John Richard Paxton

John Richard Paxton (born 1938), Australian ichthyologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 6 taxon names authored by John Richard Paxton

Eponyms

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• 2 eponyms of John Richard Paxton

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1978

• Nafpaktitis, B.G. & Paxton, J.R. 1978. Idiolychnus, a new genus of Myctophidae based on Diaphus urolampus. Copeia 1978(3): 492–497. Reference page. 

1979

• Tyler, J.C. & Paxton, J.R. 1979. New Genus and Species of Pufferfish (Tetraodontidae) from Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific. Bulletin of Marine Science 29(2): 202-215. PDF Reference page. 
• Paxton, J.R. 1979. Nominal genera and species of lanternfishes (family Myctophidae). Contrib. sci. (Los Angel. Calif.) 322: 1-28 BHL Reference page. 

1989

• 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 DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.41.1989.141 Reference page. 

2001

• Paxton, J.R., Johnson, G.D. & Trnski, T. 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. BHL Reference page. 

2026

• Su, Y., Paxton, J.R. & Ho, H-C. 2026. Four new species of the whalefish genus Gyrinomimus Parr, 1934, with the establishment of three new species groups (Beryciformes, Cetomimidae). ZooKeys 1279: 57–95. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1279.171946 Reference page.