James Wilder Orr

James Wilder Orr, U.S. ichthyologist.

Associate Curator, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Burke Museum profile.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Orr, J.W. 199.1 A new species of the ceratioid anglerfish genus Oneirodes (Oneirodidae) from the western North Atlantic, with a revised key to the genus. Copeia 1991(4): 1024–1031.

Orr, J.W. & Fritzsche, R.A. 1993. Revision of the ghost pipefishes, family Solenostomidae (Teleostei: Syngnathoidei). Copeia 1993 (no. 1): 168–182.

Orr, J.W. & Baker, D.C. 1996. Southern range extension of the harlequin rockfish, Sebastes variegatus (Scorpaenidae). California Fish and Game v. 82 (no. 3): 133–136.

Orr, J.W. & Fritzsche, R.A. 1997. Solenostomus tuticoriensis Venkataramanujam, Venkataramani, and Devaraj, 1993, a junior synonym of Macrorhamphosodes platycheilus Fowler, 1934 (Tetraodontiformes: Triacanthodidae). Copeia 1997 (no. 4): 888–889.

Kendall, A.W., Jr. & Orr, J.W. 2000. Translations of the original descriptions of Sebastes by Georges Cuvier. Translated by A. J. Simpson, compiled by Kendall & Orr. 1-24.
Orr, J.W., Brown, M.A. & Baker, D.C. 2000. Guide to rockfishes (Scorpaenidae) of the genera Sebastes, Sebastolobus, and Adelosebastes of the Northeast Pacific Ocean, second edition. NOAA technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFC No. 117: 1–47.
Orr, J.W. & Matarese, A.C. 2000. Revision of the genus Lepidopsetta Gill, 1862 (Teleostei: Pleuronectidae) based on larval and adult morphology, with a description of a new species from the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. Fishery Bulletin 98(3): 539–582. ResearchGate Reference page.

Orr, J.W. & Busby, M.S. 2001. Prognatholiparis ptychomandibularis, a new genus and species of the fish family Liparidae (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 114 (no. 1): 51–57.

Orr, J.W., Fritzsche, R.A. & Randall, J.E. 2002. Solenostomus halimeda, a new species of ghost pipefish (Teleostei: Gasterosteiformes) from the Indo-Pacific, with a revised key to the known species of the family Solenostomidae. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 5(3): 99–108. Reference page.
Orr, J. W. 2004. Lopholiparis flerxi: a new genus and species of snailfish (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Copeia 2004(3): 551–555.

Orr, J.W. & Blackburn, J.E. 2004. The dusky rockfishes (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes) of the North Pacific Ocean: resurrection of Sebastes variabilis (Pallas, 1814) and a redescription of Sebastes ciliatus (Tilesius, 1813). Fishery Bulletin v. 102 (no. 2): 328–348.
Stevenson, D.E., Orr, J.W., Hoff, G.R. & McEachran, J.D. 2004. Bathyraja mariposa: a new species of skate (Rajidae: Arhynchobatinae) from the Aleutian Islands. Copeia 2004(2): 305–314.
Kenaley, C.P. & Orr, J.W. 2006. Rouleina attrita (Osmeriformes: Alepocephalidae): new records for the eastern North Pacific and Bering Sea. Zoological Research 53(2): 200–202.

Orr, J.W. & Busby, M.S. 2006. Revision of the snailfish genus Allocareproctus Pitruk & Fedorov (Teleostei: Liparidae), with descriptions of four new species from the Aleutian Islands. Zootaxa No. 1173: 1–37.
Pietsch, T.W. & Orr, J.W. 2006. Triglops dorothy, a new species of sculpin (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae) from the southern Sea of Okhotsk. Fishery Bulletin v. 104 (no. 2): 238–246.
Stevenson, D. E. & Orr, J.W. 2006: A new species of Lycodes (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from the Aleutian Islands. Copeia 2006 (no. 1): 77–82.
Orr, J.W. & Maslenikov, K.P. 2007. Two new variegated snailfishes of the genus Careproctus (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Copeia 2007 (no. 3): 699–710.

Orr, J.W. & Hawkins, S. 2008. Species of the rougheye rockfish complex: resurrection of Sebastes melanostictus (Matsubara, 1934) and a redescription of Sebastes aleutianus (Jordan and Evermann, 1898) (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes). Fishery Bulletin v. 106 (no. 2): 111–134.

Lannoo, M.J., Eastman, J.T. & Orr, J.W. 2009. Nervous and sensory systems in sub-Arctic and Antarctic snailfishes of the genus Paraliparis (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae). Copeia 2009(4): 732–739.

Baldwin, Z.H. & Orr, J.W. 2010. A new species of the snailfish genus Paraliparis (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the eastern Bering Sea. Copeia 2010(4): 640–643.

Kai,Y., Orr, , J.W., Sakai, K. & Nakabo, T. 2011. Genetic and morphological evidence for cryptic diversity in the Careproctus rastrinus species complex (Liparidae) of the North Pacific. Ichthyological Research 58: 143–154.
Spies, I.B., Stevenson, D.E., Orr, J.W. & Hoff, G.R. 2011. Molecular systematics of the skate subgenus Arctoraja (Bathyraja: Rajidae) and support for an undescribed species, the leopard skate, with comments on the phylogenetics of Bathyraja. Ichthyological Research v. 58 (no. 1): 77–83.

Pietsch, T.W., Orr, J.W. & Eschmeyer, W.N. 2012. Musteluus felis Ayres, 1854, a senior synonym of the leopard shark, Triakis semifasciata {aut|Girard}}, 1855 (Carchariniformes: Triakidae), invalidated by "reversal of presedence". Copeia 2012: 98–99.

Orr, J.W., Kai, Y. & Nakabo, T., 2015: Snailfishes of the Careproctus rastrinus complex (Liparidae): redescriptions of seven species in the North Pacific Ocean region, with the description of a new species from the Beaufort Sea. Zootaxa 4018(3): 301–348. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4018.3.1. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Orr, J.W., Spies, I., Stevenson, D.E., Longo, G.C., Kai, Y., Ghods, S. & Hollowed, M. 2019. Molecular phylogenetics of snailfishes (Cottoidei: Liparidae) based on MtDNA and RADseq genomic analyses, with comments on selected morphological characters. Zootaxa 4642(1): 1–79. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4642.1.1 pdf Reference page.