John E. McCosker

John E. McCosker, U.S. ichthyologist.

California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA

Taxon names authored

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42 taxon names authored by John E. McCosker

Eponyms

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1 eponym of John E. McCosker

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1970

McCosker, J.E. 1970. A review of the eel genera Leptenchelys and Muraenichthys, with the descriptions of a new genus, Schismorhynchus, and a new species Muraenichthys chilensis. Pacific Science 24(4): 506–516.

1971

McCosker, J.E. 1971. A new species of Parapercis (Pisces: Mugiloididae) from the Juan Fernández Islands. Copeia 1971(4): 682–686.

1972

McCosker, J.E. 1972. Two new genera and two new species of western Pacific snake-eels (Apodes: Ophichthidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 39 111–119. BHL

1974

McCosker, J.E. 1974. A revision of the ophichthid eel genus Letharchus. Copeia 1974(3): 619–629.

1975

McCosker, J.E. 1975. The eel genus Phaenomonas (Pisces, Ophichthidae). Pacific Science 29(4): 361–363.

1977

McCosker, J.E. 1977. The osteology, classification, and relationships of the eel family Ophichthidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 41(1): 1–123.

1979

McCosker, J.E. 1979. The snake eels (Pisces, Ophichthidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with the description of two new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 42(2): 57–67.

1982

McCosker, J.E. 1982. A new genus and two new species of remarkable Pacific worm eels (Ophichthidae, subfamily Myrophinae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 43(5): 59–66.

1985

McCosker, J.E. 1985. Two new genera and two new species of deepwater western Atlantic worm eels (Pisces: Ophichthidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 44(2): 9–15.

1986

McCosker, J.E. 1986. Family No. 129: Anomalopidae (pp. 413–414). In: Smiths' Sea Fishes.
McCosker, J.E. 1986. A new snake eel, Ophichthus bennettai (Pisces: Ophichthidae) from off western South Africa. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication 39: 1–4.

1995

McCosker, J.E. & Parin, N.V. 1995. A new species of deepwater worm-eel, Muraenichthys profundorum (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from the Nazca Ridge. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 42(3/4): 231–235. Reference page.

1996

McCosker, J.E. & Humann, P.H. 1996. New Records of Galápagos Fishes. Noticias de Galapagos 56: 18-25

1998

McCosker, J.E. 1998. [Review] The Fishes of the Galapágos Islands. Jack S. Grove and Robert J. Lavenberg. 1997. Copeia 1998(3): 809–812.
McCosker, J.E. 1998. Snake-eels of the genus Xyrias (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Cybium 22(1): 7–13.
McCosker, J.E. 1998. A revision of the snake-eel genus Callechelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of two new Indo-Pacific species and a new Callechelyin genus. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 50 (no. 7): 185–214.

1999

McCosker, J.E. 1999. Pisces Anguilliformes: deepwater snake eels (Ophichthidae) from the New Caledonia region, southwest Pacific Ocean. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (N. S.) (Série A) Zoologie No. 180: 571–588.
Long, D.J. & McCosker, J.E. 1999. A new species of deep-water skate, Rajella eisenhardti, (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) from the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington 112(1): 45-51. Biostor Reference page.

2000

McCosker, J.E. 2000. Peter H. J. Castle 1934–1999 [obituary]. Copeia 2000(3): 912–913. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[0912:O]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.

2002

McCosker, J.E. 2002. Notes on Hawaiian snake eels (Pisces: Ophichthidae), with comments on Ophichthus bonaparti. Pacific Science 56(1): 23–34.
McCosker, J.E. & Randall, J.E. 2002. Parapercis lata, a new species of sandperch (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from the central Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 53(8): 87–93.

2003

McCosker, J.E. 2003. Ophichthyidae (Pp. 724–733). In: Carpenter 2003 [ref. 27006]. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic 2.
Tighe, K.A. & McCosker, J.E. 2003. Two new species of the genus Chlopsis (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Chlopsidae) from the Southwestern Pacific. Zootaxa 236: 1–8. Abstract and introduction (PDF) Reference page.

2004

McCosker, J.E. 2004. A new species of finless snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Ascension Island, with comments on Ichthyapus acutirostris. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 55(7): 169–173.

2005

McCosker, J.E. 2005. A new species of deepwater snake eel, Ophichthus pullus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Angola and Guinea-Bissau. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 56(36): 669–674.
McCosker, J.E. & Randall, J.E. 2005. Notes on the snake eels of the genera Apterichtus and Ichthyapus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) of the centeral and south Pacific, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 800: 1–11. Reference page.

2006

McCosker, J.E. 2006. A new deepwater species of worm-eel, Scolecenchelys castlei (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from New Zealand and Australia, with comments on S. breviceps and S. macroptera. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 36(1): 17–26.
McCosker, J.E. 2006. Notes and comments on some eastern Atlantic snake eels (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 57: 736–738.
McCosker, J.E. 2006. A new species of sand eel, Yirrkala moorei (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from the South Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 57: 373–377.

2007

McCosker, J.E. 2007. Luthulenchelys heemstraorum, a new genus and species of snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from KwaZulu-Natal, with comments on Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1853) and its synonyms. Smithiana - Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin 7: 3–7. PDF of entire bulletin

2008

McCosker, J.E. 2008. Trachyscorpia osheri and Idiastion hageyi, two new species of deepwater scorpionfishes (Scorpaeniformes: Sebastidae, Scorpaenidae) from the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 59(3): 113–123.

2010

McCosker, J.E. 2010. Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa 2505: 1–39.
McCosker, J.E.. 2010. The Fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: An Update. Proceedings of The California Academy of Sciences 4(61): 167-195

2011

McCosker, J.E. 2011. Two new Indo-Pacific species of the sand-eel genus Yirrkala (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin 13: 45–50. PDF

2015

McCosker, J.E. & Hibino, Y. 2015: A review of the finless snake eels of the genus Apterichtus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 3941(1): 49–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.2. Reference page.
Ho, H-C., Smith, D.G., McCosker, J.E. & Holleman, W. 2015. Systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1): 1–189. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.1. Full article (PDF) ISBN 978-177557-857-4 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-858-1 (Online edition) Reference page.
Ho, H-C., McCosker, J.E., Smith, D.G. & Shao, K-T. 2015. Introduction to the systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1): 5–18. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.3 Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Ho, H-C., McCosker, J.E. & Smith, D.G. 2015. Renaming of three recently described eels of the genus Neenchelys (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the western Pacific. Zootaxa 4060(1): 49–51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.7. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Ho, H-C., Smith, D.G., McCosker, J.E., Hibino, Y., Loh, K-H., Tighe, K.A. & Shao, K-T. 2015. Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1): 140–189. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16 Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). Reference page.
McCosker, J.E. & Ho, H.-C. 2015. New species of the snake eels Echelus and Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1): 71–85. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.11. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.

2016

Hibino, Y., McCosker, J.E. & Kimura, S. 2016. A new species of Apterichtus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Marquesas Islands. Zootaxa 4117(1): 146–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.1.10. Reference page.

2018

Ho, H-C., Smith, D.G., Tighe, K.A., Hibino, Y. & McCosker, J.E. 2018. Checklist of eels of Taiwan (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes): An update. Pp 5–17 IN Ho, H-C., Holleman, W., Hilton, E.J., Smith, D.G. & McCosker, J.E. (eds.), Systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan (II). Zootaxa, 4454(1): 1–237. Reference page. . Zootaxa 4454(1): 5–17. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.3 PDF Reference page.
McCosker, J.E. & Psomadakis, P.N. 2018. Snake eels of the genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Myanmar (Indian Ocean) with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4526(1): 71–83. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4526.1.5 Reference page.

2019

Hibino, Y., Ho, H-C. & McCosker, J.E. 2019. A new species of Muraenichthys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan, with redescription of Muraenichthys thompsoni Jordan & Richardson, 1908. Pp 41–48 In Ho, H-C., Koeda, K. & Hilton, E.J., (eds.), Study on the fish taxonomy and diversity of Taiwan. Zootaxa, 4702(1): 1–229. Reference page. Zootaxa 4702(1): 41–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4702.1.9 pdf Reference page.

2020

Hibino, Y. & McCosker, J.E. 2020. Resurrection of Ophichthus zophistius (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with a revised diagnosis of O. altipennis. Zootaxa 4801(2): 328–342. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.2.7 Reference page.
McCosker, J.E., Bogorodsky, S.V., Mal, A.O. & Alpermann, T.J. 2020. Description of a new snake eel Ophichthus olivaceus (Teleostei: Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) from the Red Sea. Zootaxa 4750(1): 31–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.1.2 Reference page.