J. Mccosker

Most-cited papers

1. Predatory behavior of the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) with notes on its biology

   T. Tricas, J. Mccosker

   1984241 citations

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2. Specimen collection: an essential tool.

   L. Rocha, A. Aleixo, G. Allen, F. Almeda +119 more

   2014Science231 citations Open access

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3. Tropical Transpacific Shore Fishes

   D. Robertson, Jack Grove, J. Mccosker

   2004134 citations Open access

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4. Key biodiversity areas as globally significant target sites for the conservation of marine biological diversity

   G. Edgar, P. Langhammer, Gerry Allen, T. Brooks +10 more

   2008100 citations Open access

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5. Responding to the Risk of White Shark Attack: updated statistics, prevention, control methods and recommendations

   T. Curtis, B. Bruce, Ceremy Cliff, S. Dudley +8 more

   201253 citations

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6. The White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, Has a Warm Stomach

   J. Mccosker

   198744 citations

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7. Darwin's fishes: Phylogeography of Galápagos Islands reef fishes

   G. Bernardi, Marina L. Ramon, Yvette R. Alva-Campbell, J. Mccosker +4 more

   201439 citations Open access

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8. Sharks and Rays

   J. Mccosker, L. R. Taylor, T. Tricas

   199737 citations

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9. A New Genus and Two New Species of Myrophine Worm-eels, with Comments on Muraenichthys and Scolecenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae)

   P. H. J. Castle, J. Mccosker

   199936 citations Open access

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10. The Moray Eels of Australia and New Zealand, with the Description of Two New Species (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae)

    E. Bohlke, J. Mccosker

    200135 citations Open access

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11. Detection of eyeshine by flashlight fishes of the family Anomalopidae.

    H. Howland, C. Murphy, J. Mccosker

    1992Vision Research32 citations

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12. Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus ( Anguilliformes : Ophichthidae ) , with the description of nine new species

    J. Mccosker

    201031 citations

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13. Great White Shark

    R. Hueter, R. Ellis, J. Mccosker

    199129 citations

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14. White Shark Attacks Upon Humans in California and Oregon, 1993-2003

    J. Mccosker, R. Lea

    200622 citations

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15. Contribution by symbiotically luminous fishes to the occurrence and bioluminescence of luminous bacteria in seawater

    K. Nealson, M. Haygood, B. Tebo, M. Roman +2 more

    1984Microbial Ecology22 citations

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16. Notes on the biology, taxonomy, and distribution of flashlight fishes (Beryciformes: Anomalopidae)

    J. Mccosker, R. Rosenblatt

    198721 citations

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17. Tropical Eastern Pacific Records of the Prickly Shark, Echinorhinus cookei (Chondrichthyes: Echinorhinidae)

    D. J. Long, J. Mccosker, Shmulik Blum, Avi Klapfer

    201120 citations Open access

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18. Social mimicry in fishes

    J. Randall, J. Mccosker

    199319 citations

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19. New species of the snake eels Echelus and Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan.

    J. Mccosker, H. Ho

    2015Zootaxa17 citations Open access

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20. CHAPTER 39 – White Shark Attacks in the Eastern Pacific Ocean: An Update and Analysis

    J. Mccosker

    199617 citations

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21. Two new Indo-Pacific morays of the genus Uropterygius (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae)

    J. Mccosker, D. Smith

    199716 citations

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22. Four new deepwater Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan with a redescription of Ophichthus pallens (Richardson 1848)

    Y. Hibino, J. Mccosker, F. Tashiro

    2019Ichthyological Research15 citations

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23. Pisces anguilliformes : Deepwater snake eels (Ophichthidae) from the new Caledonia region, Southwest Pacific Ocean

    J. Mccosker

    199915 citations

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24. Deepslope fishes collected during the 1995 eruption of Isla Fernandina, Galápagos

    J. Mccosker, G. Merlen, D. J. Long, R. Gilmore +1 more

    199715 citations

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25. A review of the finless snake eels of the genus Apterichtus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of five new species.

    J. Mccosker, Y. Hibino

    2015Zootaxa14 citations Open access

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26. A new species of deepwater snake-eel,ophichthus aphotistos, with comments onneenchelys retropinna (anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from taiwan

    J. Mccosker, Yu‐Yun Chen

    2007Ichthyological Research14 citations

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27. Revision of the worm eel genus Neenchelys (Ophichthidae: Myrophinae), with descriptions of three new species from the western Pacific Ocean

    H. Ho, J. Mccosker, D. Smith

    2013Zoological Studies13 citations Open access

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28. Description of a new species of deepwater catshark, Bythaelurus giddingsi sp. nov., from the Galápagos Islands (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)

    J. Mccosker, D. J. Long, C. Baldwin

    201213 citations Open access

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29. Ulcerative stomatitis in horses and cattle caused by triticale hay.

    J. Mccosker, D. M. Keenan

    1983Australian Veterinary Journal13 citations

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30. THE FRESHWATER EEL , ANGUILLA MARMORATA , DISCOVERED IN GALÁPAGOS By :

    J. Mccosker, R. Bustamante, G. Wellington

    201012 citations

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31. A New Deepwater Species of the Snake Eel Genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from North Carolina

    J. Mccosker, S. Ross

    2007Copeia12 citations

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32. A New Species of Deepwater Worm-eel, Muraenichthys profundorum (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from the Nazca Ridge

    J. Mccosker, N. Parin

    199512 citations

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33. Pylorobranchus hoi, a New Genus and Species of Myrophine Worm-Eel from Taiwan (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae)

    J. Mccosker, K. Loh, James Lin, Hong-Ming Chen

    201210 citations

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34. The freshwater eel, Anguila marmorata, discovered in Galápagos

    J. Mccosker, R. Bustamante, G. Wellington

    200310 citations

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35. Notes on Hawaiian Snake Eels (Pisces: Ophichthidae), with Comments on Ophichthus bonaparti

    J. Mccosker

    200210 citations

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36. A new Species of Bythitid Fish, Genus Lucifuga, from the Galapagos Islands

    D. M. Cohen, J. Mccosker

    199810 citations

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37. Japanese moray eels of the genus Uropterygius.

    J. Mccosker, K. Hatooka, K. Sasaki, J. T. Moyer

    198410 citations

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38. Description of a new snake eel Ophichthus olivaceus (Teleostei: Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) from the Red Sea.

    J. Mccosker, S. Bogorodsky, Ahmad O. Mal, Tilman J. Alpermann

    2020Zootaxa9 citations Open access

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39. Redescription of a rare worm eel, Muraenichthys macrostomus Bleeker 1864, a senior synonym of Skythrenchelys lentiginosa Castle and McCosker 1999 (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae, Myrophinae)

    Y. Hibino, J. Mccosker, S. Kimura

    2013Ichthyological Research9 citations

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40. A New Species of Scorpaenodes (Pisces: Scorpaenidae)from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands with Discussions of the Limits of Scorpaenodes and Thysanichthys

    S. Poss, J. Mccosker, C. Baldwin

    20109 citations

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41. A new species of the deepwater cardinalfishEpigonus (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Galápagos Islands

    J. Mccosker, D. J. Long

    1997Ichthyological Research9 citations

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42. A new deepwater species of worm‐eel, Scolecenchelys castlei (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from New Zealand and Australia, with comments on S. breviceps and S. macroptera

    J. Mccosker

    20068 citations

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43. Notes on the snake eels of the genera Apterichtus and Ichthyapus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) of the Central and South Pacific, with the description of a new species

    J. Mccosker, J. Randall

    20058 citations Open access

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44. Snake-eels of the genus Xyrias (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae)

    J. Mccosker

    19988 citations

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45. Redescription of Yirrkala gjellerupi, a Poorly Known Freshwater Indo-Pacific Snake Eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae)

    J. Mccosker, D. Boseto, A. Jenkins

    20077 citations Open access

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46. Cottoclinus canops, a new genus and species of blenny (Perciformes: Labrisomidae) from the Galapagos Islands

    J. Mccosker, J. Stephens, R. Rosenblatt

    20037 citations

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47. New records of Galápagos fishes

    J. Mccosker, Paul H. Humann

    19967 citations

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48. Description of the adult of Leptocephalus echeloides d'Ancona (1928), a deepwater snake eel, genus Ophichthus (Ophichthidae), from the Gulf of Aqaba

    J. Mccosker, A. Baranes, D. Golani

    19937 citations

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49. Validity of Scolecenchelys aoki, with a redescription of Scolecenchelys gymnota (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae)

    Y. Hibino, S. Kimura, K. Hoshino, K. Hatooka +1 more

    2012Ichthyological Research6 citations

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50. Comments on the snake-eel genus Xyrias (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of a new species

    J. Mccosker, Wei-Li Chen, Hong-Ming Chen

    20096 citations

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