Katherine Bemis

• BS., Cornell University
• PhD., College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Systematics, biology, and morphology of marine fishes, in particular Tetraodontiformes.

Journal Article

• Collette, Bruce B. and Bemis, Katherine E. 2024. "History of the Monographic Series Fishes of the Western North Atlantic." Ichthyology & Herpetology, 112, (3). https://doi.org/10.1643/t2023102.
• Fahimi, Neda, Bemis, Katherine E., and Baeza, J. A. 2024. "The mitochondrial genome of the Yellowtail Snapper Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch, 1791) (Perciformes: Lutjanidae)." Journal of Natural History, 58, (33-36) 1321–1335. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2388290.
• Girard, Matthew G., Santos, Mudjekeewis D., and Bemis, Katherine E. 2024. "New species of redbait from the Philippines (Teleostei, Emmelichthyidae, Emmelichthys)." ZooKeys, 1196 95–109. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1196.111161.
• Kiser, Helen, Skufca, Katie, Bemis, Katherine E., and Baeza, J. A. 2024. "Comparative analysis of the mitochondrial genomes of Smoothhound sharks provide insight into the phylogenetic relationships within the family Triakidae." Gene Reports, 36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genrep.2024.101957.
• Schmitter-Soto, Juan, Bemis, Katherine E., Dowling, Thomas E., Espinosa-Pérez, Héctor S., Findley, Lloyd T., Gilbert, Carter R., Hartel, Karsten E., Lea, Robert N., Mandrak, Nicholas E., Neighbors, Margaret A., Walker,H. J., J., and Page, Lawrence M. 2024. "How Many Fish Species Are in North America?" Ichthyology & Herpetology, 112, (4). https://doi.org/10.1643/i2023047.
• Troyer, Emily M., Evans, Kory M., Goatley, Christopher, Friedman, Matt, Carnevale, Giorgio, Nicholas, Benjamin, Kolmann, Matthew, Bemis, Katherine E., and Arcila, Dahiana. 2024. "Evolutionary innovation accelerates morphological diversification in pufferfishes and their relatives." Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae127.
• Bemis, Katherine E., Tyler, James C., Kaneko, Atsushi, Matsuura, Keiichi, Murakumo, Kiyomi, Espíndola, Vinicius C., Justine, Jean-Lou, Tyler, Diane M., Girard, Matthew G., and Bemis, William E. 2023. "Pelvic-Fan Flaring and Inflation in the Three-Tooth Puffer, Triodon macropterus (Tetraodontiformes: Triodontidae), with Additional Observations on Their Behavior in Captivity." Ichthyology & Herpetology, 111, (2). https://doi.org/10.1643/i2022022.
• Cady, Tabitha, Bemis, Katherine E., and Baeza, J. Antonio. 2023. "The mitochondrial genome of the endangered Spiny Butterfly Ray Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus 1758) (Myliobatiformes: Gymnuridae) provides insights into cryptic lineages." Mitochondrial Dna Part a, https://doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2023.2251577.
• Bemis, Katherine E., Girard, Matthew G., Santos, Mudjekeewis D., Carpenter, Kent E., Deeds, Jonathan R., Pitassy, Diane E., Flores, Nicko Amor L., Hunter, Elizabeth S., Driskell, Amy C., Macdonald, Kenneth S., Weigt, Lee A., and Williams, Jeffrey T. 2023. "Biodiversity of Philippine marine fishes: A DNA barcode reference library based on voucher specimens." Scientific Data, 10, (1) 411. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02306-9.
• Page, Lawrence M., Bemis, Katherine E., Dowling, Thomas E., Espinosa-Pérez, Héctor S., Findley, Lloyd T., Gilbert, Carter R., Hartel, Karsten E., Lea, Robert N., Mandrak, Nicholas E., Neighbors, Margaret A., Schmitter-Soto, Juan, and Walker, Harold J. 2023. "The Eighth Edition of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes." Fisheries, 48, (12) 497–498. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.11015.
• Hoban, Mykle L., Whitney, Jonathan, Collins, Allen G., Meyer, Christopher, Murphy, Katherine R., Reft, Abigail J., and Bemis, Katherine E. 2022. "Skimming for barcodes: rapid production of mitochondrial genome and nuclear ribosomal repeat reference markers through shallow shotgun sequencing." PeerJ, 10. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13790.
• Policarpo, Maxime, Bemis, Katherine E., Laurenti, Patrick, Legendre, Laurent, Sandoz, Jean-Christophe, Rétaux, Sylvie, and Casane, Didier. 2022. "Coevolution of the olfactory organ and its receptor repertoire in ray-finned fishes." Bmc Biology, 20, (1) 195–195. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01397-x.
• Hegde, Shanthi, Tyler, James C., Stearns, Walt, and Bemis, Katherine E. 2021. "Live Coloration and Schooling Behavior of Juvenile Sharptail Mola, Masturus lanceolatus (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae), Off South Florida." Southeastern Naturalist Notes, 20, (4) N102–N107.
• Hilton, Eric J., Bauer, Aaron M., Bemis, Katherine E., Sabaj, Mark H., Smith, David G., and Watkins-Colwell, Gregory. 2021. "A Common Love of Science: The One-Hundredth Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists." Ichthyology & Herpetology, 109, (3). https://doi.org/10.1643/t2021071.
• Policarpo, Maxime, Bemis, Katherine E., Tyler, James C., Metcalfe, Cushla J., Laurenti, Patrick, Sandoz, Jean-Christophe, Rétaux, Sylvie, and Casane, Didier. 2021. "Evolutionary Dynamics of the OR Gene Repertoire in Teleost Fishes: Evidence of an Association with Changes in Olfactory Epithelium Shape." Molecular biology and evolution, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab145.
• Bemis, Katherine E., Tyler, James C., Psomadakis, Peter N., Ferris, Lauren Newell, and Kumar, Appukuttannair Biju. 2020. "Review of the Indian Ocean spikefish genus Mephisto (Tetraodontiformes: Triacanthodidae)." Zootaxa, 4802, (1) 82–98. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4802.1.5.
• Bemis, Katherine E., Tyler, James C., and Arcila, Dahiana. 2019. "Life history, distribution and molecular phylogenetics of the Upward-Mouth Spikefish Atrophacanthus japonicus (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes: Triacanthodidae)." Journal of fish biology, 94, (4) 578–584. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13923.
• Bemis, Katherine E., Tyler, James C., Bemis, William E., Kumar, Kishor, Rana, Rajendra Singh, and Smith, Thierry. 2017. "A gymnodont fish jaw with remarkable molariform teeth from the early Eocene of Gujarat, India (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes)." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 37, (6). https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2017.1369422.

Dataset

• Bemis, Katherine E. 2023. [Dataset] Unverified specimen records. Distributed by Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.22582450.V2.
• Bemis, Katherine E. 2023. [Dataset] Verified specimen records. Distributed by Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.22582453.V2.
• Bemis, Katherine E., Girard, Matthew G., Santos, Mudjekeewis D., Carpenter, Kent E., Deeds, Jonathan R., Pitassy, Diane E., Flores, Nicko Amor L., Hunter, Elizabeth Sage, Driskell, Amy C., Macdonald,Kenneth S., III, Weigt, Lee A., and Williams, Jeffrey T. 2023. [Dataset] Color field photographs of voucher specimens. Distributed by Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.23185373.V1.
• Bemis, Katherine E., Girard, Matthew G., Santos, Mudjekeewis D., Carpenter, Kent E., Deeds, Jonathan R., Pitassy, Diane E., Flores, Nicko Amor L., Hunter, Elizabeth Sage, Driskell, Amy C., Macdonald,Kenneth S., III, Weigt, Lee A., and Williams, Jeffrey T. 2023. [Dataset] DNA sequences. Distributed by Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.23284901.V1.

Book

• Baldwin, Carole C. and Bemis, Katherine E., editors. 2022. Tributes to Victor G. Springer In celebration of his 94th birthday. Washington, DC: Division of Fishes, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. https://doi.org/10.5479/10088/114290.
• Collette, Bruce B., Bemis, Katherine E., Parin, Nicolay V., and Shakhovskoy, Ilia B., editors. 2019. Order Beloniformes: Needlefishes, sauries, halfbeaks, and flyingfishes. Yale University Press. In Fishes of the western North Atlantic (part 10).

Report

• Galbraith, John K., Bemis, Katherine E., Bemis, William E., Cook, Heath S., and Wuenschel, Mark J. 2022. Identifications, distributions, and life history of four species of Seriola (Carangiformes: Carangidae) in the western North Atlantic based on contemporary and historical data. 22. NOAA. In NOAA Professional Papers NMFS 22. https://doi.org/10.7755/PP.22.

Book Review

• Bemis, Katherine E. 2021. [Book review] "Frogfishes: Biodiversity, Zoogeography, and Behavioral Ecology." Ichthyology & Herpetology, 109, (3), 925–927. https://doi.org/10.1643/t2021054.

Book Chapter

• Bemis, Katherine E., Tyler, James C., Hilton, Eric J., and Bemis, William E. 2021. "Overview of the Anatomy of Ocean Sunfishes (Molidae: Tetraodontiformes)." In The Ocean Sunfishes: Evolution, Biology, and Conservation. Thys, Tierney M., Hays, Graeme C., and Houghton, Jonathan D. R., editors. Boca Raton: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429343360-4.
• Collette, Bruce B. and Bemis, Katherine E. 2019. "Family Belonidae, needlefishes." In Order Beloniformes: Needlefishes, sauries, halfbeaks, and flyingfishes. Collette, Bruce B., Bemis, Katherine E., Parin, Nicolay V., and Shakhovskoy, Ilia B., editors. 5–77. Yale University Press. In Fishes of the western North Atlantic (part 10).
• Collette, Bruce B. and Bemis, Katherine E. 2019. "Family Scomberesocidae, sauries." In Order Beloniformes: Needlefishes, sauries, halfbeaks, and flyingfishes. Collette, Bruce B., Bemis, Katherine E., Parin, Nicolay V., and Shakhovskoy, Ilia B., editors. 79–88. Yale University Press. In Fishes of the western North Atlantic (part 10).
• Collette, Bruce B. and Bemis, Katherine E. 2019. "Family Hemiramphidae, halfbeaks." In Order Beloniformes: Needlefishes, sauries, halfbeaks, and flyingfishes. Collette, Bruce B., Bemis, Katherine E., Parin, Nicolay V., and Shakhovskoy, Ilia B., editors. 89–147. Yale University Press. In Fishes of the western North Atlantic (part 10).
• Collette, Bruce B. and Bemis, Katherine E. 2019. "Order Beloniformes." In Order Beloniformes: Needlefishes, sauries, halfbeaks, and flyingfishes. Collette, Bruce B. and Bemis, Katherine E., editors. 1–4. Yale University Press. In Fishes of the western North Atlantic (part 10).
• Parin, N. V., Shakhovskoy, I., Bemis, Katherine E., and Collette, Bruce B. 2019. "Family Exocoetidae, flyingfishes." In Order Beloniformes: Needlefishes, sauries, halfbeaks, and flyingfishes. Collette, Bruce B., Bemis, Katherine E., Parin, Nicolay V., and Shakhovskoy, Ilia B., editors. 149–239. Yale University Press. In Fishes of the western North Atlantic (part 10).