Peer Reviewed Articles 2021

Peer-reviewed publications by SAIAB Scientists, Honorary Research Associates and Postgraduate Students using SAIAB’s address - 2021.

   Open Access
 
Albano, P. S., Fallows, C., Fallows, M., Schuitema, O., Bernard, A. T. F., Sedgwick, O., & Hammerschlag, N. (2021). Successful parks for sharks: No-take marine reserve provides conservation benefits to endemic and threatened sharks off South Africa. Biological Conservation, 261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109302
 
Allison, C., Muller, C., Childs, A.-R., Froneman, W., Bailey, L. A., & Potts, W. M. (2021). When cooling is worse than warming: investigations into the thermal tolerance of an endemic reef fish, Boopsoidea inornata. African Journal of Marine Science, 43(2), 239–249.
https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2021.1922501 
 
M. Eric Anderson “Phillip Clarence Heemstra (1941–2019),” Ichthyology & Herpetology 109(1), 324-326, (5 May 2021). 
 
Attermeyer, K., Casas-Ruiz, J. P., Fuss, T., Pastor, A., Cauvy-Fraunié, S., Sheath, D., Nydahl, A. C., Doretto, A., Portela, A. P., Doyle, B. C., Simov, N., Gutmann Roberts, C., Niedrist, G. H., Timoner, X., Evtimova, V., Barral-Fraga, L., Bašić, T., Audet, J., Deininger, A., … Bodmer, P. (2021). Carbon dioxide fluxes increase from day to night across European streams. Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1).

Bajaba, S. Z., Hugo, S., van Wyk, A. J., Marr, S. M., Vine, N. G., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2021). Can bait improve the efficiency of underwater video monitoring of fish in headwater streams? A case study from the Rondegat River, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 46(2), 246–249. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2020.1857219

Bennett, R. H., Ebert, D. A., Sitoe, J. J., Fernando, S., Harris, M., van Beuningen, D., & Davids, A. (2021). Range extension of the Critically Endangered shorttail nurse shark Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum (Orectolobiformes: Ginglymostomatidae) to include Mozambique, with implications for management. Marine Biodiversity, 51(1).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01137-w

Bonnin, L., Lett, C., Dagorn, L., Filmalter, J. D., Forget, F., Verley, P., & Capello, M. (2021). Can drifting objects drive the movements of a vulnerable pelagic shark? Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31(1), 74–82.
https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3420

Bornman, E., Cowley, P. D., Adams, J. B., & Strydom, N. A. (2021). Daytime intra-estuary movements and harmful algal bloom avoidance by Mugil cephalus (family Mugilidae). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 260.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107492

Bragança, P. H. N., van der Zee, J., Chakona, A., Schmidt, R. C., & Stiassny, M. L. J. (2021). Following the Mangroves: diversification in the banded lampeye Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril, 1861) (Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae) along the Atlantic coast of Africa. Hydrobiologia, 848(7), 1433–1453.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04497-3  

Bragança, P. H. N., van der Zee, J. R., Sonnenberg, R., & Vreven, E. J. W. M. N. (2021). Description of two new miniature species of Hylopanchax Poll & Lambert, 1965 (Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae), from northeastern Gabon, with an updated diagnosis of the genus based on morphology, colouration and osteology. Journal of Fish Biology, 98(3), 655–667.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14606

Bragança, P. H. N., & Ottoni, F. P. (2021). On the availability of the name Poecilia kempkesi Poeser 2013 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae). Zootaxa, 4927(2), 294–296.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4927.2.10

Broom, C. J., South, J., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2021). Prey type and temperature influence functional responses of threatened endemic Cape Floristic Ecoregion fishes. Environmental Biology of Fishes. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-021-01111-w  

Bullock, K., Wood, A., Dames, V. A., Venter, J. A., & Greeff, J. (2021). A decade of surf-zone linefish monitoring in the Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area, with a preliminary assessment of the effects of rezoning and resource use. African Journal of Marine Science, 43(3). https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2021.1951353

Butler, E. C., Childs, A.-R., Milner, M. V., Farthing, M. W., Duncan, M. I., Winkler, A. C., & Potts, W. M. (2021). Do contemporary age-growth models overlook life-history complexities in protandrous fishes? A case study on the large protandrous polynemid, the giant African threadfin Polydactylus quadrifilis. Fisheries Research, 233.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105770 

Button, R. E., Parker, D., Coetzee, V., Samaai, T., Palmer, R. M., Sink, K., & Kerwath, S. E. (2021). ROV assessment of mesophotic fish and associated habitats across the continental shelf of the Amathole region. Scientific Reports, 11(1).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97369-2  

Byrnes, E. E., Daly, R., Leos-Barajas, V., Langrock, R., & Gleiss, A. C. (2021). Evaluating the constraints governing activity patterns of a coastal marine top predator. Marine Biology, 168(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03803-w 

Cannicci, S., Lee, S. Y., Bravo, H., Cantera-Kintz, J. R., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Fratini, S., Fusi, M., Jimenez, P. J., Nordhaus, I., Porri, F., & Diele, K. (2021). A functional analysis reveals extremely low redundancy in global mangrove invertebrate fauna. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(32).
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2016913118  
 
Cawthra, H. C., Bergh, E. W., Wiles, E. A., & Compton, J. S. (2021). Late quaternary deep marine sediment records off southern africa. South African Journal of Geology, 124(4). https://doi.org/10.25131/sajg.124.0059

Cooke, A., Bruton, M. N., & Ravololoharinjara, M. (2021). Coelacanth discoveries in Madagascar, with: Recommendations on research and conservation. South African Journal of Science, 117(3–4). https://doi.org/10.17159/SAJS.2021/8541  

Cooke, S. J., Twardek, W. M., Lynch, A. J., Cowx, I. G., Olden, J. D., Funge-Smith, S., Lorenzen, K., Arlinghaus, R., Chen, Y., Weyl, O. L. F., Bartley, D., & Britton, J. R. (2021). A global perspective on the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on freshwater fish biodiversity. Biological Conservation, 253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108932  

Curran, S. S., Dutton, H. R., Warren, M. B., du Preez, L., & Bullard, S. A. (2021). Two new species of Cephalogonimidae Looss, 1899 (Digenea: Plagiorchioidea) from Africa (Mozambique and Guinea), including a new phylogenetic hypothesis for related plagiorchioids. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 14, 228–240.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.02.010  

Cuthbert, R. N., Pattison, Z., Taylor, N. G., Verbrugge, L., Diagne, C., Ahmed, D. A., Leroy, B., Angulo, E., Briski, E., Capinha, C., Wasserman, R. J., & Courchamp, F. (2021). Global economic costs of aquatic invasive alien species. Science of the Total Environment, 775.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145238  

Cuthbert, R. N., Dalu, T., Wasserman, R. J., Sentis, A., Weyl, O. L. F., Froneman, P. W., Callaghan, A., & Dick, J. T. A. (2021). Prey and predator density-dependent interactions under different water volumes. Ecology and Evolution, 11(11), 6504–6512.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7503  

Daly, R., le Noury, P., Hempson, T. N., Ziembicki, M., Olbers, J. M., Brokensha, G. M., & Mann, B. Q. (2021). Bull shark Carcharhinus leucas recruitment into the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa, after prolonged mouth closure, and the first observation of a neonate bull shark preyed on by a Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus. African Journal of Marine Science, 43(3).
https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2021.1964599

Daly, R., Parker, D., Cliff, G., Jordaan, G. L., Nomfundo, N., Bennett, R. H., & Mann, B. Q. (2021). Long-term catch trends and risk assessment of the Critically Endangered white-spotted wedgefish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis) from South Africa. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31(4), 777–788.
https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3483 

Daly, R., Filmalter, J.D., Peel, L.R., Mann, B.Q., Lea, J.S.E., Clarke, C.R. and Cowley, P.D., (2021). Ontogenetic shifts in home range size of a top predatory reef-associated fish (Caranx ignobilis): implications for conservation. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 664, pp.165-182.
https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13654  

Daniels, S.R., Barnes, A., Marais, H. and Gouws, G., 2021. Surveys of Afrotemperate forests yields two new freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Potamonautidae: Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838) from South Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy, 782, pp.82-107.
https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.782.1591

de Bragança, P. H. N., Skelton, P. H., Bills, R., Tweddle, D., & Chakona, A. (2021). Revalidation and redescription of “‘Lacustricola’” chobensis (Fowler, 1935) and description of a new miniature species of “ ‘Lacustricola’” from Southern Africa (Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae). Ichthyology and Herpetology, 109(1).
https://doi.org/10.1643/i2020046

de Necker, L., Brendonck, L., van Vuren, J., Wepener, V., & Smit, N. J. (2021). Aquatic invertebrate community resilience and recovery in response to a supra-seasonal drought in an ecologically important naturally saline lake. Water (Switzerland), 13(7).
https://doi.org/10.3390/w13070948  

du Preez, L. H., & Theunissen, M. (2021). A Sucker For The Job: Morphology And Functioning Of Suckers Of Polystomatid Monogeneans. Folia Parasitologica, 68, 1–10.
https://doi.org/10.14411/FP.2021.006  
 
Dulvy, N. K., Pacoureau, N., Rigby, C. L., Pollom, R. A., Jabado, R. W., Ebert, D. A., Finucci, B., Pollock, C. M., Cheok, J., Derrick, D. H., Herman, K. B., Sherman, C. S., VanderWright, W. J., Lawson, J. M., Walls, R. H. L., Carlson, J. K., Charvet, P., Bineesh, K. K., Fernando, D., … Simpfendorfer, C. A. (2021). Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis. Current Biology, 31(21). 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.08.062

Dutton, H. R., du Preez, L. H., Verneau, O., Whelan, N. V., & Bullard, S. A. (2021). First Record of a Polystome from Alligator Snapping Turtle, Macrochelys temminckii (Cryptodira: Chelydridae) or Mississippi; with Comments on “Neopolystoma orbiculare (Stunkard, 1916)” and Its Junior Subjective Synonyms. The Journal of Parasitology, 107(1), 74–88.
https://doi.org/10.1645/20-96 

Ebert, D. A., Leslie, R. W., & Weigmann, S. (2021). Etmopterus brosei sp. nov.: a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the southeastern Atlantic and southwestern Indian oceans, with a revised key to the Etmopterus lucifer clade. Marine Biodiversity, 51(3).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-021-01173-0

Ebert, D. A., Wintner, S. P., & Kyne, P. M. (2021). An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa. Zootaxa, 4947(1), 1–127.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1

Filmalter, J. D., Bauer, R. K., Forget, F., Cowley, P. D., & Dagorn, L. (2021). Movement behaviour and fishery interaction of silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) in the tropical tuna purse seine fishery in the Western Indian Ocean. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78(7).
https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab119

Finucci, B., Cheok, J., Ebert, D. A., Herman, K., Kyne, P. M., & Dulvy, N. K. (2021). Ghosts of the deep – Biodiversity, fisheries, and extinction risk of ghost sharks. Fish and Fisheries, 22(2), 391–412. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12526

Fourie, J., Taute, F., du Preez, L., & de Beer, D. (2021). Novel chitosan-poly(vinyl acetate) biomaterial suitable for additive manufacturing and bone tissue engineering applications. Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers, 36(5).
https://doi.org/10.1177/08839115211043279

Frehse, F. A., Weyl, O. L. F., & Vitule, J. R. S. (2021). Differential use of artificial habitats by native and non-native fish species in Neotropical reservoirs. Hydrobiologia, 848(9), 2355–2367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-021-04564-3

Glass, J. R., Santos, S. R., Kauwe, J. S. K., Pickett, B. D., & Near, T. J. (2021). Phylogeography of two marine predators, giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) and bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus), across the Indo-Pacific. Bulletin of Marine Science, 97(2), 257–280.
https://doi.org/10.5343/BMS.2019.0114  

Gon, O., Miya, T., McMillan, P., & Leslie, R. (2021). The distribution of four species of the genus Macrourus (Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from the Southern Ocean based on samples from the toothfish longline fishery. Zootaxa, 4903(1), 105–116.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4903.1.6

Govinden, R., Capello, M., Forget, F., Filmalter, J. D., & Dagorn, L. (2021). Behavior of skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis), yellowfin (Thunnus albacares), and bigeye (T. obsesus) tunas associated with drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) in the Indian Ocean, assessed through acoustic telemetry. Fisheries Oceanography.
https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12536

Harper, M., Mejbel, H. S., Longert, D., Abell, R., Beard, T. D., Bennett, J. R., Carlson, S. M., Darwall, W., Dell, A., Domisch, S., Weyl, O. L. F., & Cooke, S. J. (2021). Twenty-five essential research questions to inform the protection and restoration of freshwater biodiversity. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.
https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3634

Harrison, T. D., & Whitfield, A. K. (2021). A global assessment of fish estuary associations: A numerical approach to assessing estuary-associated fish functional guilds. Fish and Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12558

Hata, H., Psomadakis, P. N., Osmany, H. B., & Motomura, H. (2021). A new species of Thrissina from Pakistan (Arabian Sea), with redescription of Thrissina whiteheadi (Wongratana 1983) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae). Ichthyological Research.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-021-00799-1

Hugo, S. and Weyl, O.L.F., 2021. Proposed approaches to systematic planning of research and monitoring to support a South African inland fisheries policy. Water SA, 47(3), pp.367-379.
https://doi.org/10.17159/wsa/2021.v47.i3.11865  

Jacobs, F. J., Jacobs, P. G., Hay, C. J., & Naesje, T. F. (2021). Status update of the endemic and critically endangered cave catfish Clarias cavernicola Trewavas 1936, from the Aigamas Cave system, Namibia. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 46(1), 18–21.
https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2020.1787125

Jones, P. E., Tummers, J. S., Galib, S. M., Woodford, D. J., Hume, J. B., Silva, L. G. M., Braga, R. R., Garcia de Leaniz, C., Vitule, J. R. S., Herder, J. E., Herder, J. E., & Lucas, M. C. (2021). The Use of Barriers to Limit the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Animal Species: A Global Review. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.611631  

Jordaan, G. L., Mann, B. Q., Daly, R., Dunlop, S. W., & Cowley, P. D. (2021). Movement patterns and growth rate of the whitespotted wedgefish Rhynchobatus djiddensis in southern Africa based on tag-recapture data. African Journal of Marine Science, 43(2), 201–213.
https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2021.1906318

Juby, R., Bernard, A. T. F., & Götz, A. (2021). Day/night patterns of habitat use by dogfish sharks (Squalidae) at photic and subphotic warm-temperate reefs: evidence for diel movements and size- and sex-segregation. African Journal of Marine Science, 43(3).
https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2021.1951839

Kalinski, J.-C. J., Krause, R. W. M., Parker-Nance, S., Waterworth, S. C., & Dorrington, R. A. (2021). Unlocking the Diversity of Pyrroloiminoquinones Produced by Latrunculid Sponge Species. Marine Drugs, 19(2).
https://doi.org/10.3390/md19020068  

Kambikambi, M. J., Kadye, W. T., & Chakona, A. (2021). Allopatric differentiation in the Enteromius anoplus complex in South Africa, with the revalidation of Enteromius cernuus and Enteromius oraniensis, and description of a new species, Enteromius mandelai (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Journal of Fish Biology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14780

Khosa, D., South, J., Wasserman, R. J., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2021). Habitat structure differentially mitigates predation impact of juvenile largemouth bass and Florida bass. African Journal of Aquatic Science.
https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2021.1882376

Konings, A. F., Wisor, J. M., & Stauffer, J. R. (2021). Microcomputed tomography used to link head morphology and observed feeding behavior in cichlids of Lake Malaŵi. Ecology and Evolution, 11(9), 4605–4615.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7359  

Koudenoukpo, Z. C., Odountan, O. H., Agboho, P. A., Dalu, T., van Bocxlaer, B., Janssens de Bistoven, L., Chikou, A., & Backeljau, T. (2021). Using self–organizing maps and machine learning models to assess mollusc community structure in relation to physicochemical variables in a West Africa river–estuary system. Ecological Indicators, 126.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107706  

Krispyn, K. N., Loneragan, N. R., Whitfield, A. K., & Tweedley, J. R. (2021). Salted mullet: Protracted occurrence of Mugil cephalus under extreme hypersaline conditions. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 261.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107533

Kuzmin, Y., Netherlands, E. C., du Preez, L. H., & Svitin, R. (2021). Two new species of Neofoleyellides (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) parasitising anuran amphibians in South Africa. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 14, 298–307.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.02.018

Kuzmin, Y., du Preez, L., & Svitin, R. (2021). A new species of Serpentirhabdias Tkach, Kuzmin et Snyder, 2014 (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) parasitic in the herald snake, Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) in South Africa. Systematic Parasitology.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-021-09990-4

Landman, W., Verneau, O., Raharivololoniaina, L., & du Preez, L. (2021). First record of Metapolystoma (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from Boophis tree frogs in Madagascar, with the description of five new species. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 14, 161–178.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.01.012  

Lennox, R. J., Harcourt, R., Bennett, J. R., Davies, A., Ford, A. T., Frey, R. M., Hayward, M. W., Hussey, N. E., Iverson, S. J., Kays, R., Young, N., & Cooke, S. J. (2021). A novel framework to protect animal data in a world of ecosurveillance. BioScience, 70(6), 468–476.
https://doi.org/10.1093/BIOSCI/BIAA035

Lipiński, M. R., Mmethi, M. A., Yemane, D., Githaiga-Mwicigi, J., & Sauer, W. H. H. (2021). Are there long-term temporal trends of size composition and the length– weight relationship? Results for chokka squid Loligo reynaudii during the peak spawning season off the south coast of South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 43(2), 227–238.
https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2021.1916591

Lisher, M. W., Thein, H., & Psomadakis, P. N. (2021). Grammatonotus bianchi, a new species of splendid perch (Percoidei: Callanthiidae) from Myanmar, northeastern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 4996(3), 513–524.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4996.3.5

Lobban, C. S., Majewska, R., Ashworth, M., Bizsel, N., Bosak, S., Kooistra, W. H. C. F., Lam, D. W., Navarro, J. N., Pennesi, C., Sato, S., van de Vijver, B., & Witkowski, A. (2021). Diatom Genus Hyalosira (Rhabdonematales emend.) and Resolution of its Polyphyly in Grammatophoraceae and Rhabdonemataceae with a New Genus, Placosira, and Five New Hyalosira Species. Protist, 172(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2021.125816 

Ma, K.C., Redelinghuys, S., Gusha, M.N., Dyantyi, S.B., McQuaid, C.D. and Porri, F., 2021. Intertidal estimates of sea urchin abundance reveal congruence in spatial structure for a guild of consumers. Ecology and Evolution.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7958  

Madzivanzira, T.C., South, J., Nhiwatiwa, T. and Weyl, O.L.F., 2021. Standardisation of alien invasive Australian redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus sampling gear in Africa. Water SA, 47(3), pp.380-384.
https://doi.org/10.17159/wsa/2021.v47.i3.11866  

Madzivanzira, T. C., South, J., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2021). Invasive crayfish outperform Potamonautid crabs at higher temperatures. Freshwater Biology, 66(5), 978–991.
https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13691

Madzivanzira, T. C., South, J., Ellender, B. R., Chalmers, R., Chisule, G., Coppinger, C. R., Khaebeb, F. H., Jacobs, F. J., Chomba, M., Musando, B., Mwale, C., Nhiwatiwa, T., Rennie, C. L., Richardson, N., & Weyl, O. L. F. (2021). Distribution and establishment of the alien Australian redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, in the Zambezi Basin. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31(11).
https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3703
 

Majewska, R., Taylor, J. C., & Goosen, W. E. (2021). Diatom type material in permanent slides does not need to be permanently unavailable for electron microscopy examination. Journal of Phycology, 57(2), 698–701.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13122

Majewska, R. (2021). Nagumoea hydrophicola sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), the first diatom species described from sea snakes. Diatom Research, 36(1), 51–61.
https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2020.1870159

Matcher, G., Lemley, D., & Adams, J. (2021). Bacterial community dynamics during a harmful algal bloom of Heterosigma akashiwo. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 86.
https://doi.org/10.3354/ame01963

Matomela, N. H., Chakona, A., & Kadye, W. T. (2021). Comparative assessment of macroinvertebrate communities within three Afromontane headwater streams influenced by different land use patterns. Ecological Indicators, 129.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107972 

Mazungula, D. N., & Chakona, A. (2021). An integrative taxonomic review of the Natal mountain catfish, Amphilius natalensis Boulenger 1917 (Siluriformes, Amphiliidae), with description of four new species. Journal of Fish Biology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14714

McCard, M., South, J., Cuthbert, R. N., Dickey, J. W. E., McCard, N., & Dick, J. T. A. (2021). Pushing the switch: functional responses and prey switching by invasive lionfish may mediate their ecological impact. Biological Invasions, 23(6), 2019–2032.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02487-7 

Meyer, L., Barry, C., Araujo, G., Barnett, A., Brunnschweiler, J. M., Chin, A., Gallagher, A., Healy, T., Kock, A., Newsome, D., Ponzo, A., & Huveneers, C. (2021). Redefining provisioning in marine wildlife tourism. Journal of Ecotourism.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2021.1931253 

Miller, T. A., Konings, A. F., & Stauffer, J. R. (2021). Descriptions of two new shell-dwelling species of Metriaclima (Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Africa. In Zootaxa (Vol. 5052, Issue 3). https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.3.7

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