Publications
11) Ford, K.L., M.J. Bernt, A.P. Summers, and J.S. Albert. In press. Mosaic evolution of craniofacial morphologies in ghost electric fishes (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae). Ichthyology and Herpetology.
10) Henschel, E., M.J. Bernt, J.N. Baskin, R.E. Schmidt, and N.K. Lujan. 2021 In press. Osteology-focused redescription and description of the blood-feeding candirus Paracanthopoma parva and Paravandellia alleynei sp.n. (Trichomycteridae: Vandelliinae). Journal of Fish Biology.
9) Gales, S.M., J.S. Ready, M.H. Sabaj, M.J. Bernt, D.J. Ferreira Silva, C. Oliveira, G. Oliveira, and J.B.L. Sales. 2021 In press. Molecular systematics and historical phylogeography of the widespread genus Mastiglanis Bockmann, 1994 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
8) Albert, J.S. M.J. Bernt, A.H. Fronk, J.P. Fontenelle, S.L. Kuznar, N.L. Lovejoy. 2021. Neogene megariver captures and the Great Amazonian Biotic Interchange. Global and Planetary Change. 205 (2021)103554.
7) Bernt, M.J., A.H. Fronk, K.E. Evans, and J.S. Albert. 2020. A redescription of deep-channel ghost knifefish, Sternarchogiton preto, with assignment to a new genus and a review of its osteology and sexual dimorphism. Neotropical Ichthyology. 18(1): e190126.
6) Bernt, M.J., V.A. Tagliacollo, and J.S. Albert. 2019. Molecular phylogeny of the ghost knifefishes (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 135: 297-307.
5) Evans, K.E., M.J. Bernt, M.A. Kolmann, K. Ford, and J.S. Albert. 2019. Why the long face? Static allometry in the sexually dimorphic phenotypes of Neotropical electric fishes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 186(3): 633–649.
4) Alda, F., V.A. Tagliacollo, M.J. Bernt, B.T. Waltz, W.B. Ludt, B.C. Faircloth, M.E. Alfaro, J.S. Albert, and P. Chakrabarty. 2018. Resolving deep nodes in an ancient radiation of Neotropical fishes in the presence of conflicting signals from incomplete lineage sorting. Systematic Biology. 68(4): 573–593.
3) Bernt, M.J., W.G.R. Crampton, A.B. Orfinger, and J. S. Albert. 2018. Melanosternarchus amaru, a new genus and species of electric ghost knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) from the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa. 4378 (4): 451–479.
2) Bernt, M.J. and J.S. Albert. 2017. A new species of deep-channel electric knifefish (Compsaraia, Apteronotidae, Gymnotiformes) from the Amazon River. Copeia 105(2), 211-219.
1) Tagliacollo V.A., M.J. Bernt, J. M. Craig, C. Oliveira, and J. S. Albert. 2016. Model-based total evidence phylogeny of Neotropical electric knifefishes (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 95:20–33.
Book chapters
Bernt, M.J. and J.S. Albert. 2017. Family Apteronotidae – Ghost knifefishes, Sarapós, and Cuchillos fantasmas. In: Field Guide to The Fishes of the Amazon: Fish Genera of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas (Van der Sleen, P., and J. S. Albert. Eds.). University of Princeton Press, Princeton.
10) Henschel, E., M.J. Bernt, J.N. Baskin, R.E. Schmidt, and N.K. Lujan. 2021 In press. Osteology-focused redescription and description of the blood-feeding candirus Paracanthopoma parva and Paravandellia alleynei sp.n. (Trichomycteridae: Vandelliinae). Journal of Fish Biology.
9) Gales, S.M., J.S. Ready, M.H. Sabaj, M.J. Bernt, D.J. Ferreira Silva, C. Oliveira, G. Oliveira, and J.B.L. Sales. 2021 In press. Molecular systematics and historical phylogeography of the widespread genus Mastiglanis Bockmann, 1994 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
8) Albert, J.S. M.J. Bernt, A.H. Fronk, J.P. Fontenelle, S.L. Kuznar, N.L. Lovejoy. 2021. Neogene megariver captures and the Great Amazonian Biotic Interchange. Global and Planetary Change. 205 (2021)103554.
7) Bernt, M.J., A.H. Fronk, K.E. Evans, and J.S. Albert. 2020. A redescription of deep-channel ghost knifefish, Sternarchogiton preto, with assignment to a new genus and a review of its osteology and sexual dimorphism. Neotropical Ichthyology. 18(1): e190126.
6) Bernt, M.J., V.A. Tagliacollo, and J.S. Albert. 2019. Molecular phylogeny of the ghost knifefishes (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 135: 297-307.
5) Evans, K.E., M.J. Bernt, M.A. Kolmann, K. Ford, and J.S. Albert. 2019. Why the long face? Static allometry in the sexually dimorphic phenotypes of Neotropical electric fishes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 186(3): 633–649.
4) Alda, F., V.A. Tagliacollo, M.J. Bernt, B.T. Waltz, W.B. Ludt, B.C. Faircloth, M.E. Alfaro, J.S. Albert, and P. Chakrabarty. 2018. Resolving deep nodes in an ancient radiation of Neotropical fishes in the presence of conflicting signals from incomplete lineage sorting. Systematic Biology. 68(4): 573–593.
3) Bernt, M.J., W.G.R. Crampton, A.B. Orfinger, and J. S. Albert. 2018. Melanosternarchus amaru, a new genus and species of electric ghost knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) from the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa. 4378 (4): 451–479.
2) Bernt, M.J. and J.S. Albert. 2017. A new species of deep-channel electric knifefish (Compsaraia, Apteronotidae, Gymnotiformes) from the Amazon River. Copeia 105(2), 211-219.
1) Tagliacollo V.A., M.J. Bernt, J. M. Craig, C. Oliveira, and J. S. Albert. 2016. Model-based total evidence phylogeny of Neotropical electric knifefishes (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 95:20–33.
Book chapters
Bernt, M.J. and J.S. Albert. 2017. Family Apteronotidae – Ghost knifefishes, Sarapós, and Cuchillos fantasmas. In: Field Guide to The Fishes of the Amazon: Fish Genera of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas (Van der Sleen, P., and J. S. Albert. Eds.). University of Princeton Press, Princeton.