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References (24):

• Stiassny, Melanie & Giuseppe de Marchi & Anton Lamboj. 2010. "A new species of Danakilia (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from Lake Abaeded in the Danakil Depression of Eritrea (East Africa)". Zootaxa. 2690, pp. 43-52 (crc02748) (abstract).
• Stiassny, Melanie & Abebe Getahun. 2007. "An overview of labeonin relationships and the phylogenetic placement of the Afro-Asian genus Garra Hamilton, 1922 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with the description of five new species of Garra from Ethiopia, and a key to all African species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. (n. 150), pp. 41–83 (crc04615).
• Stiassny, Melanie & A. Lamboj, D. De Weirdt & G. G. Teugels. 2007. "Cichlidae". Stiassny & al.: The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. v. 2, pp. 269-403 (crc03424).
• Stiassny, Melanie & Ulrich K. Schliewen. 2007. "Congochromis, a new cichlid genus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Central Africa, with the description of a new species from the upper Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo". American Museum Novitates. (n. 3576); pp. 1-16 (crc01450) (abstract).
• Stiassny, Melanie & John S. Sparks. 2006. "Phylogeny and Taxonomic Revision of the Endemic Malagasy Genus Ptychochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with the Description of Five New Species and a Diagnosis for Katria, New Genus". American Museum Novitates. (n. 3535); pp. 1–55 (crc01327) (abstract).
• Stiassny, Melanie & P. Chakrabarty & P.V. Loiselle. 2001. "Relationships of the Madagascan cichlid genus Paretroplus, with description of a new species from the Betsiboka River drainage of northwestern Madagascar". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. v. 12 (n. 1), pp 29-40 (crc00326) (abstract).
• Stiassny, Melanie & A. Meyer. 1999. "Cichlids of the rift lakes". Scientific American. v. 280(n. 2), pp. 64-69 (crc03933).
• Stiassny, Melanie. 1997. "A phylogenetic overview of the lamprologine cichlids of Africa (Teleostei, Cichlidae): a morphological perspective". South African Journal of Science. v. 93, pp. 513-523 (crc01715) (abstract).
• Stiassny, Melanie. 1996. "Notes on a little known cichlid from West Africa, Sarotherodon caudomarginatus (Boulenger,1916), with some thoughts on the genus". The Cichlids Yearbooks. v. 6; pp. 53-57 (crc00931).
• Stiassny, Melanie. 1994. "A tangled web: Cichlids and their relatives". The Cichlids Yearbooks. v. 4; pp. 91-94 (crc00892).
• Stiassny, Melanie & J.G. Mezey. 1993. "Egg Attachment Systems in the Family Cichlidae ( Perciformes : Labroidei ), with Some Comments on Their Significance for Phylogenetic Studies". American Museum Novitates. (n. 3058), pp. 1-12 (crc03934) (abstract).
• Stiassny, Melanie. 1993. "Taxonomy and systematics of South American Cichlidae: the other cichlids". Environmental Biology of Fishes. v. 36(n. 1), pp. 105-107 (crc03498).
• Stiassny, Melanie. 1993. "What is a cichlid?". Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine. pp. 141-146 (crc03935).
• Stiassny, Melanie & U.K. Schliewen & W.J. Dominey. 1992. "A new species flock of cichlid fishes from Lake Bermin, Cameroon with a description of eight new species of Tilapia (Labroidei: Cichlidae)". Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters. v. 3(n. 4), pp. 311-346 (crc00363) (abstract).
• Stiassny, Melanie. 1992. "Atavisms, phylogenetic character reversals, and the origin of evolutionary novelties". Netherlands Journal of Zoology. v. 42; pp. 260-276 (crc01345) (abstract).
• Stiassny, Melanie. 1992. "Phylogenetic Analysis and the Role of Systematics in the Biodiversity Crisis". Systematics Ecology and the Biodiversity Crisis, Columbia Univ. Press. (n. chapter 8), pp. 109-120 (crc03936).
• Stiassny, Melanie & G.L. Gerstner. 1992. "The parental care behaviour of Paratilapia polleni (Perciformes, Labroidei), a phylogenetically primitive cichlid from Madagascar, with a discussion of the evolution of maternal care in the family Cichlidae". Environmental Biology of Fishes. v. 34(n. 3), pp. 219-233 (crc04023) (abstract).
• Stiassny, Melanie. 1991. "Phylogenetic intrarelationships of the family Cichlidae: an overview". Cichld Fishes: Behaviour, ecology and evolution. Ed.: Chapman and Hall.. pp. 1-35 (crc03836).
• Stiassny, Melanie. 1991. "Tylochromis". Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). Vol. 4. pp. 482-508 (crc00993).
• Stiassny, Melanie. 1990. "Tylochromis, relationships and the phylogenetic status of the African Cichlidae". American Museum Novitates. (n. 2993), pp. 1-14 (crc03835) (abstract).
• Stiassny, Melanie. 1989. "A taxonomic revision of the African genus Tylochromis (Labroidei, Cichlidae); with notes on the anatomy and relationships of the group". Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika, Tervuren, Belgium, Zoologische Wetenschappen. n. 258; pp 85 (crc01017).
• Stiassny, Melanie. 1987. "Cichlid familial intrarelationships and the placement of the neotropical genus Cichla". Journal of Natural History. v. 21; pp. 1311-1331 (crc01344).
• Stiassny, Melanie. 1982. "The relationships of the neotropical genus Cichla: a phyletic analysis including some functional considerations". Journal of Zoology, London. v. 197; pp. 427-453 (crc01343).
• Stiassny, Melanie. 1981. "The phyletic status of the family Cichlidae (Pisces, Perciformes): A comparative anatomical investigation". Netherlands Journal of Zoology. v. 31(n. 2), pp. 275-314 (crc03937) (abstract).