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Publications (59)      

1. Akhilesh, K. V., K. K. Bineesh & William T. White. 2012 Liopropoma randalli, a new serranid (Teleostei: Perciformes) fish from the Indian Ocean Zootaxa(3439): 43-50.
2. Akhilesh, K. V., William T. White, K. K. Bineesh, G. b. Purushottama, V. Singh & P. U. Zacharia. 2016 Redescription of the rare and endangered Broadfin Shark Lamiopsis temminckii (Müller & Henle, 1839) (Carcharhiniformes:Carcharhinidae) from the northeastern Arabian Sea Zootaxa 4175(2): 155–166.
3. Allen, Gerald R., William T. White & Mark V. Erdmann. 2013 Two new species of snappers (Pisces: Lutjanidae: Lutjanus) from the Indo-West Pacific Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 6: 33-51.
4. Carvalho, Marcelo R. De & William T. White. 2016 Narcine baliensis, a new species of electric ray from southeast Asia (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes) Zootaxa 4127(1): 149-160.
5. de Carvalho, Marcelo R., David A. Ebert, Hsuan-Ching Ho & William T. White. 2013 Systematics and biodiversity of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of Taiwan Zootaxa 3752(1): 1–386.
6. Ebert, David A., Hsuan-Ching Ho, William T. White & Marcelo R. de Carvalho. 2013 Introduction to the systematics and biodiversity of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of Taiwan Zootaxa 3752(1): 5–19.
7. Ebert, David A., William T. White & Hsuan-Ching Ho. 2013 Redescription of Hexanchus nakamurai Teng 1962, (Chondrichthyes: Hexanchiformes: Hexanchidae), with designation of a neotype Zootaxa 3752(1): 20–34.
8. Ebert, David A., William T. White, Hsuan-Ching Ho, Peter R. Last, Kazuhiro Nakaya, Bernard Séret, Nicolas Straube, Gavin J. P. Naylor & Marcelo R. de Carvalho. 2013 An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Taiwan Zootaxa 3752(1): 279–386.
9. Fahmi, & William T. White. 2015 Atelomycterus erdmanni, a new species of catshark (Scyliorhinidae: Carcharhiniformes) from Indonesia Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 14: 14-27.
10. Finucci, Brittany, William T. White, Jenny M. Kemper & Gavin J. P. Naylor. 2018 Redescription of Chimaera ogilbyi (Chimaeriformes; Chimaeridae) from the Indo-Australian region Zootaxa 4375(2): 191–210.
11. Fricke, Ronald, Gerald R. Allen, Dietmar Amon, Serge Andréfouët, Wei-Jen Chen, Jeff P. Kinch, Ralph Mana, Barry C. Russell, Dean Tully & William T. White. 2019 Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records Zootaxa 4588(1): 1–360.
12. Haque, Alifa B., William T. White, Rachel D. Cavanagh, Aparna R. Biswas & Nazia Hossain. 2021 New records of elasmobranchs in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh: further taxonomic research is essential Zootaxa 5027(1): 211-230.
13. Last, Peter R. & William T. White. 2013 Two new stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae) from the eastern Indonesian Archipelago Zootaxa 3722(1): 1-21.
14. Last, Peter R., John Pogonoski, Daniel C. Gledhill, William T. White & Chris J. Walker. 2014 The deepwater demersal ichthyofauna of the western Coral Sea Zootaxa 3887(2): 191–224.
15. Last, Peter R., William T. White & Bernard Séret. 2016 Taxonomic status of maskrays of the Neotrygon kuhlii species complex (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) with the description of three new species from the Indo-West Pacific Zootaxa 4083(4): 533–561.
16. Last, Peter R., William T. White & Gavin Naylor. 2016 Three new stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Indo–West Pacific Zootaxa 4147(4): 377–402.
17.   Last, Peter R., William T. White & John Pogonoski. 2010 Descriptions of New Sharks and Rays from Borneo. CSIRO.
18. Last, Peter R., William T. White & Peter M. Kyne. 2016 Urogymnus acanthobothrium sp. nov., a new euryhaline whipray (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea Zootaxa 4147(2): 162–176.
19. Motomura, Hiroyuki, Peter R. Last & William T. White. 2005 First records of a scorpionfish, Maxillicosta raoulensis (Scorpaeniformes, Neosebastidae), from the Tasman Sea, with fresh colour notes for the species. Biogeography, International Journal of Biogeography, Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Ecology, Biodiversity, Evolution, and Conservation Biology 7: 85-90.
20. Osterhage, Deborah, John J. Pogonoski, Sharon Appleyard & William T. White. 2016 Integrated taxonomy reveals hidden diversity in northern Australian fishes: a new species of seamoth (Genus Pegasus) Public Library of Science, ONE.
21. Rigby, Cassandra L., William T. White & Peter M. Kyne. 2017 Description of the egg cases of Dentiraja polyommata (Rajiformes: Rajidae) and Asymbolus pallidus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from Queensland, Australia Zootaxa 4294(3): 329–341.
22. Straube, Nicolas, William T. White, Hsuan-Ching Ho, Elisabeth Rochel, Shannon Corrigan, Chenhong Li & Gavin J. P. Naylor. 2013 A DNA sequence-based identification checklist for Taiwanese chondrichthyans Zootaxa 3752(1): 256–278.
23. Uiblein, Franz & William T. White. 2015 A new goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Lombok, Indonesia and first verified record of U. asymmetricus for the Indian Ocean Zootaxa 3980(1): 51–66.
24. White, William T. 2011 Odontanthias randalli n. sp., a new anthiine fish (Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Indonesia Zootaxa 3015: 21-28.
25. White, William T. 2014 A revised generic arrangement for the eagle ray family Myliobatidae, with definitions for the valid genera Zootaxa 3860(2): 149–166.
White, William T. & Dharmadi. 2012 Giganthias serratospinosus, a new serranid (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae) from the island of Lombok in Indonesia Zootaxa(3161): 61-66.
White, William T. & Alec B. M. Moore. 2013 Redescription of Aetobatus flagellum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), an endangered eagle ray (Myliobatoidea: Myliobatidae) from the Indo–West Pacific Zootaxa 3752(1): 199–213.
White, William T. & Alfred Ko’ou. 2018 An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea Zootaxa 4411(1): 1–82.
White, William T. & Gavin J. P. Naylor. 2016 Resurrection of the family Aetobatidae (Myliobatiformes) for the pelagic eagle rays, genus Aetobatus Zootaxa 4139(3): 435–438.
White, William T. & I. C. Potter. 2005 Reproductive biology, size and age compositions and growth of the batoid Urolophus paucimaculatus, including comparisons with other species of Urolophidae. Marine and Freshwater Research 56: 101-110.
White, William T. & Mark Harris. 2013 Redescription of Paragaleus tengi (Chen, 1963) (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) and first record of Paragaleus randalli Compagno, Krupp & Carpenter, 1996 from the western North Pacific Zootaxa 3752(1): 172–184.
White, William T. & Peter R. Last. 2013 Notes on shark and ray types at the South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute (SCSFRI) in Guangzhou, China Zootaxa 3752(1): 228–248.
White, William T. & Peter R. Last. 2016 Platyrhina psomadakisi sp. nov., a new species of fanray (Batoidea: Platyrhinidae) from the Andaman Sea, the first record of this family in the Indian Ocean Zootaxa 4121(5): 533–544.
White, William T. & Ronald Fricke. 2021 Raja mauritaniensis: a replacement name for Raja africana Capapé, 1977 (Rajiformes: Rajidae), a junior homonym of Raja africana Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) Zootaxa 4970(2): 399–400.
White, William T. & Simon Weigmann. 2014 Carcharhinus humani sp. nov., a new whaler shark (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from the western Indian Ocean Zootaxa 3821(1): 71–87.
White, William T., Fahmi & Simon Weigmann. 2019 A new genus and species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from eastern Indonesia Zootaxa 4691(5): 444–460.
White, William T., Andrew L. Stewart, Helen L. O'Neill & Gavin J. P. Naylor. 2024 Dichichthyidae, a new family of deepwater sharks 2 (Carcharhiniformes) from the Indo–West Pacific, with description of a new species Fishes 9(121).
White, William T., Atsuko Yamaguchi & Keisuke Furumitsu. 2013 A new species of eagle ray Aetobatus narutobiei from the Northwest Pacific: an example of the critical role taxonomy plays in the life sciences Public Library of Science, ONE 8(12).
White, William T., David A. Ebert & Gavin J. P. Naylor. 2017 Revision of the genus Centrophorus (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae): Part 2—Description of two new species of Centrophorus and clarification of the status of Centrophorus lusitanicus Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864 Zootaxa 4344(1): 86–114.
White, William T., David A. Ebert, Gavin J. P. Naylor, Hsuan-Ching Ho, Paul Clerkin, Ana Veríssimo & Charles F. Cotton. 2013 Revision of the genus Centrophorus (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae): Part 1—Redescription of Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider), a senior synonym of C. acus Garman and C. niaukang Teng Zootaxa 3752(1): 35–72.
White, William T., David A. Ebert, Ralph R. Mana & Shannon Corrigan. 2017 Etmopterus samadiae n. sp., a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Papua New Guinea Zootaxa 4244(3): 339–354.
White, William T., Diego F. B. Vaz, Hsuan-Ching Ho, David A. Ebert, Marcelo R. de Carvalho, Shannon Corrigan, Elisabeth Rochel, Murilo De Carvalho, Sho Tanaka & Gavin J. P. Naylor. 2014 Redescription of Scymnodon ichiharai Yano and Tanaka 1984 (Squaliformes: Somniosidae) from the western North Pacific, with comments on the definition of somniosid genera Ichthyological Research.
White, William T., Frederik H. Mollen, Helen L. O'Neill, Gavin J. P. Naylor & Lei Yang. 2023 Species in disguise: a new species of hornshark from northern Australia (Heterodontiformes: Heterodontidae) Diversity 15(849).
White, William T., Helen L. O'Neill, Floriaan Devloo-Delva, Kazuhiro Nakaya & Samuel P. Iglésias. 2023 What came first, the shark or the egg? Discovery of a new species of deepwater shark by investigation of egg case morphology Journal of Fish Biology.
White, William T., Javier Guallart, David A. Ebert, Gavin J. P. Naylor, Ana Veríssimo, Charles F. Cotton, Mark Harris, Fabrizio Serena & Samuel P. Iglésias. 2022 Revision of the genus Centrophorus (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae): Part 3—Redescription of Centrophorus uyato (Rafinesque) with a discussion of its complicated nomenclatural history Zootaxa 5155(1): 1-51.
White, William T., Junro Kawauchi, Shannon Corrigan, Elisabeth Rochel & Gavin J. P. Naylor. 2015 Redescription of the eagle rays Myliobatis hamlyni Ogilby, 1911 and M. tobijei Bleeker, 1854 (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from the East Indo-West Pacific Zootaxa 3948(3): 521–548.
White, William T., Peter M. Kyne & Mark Harris. 2019 Lost before found: a new species of whaler shark Carcharhinus obsolerus from the Western Central Pacific known only from historic records Public Library of Science, ONE 14(1): e0209387.
White, William T., Peter M. Kyne & Mark Harris. 2019 The correct spelling of the nomen of the lost shark Carcharhinus obsolerus White, Kyne & Harris, 2019 (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhinidae) Zootaxa 4657(3): 599–600.
White, William T., Peter R. Last & Baje Leontine. 2015 Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus, a new species of eagle ray (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from northern Australia and New Guinea Ichthyological Research.
White, William T., Peter R. Last & D. Harmadi. 2005 Description of a new species of catshark, Atelomycterus baliensis (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from eastern Indonesia. Cybium 29(1): 33-40.
White, William T., Peter R. Last & Gavin J. P. Naylor. 2016 Rhinobatos manai sp. nov., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea Zootaxa 4175(6): 588–600.
White, William T., Peter R. Last & John D. Stevens. 2007 Cirrhigaleus australis n. sp., a new Mandarin dogfish (Squaliformes: Squalidae) from the south-west Pacific. Zootaxa 1560: 19-30.
White, William T., Peter R. Last & John D. Stevens. 2007 Halaelurus maculosus n. sp. and H. sellus n. sp., two new species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 1639: 1-21.
White, William T., Peter R. Last & Leonard J. V. Compagno. 2005 Description of a new species of weasel shark, Hemigaleus australiensis n. sp. (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) from Australian waters. Zootaxa 1077: 37-49.
White, William T., Peter R. Last & Ralph R. Mana. 2017 A new species of velvet skate, Notoraja sereti n.sp. (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) from Papua New Guinea Zootaxa 4244(2): 219–230.
  White, William T., Peter R. Last, Gavin Naylor, Kirsten Jensen & Janine Caira. 2010 Clarication of Aetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823) as a valid species, and a comparison with Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) (Rajiformes: Myliobatidae) In: Descriptions of New Sharks and Rays from Borneo., [Unspecified Publisher]: 141-164.
White, William T., Ralph Mana & Gavin J. P. Naylor. 2016 Galeus corriganae sp. nov., a new species of deepwater catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Pentanchidae) from Papua New Guinea Zootaxa 4205(3): 255–264.
White, William T., Ralph R. Mana & Gavin J. P. Naylor. 2017 Description of a new species of deepwater catshark Apristurus yangi n.sp. (Carcharhiniformes: Pentanchidae) from Papua New Guinea Zootaxa 4320(1): 25–40.
White, William T., Sirachai Arunrugstichai & Gavin J. P. Naylor. 2021 Revision of the genus Mustelus (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae) in the northern Indian Ocean, with description of a new species and a discussion on the validity of M. walkeri and M. ravidus Marine Biodiversity 51(42).
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