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Mark W. Westneat

Field Museum of Natural History ·
Area of research
Nature and Landscape Conservation · Paleontology
Research interest
Research interests include Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.
h-index
59
citations
9,193
works
141
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Ecological interactions and genomic innovation fueled the evolution of ray-finned fish endothermy
Science Advances 2025cited by 6position: middledoi
Beaks promote rapid morphological diversification along distinct evolutionary trajectories in labrid fishes (Eupercaria: Labridae)
Evolution 2023cited by 23position: lastdoi
Air sacs are a key adaptive trait of the insect respiratory system
Journal of Experimental Biology 2023cited by 17position: middledoi
Mosaic Evolution of the Skull in Labrid Fishes Involves Differences in Both Tempo and Mode of Morphological Change
Systematic Biology 2022cited by 42position: middledoi
The impact of paleoclimatic changes on body size evolution in marine fishes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022cited by 37position: middledoi
Concordance and Discordance in the Phylogenomics of the Wrasses and Parrotfishes (Teleostei: Labridae)
Systematic Biology 2022cited by 32position: lastdoi
Suction feeding biomechanics of<i>Polypterus bichir</i>: investigating linkage mechanisms and the contributions of cranial kinesis to oral cavity volume change
Journal of Experimental Biology 2022cited by 20position: lastdoi
Phylogenomics and body shape morphometrics reveal recent diversification in the goatfishes (Syngnatharia: Mullidae)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2022cited by 16position: lastdoi
Phylogeny of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae) and patterns of asymmetrical diversification in body size and feeding ecology
PLoS ONE 2021cited by 46position: lastdoi
Wing Shape in Waterbirds: Morphometric Patterns Associated with Behavior, Habitat, Migration, and Phylogenetic Convergence
Integrative Organismal Biology 2021cited by 29position: lastdoi
The Evolutionary Continuum of Functional Homodonty to Heterodonty in the Dentition of <i>Halichoeres</i> Wrasses
Integrative and Comparative Biology 2020cited by 16position: middledoi
Quantitative color profiling of digital images with earth mover’s distance using the R package colordistance
PeerJ 2019cited by 98position: lastdoi
Functional Morphology and Biomechanics of Feeding in Fishes
Fascinating life sciences 2019cited by 25position: lastdoi
Feeding kinematics and morphology of the alligator gar ( <i>Atractosteus spatula</i> , Lacépède, 1803)
Journal of Morphology 2019cited by 21position: lastdoi
Burrowing fishes: Kinematics, morphology and phylogeny of sand‐diving wrasses (Labridae)
Journal of Fish Biology 2018cited by 26position: lastdoi
Mechanosensation is evolutionarily tuned to locomotor mechanics
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017cited by 72position: middledoi
Phylogenomic analysis of a rapid radiation of misfit fishes (Syngnathiformes) using ultraconserved elements
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2017cited by 69position: middledoi
Linkage mechanisms in the vertebrate skull: Structure and function of three‐dimensional, parallel transmission systems
Journal of Morphology 2016cited by 46position: lastdoi
The evolution of jaw protrusion mechanics has been tightly coupled to bentho-pelagic divergence in damselfishes (Pomacentridae)
Journal of Experimental Biology 2016cited by 38position: lastdoi
A review of contemporary patterns of endemism for shallow water reef fauna in the Red Sea
Journal of Biogeography 2015cited by 243position: middledoi
On the origin of endemic species in the Red Sea
Journal of Biogeography 2015cited by 204position: middledoi
How fish power suction feeding
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2015cited by 15position: firstdoi
StereoMorph: an R package for the collection of 3D landmarks and curves using a stereo camera set‐up
Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2014cited by 198position: lastdoi
Phylotastic! Making tree-of-life knowledge accessible, reusable and convenient
BMC Bioinformatics 2013cited by 38position: middledoi
Biodiversity inventories and conservation of the marine fishes of Bootless Bay, Papua New Guinea
BMC Ecology 2012cited by 21position: lastdoi

Grants

Collaborative Research: FishLife: genealogy and traits of living and fossil vertebrates that never left the water
NSF1541547$485,5402015–2021PIRePORTER
The future of comparative biology in a phylogenetic age: Enabling the power and potential of the genealogy of life
NSF1447321$650,2592014–2019PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Proprioception by fish pectoral fins: Is fin sensation tuned to fin mechanics and pattern movement?
NSF1425049$156,3582013–2018PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: CSBR: Natural History Collections: Georeferencing U.S. Fish Collections: a community-based model to georeferencing natural history collections
NSF1441910$62,0682013–2016PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Proprioception by fish pectoral fins: Is fin sensation tuned to fin mechanics and pattern movement?
NSF1257683$41,0252013–2014PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: CSBR: Natural History Collections: Georeferencing U.S. Fish Collections: a community-based model to georeferencing natural history collections
NSF1203453$132,3422012–2014PIRePORTER
Phylogenetic Relationships and Evolution of Skull Mechanisms in Perciform Coral Reef Fishes
NSF0844745$411,9502009–2013PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Morphological Diversification of Anostomimorph and Curimatimorph Fishes
NSF0412364$10,5842004–2006PIRePORTER
Phylogenetics and Evolutionary Biomechanics of Coral Reef Fishes
NSF0235307$315,1632003–2007PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Evolution, Development and Functional Morphology of Damselfish Oral Jaws
NSF0308977$12,0002003–2005PIRePORTER
Phylogenetic Relationships and Evolution of Function in Labrid Fishes
NSF9815614$210,0001999–2003PIRePORTER
Dissertation Research: Evolution of Hydrodynamics and Functional Morphology of Balistiform Locomotion
NSF9701345$9,4861997–1999PIRePORTER
Functional Morphology of Aquatic Locomotion in Labrid Fishes
NSF9407253$180,0001994–1997PIRePORTER
Verification of Computer Database for the Ichthyological Collection of the Field Museum of Natural History
NSF9407568$178,4471994–1998PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Lily C. Hughes · North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences4 papers (2022–2025)Aaron M. Olsen · Providence College3 papers (2014–2016)Chloe M. Nash · University of Chicago3 papers (2021–2022)William T. White · The University of Texas at Austin3 papers (2022–2025)Ricardo Betancur‐R · Scripps Institution of Oceanography2 papers (2022–2025)Joseph D. DiBattista · King Abdullah University of Science and Technology2 papers (2015–2015)Giorgio Carnevale · The University of Texas at Austin2 papers (2022–2025)Hannah I. Weller · University of Helsinki2 papers (2019–2020)Guillermo Ortı́ · George Washington University2 papers (2022–2025)J. Hobbs · The University of Western Australia2 papers (2015–2015)Nicholas J. Gidmark · University of Chicago2 papers (2019–2022)Kory M. Evans · Ecologie & Evolution2 papers (2022–2023)Michael L. Berumen · King Abdullah University of Science and Technology2 papers (2015–2015)Samantha M. Gartner · University of Chicago2 papers (2022–2023)Carole C. Baldwin · The University of Texas at Austin2 papers (2022–2025)Gustav Paulay · University of Florida2 papers (2015–2015) · 2 papers (2015–2015)Diego Lozano‐Cortés · King Abdullah University of Science and Technology2 papers (2015–2015) · 2 papers (2015–2015)Julien Clavel · Université Claude Bernard Lyon 12 papers (2022–2025)