Ofer Gon

Senior Aquatic Biologist
Ofer Gon
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Research Interests

Marine fish systematics
Biology and ecology of marine fishes
History of ichthyology in South Africa

Programmes

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

2016

Miya, T., Gon, O., Mwale. M. & C.-H. C. Cheng. 2016. Multiple independent reduction or  loss of antifreeze trait in low Antarctic and sub-Antarctic notothenioid fishes. Antarct. Sci. 28(1): 17–28.

Miya, T., Gon, O., Mwale. M. & E. Poulin. 2016. Molecular systematics and taxonomic status of three latitudinally widespread nototheniid (Perciformes: Notothenioidei) fishes from the Southern Ocean.  Zootaxa 4061(4): 381–396.

2015

Gon, O. & Y.C. Liao & K.-T. Shao.  2015.  A new species of the cardinalfish genus Jaydia (Teleostei: Apogonidae) from the Philippines.  Zootaxa 3980 (2): 286-292.

Gon, O. & A.L. Stewart. 2015. Family Microstomatidae (pp. 332-336). In: C.D. Roberts, A.L. Stewart & C.D. Struthers (eds), The fishes of New Zealand. Te Papa Press, Wellington.

Gon, O. & A.L. Stewart. 2015. Family Bathylagidae (pp. 337-345). In: C.D. Roberts, A.L. Stewart & C.D. Struthers (eds), The fishes of New Zealand. Te Papa Press, Wellington.

Stewart, A.L. & Gon, O. 2015. Family Epigonidae (pp. 1219-1226). In: C.D. Roberts, A.L. Stewart & C.D. Struthers (eds), The fishes of New Zealand. Te Papa Press, Wellington.

2014

Gon, O., G.R. Allen, M.V. Erdmann& G. Gouws. 2014. A new species of the cardinalfish genus Siphamia (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from West Papua, Indonesia.  Zootaxa 3881 (4): 328–340.

 Gon, O. & A.L. Stewart. 2014. Description of a new species of Microstoma (Pisces, Microstomatidae) from the southwestern Pacific Ocean.  Zootaxa 3884 (1): 55–64.

Gon, O. & A.L. Stewart. 2014. Description of a new species of the genus Bathylagichthys (Pisces, Bathylagidae) from New Zealand.  Zootaxa 3884 (4): 371–378.

Maake, P.A., O. Gon & E.R. Swartz. 2014. Descriptions of three new species ofMarcusenius Gill, 1862 (Teleostei: Mormyridae) from South Africa and Mozambique.  Zootaxa 3780 (3): 455-480.

Miya, T, O. Gon, M. Mwale & C.–H. C. Cheng. 2014. The effect of habitat temperature on serum antifreeze glycoprotein (AFGP) activity in Notothenia rossii (Pisces: Nototheniidae) in the Southern Ocean.  Polar Biol. 37: 367-373.

2013

Gon, O., G. Gouws, J. Mwaluma & M. Mwale. 2013. Re-description of two species of the cardinalfish genus Archamia (Teleostei: Apogonidae) from the Red Sea and Western Indian Ocean.  Zootaxa 3608 (7): 587–594.

Gon, O. & S.V. Bogorodsky & A.O. Mal. 2013. Description of a new species of the cardinalfish genus Pseudamiops (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from the Red Sea.  Zootaxa 3701 (1): 093–100.

Maake, P.A., M. Mwale, S.M. Dippenaar & O. Gon. 2013. Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA reveals a complete lineage sorting of Glossogobius callidus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) in southern Africa.  Afr. J. Aquat. Sci. 38 (Supplement 1): 15-29.