| Pacific plate biogeography, with special reference to shorefishes VG Springer Smithsonian contributions to zoology, 1982 | 434 | 1982 |
| The center of the center of marine shore fish biodiversity: the Philippine Islands KE Carpenter, VG Springer Environmental biology of fishes 72 (4), 467-480, 2005 | 419 | 2005 |
| An ecological study of the fishes of the Tampa Bay area VG Springer, KD Woodburn Florida State Board of Conservation, Marine Laboratory, 1960 | 310 | 1960 |
| Specimen collection: An essential tool LA Rocha, A Aleixo, G Allen, F Almeda, CC Baldwin, MVL Barclay, ... Science 344 (6186), 814-815, 2014 | 170 | 2014 |
| A survey of vertebral numbers in sharks VG Springer, JAF Garrick Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1964 | 144 | 1964 |
| Study of the dorsal gill-arch musculature of teleostome fishes, with special reference to the Actinopterygii VG Springer, GD Johnson Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 2004 | 136 | 2004 |
| A revision of the carcharhinid shark genera Scoliodon, Loxodon, and Rhizoprionodon VG Springer Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1964 | 108 | 1964 |
| Osteology and classification of the fishes of the family Blenniidae VG Springer Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 1968 | 102 | 1968 |
| Tyson belos, new genus and species of Western Pacific fish (Gobiidae, Xenisthminae): with discussions of gobioid osteology and classification VG Springer Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 1983 | 98 | 1983 |
| A revision of the Gambusia nobilis species group, with descriptions of three new species, and notes on their variation, ecology, and evolution C Hubbs, VG Springer Texas Journal of Science 9, 279-327, 1957 | 95 | 1957 |
| Plate movement and island integration—a possible mechanism in the formation of endemic biotas, with special reference to the Hawaiian Islands GM Rotondo, VG Springer, GAJ Scott, SO Schlanger Systematic Biology 30 (1), 12-21, 1981 | 85 | 1981 |
| Definition of the suborder Blennioidei and its included families (Pisces: Perciformes) VG Springer Bulletin of Marine Science 52 (1), 472-495, 1993 | 82 | 1993 |
| Sharks in question VG Springer, JP Gold Washington, DC (USA) Smithsonian Inst. Press, 1989 | 82 | 1989 |
| Revision of the blenniid fish genus Omobranchus, with descriptions of three new species and notes on other species of the tribe Omobranchini VG Springer, MF Gomon Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 1975 | 80 | 1975 |
| Systematics and zoogeography of the clinid fishes of the subtribe Labrisomini Hubbs VG Springer | 78 | 1958 |
| Mimetic relationships involving fishes of the family Blenniidae VG Springer, WF Smith-Vaniz Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 1972 | 73 | 1972 |
| Use and advantages of ethanol solution of alizarin red S dye for staining bone in fishes VG Springer, G David Johnson Copeia 2000 (1), 300-301, 2000 | 70 | 2000 |
| Widely distributed Pacific plate endemics and lowered sea-level VG Springer, JT Williams Bulletin of Marine Science 47 (3), 631-640, 1990 | 65 | 1990 |
| The Indo-West Pacific blenniid fish genus Istiblennius reappraised: a revision of Istiblennius, Blenniella, and Paralticus, new genus VG Springer, JT Williams Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 1994 | 56 | 1994 |
| Seasonality of fishes on a south Florida shore VG Springer, AJ McErlean Bulletin of Marine Science 12 (1), 39-60, 1962 | 52 | 1962 |