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National Science Museum monographs, National Science Museum, 1997) • (with Phillip C. Heemstra)
Review of the Indo-Pacific Fish Genus Odontanthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae), with Descriptions of Two New Species and a Related New Genus in Volume 38 of
Indo-Pacific fishes, Bishop Museum, 2006 • (with Jeffrey W. Johnson)
Revision of the soleid fish genus Pardachirus, in
Indo-Pacific fishes, Bishop Museum, 2007 • (with William N Eschmeyer)
Revision of the Indo-Pacific Scorpionfish Genus Scorpaenopsis: With Descriptions of Eight New Species in
Indo-Pacific fishes •
Revision of the Goatfish Genus Parupeneus (Perciformes: Mullidae) with Descriptions of Two New Species in
Indo-Pacific fishes • (with Phillip C. Heemstra)
Review of the Indo-Pacific Fishes of the Genus Odontanthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae), with Descriptions of Two New Species and a Related New Genus in
Indo-Pacific fishes • (with Margaret M. Smith)
A review of the Labrid fishes of the Genus Halichoeres of the Western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of six new species in Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 45. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology,
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Rhodes University. (2001; ) • Parenti, P. and J.E. Randall, 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (68):1-97. ==Taxon described by him==