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)

• 123 taxon names authored by Gerald R. Allen

Eponyms

(List may be incomplete)

• 2 eponyms of 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. Reference page. 

2001

• Springer, V.G. & Allen, G.R. 2001. Ecsenius ops, from Indonesia, and E. tricolor from western Philippines and northwestern Kalimantan, new species of blenniid fishes in the stigmatura species group. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 4(4): 151–160.Reference page. 

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. 

2004

• Springer, V.G. & Allen, G.R. 2004. Ecsenius caeruliventris and E. shirleyae, two new species of blenniid fishes from Indonesia, and new distribution records for other species of Ecsenius. Zootaxa 791: 1–12. Abstract & excerpt PDF 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. 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

• Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Liu, S-Y. 2019. Ecsenius springeri, a new microendemic species of blenny (Teleostei:Blennidae) from the Fakfak Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 32: 68-78. [1] Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Hammer, M.P., Allen, G.R., Martin, K.C., Adams, M. & Unmack, P.J. 2019. Two new species of dwarf rainbowfishes (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae) from northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Zootaxa 4701(3): 201–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.3.1 Reference page.