Gerald R. Allen

Gerald Robert Allen (born 1942), American-born Australian ichthyologist.

• Department of Aquatic Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Perth, Western Australia 6986, Australia

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 114 taxon names authored by Gerald R. Allen

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1977

• Randall, H.A. & Allen, G.R. 1977. A revision of the damselfish genus Dascyllus (Pomacentridae) with the description of a new species. Records of the Australian Museum 31(9): 349–385. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.31.1977.217 PDF Reference page. 

1980

• Allen, G.R. & Cross, N.J. 1980. Descriptions of five new rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from New Guinea. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(3): 377–396. BHL Reference page. 

1987

• Allen, G.R. 1987. Popondichthys, a replacement name for the melanotaeniid fish genus Popondetta. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 33(4): 409. Preview. Reference page. 

1991

• Allen, G.R. 1991. Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Germany. 271 pp. ISBN 978-3-88244-008-9. Reference page. 

1995

• Allen, G.R. & Rajasuriya, A. 1995. Chrysiptera kuiteri, a new species of damselfish (Pomacentridae) from Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Records of the Western Australian Museum 17(3): 283–286.

2002

• Jenkins, A.P. & G.R. Allen 2002: Neopomacentrus aquadulcis, a new species of damselfish (Pomacentridae) from eastern Papua New Guinea. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 20: 379–382. Reference page. 

2003

• Allen, G.R., Randall, J.E. & Carlson, B.A. 2003. Cirrhilabrus marjorie, a new wrasse (Pisces: Labridae) from Fiji. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 7(3): 113–118. Reference page. 
• Allen, G.R. & Wright, J.E. 2003. Description of a new species of damselfish (Pomacentridae: Pomacentrus) from Rodrigues Island, Indian Ocean. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 7(4): 133–138. Reference page. 

2005

• Allen, G.R. & Randall, J.E. 2005: Exyrias akihito, a new species of coral-reef goby (Gobiidae) from the western Pacific. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53(2): 231–235. PDF Reference page. 

2006

• Allen, G.R., Young, F. & Colin, P.L. 2006. Centropyge abei, a new species of deep-dwelling angelfish (Pomacanthidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Aqua 11(1): 13–18. Abstract and full-text Reference page. 

2007

• Allen, G.R., Seeman, O.D., Schmid-Hempel, P. & Buttermore, R.E. 2007. Low parasite loads accompany the invading population of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris in Tasmania. Insectes sociaux 54(1): 56–63. DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0908-y Reference page. 

2008

• Allen, G.R., Drew, J. & Barber, P. 2008. Cirrhilabrus beauperryi, a new wrasse (Pisces: Labridae) from Melanesia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 14: 129–140. Reference page. 

2009

• Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2009. A new species of damselfish (Pomacentrus: Pomacentridae) from western New Guinea. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25(2): 121–126. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.25(2).2009.121-126 Reference page. 

2010

• Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Barber, P.H. 2010. A new species of damselfish (Chrysiptera: Pomacentridae) from Papua New Guinea and eastern Indonesia. aqua International Journal of Ichthyology 16(2): 61–70. Reference page. 

2012

• Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Pp. 857–1292 in: Reef fishes of the East Indies. Andaman Sea, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Christmas Island, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Volume III. Conservation International Indonesia, Renon. ISBN 978-0-9872600-0-0. Reference page. 
• Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I–III. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. 1292pp. University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-9872600-0-0.
• Gon, O. & Allen, G.R. 2012. Revision of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfish genus Siphamia (Perciformes: Apogonidae). Zootaxa 3294: 1–84. Preview Reference page. 

2013

• Allen, G.R., White, W.T. & Erdmann, M.V. 2013. Two new species of snappers (Pisces: Lutjanidae: Lutjanus) from the Indo-West Pacific. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 6: 33–51. PDF. Reference page. 
• Allen, G. R., Erdmann, M.V. & Yusmalinda, N.L.A. 2013. Paracheilinus rennyae, a new species of flasherwrasse (Perciformes: Labridae) from southern Indonesia. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 19(4): 193–206.Reference page. 

2014

• Fricke, R., Allen, G.R., Andréfouët, S., Chen, W.-J., Hamel, M.A., Laboute, P., Mana, R., Hui, T.H & Uyeno, D. 2014. Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records. Zootaxa 3832(1): 1–248. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3832.1.1 Reference page. 
• Gon, O., Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Gouws, G. 2014. A new species of the cardinalfish genus Siphamia (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from West Papua, Indonesia. Zootaxa 3881(4): 328–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.4.2 Reference page. 

2015

• Hoese, D.F. & Allen, G.R. 2015. Descriptions of three new species of Glossogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from New Guinea. Zootaxa 3986(2): 201–216. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.2.4 Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Allen, G.R. 2015. Descriptions of two new species of shrimpgobies (Gobiidae: Cryptocentrus and Tomiyamichthys) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 16: 67–81. PDF Reference page. 
• Allen, G. R. & Walsh, F. 2015. Plectranthias bennetti, a new species of anthiine fish (Pisces: Serranidae) from the Coral Sea, Australia. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 16: 82–89. (PDF) Reference page. 
• Allen, G.R. 2015. Lubricogobius nanus, a new species of goby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from eastern Papua New Guinea. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 17: 1–11. PDF Reference page. 
• Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Cahyani, N.K.D. 2015. Navigobius vittatus, a new species of dartfish (Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae) from Brunei Darussalam. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 17: 12–21. PDF Reference page. 
• Iwatsuki, Y., Tanaka, F. & Allen, G.R. 2015. Lutjanus xanthopinnis, a new species of snapper (Pisces: Lutjanidae) from the Indo-west Pacific, with a redescription of Lutjanus madras (Valenciennes 1831). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 17: 17–42. PDF Reference page. 
• Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Cahyani, N.K.D. 2015. Review of the Chrysiptera oxycephala complex of damselfishes (Pomacentridae) with descriptions of three new species from the East Indian Archipelago. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 17: 56–84. PDF Reference page. 
• Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Hadiaty, R.K. 2015. Acentrogobius limarius, a new species of goby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from West Papua Province, Indonesia. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 15: 33–40. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2016

• Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Yusmalinda, N.L.A. 2016. Review of the Indo-Pacific Flasherwrasses of the genus Paracheilinus (Perciformes: Labridae), with descriptions of three new species. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 19: 18–90. PDF Reference page. 
• Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Cahyani, N.K.D. 2016. Sueviota bryozophila, a new species of coral-reef goby from Indonesia (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 20: 76–82. PDF Reference page. 
• Allen, G.R., Unmack, P.J. & Hadiaty, R.K. 2016. Pseudomugil luminatus, a new species of Blue-eye (Teleostei: Pseudomugilidae) from southern New Guinea, with notes on P. gertrudae. Fishes of Sahul 30(1): 950–961. Reference page. 
• Allen, G.R. & Hammer, M.P. 2016. Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus, a new species of fairy wrasse (Pisces: Labridae) from the Timor Sea, northern Australia. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 22: 41–52. PDF Reference page. 

2017

• Gill, A.C., Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2017. Pseudochromis stellatus, a new species of dottyback from Indonesia (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae). Zootaxa 4338(2): 333–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.2.7. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2018

• Hammer, M.P., Allen, G.R., Martin, K.C., Adams, M., Ebner, B.C., Raadik, T.A. & Unmack, P.J. 2018. Revision of the Australian Wet Tropics endemic rainbowfish genus Cairnsichthys (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4413(2): 271–294. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.2.3 Reference page. 

2019

• Fricke, R., Allen, G.R., Amon, D., Andréfouët, S., Chen, W-J., Kinch, J.P., Mana, R., Russell, B.C., Tully, D. & White, W.T. 2019. Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records. Zootaxa 4588(1): 1–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1 Reference page.