2025

Mihalitsis, M., Yin, B., Matsunami, A., Hoey, A., Pham, D. N., Mao, J., … & Wainwright, P. C. (2025). Functional novelties and behavioural flexibility underpin diversification of the surgeonfish feeding mechanism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292(2059) (Link here).

Peoples, N., Mihalitsis, M., & Wainwright, P. C. (2025). Incompatibility between two major innovations shaped the diversification of fish feeding mechanisms. PLoS Biology, 23(6), e3003225 (Link here).

Mihalitsis, M., et.al., (2025). Lateral jaw motion in fish expands the functional repertoire of vertebrates and underpins the success of a dominant herbivore lineage, PNAS. (Link here)

Peoples N., Burns M., Mihalitsis M., Wainwright P.C. (2025), Evolutionary lability of a key innovation spurs rapid diversification in fishes, Nature. (Link here)

Zamborain-Mason J.…Mihalitsis M., Cinner J. (2025), Downscaling global reference points to assess the sustainability of local fisheries, Conservation Biology (Link here)

2024

Burns, M…. Mihalitsis M.…(2024). Complexity and weak integration promote the diversity of reef fish oral jaws. Nature Communications Biology 7 (1), 1433. (Link here)

Mihalitsis M., Wainwright P. C. (2024) Feeding kinematics of a surgeonfish reveal novel functions and relationships to reef substrata. In: Nature Communications Biology. (Link here)

Mihalitsis M., Bellwood D. R., Wainwright P. C. (2023). Sit and survive: predation avoidance by cryptobenthic coral reef fishes. In: Marine Biology. (Link here)

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Mihalitsis M., Morais, R. A., & Bellwood, D. R. (2022). Small predators dominate fish predation in coral reef communities. PLoS Biology, 20(11), e3001898. (Link here)

Schlaefer, J. A….Mihalitsis M., & Bellwood, D. R. (2022). A snapshot of sediment dynamics on an inshore coral reef. Marine Environmental Research, 181, 105763. (Link here)

Muruga, P., Bellwood, D. R., & Mihalitsis M. (2022). Forensic odontology: Assessing bite wounds to determine the role of teeth in piscivorous fishes. Integrative Organismal Biology, 4(1), obac011. (Link here)

Hemingson, C. R., Mihalitsis M., & Bellwood, D. R. (2022). Are fish communities on coral reefs becoming less colourful? Global Change Biology, 28(10), 3321-3332. (Link here)

Mihalitsis M., & Bellwood, D. R. (2021). Functional groups in piscivorous fishes. Ecology and evolution, 11(18), 12765-12778. (Link here)

Mihalitsis M., Hemingson, C. R., Goatley, C. H., & Bellwood, D. R. (2021). The role of fishes as food: A functional perspective on predator–prey interactions. Functional Ecology, 35(5), 1109-1119. (Link here)

Mihalitsis M., & Bellwood, D. (2019). Functional implications of dentition-based morphotypes in piscivorous fishes. Royal Society Open Science, 6(9), 190040. (Link here)

Mihalitsis M., & Bellwood, D. R. (2019). Morphological and functional diversity of piscivorous fishes on coral reefs. Coral Reefs, 38(5), 945-954. (Link here)

Tebbett, S. B., Goatley, C. H., Huertas, V., Mihalitsis M., & Bellwood, D. R. (2018). A functional evaluation of feeding in the surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus: The role of soft tissues. Royal Society Open Science, 5(1), 171111. (Link here)

Bellwood, D. R., Tebbett, S. B., Bellwood, O., Mihalitsis M., Morais, R. A., Streit, R. P., & Fulton, C. J. (2018). The role of the reef flat in coral reef trophodynamics: Past, present, and future. Ecology and evolution. (Link here)

Mihalitsis M., Bellwood D.R. (2017) A morphological and functional basis for maximum prey size in piscivorous fishes. PLoS ONE 12(9): e0184679. (Link here)