Directory listing for Ross Langston

Research Interests

Life History and Reproductive Biology of Fishes

Representative Publications

Langston, R. 2022. Histological evidence of sequential hermaphroditism in Hawaiian sandburrowers Crystallodytes cookei and Limnichthys nitidus. Environ Biol Fish (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-022-01373-y

Langston RC, Spalding HL. 2017. A survey of fishes associated with Hawaiian deep-water Halimeda kanaloana (Bryopsidales: Halimedaceae) and Avrainvillea sp. (Bryopsidales: Udoteaceae) meadows. PeerJ 5:e3307 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3307

Demartini, E., R. Langston and J. Eble. 2014. Spawning seasonality and body sizes at sexual maturity in the bluespine unicornfish, Naso unicornis (Acanthuridae). Ichthyol Res (2014) 61:243–251

Greenfield, DW, R. Langston and J.E. Randall. 2005. Two New Cardinalfishes of the Indo-Pacific Fish Genus Zoramia (Apogonidae). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 56(33, pp. 625–637.

Longenecker K, Franklin EC, Hill-Lewenilovo R, Lalavanua W, Langston R, Mangubhai S, Piovano S (2022) Many immature individuals and largest size classes lacked females for three coral reef fishes (Actinopterygii) in Fiji market surveys: Implications for fishery management. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 52(1): 53-65. https://doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.80586

Longenecker K, Gill A, Kelokelo M, Langston R, Donaldson T, Franklin E (2020) Rapid reproductive analysis and weight-length relation of the humpnose big-eye bream, Monotaxis grandoculis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Lethrinidae), from Micronesia with implications for fisheries. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 50(4): 493-500. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02965

Longenecker, K. & R. Langston. 2018. The Jungle Histology Atlas of Gonad Stages in Coral-Reef Fishes, Second Edition. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.28304.92161

Longenecker K., Langston R., Bolick H., Crane M., Donaldson T.J, Franklin E.C., Kelokelo M., Kondio U., Potuku T. 2017. Rapid reproductive analysis and length–weight relations for five species of coral-reef fishes (Actinopterygii) from Papua New Guinea: Nemipterus isacanthus, Parupeneus barberinus, Kyphosus cinerascens, Ctenochaetus striatus (Perciformes), and Balistapus undulatus (Tetraodontiformes). Acta Ichthyol. Piscat. 47 (2): 107–124.

Longenecker, K., Langston, R. and Crane, M. 2017. Hermaphroditism in the dash-and-dot goatfish Parupeneus barberinus. J Fish Biol, 90: 1149–1152. doi:10.1111/jfb.13254

Longenecker K., Langston R., Kondio U., Bolick H., Mulrooney M. 2016. Rapid reproductive analysis and length–weight relations of three reef fishes (Actinopterygii: Perciformes and Tetraodontiformes) from a remote site in Papua New Guinea. Acta Ichthyol. Piscat. 46 (3): 263–270.

Longenecker K, Bolick H, Langston R 2015. Estimating Sustainable Live-Coral Harvest at Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea. PLOS ONE 10(10): e0140026. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140026

Longenecker, K, R. Langston, H Bolick and U. Kondio. 2014. Rapid Reproductive Analysis and Length–Weight Relation for Red-Bellied Fusilier, Caesio cuning, and Longfin Emperor, Lethrinus erythropterus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Caesionidae And Lethrinidae) From A Remote Village In Papua New Guinea. ACTA ICHTHYOLOGICA ET PISCATORIA (2014) 44 (1): 75–84.

Longenecker, K, R Langston & H Bolick. 2013. Rapid reproductive analysis and length-dependent relationships of Lutjanus biguttatus (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) from Papua New Guinea. Pacific Science 67(2):295-301.

Longenecker, K, R Langston, H Bolick & U Kondio. 2013. Rapid reproductive analysis and length-weight relation for blacktail snapper, Lutjanus fulvus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Lutjanidae)), from a remote village in Papua New Guinea. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 43(1):51-55.

Longenecker, K, R Langston, H Bolick & U Kondio. 2012. Size structure and reproductive status of exploited reef-fish populations at Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea. Bishop Museum Technical Report #59. 95 pp.

Longenecker, K & RC Langston. 2006. Life history characteristics of a small cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus rubrimacula (Percoidei: Apogonidae), from Koro, Fiji. Pacific Science 60(2):223–231.

Longenecker, KR & RC Langston. 2005. Life history of the Hawaiian blackhead triplefin, Enneapterygius atriceps (Blennioidei, Tripterygiidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 73:243–251.

Pyle RL, Boland R, Bolick H, Bowen BW, Bradley CJ, Kane C, Kosaki RK, Langston R, Longenecker K, Montgomery A, Parrish FA, Popp BN, Rooney J, Smith CM, Wagner D, Spalding HL. (2016) A comprehensive investigation of mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Hawaiian Archipelago. PeerJ 4:e2475 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2475

Randall, JE, RC Langston & M. Severns. 2006. First record of the Labrid fish Cymolutes praetextatus from the Hawaiian Islands. Pac. Sci. 60(4):549-553.

Smith, M. and R. Langston. 2019. Histology and Microscopy for Human Anatomy and Physiology. Open Educational Resource (OER). 236 pp.