Albert, J. S. 2001. Species diversity and phylogenetic systematics of American knifefishes
(Gymnotiformes, Teleostei). Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. University of Michigan 190: 1-129.
Albert, J. S. 2002. Eternal vigilance on an Amazon floodplain. Current Biology 12: R442-R443.
Albert, J. S. 2003. Family Apterontoidae. Pp. 503-508 in R. E. Reis, S. O. Kullander, and C. J. J. Ferraris,
eds. Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Edipucrs, Porto Alegre.
Albert, J. S., and W. G. R. Crampton. 2003. Seven new species of the Neotropical electric fish Gymnotus
(Teleostei, Gymnotiformes) with a redescription of G. carapo (Linnaeus). Zootaxa 287: 1-54.
Albert, J. S., and W. G. R. Crampton. 2005. Diversity and phylogeny of Neotropical electric fishes
(Gymnotiformes). Pp. 360-409 in T. H. Bullock, C. D. Hopkins, A. N. Popper, and R. R. Fay, eds.
Electroreception. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, New York.
Albert, J. S., and W. G. R. Crampton. 2006. Electroreception and electrogenesis. Pp. 431-472 in D. H.
Evans, and J. B. Claiborne, eds. The Physiology of Fishes, 3rd Edition.
Albert, J. S., and W. G. R. Crampton. 2006. Pariosternarchus amazonensis: a new genus and species of
Neotropical electric fish (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) from the Amazon River. Ichthyological
Exploration of Freshwaters 17: 267-274.
Albert, J. S., and W. G. R. Crampton. 2009. A new species of electric knifefish, genus Compsaraia
(Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) from the Amazon River, with extreme sexual dimorphism in snout
and jaw length. Systematics and Biodiversity 7: 81-92.
Albert, J. S., R. Froese, R. Bauchot, and H. Ito. 1999. Diversity of brain size in fishes: preliminary
analysis of a database including 1174 species in 45 orders. Pp. 647-656 in S. B., and J. Y. Sire, eds.
5th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference Proceedings. Societe Francaise d'Ichtyologie, Paris.
Albert, J. S., W. G. R. Crampton, D. H. Thorsen, and N. R. Lovejoy. 2004. Phylogenetic systematics and
historical biogeography of the Neotropical electric fish Gymnotus (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes).
Systematic and Biodiversity 2: 375-417.
Albert, J. S., H. H. Zakon, P. K. Stoddard, G. A. Unguez, S. K. S. Holmberg, M. R. Sussman. 2008. The
case for sequencing the genome of the electric eel Electrophorus electricus. Journal of Fish Biology
72: 331-354.
Albert, J. S., J. H. Knouft, and D. M. Johnson. 2009. Fossils provide better estimates of ancestral body
size than do extant taxa in fishes. Acta Zoologica 90: 308-335.
Albert, J. S., N. R. Lovejoy, and W. G. R. Crampton. 2006. Miocene tectonism and the separation of cis-
and trans-Andean river basins: evidence from Neotropical fishes. Journal of South American Earth
Sciences 21: 14-27.
Albert, J. S., and W. L. Fink. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships of fossil Neotropical electric fishes
(Osteichthyes: Gymnotiformes) from the Upper Miocene of Bolivia. Journal Vertebrate Paleontology
27: 17–25.
Chapman, L. J., J. S. Albert, and F. Galis. 2008. Developmental plasticity, genetic differentiation, and
hypoxia-induced trade-offs in an African cichlid fish. Open Evolution Journal: 75-88.
Cognato, D., J. Giora, L. R. Malabarba, J. S. Albert, M. Richer de Forges, and W.G.R. Crampton. 2007.
Gymnotus chimarrao: a new species of Neotropical electric fish (Ostariophysi: Gymnotidae) from
Southern Brazil, with notes on electric organ discharge. Ichthyological Explorations Freshwaters
18: 375-382.
Correa, S. B., W. G. R. Crampton, and J. S. Albert. 2006. Three new species of the Neotropical electric
fish Rhabdolichops (Gymnotiformes : Sternopygidae) from the central Amazon, with a new diagnosis
of the genus. Copeia: 27-42.
Correa, S. B., W. G. R. Crampton, L. J. Chapman, and J. S. Albert. 2008. A comparison of flooded forest
and floating meadow fish assemblages in an upper Amazon floodplain. J. Fish Biol. 72: 629–644.
Crampton, W. G. R., and J. S. Albert. 2004. Redescription of Gymnotus coatesi (Gymnotiformes,
Gymnotidae): a rare species of electric fish from the lowland Amazon Basin, with descriptions of
osteology, electric signals, and ecology. Copeia: 525-533.
Crampton, W. G. R., and J. S. Albert. 2003. Redescription of Gymnotus coropinae (Gymnotiformes,
Gymnotidae), an often misidentified species of Neotropical electric fish, with notes on natural history
and electric signals. Zootaxa 348: 1-20.
Crampton, W. G. R., N. R. Lovejoy, and J. S. Albert. 2003. Gymnotus ucamara: a new species of
Neotropical electric fish from the Peruvian Amazon (Ostariophysi: Gymnotidae), with notes on
ecology and electric organ discharges. Zootaxa 277: 1-18.
Crampton, W. G. R., D. H. Thorsen, and J. S. Albert. 2004. Steatogenys ocellatus: a new species of
Neotropical electric fish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from the lowland Amazon basin. Copeia:
78-91.
Crampton, W. G. R., K. G. Hulen, and J. S. Albert. 2004. Sternopygus branco: a new species of
Neotropical electric fish (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from the lowland Amazon basin, with
descriptions of osteology, ecology, and electric organ discharges. Copeia: 245-259.
Fernandes, F. M. C., J. S. Albert, M. D. Z. Daniel-Silva, C. E. Lopes, W. G. R. Crampton, and L. F.
Almeida-Toledo. 2005. A new Gymnotus (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) from the Pantanal
Matogrossense of Brazil and adjacent drainages: continued documentation of a cryptic fauna. Zootaxa
933: 1-14.
Freitas, R., G. J. Zhang, J. S. Albert, D. H. Evans, and M. J. Cohn. 2006. Developmental origin of shark
electrosensory organs. Evolution & Development 8: 74-80.
Hulen, K. G., W. G. R. Crampton, and J. S. Albert. 2005. Phylogenetic systematics and historical
biogeography of the Neotropical electric fish Sternopygus (Teleostei : Gymnotiformes). Systematics
and Biodiversity 3: 407-432.
Julian, D., W. G. R. Crampton, S. E. Wohlgemuth, and J. S. Albert. 2003. Oxygen consumption in
weakly electric Neotropical fishes. Oecologia 137: 502-511.
Lovejoy, N. R., J. S. Albert, and W. G. R. Crampton. 2006. Miocene marine incursions and marine/
freshwater transitions: evidence from Neotropical fishes. Journal of South American Earth Sciences
21: 5-13.
Lovejoy, N. R., S. C. Willis, and J. S. Albert. 2010. Molecular signatures of Neogene biogeographic
events in the Amazon fish fauna. Pp. 405-417 in C. M. Hoorn, and F. P. Wesselingh, eds. Amazonia,
Landscape and Species Evolution. Blackwell Publishing, London.
Lovejoy, N. R., K. Lester, W. G. R. Crampton, F. P. L. Marques, and J. S. Albert. in press. Phylogeny,
biogeography, and electric signal evolution of Neotropical electric fishes of the genus Gymnotus
(Osteichthyes: Gymnotidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., and J. S. Albert. 2003. Species diversity of gymnotiform fishes
(Gymnotiformes, Teleostei) in Colombia. Biota Colombiana 4: 147-165.
Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., and J. S. Albert. 2004. Gymnotus ardilai: a new species of Neotropical
electric fish (Ostariophysi: Gymnotidae) from the Rio Magdalena Basin of Colombia. Zootaxa: 1-10.
Richer-de-Forges, M. M., W. G. R. Crampton, and J. S. Albert. 2009. A new species of Gymnotus
(Gymnotiformes, Gymnotidae) from Uruguay: description of a model species in neurophysiological
research. Copeia 2009: 541-547.
