John Sparks' Research Interests and Projects

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John Sparks studies the systematics, biogeography, and evolutionary morphology of tropical freshwater and marine fishes. Current projects that he is working on include:

Systematics and biogeography of Madagascar's freshwater and nearshore marine fishes

Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of cichlids

Biogeography of the Western Indian Ocean.

Evolution and diversification in bioluminescent teleost fishes.

Evolution, phylogeny, biogeography, evolutionary morphology, co-evolution, and signaling behavior of ponyfishes.