: effects of spatiotemporal thermal heterogeneity	3
A new ponyfish, Deveximentum mekranensis (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), from the Gulf of Oman	3
Protective resemblance to floating pumice stones by juveniles of the rough triggerfish Canthidermis maculata (Balistidae, Tetraodontiformes)	2
Developmental morphology and growth in early stages of laboratory-reared Cirrhinus molitorella and C. microlepis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)	2
Stingray spines embedded in the skull of a cobia	2
Salinity tolerance and early survival of F1 hatchlings crossbred between amphidromous and landlocked strains of ayu under experimental condition	2
Descriptions and records of liparid fishes (Scorpaeniformes, Liparidae) from the Mariana Islands	2
Identification of first recorded ophichthid larvae of Ophichthus celebicus and O. macrochir (Anguilliformes; Ophichthidae) from Japan, based on morphometric and genetic evidence	2
Environmental DNA analysis provides an overview of distribution patterns of two dojo loach species within the Naka-ikemi Wetland, Fukui Prefecture, Japan	2
The structure of shallow water fish assemblages in sandy beaches of a tropical bay in the southwestern Atlantic	2
Redescription of Enneapterygius erythrosoma Shen 1994 and a synopsis of Enneapterygius similis Fricke 1997, with comments on the taxonomic status of Enneapterygius rubicauda Shen 1994 (Perciformes: Tr	2
Fluctuating asymmetry in the insular population of ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis, estimating its genetic diversity at extinction	2
Plectranthias kojii sp. nov., a new perchlet (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Okinawa, Japan	2
Type status of Hyalorhynchus pellucidus Ogilby 1910 (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) with a discussion of Endeavour fishes described by J. D. Ogilby in 1910 from Australia	2
Description of two new species of Bassozetus (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) and a redescription of Bassozetus robustus Smith and Radcliffe 1913	2
Okamejei panayensis sp. nov., a new skate (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Philippines	2
Redescription of the circumglobal deepwater scorpionfish Setarches guentheri (Setarchidae)	2
Rediagnosis of the monotypic genus Lepadicyathus Prokofiev 2005 (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae) and redescription of Lepadicyathus minor (Briggs 1955), new combination	2
Monogamous mating system and protandrous-like sexuality in the goby Trimma taylori	2
A new species of Thrissina from the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with redescription of Thrissina adelae (Rutter 1897) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae)	2
Review of the waspfish genus Neocentropogon (Tetrarogidae), with a key to genera in the family	2
Morphological and genetic identification of formalin-fixed gobioid larvae and description of postflexion larvae of Paragunnellichthys sp. and Ctenogobiops feroculus	2
Taxonomic review of the Neomerinthe bucephalus species group (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae), with description of a new species from Vanuatu	2
Revision of the resurrected deepwater scorpionfish genus Lythrichthys Jordan and Starks 1904 (Setarchidae), with descriptions of two new species	2
Revision of the genus Parapterois (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) and resurrection of Parapterois nigripinnis (Gilchrist 1904)	2
Descriptions of two new species of Callogobius (Gobiidae) found in Japan	2
First insight into the swimming behavior of the paedomorphic fish Schindleria sp. (Gobiidae)	2
Escorting and chafing behaviours as potential pathways to spread pathogens among cleaner fishes and their clients	2
A new species of Astronesthes (Actinopterygii, Stomiidae, Astronesthinae) snaggletooth from the tropical western Pacific, with comments on the occurrence of Astronesthes luetkeni Regan and Trewavas in	2