James Wilder Orr, U.S. ichthyologist.

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

Taxon names authored

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Publications

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1991

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  • 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.

1993

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

1996

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  • 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.

1997

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  • 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.

2000

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  • 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

2001

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  • 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.

2002

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2004

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  • 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.

2006

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  • 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.

2008

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  • 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.

2009

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  • 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.

2010

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  • 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.

2011

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  • 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.

2012

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  • 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.

2015

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2019

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