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Dr John Paxton Publications

(Total of 80, the most significant of which are listed here)

  1. Paxton, J.R. 1967. A distributional analysis for the lanternfishes (family Myctophidae) of the San Pedro Basin, California. Copeia, 1967 (2):422-440.
  2. Nafpaktitis, B.G. & J.R. Paxton. 1968. Review of the lanternfish genus Lampadena with a description of a new species. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Contributions in Science, 138:1-29.
  3. Paxton, J.R. 1972. Osteology and relationships of the lanternfishes (family Myctophidae). Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Science Bulletin, 13:1-81.
  4. Paxton, J.R. 1975. Heraldia nocturna, a new genus and species of pipefish (family Syngnathidae) from eastern Australia with comments on Maroubra perserrata Whitley. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, 40 (15):439-447.
  5. Allen, G.R., D.F. Hoese, J.R. Paxton, J.E. Randall, B.C. Russell, W.A. Starck, F.H. Talbot & G.P. Whitley. l976. An annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum, 30 (15):365-454.
  6. Paxton, J.R. 1977. Fishes, and 194 associated entries. In B. Pratt (Ed.) The Australian Encyclopedia, 6 vols. Sydney: Grolier.
  7. Paxton, J.R. 1979. Nominal genera and species of lanternfishes (family Myctophidae). Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Contributions in Science, 322:1-28.
  8. Paxton, J.R., E.H. Ahlstrom & H.G. Moser. l984. Myctophidae: relationships. In H.G. Moser et al., (Eds) Ontogeny and Systematics of Fishes. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication, l:239-244.
  9. Paxton, J.R. & D.F. Hoese. l985. The Japanese sea bass, Lateolabrax japonicus (Pisces, Percichthyidae), an apparent marine introduction into eastern Australia. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 31(4):369-372.
  10. Gomon, M.F. & J.R. Paxton. 1986. A revision of the Odacidae, a temperate Australian-New Zealand labroid fish family. Indo-Pacific Fishes, 8:1-57.
  11. Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen & J.E. Hanley. 1989. Pisces Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Vol.7 Canberra : Australian Biological Resources Survey. pp. i-xii, 1-665.
  12. Paxton, J.R. 1989. Synopsis of the whalefishes (family Cetomimidae) with descriptions of four new genera. Records of the Australian Museum, 41(2):135-206.
  13. Paxton, J.R. & W.N. Eschmeyer (Eds). 1994. Encyclopedia of Fishes. Sydney: New South Wales University Press; San Diego: Academic Press [1995]. Pp. 240. (Also editions in French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish; 2cd ed. 1998)
  14. Paxton, J.R. & M.A. McGrouther. 1997. A history of the fish collection at the Australian Museum (1860-1968), with a summary of current Australian fish collections. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication, 3:183-205. www.amonline.net.au/fishes/about/research/pdf/amscollectionbuilding.pdf - 883k
  15. Colgan, D.J., & J.R. Paxton. 1997. Biochemical genetics and recognition of a western stock of the common gemfish, Rexea solandri (Scombroidea: Gempylidae), in Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 48(2):103-118.
  16. McGrouther, MA, D.F. Hoese, J.R. Paxton, S.E. Reader, DJ Bray, J.M. Leis and D.E. Brown. 1998. Types of the Australian Museum Fish Collection [online] URL:http://www.austmus.gov.au/science/division/ vert/ichth/types/.
  17. Carpenter, K.E. & J.R. Paxton. 1999. The future of systematic ichthyological research in the tropical Indo-Pacific. In B. Séret & J.-Y. Sire (Eds), Proceedings of the 5th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference (Nouméa, 3-8 November 1997). Paris: Société Française d'Ichtyologie & Institut de Recherche pour le Développement. Pp. 683-693.
  18. Paxton, J.R. & J. West. 1999. Likelihood of Shark Attack in Sydney Harbour during the Sept. 2000 Olympic Games. Final Report to SOCOG, Australian Museum Business Services, Sydney. pp. i-iv, 1-29. www.amonline.net.au/pdf/sharkrpt.pdf.
  19. Paxton, J.R. 2000. Fish otoliths: do sizes correlate with taxonomic group, habitat, and/or luminescence? In S.P. Collin & N.J. Marshall (Eds.), Sensory Processing of the Aquatic Environment. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, series B Biological Sciences, 355(1401):1299-1303.
  20. Colgan, D.C., C.-G. Zhang & J.R. Paxton. 2000. Phylogenetic investigations of the Stephanoberyciformes and Beryciformes, particularly whalefishes (Euteleostei: Cetomimidae), based on partial 12S rDNA and 16S rDNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 17(1):15-25.
  21. Paxton, J.R., G.D. Johnson & T. Trnski. 2001. Larvae and juveniles of the deepsea 'whalefishes' Barbourisia and Rondeletia (Stephanoberyciformes: Barbourisiidae, Rondeletiidae) with comments on family relationships. Records of the Australian Museum, 53(3): 407-425.
  22. Pogonoski, J.J., D.A. Pollard & J.R. Paxton. 2002. Conservation Overview and Action Plan for Australian Threatened and Potentially Threatened Marine and Estuarine Fishes. Canberra: Environment Australia. Pp 375. CD-ROM; URL: www.deh.gov.au/coasts/publications/marine-fish-action/index.html.
  23. Paxton, J.R. & G.D.Johnson. 2005. Rondeletiidae, Barbourisiidae, Cetomimidae, Mirapinnidae, Megalomycteridae. In W.J. Richards (Ed.), Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes. An identification guide for the Western Central North Atlantic. CRC Press, Boca Raton. Vol 1: 1079-1102.

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