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Walter Ivantsoff Publications

  1. Ivantsoff, W., & C.J.M. Glover, l974. Craterocephalus dalhousiensis n.sp., a sexually dimorphic freshwater teleost (Atherinidae) from South Australia. Aust. Zool., 18(2):88-98.
  2. Ivantsoff, V., l978. Taxonomic and systematic review of the Australian fish species of the family Atherinidae with references to related species of the Old World. Ph.D. Thesis. Macquarie University. 701pp.
  3. Hadfield, A.J., Ivantsoff, V., & P.G. Johnson, l979. Clinal variation in electrophoretic and morphological characters between two nominal species of the genus Pseudomugil (Pisces: Atheriniformes: Pseudomugilidae). Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res., 30:375-386.
  4. Ivantsoff, W., 1980. Family Atherinidae. Silversides or hardyheads. In: Freshwater fishes of south-eastern Australia. R.M. McDowall (ed.). A.F. & A.W. Reed Pty Ltd, pp. 132-137.
  5. Prince, J.D., Ivantsoff, W., & I.C. Potter, l982. Atherinosoma wallacei, a new species of estuarine and inland water silverside (Teleostei: Atherinidae) from the Swan-Avon and Murray Rivers, Western Australia. Austr. Zool., 21(1):63-74.
  6. Crowley, L.E.L.M., & W. Ivantsoff, l982. Reproduction and early stages of development in two species of Australian rainbowfishes Melanotaenia nigrans ( Richardson) and Melanotaenia splendida inornata (Castelnau). Austr. Zool., 21(1):85-95.
  7. Allen, G.R. & W. Ivantsoff, l982. Pseudomugil mellis, le Honey Blue-eye, une nouvelle espèce de Poisson Arc-en-ciel (Melanotaeniidae) d'Australie orientale. Revue. Française d' Aquariologie et Herpetologie, 9(2):83-86.
  8. Patten, J.M., & W. Ivantsoff, 1983. A new genus and species of atherinid fish, Dentatherina merceri from the western Pacific. Jap. J. Ichthyol., 29(4):329-339.
  9. Whitehead, P.J.P., & W. Ivantsoff, l983. Atherina lacunosa and the fishes described by J.R. Forster. Jap. J. Ichthyol., 29(4):355-364.
  10. Ivantsoff, W., & G.R. Allen, l984. Two new species of Pseudomugil (Pisces, Melanotaeniidae) from Irian Jaya and New Guinea. Austr. Zool., 21(5):479-489.
  11. Ivantsoff, W., l984. Atherinidae. Silversides. In: FAO species identification sheets, fishing area 51 ( West Indian Ocean). Vol. 1. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, 10pp.
  12. Ivantsoff, W., l984. Notocheiridae. In: FAO species identification sheets, fishing area 5l ( West Indian Ocean). Vol. 3. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, 3pp.
  13. Potter, I.C., Ivantsoff, W., Cameron, R., & J. Minard, l986. Life cycles and distribution of atherinids in the marine and estuarine waters of southern Australia. Hydrobiologia, 139:23-40.
  14. Ivantsoff, W., l986. Atherinidae. In: M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.), Smith's Sea Fishes, Macmillan, Johannesburg, South Africa, 381-383.
  15. Ivantsoff, W., l986. Notocheiridae. In: M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.), Smith's Sea Fishes, Macmillan, Johannesburg, South Africa, 384.
  16. Allen, G.R., & W. Ivantsoff, l986. Deux nouvelles especes de blue-eyes (Pseudomugil: Melanotaeniidae) de Nouvelle-Guinee. Rev. fr. Aquariol., 12(3):85-88.
  17. Crowley, L.E.L.M., & W. Ivantsoff, l986. Taxonomic position of two crimson-spotted rainbowfish, Melanotaenia duboulayi and Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Pisces: Melanotaeniidae), from eastern Australia, with special reference to their early life-history stages. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res., 37:385:98.
  18. Ivantsoff, W., Crowley, L.E.L.M., & G.R. Allen, l987. Description of three new species and one subspecies of freshwater hardyhead (Pisces: Atherinidae: Craterocephalus) from Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus., 13(2):171-188.
  19. Ivantsoff, W., Said, B., & A. Williams, l987. Systematic position of the family Dentatherinidae in relationship to Phallostethidae and Atherinidae. Copeia, 3:649-658.
  20. Ivantsoff, W., Crowley, L.E.L.M., & G.R. Allen, l987. Description of a new species of freshwater hardyhead Craterocephalus kailolae (Pisces: Atherinidae) from Safia, northeastern Papua New Guinea. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 109(3):331-37.
  21. Crowley, L.E.L.M. & W. Ivantsoff 1988. A new species of Australian Craterocephalus (Pisces: Atherinidae) and redescription of four other species. Rec. West. Aust. Mus., 14(2):151-169.
  22. Ivantsoff, W. & M. Kottelat 1988. Redescription of Hypoatherina valenciennei and its relationships to other species of Atherinidae in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Jap. J. Ichthyol., 35(2):142-49.
  23. Pavlov, A., Ivantsoff, W., Last, P.R., & L.E.L.M. Crowley 1988. Kestratherina brevirostris, a new genus and species of silverside (Pisces: Atherinidae) with a review of atherinid marine and estuarine genera of southern Australia. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res., 339:385-97.
  24. Ivantsoff, W., Crowley, L.E.L.M., Howe, E., & G. Semple 1988. Biology and early development of eight fish species from the Alligator Rivers Region. Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region. Technical Memorandum 22:1-62.
  25. Crowley, L.E.L.M. & W. Ivantsoff 1989. An historical overview of the genus Craterocephalus with special reference to the hardyheads from Dalhousie Springs (pp.113-8). In: Natural History of Dalhousie Springs (W. Zeidler & W.F. Ponder, Eds.). Publication of South Australian Museum.
  26. Saeed, B., & W. Ivantsoff 1989. Systematic revision of the blue-eyes (Family: Pseudomugilidae). Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res., 40:719-87.
  27. Crowley, L.E.L.M. & W. Ivantsoff, 1990. A Second hardyhead, Craterocephalus gloveri (Pisces: Atherinidae), from Dalhousie Springs, central Australia. Ichthyol. Explor. Fresh­waters, 1(2):113-122.
  28. Crowley, L.E.L.M. & W. Ivantsoff 1990. A review of species previously identified as Craterocephalus eyresii (Pisces: Atherinidae). Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 112(1):41-57.
  29. Crowley, L.E.L.M., Ivantsoff, W., & G.R. Allen, 1991. Freshwater fishes of the genus Craterocephalus (family Atherinidae) from the southern drainages of Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya with reference to Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum stercusmuscarum from Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus., 15(1):33-52.
  30. Ivantsoff, W., Unmack, P., Saeed, B., & L.E.L.M. Crowley, 1991. A redfinned blue-eye, a new species and genus of the family Pseudomugilidae from central Western Queensland. Fishes of Sahul, 6(4):277-282.
  31. Saeed, B. & W. Ivantsoff, 1991. Kalyptatherina, the first telmatherinid genus known outside Sulawesi. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, 2(3):227-238.
  32. Crowley, L.E.L.M., & W. Ivantsoff, 1991. Genetic similarity among populations of rainbowfishes (Pisces: Melanotaeniidae) from Atherton Tableland, Northern Queensland. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, 2(2):129-137.
  33. Ivantsoff, W., & L.E.L.M. Crowley, 1991. Review of the Australian silverside fishes of the genus Atherinomorus (Atherinidae). Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res., 42(6):479-505.
  34. Ivantsoff, W. & L.E.L.M. Crowley, 1992. Rainbowfishes from the Atherton Tableland. Fishes of Sahul, 7(2):305-10.
  35. Crowley, L.E.L.M., & W. Ivantsoff, (1992). Redefinition of the freshwater genus, Craterocephalus (Teleostei: Atherinidae) of Australia and New Guinea with an analysis of three species. Ichthyol. Explor. of Freshwaters, 3(3):1-15.
  36. Shepherd, M., & W. Ivantsoff, (1992). Effect of some standard fixatives on fish gill morphology. Proceedings of the ASAIHL Seminar on the role of the ASAIHL in combating health hazards of environmental pollution, 210-214.
  37. Saeed, B., Ivantsoff, W., & L.E.L.M. Crowley, 1993. A new species of the surf-inhabiting atheriniform Iso (Pisces: Isonidae). Rec. West. Aust. Mus., 16(3):337-346.
  38. Lardner, R., Ivantsoff, W., & L.E.L.M. Crowley, 1993. Recolonization by fishes of a rocky intertidal pool following repeated defaunation. Australian Zoologist, 29(1):1-8.
  39. Ivantsoff, W. 1994. Atherinidae. In: "Fishes of Australia’s south Coast " (Eds. M. Gomon, C.J.M. Glover & R. Kuiter). Pp. 375-382.
  40. Ivantsoff, W. Isonidae.1994 In: "Fishes of Australia’s south Coast " (Eds. M. Gomon, C.J.M. Glover & R. Kuiter). P. 382.
  41. Saeed, B., Ivantsoff, W.l, & L.E.L.M. Crowley, 1994. Systematic Relationships of Atheriniform Families within Division 1 of the Series Atherinomorpha (Acanthopterygii) with Relevant Historical Pespectives. Journal of Ichtyology, 34(9):27-72.
  42. Crowley, L.E.L.M., Ivantsoff, W., & G.R. Allen. 1995.Description of a new species of hardyhead, Craterocephalus fistularis (Pisces: Atherinidae) from Irian Jaya. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 17:325-329.
  43. Aarn & W. Ivantsoff. 1996. Descriptive anatomy of Rhadinocentrus ornatus (Osteichthyes: Melanotaeniidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 7(1):41-58.
  44. Berra, T., Crowley, L.E.L.M., & W. Ivantsoff. 1996. Galaxias maculatus: an explanation of its biogeography. Marine and Freshwater Research 47, 845-9.
  45. Ivantsoff, W. & L.E.L.M. Crowley.1996. Family Atherinidae Silversides or hardyheads (pp.123-133) In: "Freshwater fishes of south-eastern Australia"( McDowall, R.M., Ed.). A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney.
  46. Ivantsoff, W. & L.E.L.M. Crowley. 1996.Family Pseudomugilidae blue-eyes (pp.141-143) In: "Freshwater fishes of south-eastern Australia"( McDowall, R.M., Ed.). A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney.
  47. Rinne, J.N., Ivantsoff, W., Crowley, L.E.L.M., & Javier Lobon-Cervia. 1996.Conservation of Desert fishes: Spain, Australia and the United States (pp. 377-400). In: “Biodiversity in Managed Landscapes” (Szaro, R.C. & D.W. Johnston, Eds.). Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  48. Aarn, Ivantsoff, W., & B. Hansen. 1997. East Coast Sympatry. Differential developmental characteristics of two rainbowfish and a blue-eye (Teleostei: Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae and Pseudomugilidae) of eastern Australia, with a discussion of adult habitat preferences. Fishes of Sahul, 11(2):507-15.
  49. Ivantsoff, W., Aarn, Shepherd, M.A. & G.R. Allen. 1997. Pseudomugil reticulatus (Pisces: Pseudomugilidae), a review of the species described from a single specimen from Vogelkop Peninsula, Irian Jaya, with further evaluation of the systematics of Atherinoidea. Aqua Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology, 2(4):53-64.
  50. Aarn & W. Ivantsoff. 1997. Descriptive anatomy of Cairnichthys rhombosomoides and Iriatherina werneri (Teleostei: Atheriniformes), and a phylogenetic analysis of Melanotaeniidae. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 8(2):107-1.50.
  51. Allen, G.R., Ivantsoff, W., Shepherd, M.A., and S. J. Renyaan. 1998. Pseudomugil pellucidus (Pisces:Pseudomugilidae), a newly discovered blue-eye from Timika-Tembagapura region , Irian Jaya. Aqua Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology, 3(1)1-8.
  52. Aarn, Walter Ivantsoff and Maurice Kottelat. 1998 Phylogenetic analysis of Telmatherinidae (Teleostei: Atherinomorpha), with description of Marosatherina, a new genus from Sulawesi. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 9(3):311-23.
  53. Ivantsoff, W., and Aarn. 1999. Detection of predation on Australian native fishes by Gambusia holbrooki. Marine and Freshwater Research, 50:467-8.
  54. Ivantsoff, W., & L.E.L.M. Crowley. 1999. Atherinidae. Silversides. In: FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes, The living resources of the Western Central Pacific . Vol. 4. (Carpenter, K.E. & V.H. Niem, Eds.):2113-2128. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome. Pp. 2069- 2790.
  55. Ivantsoff, W., & L.E.L.M. Crowley. 1999 Isonidae. Flowers of the wave. In: In: FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes, The living resources of the Western Central Pacific . Vol. 4. (Carpenter, K.E. & V.H. Niem, Eds.):2140-2143. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome. Pp. 2069- 2790.
  56. Ivantsoff, W., & L.E.L.M. Crowley. 1999 Pseudomugilidae. Blue-eyes. In: FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes, The living resources of the Western Central Pacific . Vol. 4. (Carpenter, K.E. & V.H. Niem, Eds.):2109-2112. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome. Pp. 2069- 2790.
  57. Ivantsoff, W., & L.E.L.M. Crowley. 1999.Telmatherinidae. Sailfin silversides In: In: FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes, The living resources of the Western Central Pacific . Vol. 4. (Carpenter, K.E. & V.H. Niem, Eds.):2144. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome. Pp. 2069- 2790.
  58. Ivantsoff, W., & L.E.L.M. Crowley. 1999. Dentatherinidae. Tusked silversides. In: In: FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes, The living resources of the Western Central Pacific . Vol. 4. (Carpenter, K.E. & V.H. Niem, Eds.):2145. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome. Pp. 2069- 2790.
  59. Ivantsoff, W. & Aarn. 1999. Detection of predation on Australian native fishes by Gambusia holbrooki. Marine and Freshwater Research, 50:467-8.
  60. Aarn & W. Ivantsoff. 2000. Cranial cartilage formation and calcification sequences of Rhadinocentrus ornatus. Fishes of Sahul, 14(2):680-685.
  61. Ivantsoff, W. Atheriniformes. In: Checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea (Randall, J.e. & K.K.P. Lim, Eds.) 598-99. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2000, Supplement No. 8 : 569-667.
  62. Ebner, B., Raadik, T., & W. Ivantsoff. 2003. Threatened fishes of the world. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 68:390.
  63. Ghasemzadeh, J. ,Ivantsoff, W. & Aarn. 2004.Historical overview of mugilid systematics, with description of Paramugil (Teleostei Mugiliformes, Mugilidae, new genus Aqua Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 8(1)9-22.
  64. Ghasemzadeh, J. ,Ivantsoff, W. & Aarn. 2004.Historical overview of mugilid systematics, with description of Paramugil (Teleostei Mugiliformes, Mugilidae, new genus. Aqua Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 8(1)9-22.
  65. Larson, H.K., Ivantsoff, W., & L.E.L.M. Crowley. 2005. Description of a new species of freshwater hardyhead Craterocephalus laisapi (Pisces, Atherinidae) from East Timor. Aqua Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology. 10(2):81-88.
  66. Saeed, B. Ivantsoff, W., & Aarn. 2006. Descriptive anatomy of Iso rhothophilus(Ogilby), with a phylogenetic analysis of Iso and a redefinition of Isonidae (Atheriniformes). Aqua Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology. 10(1):25-44.
  67. Ivantsoff, W. Atherinidae of the Eastern Central Atlantic. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes (In press).

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