Peer-Reviewed Publications

* Denotes Martinez lab member

36. *Poulin E, Kolmann MA, Stiassny MLJ, Cohen KE,  *Huie J, Chabain J, Martinez CM. In Press. Stingray spine diversity reflects performance trade-offs linked to puncture and breakability. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B.

35. Martinez CM, Corn KA. In Press. Novelty Unlocks Morphological Diversity and Functional Opportunity for Fish Jaws. Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society.

34.*Swanson NE, Peterson AN, Martinez CM, McHenry NJ. 2026. Polarized schooling emerges in tetra species with cohesive social networks. Journal of Experimental Biology. 229(6), jeb251441. PDF

33. *Santos EC, Friedman ST, Martinez CM. 2026. Distinct evolutionary signatures underlie body shape diversity across deep sea habitats. Evolution. 80(1), 85-9. PDF

32. Chang S, Heiple Z, Hays D, Melendez-Vazquez F, Lee C, Frable BW, Pogonoski J, Martinez CM, Betancur-R R, Arcila D. 2025. Genome-wide phylogeny reshapes our understanding of the evolution of deep-sea dragonfishes, bristlemouths, viperfishes, and allies (Stomiiformes). BMC Ecology and Evolution. 25 (111). PDF

31. Roberts-Hugghis AS, Martinez CM, Corn KA, Wainwright PC. 2025. A classic key innovation constrains oral jaw functional diversification in fishes. Evolution Letters. 9(1), 24-40. PDF

30. Martinez CM, *Mazon RMM, Stiassny MLJ. 2024. Suction feeding turned on its head: a functional novelty facilitates lower jaw protrusion. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 64(3), 729-741. PDF

29.Martinez CM, Corn KA, Williamson S, Satterfield D, Roberts-Hugghis AS, Barley A, Borstein SR, McGee MD, Wainwright PC. 2024. Replicated functional evolution in cichlid adaptive radiations. American Naturalist. 204 (3). doi.org/10.1086/731477.PDF

28. Miller EC, Martinez CM, Friedman ST, Wainwright PC, Price SA, Tornabene L. 2022. Alternating regimes of shallow and deep-sea diversification explain a species richness paradox in marine fishes. PNAS. 119 (43) e2123544119. PDF

27. Corn KA, Friedman ST, Burress ED, Martinez CM, Larouche O, Price SA & Wainwright PC. 2022. The Rise of Biting During the Cenozoic Fueled Reef Fish Body Shape Diversification. PNAS. 119 (31) e2119828119. PDF

26. Martinez CM, Tovar AJ & Wainwright PC. 2022. A novel intramandibular joint facilitates feeding versatility in the sixbar Distichodus. Journal of Experimental Biology 225(2) jeb243621. PDF

25. Dunton KJ, Sparta K, Martinez CM, Frisk MG & Shipley ON. 2021. First observation of movement rates and repeated migration in a Western Atlantic torpedo ray (Tetronarce occidentalis, Storer, 1843) in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Northeast Naturalist 28(2) N7-N14. PDF

24. Martinez CM, Friedman ST, Corn KA, Larouche O, Price SA & Wainwright PC. 2021. The Deep Sea is a Hot Spot of Fish Body Shape Evolution. Ecology Letters. 24(9) 1788-1799. Featured in: **New Scientist**, **UC Davis Egghead**. PDF

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23. Corn KA, Martinez CM, Burress ED & Wainwright PC. 2021. A multifunction trade-off has contrasting effects on the evolution of form and function. Systematic Biology. 70(4) 681-693. PDF

22. Arroyave J, Martinez CM, Martínez-Oriol FH, Sosa E & Alter SE. 2021. Regional-scale aquifer hydrogeology as a driver of phylogeographic structure in the Neotropical catfish Rhamdia guatemalensis (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. Freshwater Biology. 66, 332-348. PDF

21. Larouche O, Benton B, Corn KA, Friedman ST, Gross D, Iwan M, Kessler B, Martinez CM, Rodriguez S, Whelpley H, Wainwright PC & Price SA. 2020. Reef-associated fishes have more maneuverable body shapes at a macroevolutionary scale. Coral Reefs. 1-13. PDF

20. Friedman ST, Price SA, Corn KA, Larouche O, Martinez CM & Wainwright PC. 2020. Body shape diversification along the benthic-pelagic axis in marine fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 287, 20201053. PDF

19. Burress ED, Martinez CM & Wainwright PC. 2020. Decoupled Jaws Promote Trophic Diversity in Cichlid Fishes. Evolution. 74(5), 950-961. PDF

18. Price SA, Larouche O, Friedman ST, Corn KA, Wainwright PC & Martinez CM. 2020. A CURE for a major challenge in phenomics: a practical guide to implementing a quantitative specimen-based undergraduate research experience. Integrative Organismal Biology. 2(1), obaa004, 1-10. PDF

17. Barley AJ, Diesmos AC, Siler CD, Martinez CM & Brown RM. 2020. Taxonomic Revision of Philippine Sun Skinks (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Eutropis), and Descriptions of Eight New Species. Herpetological Monographs. 34, 39-70. PDF

16. Martinez CM & Wainwright PC. 2019. Extending the Geometric Approach for Studying Biomechanical Motions. Integrative & Comparative Biology. 59(3), 684-695. PDF

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15. Price SA, Friedman ST, Corn KA, Martinez CM, Larouche O & Wainwright PC. 2019. Building a body shape morphospace of teleostean fishes. Integrative & Comparative Biology. 59(3), 716-730. PDF

14. Martinez CM, Kao B, Sparks JS & Wainwright PC. 2019. Pectoral dimorphism is a pervasive feature of skate diversity and offers insight into their evolution. Integrative Organismal Biology. 1(1), 1-14. Featured in: **IOB Blog**. PDF

13. Friedman ST, Martinez CM, Price SA & Wainwright PC. 2019. The influence of size on body shape diversification across Indo-Pacific reef fishes. Evolution. 73(4), 1873-1884. PDF

12. Arroyave J, Martinez CM & Stiassny MLJ. 2019. DNA barcoding uncovers remarkable cryptic diversity in the African long-finned tetra Bryconalestes longipinnis (Günther 1864) (Alestidae: Characiformes). Journal of Fish Biology. 95, 379-392. PDF

11. Frisk MG, Shipley ON, Martinez CM, McKown KA, Zacharias JP & Dunton KJ. 2019. First observations of long-distance migration in a large skate species, the winter skate: implications for population connectivity, ecosystem dynamics, and management. Marine and Coastal Fisheries. 11(2), 202-212. PDF

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10. Martinez CM, McGee MD, Borstein SR & Wainwright PC. 2018. Feeding ecology underlies the evolution of cichlid jaw mobility. Evolution. 72 (8), 1645-1655. PDF

9. Martinez CM & Sparks JS. 2017. Malagasy cichlid subfamilies differentially limit impacts of body shape evolution on oral jaw form and function. Evolution. 71(9), 2219-2229. **Journal Cover**; Featured in: **Evolution Digest**. PDF

8. Martinez CM & Stiassny MLJ. 2017. Can and eel be a flatfish? Observations on enigmatic asymmetrical heterenchelyid eels from the Guinea Coast of West Africa. Journal of Fish Biology. 91, 673-678.  Featured in: **New Scientist**& **Hakai Magazine** . PDF

7. Martinez CM, Duplisea DE, Cerrato RM & Frisk MG. 2017. Exploration of trends in interspecific abundance-occupancy relationships using empirically derived simulated communities. PLoS ONE. 12(1), e0170816. PDF

6. Martinez CM, Rohlf FJ & Frisk MG. 2016. Re-Evaluation of batoid pectoral morphology reveals novel patterns of diversity among major lineages. Journal of Morphology. 277(4), 482-493. PDF

5. Martinez CM, Rohlf FJ & Frisk MG. 2016. Sexual dimorphism in sister species of Leucoraja skate and its relationship to reproductive strategy and life history. Evolution & Development. 18(2), 105-115. PDF

4. Dunton K, Jordaan A, Secor D, Martinez CM, Kehler T, Hattala K, van Eenennam J, Fisher M, McKown K, Conover DO & Frisk M. 2016. Age and growth of Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus, in the New York Bight. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 36, 62-73. PDF

3. O’Leary SJ, Martinez CM, Bauman H, Abercrombie D, Conover DO, Poulakis GR, Murray CH, Feldheim KA & Chapman DD. 2016. Population genetics and geometric morphometrics of Key silversides, Menidia conchorum, a marine fish in a highly fragmented inland habitat. Bulletin of Marine Science. 92(1), 33-50. PDF

2. Martinez CM, Arroyave J & Sparks JS. 2015. A new species of Ptychochromis from southeastern Madagascar (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Zootaxa. 4044, 79-92. PDF

1. Bergsma GS & Martinez CM. 2011. Mutualist induced morphological changes enhance growth and survival of corals. Marine Biology. 158, 2267-2277. PDF

Book Chapters

Vaz DFB, Martinez CM, Friedman ST & PP Rizzato. 2022. Morphological Descriptions and Taxonomy. In S Midway, C Hasler, and P Chakrabarty, editors. Methods for Fish Biology, 2nd edition. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland. p. 153-206. LINK TO PUBLISHER