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Lynne Parenti
Research Scientist and Curator of Indo-Pacific Freshwater and Coastal FishesDepartment / Division
Education
- B.A., State University of New York, Stony Brook
- Ph.D., City University of New York
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
Article
- 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. 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., 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
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2012. [Book review] "The Biology of Gobies." Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology. 18 (4): 239– 240.
- 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. 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. 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. "A phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of ricefishes, Oryzias and relatives (Beloniformes, Adrianichthyidae)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 494– 610.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2008. "Life History Patterns and Biogeography: An Interpretation of Diadromy in Fishes." Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 95: 232– 247.
- 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. 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. 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. 2004. [Book review] "Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America." Journal of Fish Biology. 65: 891– 892.
- 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. 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.
- 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., Clayton, Jeffrey M., and Howe, Jeffrey C. 1999. "Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (604): 1– 22. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.604
- 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. "Relationships of Atherinomorph Fishes (Teleostei)." Bulletin of Marine Science 52 (1): 170– 196.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1993. "Polymorphic Skeletal Characters in Aphanius-Fasciatus (Teleostei - Cyprinodontiformes)." Copeia (4): 1132– 1137.
- 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. "A Phylogenetic Revision of the Phallostethid Fishes (Atherinomorpha, Phallostethidae)." Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 46 (11): 243– 277.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1989. "Fundamental Biogeography." Journal of Biogeography 16: 401– 402.
- 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.
Magazine Article
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2018. "How the Smithsonian's Coelacanth Lost Its Brain and Got It Back Again." , https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-smithsonians-coelacanth-lost-its-brain-and-got-it-back-again-180968450/.
Chapter
- Crother, Brian I. and Parenti, Lynne R. 2017. "Preface." in Assumptions inhibiting progress in comparative biology, edited by Crother, Brian I. and Parenti, Lynne R., 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, edited by Crother, Brian I. and Parenti, Lynne R., 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, edited by Crother, Brian I. and Parenti, Lynne R., 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, edited by Jaafar, Zeehan and Murdy, Edward O., 37– 68. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2016. "Foreword." in Fishes of the World, edited by Nelson, Joseph S., Grande, T. C., and Wilson, Mark V. H., 5th ed. xxxiii– xxxv. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc..
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2013. "Light at the Museum." in Analyzing Art and Aesthetics, edited by Collins Goodyear, Anne and Weitekamp, Margaret A., 278– 279. Artefacts: Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.
- 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, edited by Allen, David J., Smith, K. G., and Darwall, W. R. T., 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, edited by Simanjuntak et al., 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, edited by Williams, David M. and Knapp, Sandra., 303– 318. Berkeley: University of California Press.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2009. "[Letter from Lynne Parenti]." in Letters to Linnaeus, edited by Knapp, S. and Wheeler, Q., 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, edited by Comer, Stephanie and Klochko, Deborah., 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, edited by Ebach, M. C. and Tangney, R., 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, edited by Uribe, M. and Grier, Harry J., 191– 216. 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, edited by Uribe, M. and Grier, Harry J., 13– 30. 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, edited by Uribe, M. and Grier, Harry J., 4– 5. New Life Publications, FL.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 2004. "Silversides, killifishes, and ricefishes." in The New Encyclopedia of Aquatic Life, edited by Campbell, A. and Dawes, J., 240– 243. Facts on File.
- 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. 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 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 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. and Song, Jiakun. 1996. "Phylogenetic Significance of the Pectoral/Pelvic Fin Association in Acanthomorph Fishes: A Reassessment Using Comparative Neuroanatomy." in Interrelationships of Fishes, edited by Stiassny, M. L. J., Parenti, Lynne R., and Johnson, G. David., 427– 444. New York: Academic Press.
- Stiassny, M. L. J., Parenti, Lynne R., and Johnson, G. David. 1996. "Preface." in Interrelationships of Fishes, edited by Stiassny, M. L. J., Parenti, Lynne R., and Johnson, G. David., xi. New York: Academic Press.
- Parenti, Lynne R. 1994. "Killifishes and ricefishes." in Encyclopedia of Fishes, edited by Paxton, John R. and Eschmeyer, W. N., 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), edited by Meffe, G. K. and Snelson, F. F.,Jr., 3– 12.
Book
- Crother, Brian I. and Parenti, Lynne R. 2017. Assumptions inhibiting progress in comparative biology, edited by Crother, Brian I. and Parenti, Lynne R. . 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. 1984. On the Relationships of Phallostethid Fishes (Atherinomorpha): With Notes on the Anatomy of Phallostethus dunckeri Regan, 1913. American Museum Novitates; no. 2779. New York, NY: American Museum of Natural History.
- Rosen, Donn E. and Parenti, Lynne R. 1981. Relationships of Oryzias, and the groups of atherinomorph fishes. American Museum Novitates ; no. 2719. New York, N.Y.: American Museum of Natural History.
Conference
- Baldwin, Carole C., Collette, Bruce B., Parenti, Lynne R., Smith, David G., and Springer, Victor G. 1996. "Collecting Fishes." In , 11– 34. Washington, DC: American Academy of Underwater Sciences.