Search
Lynne Parenti
Research Scientist and Curator of Indo-Pacific Freshwater and Coastal FishesDepartment / Division
Education
- Ph.D., City University of New York
- B.A., State University of New York, Stony Brook
Research Interests
Systematics, Phylogeny and Biogeography of Tropical Freshwater and Coastal Marine Fishes.
Comparative Teleost Anatomy, Development and Reproduction.
Theory and Methods of Historical Biogeography.
Publications
Journal Article
- Hagedorn, Mary, Parenti, Lynne R., Craddock, Robert A., Comizzoli, Pierre, Mabee, Paula, Meinke, Bonnie, Wolf, Susan M., Bischof, John C., Sandlin, Rebecca D., Tessier, Shannon N., and Toner, Mehmet. 2024. "Safeguarding Earth's biodiversity by creating a lunar biorepository." Bioscience, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae058.
- Brandl, Simon J., Weigt, Lee A., Pitassy, Diane E., Coker, Darren J., Patrick, Christopher J., Luchese, Matheus H., Berumen, Michael L., Buskey, Edward J., Casey, Jordan M., Di Domenico, Maikon, Soeth, Marcelo, Topor, Zachary M., Duffy, J. Emmett, Baldwin, Carole C., Hagedorn, Mary, and Parenti, Lynne R. 2023. "Using standardized fish-specific autonomous reef monitoring structures (FARMS) to quantify cryptobenthic fish communities." Methods in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14085.
- Dawson, Michael N., Mainali, Kumar, Meyer, Rachel, Noonan, Michael, Papeş, Monica, Parenti, Lynne R., and Villalobos, Fabricio. 2023. "Reshaping biogeography: Perspectives on the past, present and future." Journal of Biogeography, 50, (8) 1405–1408. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14675.
- Mahlfeld, Karin and Parenti, Lynne R. 2023. "Croizat’s form-making, RNA networks, and biogeography." History and philosophy of the life sciences, 45, (4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-023-00597-0.
- Nachman, Michael W., Beckman, Elizabeth J., Bowie, Rauri Ck, Cicero, Carla, Conroy, Chris J., Dudley, Robert, Hayes, Tyrone B., Koo, Michelle S., Lacey, Eileen A., Martin, Christopher H., McGuire, Jimmy A., Patton, James L., Spencer, Carol L., Tarvin, Rebecca D., Wake, Marvalee H., Wang, Ian J., Achmadi, Anang, Álvarez-Castañeda, Sergio Ticul, Andersen, Michael J., Arroyave, Jairo, Austin, Christopher C., Barker, F. K., Barrow, Lisa N., Barrowclough, George F., Bates, John et al. 2023. "Specimen collection is essential for modern science." PLOS Biology, 21, (11). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002318.
- Parenti, Lynne R., Lumbantobing, Daniel N., and Haryono. 2023. "Description of a New Species of Phenacostethus (Atheriniformes: Phallostethidae) endemic to Kalimantan Selatan, Indonesian Borneo, reveals deep mtCOI divergence among miniature species." Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 71 553–571. https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2023-0042.
- Bouwmeester, Jessica, Daly, Jonathan, Henley, E. Michael, Parenti, Lynne R., Pitassy, Diane E., and Hagedorn, Mary. 2022. "Conservation of coral reef fishes: a field-hardy method to cryopreserve spermatogonial cells." Coral Reefs, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-022-02268-1.
- Britz, Ralf, Parenti, Lynne R., and Rüber, Lukas. 2022. "Earth and life evolve together-a comment on Yamahira et al . []." Biology Letters, 18, (3). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0568.
- Iwamatsu, Takashi, Oda, Shoji, Kobayashi, Hirokuni, Parenti, Lynne R., Fluck, Richard A., Yasuda, Takako, and Nakane, Kouzo. 2022. "The light‐dependent daily cycle of ovulation in the oviparous medaka fish, Oryzias latipes (Atherinomorpha: Beloniformes: Adrianichthyidae) artificially pregnant with developing embryos." Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2600.
- Cole, Kathleen S. and Parenti, Lynne R. 2022. "Gonad morphology of Rhyacichthys aspro (Valenciennes, 1837), and the diagnostic reproductive morphology of gobioid fishes." Journal of Morphology, https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21440.
- Schüller, Alina, Vehof, Juliane, Hilgers, Leon, Spanke, Tobias, Wipfler, Benjamin, Wowor, Daisy, Mokodongan, Daniel F., Wantania, Letha L., Herder, Fabian, Parenti, Lynne R., Iwamatsu, Takashi, and Schwarzer, Julia. 2022. "How to stay attached-Formation of the ricefish plug and changes of internal reproductive structures in the pelvic brooding ricefish, Oryzias eversi Herder et al. (2012) (Beloniformes: Adrianichthyidae)." Journal of Morphology, 283, (11) 1451–1463. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21518.
- de Santana, C. David, Parenti, Lynne R., Dillman, Casey B., Coddington, Jonathan A., Bastos, Douglas A., Baldwin, Carole C., Zuanon, Jansen, Torrente-Vilara, Gislene, Covain, Raphaël, Menezes, Naércio A., Datovo, Aléssio, Sado, T., and Miya, M. 2021. "The critical role of natural history museums in advancing eDNA for biodiversity studies: a case study with Amazonian fishes." Scientific Reports, 11, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97128-3.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2021. "Francesca Raymond LaMonte." Ichthyology & Herpetology, 109, (4) 1075–1076. https://doi.org/10.1643/t2021116.
- Iwamatsu, Takashi, Oda, Shoji, Kobayashi, Hirokuni, Parenti, Lynne R., and Kobayashi, Yasuhisa. 2020. "Shift of the Vegetal Pole Area of Full-Grown Oocytes Toward the Ovulatory Site of the Ovary in the Medaka Fish, Oryzias latipes (Beloniformes: Adrianichthyidae)." The Biological bulletin, 238, (2) 80–88. https://doi.org/10.1086/708304.
- Parenti, Lynne R., Pitassy, Diane E., Jaafar, Zeehan, Vinnikov, Kirill, Redmond, Niamh E., and Cole, Kathleen S. 2020. "Fishes collected during the 2017 MarineGEO assessment of Kāne'ohe Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 100, (4) 607–637. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315420000417.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Wowor, Daisy. 2020. "Renny Kurnia Hadiaty (1960–2019)." Copeia, 108, (2) 430. https://doi.org/10.1643/CT2020026.
- Kroll, Kevin, Neidig, Carole, Parenti, Lynne R., Porak, Wes, and Uribe, MariCarmen. 2019. "A Brief Glimpse into the Reproductive Biology of Florida Fishes. Remembering Harry Grier." The Shellcracker.Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, January 2019 3–5.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2019. "The shape of biogeography: Endemism, maps, and classification of fish distributions in the western Pacific." Journal of Biogeography, 46, (8) 1841–1856. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13551.
- Uribe, Mari Carmen and Parenti, Lynne R. 2019. "Harry John Grier (1940-2018)." Copeia, 107, (2) 373–378. https://doi.org/10.1643/OT-19-210.
- Grier, Harry J., Porak, Wesley F., Carroll, Jessica, and Parenti, Lynne R. 2018. "Oocyte Development and Staging in the Florida Bass, Micropterus floridanus (LeSueur, 1822), with Comments on the Evolution of Pelagic and Demersal Eggs in Bony Fishes." Copeia, 106, (2) 329–345. https://doi.org/10.1643/CG-17-679.
- Hagedorn, Mary M., Daly, Jonathan P., Carter, Virginia L., Cole, Kathleen S., Jaafar, Zeehan, Lager, Claire V. A., and Parenti, Lynne R. 2018. "Cryopreservation of Fish Spermatogonial Cells: The Future of Natural History Collections." Scientific Reports, 8 6149–6149. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24269-3.
- Thomson, Scott A., Pyle, Richard L., Ahyong, Shane T, Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel, Ammirati, Joe, Araya, Juan Francisco, Ascher, John S., Audisio, Tracy Lynn, Azevedo-Santos, Valter, Bailly, Nicolas, Baker, William J., Balke, Michael, Barclay, Maxwell V. L., Barrett, Russell L., Benine, Ricardo C., Bickerstaff, James R. M., Bouchard, Patrice, Bour, Roger, Bourgoin, Thierry, Boyko, Christopher B., Breure, Abraham S. H., Brothers, Denis J., Byng, James W., Campbell, David, Ceríaco, Luis M. P. et al. 2018. "Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation." PLOS Biology, 16, (3) 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005075.
- Uribe, Mari Carmen, Grier, Harry J., and Parenti, Lynne R. 2018. "Testicular structure and spermatogenesis of the oviparous goodeids Crenichthys baileyi (Gilbert, 1893) and Empetrichthys latos Miller, 1948 (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes)." Journal of Morphology, 279, (12) 1787–1797. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20901.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2017. "Stanley Howard Weitzman (1927-2017)." Business Newsletter of the American Killifish Association, 56, (4) 14.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2017. "Annual Fishes: Life History Strategy, Diversity and Evolution." Copeia, 105, (2) 428–430. https://doi.org/10.1643/OT-17-596.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Iwamoto, Tomio. 2017. "Pearl Mitsu Sonoda (1918–2015)." Copeia, 105, (1) 161–163. https://doi.org/10.1643/OT-16-531.
- Sidlauskas, Brian L., Ferraris, Carl, Funk, Vicki Ann, Parenti, Lynne R., de Pinna, Mario, and Reid, Gordon McGregor. 2017. "In Memoriam: Richard Peter Vari (August 24, 1949–January 15, 2016)." Copeia, 105, (1) 147–160. https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-16-550.
- Grier, Harry J., Uribe, Mari Carmen, Lo Nostro, Fabiana L., Mims, Steven D., and Parenti, Lynne R. 2016. "Conserved Form and Function of the Germinal Epithelium through 500 million Years of Vertebrate Evolution." Journal of Morphology, 277, (8) 1014–1044. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20554.
- Jaafar, Zeehan and Parenti, Lynne R. 2016. "Systematics of the mudskipper genus Oxuderces Eydoux & Souleyet 1848 (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) with resurrection from synonymy of O. nexipinnis (Cantor 1849)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 180, (1) 195–215. https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12482.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2016. "Laid Bare [Essay on fish radiographs by Sandra J. Raredon]." Anglers Journal, 3, (4) 62–69.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Stiassny, Melanie L. J. 2016. "Rosemary Helen Lowe-McConnell (1921–2014), Honorary Foreign Member in Ichthyology." Copeia, 104, (2) 607–609. https://doi.org/10.1643/OT-16-404.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Wake, Marvalee H. 2016. "Evolution of the Role of Women in the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists." Copeia, 104, (2) 594–601. https://doi.org/10.1643/OT-16-427.
- Uribe, Mari Carmen, Grier, Harry J., García-Alarcón, Adriana, and Parenti, Lynne R. 2016. "Oogenesis: From Oogonia to Ovulation in the Flagfish, Jordanella floridae Goode and Bean, 1879 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae)." Journal of Morphology, 277, (10) 1339–1354. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20580.
- Ebach, Malte C. and Parenti, Lynne R. 2015. "The dichotomy of the modern bioregionalization revival." Journal of Biogeography, 42, (10) 1801–1808. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12558.
- Giam, Xingli, Hadiaty, Renny K., Tan, Heok Hui, Parenti, Lynne R., Wowor, Daisy, Sauri, Sopian, Chong, Kwek Yan, Yeo, Darren C. J., and Wilcove, David S. 2015. "Mitigating the impact of oil-palm monoculture on freshwater fishes in Southeast Asia." Conservation Biology, 29, (5) 1357–1367. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12483.
- Parenti, Lynne R., Grier, Harry J., and Uribe, MariCarmen. 2015. "Reproductive Biology of Chlorophthalmus agassizi (Teleostei: Aulopiformes: Chlorophthalmidae) as Revealed through Histology of Archival Museum Specimens." Copeia, 103, (4) 821–837. https://doi.org/10.1643/CG-15-256.
- Parenti, Lynne R., Hadiaty, Renny K., and Lumbantobing, Daniel N. 2015. "Collection of freshwater and coastal fishes from Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia." Jurnal Iktiologi Indonesia, 14, (1) 1–19.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2014. "A new species of Neostethus (Teleostei; Atherinomorpha; Phallostethidae) from Brunei Darussalam, with comments on northwestern Borneo as an area of endemism." Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 62 175–187.
- Rocha, L. A., Aleixo, A., Allen, G., Almeda, F., Baldwin, Carole C., Barclay, M. V. L., Bates, J. M., Bauer, A. M., Benzoni, F., Berns, C. M., Berumen, M. L., Blackburn, D. C., Blum, S., Bolanos, F., Bowie, R. C. K., Britz, R., Brown, R. M., Cadena, C. D., Carpenter, K., Ceriaco, L. M., Chakrabarty, P., Chaves, G., Choat, J. H., Clements, K. D., Collette, Bruce B. et al. 2014. "Specimen collection: An essential tool." Science, 344, (6186) 814–815. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.344.6186.814.
- Harrison, Ian, Evans, Malcolm, Lowe-McConnell, Rosemary, Parenti, Lynne R., Sanford, Chris, Snyder, Lex, Stiassny, Melanie, and Vari, Richard P. 2013. "Gordon John Howes 1938–2013 (Fish Systematist)." Journal of fish biology, 83, (5) 1085–1093. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12260.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Ebach, Malte C. 2013. "Evidence and hypothesis in biogeography." Journal of Biogeography, 40, (5) 813–820. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12069.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Ebach, Malte C. 2013. "The explanatory power of biogeographical patterns: a reply to de Bruyn et al." Journal of Biogeography, 40, (11) 2206–2208. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12205.
- Parenti, Lynne R., Hadiaty, Renny K., Lumbantobing, Daniel, and Herder, Fabian. 2013. "Two New Ricefishes of the Genus Oryzias (Atherinomorpha: Beloniformes: Adrianichthyidae) Augment the Endemic Freshwater Fish Fauna of Southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia." Copeia, 2013, (3) 403–414. https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-12-114.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2012. "Poeciliid Biology: The Next Generation." Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 45, (1) 75–78. https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2012.659430.
- Uribe, Mari Carmen, Grier, Harry J., and Parenti, Lynne R. 2012. "Ovarian Structure and Oogenesis of the Oviparous Goodeids Crenichthys baileyi (Gilbert, 1893) and Empetrichthys latos Miller, 1948 (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes)." Journal of Morphology, 273, (4) 371–387. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.11028.
- de Bruyn, M., Parenti, Lynne R., and Carvalho, G. R. 2011. "Successful extraction of DNA from archived alcohol-fixed white-eye fish specimens using an ancient DNA protocol." Journal of fish biology, 78 2074–2079.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Hartel, Karsten E. 2011. "Osteology Identifies Fundulus capensis Garman, 1895 as a Killifish in the Family Fundulidae (Atherinomorpha: Cyprinodontiformes)." Copeia, 2011, (2) 242–250. https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-10-146.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Hadiaty, Renny K. 2010. "A new, remarkably colorful, small ricefish of the genus Oryzias (Beloniformes, Adrianichthyidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia." Copeia, 2010, (2) 268–273. https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-09-108.
- Parenti, Lynne R., LoNostro, F. L., and Grier, Harry J. 2010. "Reproductive histology of Tomeurus gracilis Eigenmann, 1909 (Teleostei: Atherinomorpha: Poeciliidae) with comments on evolution of viviparity in atherinomorph fishes." Journal of Morphology, 271, (11) 1399–1406. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10886.
- Parenti, Lynne R., Viloria, Angel L., Ebach, Malte C., and Morrone, Juan J. 2009. "On the International Code of Area Nomenclature (ICAN): a reply to Zaragueta-Bagils et al." Journal of Biogeography, 36, (8) 1619–1621. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02171.x.
- Ebach, Malte C., Morrone, Juan J., Parenti, Lynne R., and Viloria, Angel L. 2008. "International Code of Area Nomenclature." Journal of Biogeography, 35 1153–1157.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2008. "Life History Patterns and Biogeography: An Interpretation of Diadromy in Fishes." Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 95 232–247.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2008. "A phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of ricefishes, Oryzias and relatives (Beloniformes, Adrianichthyidae)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 154 494–610.
- de Carvalho, M. R., Bockmann, F. A., Amorim, D. S., Brandao, C. R. F., de Vivo, M., de Figueiredo, J. L., Britski, H. A., de Pinna, M. C. C., Menezes, Naercio A., Marques, F. P. L., Papavero, N., Cancello, E. M., Crisci, J. V., McEachran, J. D., Schelly, R. C., Lundberg, J. G., Gill, A. C., Britz, Ralf, Wheeler, Q. D., Stiassny, M. L. J., Parenti, Lynne R., Page, L. M., Wheeler, W. C., Faivovich, J., Vari, Richard P. et al. 2007. "Taxonomic impediment or impediment to taxonomy? A commentary on systematics and the cybertaxonomic-automation paradigm." Evolutionary Biology, 34, (3-4) 140–143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-007-9011-6.
- Grier, Harry J., Uribe, M. C., and Parenti, Lynne R. 2007. "Germinal epithelium, folliculogenesis, and postovulatory follicles in ovaries of Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) (Teleostei, Protacanthopterygii, Salmoniformes)." Journal of Morphology, 268 293–310.
- McCarthy, Dennis, Ebach, Malte C., Morrone, Juan J., and Parenti, Lynne R. 2007. "An alternative Gondwana: Biota links South America, New Zealand and Australia." Biogeografia, (2) 1–12.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2006. "Typhlichthys eigenmanni Charlton, 1933, an available name for a blind cavefish (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae), differentiated on the basis of characters of the central nervous system." Zootaxa, 1374 55–59.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Lim, K. 2005. "Fishes of the Rajang Basin, Sarawak, Malaysia." Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. 13 173–206.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Grier, Harry J. 2004. "Evolution and phylogeny of gonad morphology in bony fishes." Integrative and Comparative Biology, 44, (5) 333–348.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Humphries, C. J. 2004. "Historical biogeography, the natural science." Taxon, 53, (4) 899–903.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Soeroto, B. 2004. "Adrianichthys roseni and Oryzias nebulosus, two new ricefishes (Atherinomorpha: Beloniformes: Adrianichthyidae) from Lake Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia." Ichthyological Research, 51, (1) 10–19.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Downing Meisner, A. L. 2003. "Fishes of the Belait River." Brunei Museum Journal, 10 17–54.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2000. "Review of: Phylogeny and Classification of Neotropical Fishes, EDIPUCRS (Editora Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul), Porto Alegre, Brazil." Journal of fish biology, 56 455–456.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1999. "Collective Spirit." Environmental Biology of Fishes, 55 203–206.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Louie, K. D. 1998. "Neostethus djajaorum, new species, from Sulawesi, Indonesia, the first phallostethid fish (Teleostei : Atherinomorpha) known from east of Wallace's line." Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 46, (1) 139–150.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Thomas, K. R. 1998. "Pharyngeal jaw morphology and homology in sicydiine gobies (Teleostei : Gobiidae) and allies." Journal of Morphology, 237, (3) 257–274.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1996. "Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of phallostethid fishes (Atherinomorpha, Phallostethidae) of northwestern Borneo, with description of a new species." Copeia, (3) 703–712.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Maciolek, J. A. 1996. "Sicyopterus rapa, new species of sicydiine goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae), from Rapa, French Polynesia." Bulletin of Marine Science, 58, (3) 660–667.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1995. "[Review of] Fishes of the World, Third Edition. 1994. J.S. Nelson. John Wiley and Sons." Copeia, 1995, (1) 262–264.
- Song, Jiakun and Parenti, Lynne R. 1995. "Clearing and Staining Whole Fish Specimens for Simultaneous Demonstration of Bone, Cartilage, and Nerves." Copeia, (1) 114–118.
- Grier, Harry J. and Parenti, Lynne R. 1994. "Reproductive-Biology and Systematics of Phallostethid Fishes as Revealed by Gonad Structure." Environmental Biology of Fishes, 41, (1-4) 287–299.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1993. "Polymorphic Skeletal Characters in Aphanius-Fasciatus (Teleostei - Cyprinodontiformes)." Copeia, (4) 1132–1137.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1993. "Relationships of Atherinomorph Fishes (Teleostei)." Bulletin of Marine Science, 52, (1) 170–196.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Maciolek, J. A. 1993. "New Sicydiine-Gobies from Ponape and Palau, Micronesia, with Comments on Systematics of the Subfamily Sicydiinae (Teleostei, Gobiidae)." Bulletin of Marine Science, 53, (3) 945–972.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1991. "Ocean basins and the biogeography of freshwater fishes." Australian Systematic Botany, 4, (1) 137–149.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1990. "Sociology and Biogeography - a Reply." Journal of Biogeography, 17, (6) 691–691.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1989. "Fundamental Biogeography." Journal of Biogeography, 16 401–402.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1989. "A Phylogenetic Revision of the Phallostethid Fishes (Atherinomorpha, Phallostethidae)." Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 46, (11) 243–277.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1987. "Phylogenetic aspects of tooth and jaw structure of the Medaka, Oryzias latipes, and other beloniform fishes." Journal of Zoology, 211, (3) 561–572.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1986. "The phylogenetic significance of bone types in euteleost fishes." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 87, (1) 37–51.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1986. "Bilateral asymmetry in phallostethed fishes (Atherinomorpha) with description of a new species from Sarawak." Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 44, (10) 225–236.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1984. "A taxonomic revision of the Andean killifish genus Orestias (Cyprinodontiformes, Cyprinodontidae)." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 178, (2) 107–214.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1982. "Cladistics and Conventions." Taxon, 31, (1) 96–101.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1981. "A phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of cyprinodontiform fishes (Teleostei, Atherinomorpha)." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 168, (4) 335–557.
Book Chapter
- Collette, Bruce B. and Parenti, Lynne R. 2022. "Order Beloniformes." In Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean. 336–337. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. 2
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2022. "Family Adrianichthyidae (Ricefishes)." In Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean. 337–340. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. 2
- Crother, Brian I. and Parenti, Lynne R. 2017. "Preface." In Assumptions inhibiting progress in comparative biology. Crother, Brian I. and Parenti, Lynne R., editors. xi–xii. Boca Raton: CRC PRess/Taylor & Francis Group.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2017. "Raising Cain: On the assumptions that inhibit scientific progress in comparative biogeography." In Assumptions inhibiting progress in comparative biology. Crother, Brian I. and Parenti, Lynne R., editors. 219–234. Boca Raton: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315369198-14.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Crother, Brian I. 2017. "Rosen Decomposing." In Assumptions inhibiting progress in comparative biology. Crother, Brian I. and Parenti, Lynne R., editors. 15–20. Boca Raton: CRC PRess/Taylor & Francis Group.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Jaafar, Zeehan. 2017. "The Natural Distribution of Mudskippers." In Fishes out of Water: Biology and Ecology of Mudskippers. Jaafar, Zeehan and Murdy, Edward O., editors. 37–68. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2016. "Foreword." In Fishes of the World. 5th ed. Nelson, Joseph S., Grande, T. C., and Wilson, Mark V. H., editors. xxxiii–xxxv. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc..
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2013. "Light at the Museum." In Analyzing Art and Aesthetics. Collins Goodyear, Anne and Weitekamp, Margaret A., editors. 278–279. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 9 in Artefacts: Studies in the History of Science and Technology.
- Kottelat, Maurice, Baird, Ian, Kullander, Sven, Ng, Hek Hee, Parenti, Lynne R., Rainboth, Walter, and Vidthayanon, Chavalit. 2012. "The status and distribution of freshwater fishes of Indo-Burma." In The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Indo-Burma. Allen, David J., Smith, K. G., and Darwall, W. R. T., editors. 38–64. Cambridge (UK) and Gland (Switzerland): IUCN.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2011. "Endemism and Conservation of the Native Freshwater Fish Fauna of Sulawesi, Indonesia." In Proceedings of the VIth National Seminar and 3rd Congress of the Indonesian Society of Ichthyologists. Simanjuntak et al., editor. 1–10. Cibinong, Indonesia: Indonesian Society of Ichthyologists.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Ebach, Malte C. 2010. "Wallacea Deconstructed." In Beyond Cladistics: The Branching of a Paradigm. Williams, David M. and Knapp, Sandra, editors. 303–318. Berkeley: University of California Press.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2009. "[Letter from Lynne Parenti]." In Letters to Linnaeus. Knapp, S. and Wheeler, Q., editors. 163–167. London: The Linnean Society of London.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2008. "Ichthyology at the Smithsonian." In ICHTHYO: the Architecture of Fish, X-rays from the Smithsonian. Comer, Stephanie and Klochko, Deborah, editors. 160–169. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2006. "Common cause and historical biogeography." In Biogeography in a Changing World. Fifth Biennial Conference of the Systematics Association, UK. Ebach, M. C. and Tangney, R., editors. 61–82. CRC Press.
- Grier, Harry J., Uribe, M., Parenti, Lynne R., and De la Rose-Cruz, G. 2005. "Fecundity, the germinal epithelium, and folliculogenesis in viviparous fishes." In Viviparous Fishes: Proceedings of the I and II International Symposia on Livebearing Fishes. Uribe, M. and Grier, Harry J., editors. 191–216. New Life Publications, FL.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2005. "Donn Rosen: An appreciation." In Viviparous Fishes : Proceedings of the I and II International Symposia on Llivebearing Fishes. Uribe, M. and Grier, Harry J., editors. 4–5. New Life Publications, FL.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2005. "The phylogeny of atherinomorphs: evolution of a novel fish reproductive system." In Viviparous Fishes: Proceedings of the I and II International Symposia on Livebearing Fishes. Uribe, M. and Grier, Harry J., editors. 13–30. New Life Publications, FL.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2004. "Silversides, killifishes, and ricefishes." In The New Encyclopedia of Aquatic Life. Campbell, A. and Dawes, J., editors. 240–243. Facts on File.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2000. "Order Atheriniformes. Phallostethidae." In FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. 2146–2148. Rome: Food and Agricultural Organization.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2000. "Order Beloniformes. Adrianichthyidae." In FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. 2149–2150. Rome: Food and Agricultural Organization.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2000. "Order Cyprinodontiformes. Aplocheilidae." In FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. 2197–2198. Rome: Food and Agricultural Organization.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2000. "Order Cyprinodontiformes. Poeciliidae." In FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. 2199–2200. Rome: Food and Agricultural Organization.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Song, Jiakun. 1996. "Phylogenetic Significance of the Pectoral/Pelvic Fin Association in Acanthomorph Fishes: A Reassessment Using Comparative Neuroanatomy." In Interrelationships of Fishes. Stiassny, M. L. J., Parenti, Lynne R., and Johnson, G. David, editors. 427–444. New York: Academic Press.
- Stiassny, M. L. J., Parenti, Lynne R., and Johnson, G. David. 1996. "Preface." In Interrelationships of Fishes. Stiassny, M. L. J., Parenti, Lynne R., and Johnson, G. David, editors. xi. New York: Academic Press.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1994. "Killifishes and ricefishes." In Encyclopedia of Fishes. Paxton, John R. and Eschmeyer, W. N., editors. 148–152. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Rauchenberger, M. 1989. "Systematic Overview of the Poeciliines." In Ecology and Evolution of Livebearing Fishes (Poeciliidae). Meffe, G. K. and Snelson, F. F.,Jr., editors. 3–12.
Dataset
- Parenti, Lynne, Rüber, Lukas, and Britz, Ralf. 2021. [Dataset] Earth and life evolve together- a comment on Yamahira et al. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.V6WWPZGXD.
Magazine Article
- Hagedorn, Mary M., Lager, Claire V. A., Parenti, Lynne R., and Duffy, J. Emmett. 2021. "MarineGEO Biodiversity Assessment, Ola Ike kai (Life Emanates from the Sea)." Kilo i'a, Waikiki Aquarium Magazine, (215), 8–9.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2018. "How the Smithsonian's Coelacanth Lost Its Brain and Got It Back Again." Smithsonian Magazine Online,
Book Review
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2021. [Book review] "Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Order Beloniformes: Needlefishes, Sauries, Halfbeaks, and Flyingfishes: Belonidae, Scomberesocidae, Hemiramphidae, Exocoetidae. Part Ten. Bruce B. Collette, Katherine E. Bemis, Nikolay V. Parin, and Ilia B. Shakhovskoy. 2019." Ichthyology & Herpetology, 109, (2), 661–663.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2015. [Book review] "Biogeography of Australasia: a molecular analysis, by Michael Heads." Systematic Biology, 64, (1), 163–166. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syu074.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2012. [Book review] "The Biology of Gobies." Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology, 18, (4), 239–240.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2010. [Book review] "Reproductive Biology And Phylogeny Of Fishes (Agnathans And Bony Fishes). Edited By B. G. M. Jamieson." Journal of fish biology, 76, (10), 2599–2600. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02660_2.x.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2007. [Book review] "The Borneo Suckers. Revision of the torrent loaches of Borneo (Balitoridae: Gastromyzon, Neogastromyzon)." Journal of Fish Biology, 71, 312–313.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2004. [Book review] "Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America." Journal of Fish Biology, 65, 891–892.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2002. [Book review] "The Killifishes: An Annotated Checklist, Synonymy, and Bibliography of Recent Oviparous Cyprinodontiform Fishes: the Killifish Master Index 4th edition." Copeia, 2002, (3), 881–882.
Book
- Crother, Brian I. and Parenti, Lynne R., editors. 2020. Assumptions inhibiting progress in comparative biology. Paperback ed. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC PRess/Taylor & Francis Group.
- Crother, Brian I. and Parenti, Lynne R., editors. 2017. Assumptions inhibiting progress in comparative biology. Boca Raton: CRC PRess/Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315369198.
- Parenti, Lynne R. and Ebach, Malte C. 2009. Comparative Biogeography: Discovering and Classifying Biogeographical Patterns of a Dynamic Earth. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
- Humphries, C. J. and Parenti, Lynne R. 2004. Cladistic Biogeography, Second Edition, Interpreting Patterns of Plant and Animal Distributions. Higher Education Press.
- Parenti, Lynne R., Clayton, Jeffrey M., and Howe, Jeffrey C. 1999. Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 604. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.604.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1984. On the Relationships of Phallostethid Fishes (Atherinomorpha): With Notes on the Anatomy of Phallostethus dunckeri Regan, 1913. New York, NY: American Museum of Natural History. In American Museum Novitates; no. 2779.
- Rosen, Donn E. and Parenti, Lynne R. 1981. Relationships of Oryzias, and the groups of atherinomorph fishes. New York, N.Y.: American Museum of Natural History. In American Museum Novitates ; no. 2719.
Conference Proceedings
- Baldwin, Carole C., Collette, Bruce B., Parenti, Lynne R., Smith, David G., and Springer, Victor G. 1996. "Collecting Fishes." from Methods and techniques of underwater research: proceedings of the American academy of underwater sciences 1996 scientific diving symposium, Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C., USA. in Methods and techniques of underwater research: proceedings of the American academy of underwater sciences 1996 scientific diving symposium, Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C., USA.. 11–34. Washington, DC: American Academy of Underwater Sciences.