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The following papers published in 2003 have used specimens from the Australian Museum fish collection.

  1. Akihito, Meguro, K. & K. Sakamoto. 2003. A new species of gobiid fish,Cristatogobius rubripectoralis, from Australia. Ichthyological Research. 50(2):117-122.
  2. Burhanuddin, A.I & Y. Iwatsuki. 2003. Trichiurus nickolensis, a new hairtail from Australia belonging to the Trichiurus russelli complex (Perciformes: Trichiuridae). Ichthyological Research. 50: 270–275.
  3. Carpenter, K.E. & J.E. Randall. 2003. Lethrinus ravus, a new species of emporer fish (Perciformes: Lethrinidae) from the western Pacific and eastern Indian oceans. Zootaxa 240: 1-8.
  4. Clements, K.D, Gray, R.D. & J.H. Choat. 2003. Rapid evolutionary divergences in reef fishes of the family Acanthuridae (Perciformes: Teleostei). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 26: 190-201.
  5. Gill, A.C. & A.J. Edwards. 2003. Pseudoplesiops wassi, a new species of dottyback fish (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae) from the West Pacific. Zootaxa. 291: 1-7. (view pdf)
  6. Gon, O. & J.E. Randall. 2003. A review of the Cardinalfishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) of the Red Sea. Smithiana. Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity. Bulletin 1. January 2003: 1-46.
  7. Gon O. & J.E. Randall, 2003 Revision of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfish Genus Archamia (Perciformes: Apogonidae), with description of a new species. Indo- Pacific Fishes. 35: 1-49, pl. 3.
  8. Hensley, D.A. & J.E. Randall. 2003. A new flatfish of the Indo-Pacific genus Asterorhombus (Pleuronectiformes:Bothidae). Smithiana. Special publication 2: 1-9.
  9. Imamura, H. & K. Matsuura. 2003. Redefinition and phylogenetic relationships of the family Pinguipedidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyol. Res. 50: 259-269.
  10. Imamura, H. & G. Shinohara. 2003. Cocotropus keramaensis, a new species of the family Aloactinidae (Teleostei) from the Kerama Islands, southern Japan. Ichthyol. Res. 50: 233-238.
  11. Kimura, S., Dunlap, P.V., Peristiwady, T. & C.R. Lavilla-Pitogo. 2003. The Leiognathus aureus complex (Perciformes:Leiognathidae) with the description of a new species. Icthyol. Res. 50: 221-232.
  12. Klanten, S.O., van Herwerden, L. & J.H. Choat. 2003. Acquiring reef fish DNA sequences from formalin-fixed museum specimens. Bulletin of Marine Science. 73 (3): 771-776.
  13. Krabbenhoft, T.J. & T.A. Munroe. 2003. Symphurus bathyspilus: A New Cynoglossid Flatfish (Pleuronectiformes; Cynoglossidae) from Deepwaters of the Indo-West Pacific. Copeia. 4: 810-817.
  14. Kuiter R.H. 2003. A New Pygmy Seahorse (Pisces: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from Lord Howe Island. Rec. Aus. Mus. 55: 113-116.
  15. Lourie, S.A. & J.E. Randall. 2003. A New Pygmy Seahorse, Hippocampus denise (Teleostei: Syngnathidae), from the Indo-Pacific. Zoological Studies 42(2): 284-291.
  16. Murdy, E.O. & Hoese, D.F. 2003. Gobiidae. pp. 1778-1780 in Carpenter, K.E. (ed). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and Amer. Soc. Ich. Herp. Spec. Publ. 5. FAO, Rome.
  17. Murdy, E.O. & Shibukawa. K. 2003. A revision of the Indo-Pacific fish genus Caragobius (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae). Zootaxa 301:1-12.
  18. Murdy, E.O. & K. Shibukawa. 2003. Odontamblyopus rebecca, a new species of amblyopine goby from Vietnam with a key to known species of the genus (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae). Zootaxa 138: 1-6.
  19. Ng, H.H. 2003. A revision of the south Asian sisorid catfish genus Sisor (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Journal of Natural History. 37: 2871-2883.
  20. Paxton, J. 2003. Shark nets in the spotlight. Nature Australia. 27(10): 84.
  21. Randall, J.E. 2003. Review of the sandperches of the Parapercis cylindrica complex (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae), with description of two new species from the western Pacific. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 72: 1-19.
  22. Randall J.E. 2003. Thalassoma nigrofasciatum, a new species of labrid fish from the south-west Pacific. Aqua. 7 (1): 1-8.
  23. Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & D.R. Robertson. 2003. Myripristis earlei, a New Soldierfish (Beryciformes: Holocentridae) from the Marquesas and Phoenix Islands. Zoological Studies. 42(3): 405-410.
  24. Randall, J.E. & P.S. Lobel. 2003. Xyrichthys halsteadi, a new Labrid fish from the Central and Western Pacific. Bulletin of Marine Science. 72(3): 971-977.
  25. Richards, W.J., Yato, T. & P.R. Last. 2003. Revision of the gurnard fish subgenus Otohime (Triglidae:Pterygotrigla). Smithiana. Bulletin 2: 1-18.
  26. Roberts, C.D. 2003. A new species of trumpeter (Teleostei; Percomorpha; Latridae) from the central South Pacific Ocean, with a taxonomic review of the striped trumpeter Latris lineata. J. Royal Society of NZ. 33(4): 731-754.
  27. Saitoh, K., Miya, M., Inoue, J.G., Ishiguro, N.B. & M. Nishida. 2003. Mitochondrial Genomics of Ostariophysan Fishes: Perspectives on Phylogeny and Biogeography. J. Mol. Evol. 56:464-472.
  28. Sazonov, Y.I., Shcherbachev, Y.N. & T. Iwamoto. 2003. The Grenadier Genus Mataeocephalus Berg, 1898 (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae), with Descriptions of Two New Species. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 54(17): 279-301.
  29. Seret, B. & P. Last. 2003. Description of four new stingarees of the genus Urolophus (Batoidea: Urolophidae) from the Coral Sea, South West Pacific. Cybium. 27(4): 307-320.
  30. Tighe, K.A. & J.E. McCosker. 2003. Two new species of the genus Chlopsis (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Chlopsidae) from the south-western Pacific. Zootaxa 236: 1-8.
  31. Williams, J.T. & J.C. Howe. 2003. Seven new species of the triplefin genus Helcogramma (Tripterygiidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Aqua. 7(4):151-176.
  32. Yagishita, N. & T. Nakabo. 2003. Evolutionary trend in feeding habits of Girella (Perciformes: Girellidae) Ichthyol. Res. 50: 358-366.
  33. Yamanoue, Y. & K. Matsuura. 2003 Redescription of Neoscombrops cynodon (Regan, 1921), a senior synonym of Neoscombrops annectens Gilchrist, 1922 (Perciformes: Acropomatidae). Ichthyological Research. 50: 288-292.