Pauers, Michael J & J.S. McKinnon, T.J. Ehlinger. 2004. "Directional sexual selection on chroma and within-pattern colour contrast in Labeotropheus fuelleborni". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 271(Sulement):444-447 (crc05409) (abstract)
Pauers, Michael J & J.M. Kapfer, C.E. Fendos, C.S. Berg. 2008. "Aggressive biases towards similarly coloured males in Lake Malawi cichlid fishes". Biology Letters. 4(2):156-159. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0581 (crc05410) (abstract)
Pauers, Michael J & T.J. Ehlinger, J.S. McKinnon. 2010. "Female and male visually based mate preferences are consistent with reproductive isolation between populations of the Lake Malawi endemic Labeotropheus fuelleborni". Current Zoology. 56(1):65-72 (crc05411) (abstract)
Pauers, Michael J. 2010. "Species concepts, speciation, and taxonomic change in the Lake Malawi mbuna, with special reference to the genus Labeotropheus Ahl 1927 (Perciformes: Cichlidae)". Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 20(2):187-202. DOI: 10.1007/s11160-009-9128-z (crc05408) (abstract)
Pauers, Michael J. 2011. "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: geography, ecology, sympatry, and male coloration in the Lake Malawi cichlid genus Labeotropheus (Perciformes: Cichlidae)". International Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2011(575469):1-12. DOI: 10.4061/2011/575469 (crc03573) (abstract)
Pauers, Michael J & J.M. Kapfer, K. Doehler, J.T. Lee, C.S. Berg. 2012. "Gross colour pattern is used to distinguish between opponents during aggressive encounters in a Lake Malawi cichlid". Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 21(1):34–41. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2011.00520.x (crc05952) (abstract)
Pauers, Michael J & J.S. McKinnon. 2012. "Sexual selection on color and behavior within and between cichlid populations: Implications for speciation". Current Zoology. 58(3):475 - 483 (crc05953) (abstract)
Pauers, Michael J & S.A. McMillan. 2014. "Geometric morphometrics reveals surprising diversity in the Lake Malawi cichlid genus Labeotropheus". Hydrobiologia. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-1941-2 (crc06450) (abstract)
Pauers, Michael J & J.A. Kuchenbecker, S.L. Joneson, J. Neitz. 2016. "Correlated evolution of short wavelength sensitive photoreceptor sensitivity and color pattern in Lake Malawi cichlids". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 4(12):1-15. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2016.00012 (crc07254) (abstract)
Pauers, Michael J. 2016. "Two new and remarkably similarly colored species of Labeotropheus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa". Copeia. 104(3):628-638. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1643/CI-15-360 (crc07407) (abstract)
Pauers, Michael J. 2017. "A New Species of Labeotropheus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Southern Lake Malawi, Africa". Copeia. 105(2):399-414. DOI: 10.1643/CI-16-463 (crc08166) (abstract)
Pauers, Michael J & K.R. Fox, R.A. Hall, K. Patel. 2018. "Selection, hybridization, and the evolution of morphology in the Lake Malawi endemic cichlids of the genus Labeotropheus". Scientific Reports. 8(15842):1-10. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34135-x (crc09117) (abstract)
Pauers, Michael J & Titus B. Phiri. 2023. "Six New Species of Labeotropheus (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) from the Malaŵian Shore of Lake Malaŵi, Africa". Ichthyology & Herpetology. 112(2):264-292. DOI: doi.org/10.1643/i2021055 (crc12231) (abstract)