Melanie L. J. Stiassny

American Museum of Natural History — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Fish Biology and Ecology Studies(148), Fish biology, ecology, and behavior(129), Fish Ecology and Management Studies(57), Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity(54), Ichthyology and Marine Biology(45)

Publications189 total

Lamprologus markerti, a new lamprologine cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) endemic to the lower Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, west-central Africa
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Data from: Phylogenomics, biogeography, and description of a new subfamily and genus of African characiform fishes (Teleostei: Alestidae)
DRYAD·2026Open Access
Two New Species of Suckermouth Catfishes, Genus Chiloglanis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae), from Rapids of the Congo River
American Museum Novitates·2025Open Access
Phylogenomics of African Labeo (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) emphasizing central African species
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Novel complete mitochondrial genomes of eight riverine <i>Lamprologus</i> species (Actinopterygii, Cichlidae) suggest in-situ speciation of the blind cichlid <i>L. lethops</i> in the lower Congo River
Mitochondrial DNA Part B·2025Open Access
African Cichlid Lake Radiations Recapitulate Riverine Axial Morphologies Through Repeated Exploration of Morphospace
2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Phylogenomic and Population Genomic Analyses of Ultraconserved Elements Reveal Deep Coalescence and Introgression Shaped Diversification Patterns in Lamprologine Cichlids of the Congo River
Systematic Biology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction
Nature·2025· 206 citedOpen Access
Phylogenomics of African Labeo (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) Emphasizing Central African Species
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Description of a New Subfamily and Genus of African Characiform Fishes (Teleostei: Alestidae)
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
A New Endogean, Dwarf, and Troglomorphic Species of Swamp Eel of the Genus Ophisternon (Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) from Costa Rica: Evidence from Comparative Mitogenomic and Anatomical Data
Ichthyology & Herpetology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Complete mitochondrial genomes of riverine <i>Lamprologus</i> (Actinopterygii, Cichlidae) with an emphasis on the blind cichlid <i>L. lethops</i>
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Suction Feeding Turned on Its Head: A Functional Novelty Facilitates Lower Jaw Protrusion
Integrative and Comparative Biology·2024· 2 cited
Gene loss and relaxed selection of <i>plaat1</i> in vertebrates adapted to low-light environments
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Impacts of Quaternary Climatic Changes on the Diversification of Riverine Cichlids in the Lower Congo River
Integrative and Comparative Biology·2024· 6 cited
Phylogenomic and anatomical evidence for the Late Cretaceous diversification of African characiform fishes, including a new family, under the influence of the Trans-Saharan Seaway
Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Gene loss and relaxed selection of plaat1 in vertebrates adapted to low-light environments
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Phylogenomics and Morphology of the African Fish Genus Brycinus with Revalidation of Brachyalestes and Description of a New Species from the Congo Basin (Teleostei: Alestidae)
Ichthyology & Herpetology·2023· 6 cited
Rediscovery and range extension for Platyclarias machadoi Poll,&amp;nbsp;1977 (Siluriformes, Clariidae) in the Kwanza River, Angola
Check List·2023Open Access
Description of Two New Labeo (Labeoninae; Cyprinidae) Endemic to the Lulua River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kasai Ecoregion); a Hotspot of Fish Diversity in the Congo Basin
American Museum Novitates·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jairo Arroyave(5), Christian Lévêque(3), Maurice Kottelat(3), John G. Lundberg(3), Ian Harrison(3), Abebe Getahun(3), S. Elizabeth Alter(3), Paul Skelton(2), Gerald R. Allen(2), Roberto Esser dos Reis(2), G. David Johnson(2), Thierry Oberdorff(2), Didier Paugy(2), Pablo A. Tedesco(2), Jos Snoeks(2), Brant C. Faircloth(2), Thomas J. Near(2), Michael E. Alfaro(2), Hernán López‐Fernández(2), Roger Bills(2)