1956

• Randall, J.E. 1956. A revision of the surgeon fish genus Acanthurus. Pacific Science 10(2): 159–235, Pls. 1–3. Reference page. 

1973

• Randall, J.E. & Swerdloff, S.N. 1973. A review of the damselfish genus Chromis from the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of three new species. Pacific Science 27(4): 327–349. hdl: 10125/812 Reference page. 

1977

• Randall, J.E. & Baldwin, C.C. 1997. Revision of the serranid fishes of the subtribe Pseudogrammina, with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 26: 1–56, Pl. 1. Reference page. 
• Randall, J.E. & Harmelin-Vivien, L. 1977. A review of the labrid fishes of the genus Paracheilinus with description of two new species from the western Indian Ocean. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Zoologie 306: 329–342.

1980

• Randall, J.E. 1980. Revision of the fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae) with descriptions of 13 new species. Micronesica 16(1): 101–187. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1982

• Randall, J.E. & Smith, M.M. 1982. A review of the labrid fishes of the genus Halichoeres of the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of six new species. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 45: 1–26. Reference page. 

1983

• Hardy, G.S. & Randall, J.E. 1983. Description of a new species of pufferfish (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Red Sea and adjacent waters. Israel Journal of Zoology 32(1): 13–20, 1 pl. Reference page. 

1984

• Bauchot, M.-L., Desoutter, M. & Randall, J.E. 1984. Catalogue critique des types de Poissons du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. (Suite) (Famille des Serranidae). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4ème série – Section A – Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie Animales 6(3, suppl.): 3–82. [Correction appeared in Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4ème série – Section A – Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie Animales 7(2): 2pp.] Reference page. 

1986

• Randall, J.E. 1986. Sharks of Arabia. Immel Publishing Co., London. 148 p., 98 figs. ISBN 978-0-907151-09-8

1987

• Compagno, L. & Randall, J.E. 1987. Rhinobatos punctifer, a new species of guitarfish (Rhinobatiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Red Sea, with notes on the Red Sea batoid fauna. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 44(14): 335–342. BHL Reference page. 

1989

• Waples, R.S. & Randall, J.E. 1989. A revision of the Hawaiian lizardfishes of the genus Synodus, with descriptions of four new species. Pacific Science 42(3–4) [1988]: 177–213, Pls. 1–3.

1990

• Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R & Steene, R.C. 1991. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press, Bathurst, NSW. 507 p., 1243 col. figs. ISBN 978-0-8248-1346-8

1991

• Randall, J.E. & Heemstra, P.C. 1991. Revision of Indo-Pacific groupers (Perciformes: Serranidae: Epinephelinae), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 20: 1–332, 168 figs., 41 color pls.

1994

• Randall, J.E. & van Egmond, K. 1994. Marine fishes from the Seychelles: 108 new records. Zoologische Verhandelingen 297: 43–83, 71 color figs.

1995

• Randall, J.E. & Compagno, L. 1995. A review of the guitarfishes of the genus Rhinobatos (Rajiformes: Rhinobatidae) from Oman, with description of a new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 43(2): 289–298. PDF. Reference page. 

1996

• Randall, J.E. 1996. Shore Fishes of Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 216 p. ISBN 978-0-8248-2182-1

1998

• Randall, J.E. & Fourmanoir, P. 1998. Terelabrus rubrovittatus, a new genus and species of labrid fish from New Caledonia and New Guinea. Bulletin of Marine Science 62(1): 247–252.

2000

• Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 68: 1–97. Reference page. 

• Randall, J.E. & Myers, R.F. 2000. Scarus fuscocaudalis, a new species of parrotfish (Perciformes: Labroidei: Scaridae) from the western Pacific. Micronesica 32(2): 221–228. PDF. Reference page. 

2001

• Randall, J.E. & Senou, H. 2001. Review of the Indo-Pacific gobiid fish genus Lubricogobius, with description of a new species and a new genus for L. pumilus. Ichthyological Research 48(1): 3–12. Reference page. 

2002

• Mohlmann, M.S. & Randall, J.E. 2002. Three new species of gobiid fishes of the genus Amblyeleotris from the Central and Western Pacific. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 50(1): 215–226. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Randall, J.E., Baldwin, C.C. & Williams, J.T. 2002. Pseudogramma xanthum, a new replacement name for a serranid fish from the subtropical South Pacific Ocean with description of the species. Zootaxa 40: 1–8. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page. 
• Randall, J.E. & McCosker, J.E. 2002. Parapercis lata, a new species of sandperch (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from the central Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 53(8): 87–93.

2003

• Randall, J.E. 2003. Review of the sandperches of the Parapercis cylindrica complex (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae), with description of two new species from the western Pacific. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 72: 1–19. Full article (PDF).

2005

• Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and Shore Fishes of the South Pacific: New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, xii + 707 p.

• McCosker, J.E. & Randall, J.E. 2005. Notes on the snake eels of the genera Apterichtus and Ichthyapus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) of the centeral and south Pacific, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 800: 1–11. Reference page. 

2006

• Randall, J.E. & Johnson, J.W. 2006. Simipercis trispinosa, a new genus and species of sandperch (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 63: 57–64. Full article (PDF).

2007

• Randall, J.E. 2007. Reef and shore fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Sea Grant College Program, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu: i-xivb + 1–546. ISBN 978-1-929054-03-9

2008

• Randall, J.E. & Pyle, R.L. 2008. Synodus orientalis, a new lizardfish (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) from Taiwan and Japan, with correction of the Asian record of S. lobeli. Zoological Studies 47(5): 657–662. PDF.

• Randall, J.E. & Walsh, F. 2008. A pictorial review of the Indo-Pacific labrid genus Pseudocoris, with description of a new species from the Coral Sea. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 14(2): 45–58. Reference page. 

2009

• Randall, J.E. 2009. Five new Indo-Pacific lizardfishes of the genus Synodus (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae). Zoological Studies 8(3): 402–417.

2015

• Craig, M.T., Bodorodsky, S.V., Randall, J.E. & Mal, A.O. 2015. Lepadichthys bilineatus, a new species of clingfish from Oman (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae), with a redescription of Lepadichthys erythraeus Briggs and Link from the Red Sea. Zootaxa 3990(1): 113–122. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.1.6 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

• Fernandez-Silva, I., Randall, J.E., Coleman, R.R., DiBattista, J.D., Rocha, L.A., Reimer, J.D., Meyer, C.G. & Bowen, B.W. 2015. Yellow tails in the Red Sea: phylogeography of the Indo-Pacific goatfish Mulloidichthys flavolineatus reveals isolation in peripheral provinces and cryptic evolutionary lineages. Journal of Biogeography 42: 2402–2413. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12598 Reference page. 

• Randall, J.E., Connell, A.D. & Victor, B.C. 2015. Review of the labrid fishes of the Indo-Pacific Genus Pseudocoris, with a description of two new species. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 16: 1–55. PDF. Reference page. 

2016

• Coleman, R.R., Eble, J.A., DiBattista, J.D., Rocha, L.A., Randall, J.E., Berumen, M.L. & Bowen, B.W. 2016. Regal phylogeography: Range-wide survey of the marine angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus reveals evolutionary partitions between the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 243–253. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.005 Reference page. 

• Greenfield, D.W., & Randall, J.E. 2016. A review of the dwarfgobies of Fiji, including descriptions of five new species (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 20: 25–75. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.48268 Reference page. 

• Fernandez-Silva, I., Randall, J.E., Golani, D. & Bogorodsky, S.V. 2016. Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavicaudus Fernandez-Silva & Randall (Perciformes, Mullidae), a new subspecies of goatfish from the Red Sea and Arabian Sea. ZooKeys 605: 131–157. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.605.8060 Reference page. 

• Randall, J.E. & Bogorodsky, S.V. 2016. Preliminary review of the pempherid fish genus Parapriacanthus of the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of five new species. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 20: 1–24. PDF. Reference page. 

• Suzuki, T., Senou, H. & Randall, J.E. 2016. Valenciennea yanoi, a new gobiid fish from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 21: 1–9. PDF. Reference page. 

2018

• Pyle, R.L., Greene, B.D., Copus, J.M. & Randall, J.E. 2018. Tosanoides annepatrice, a new basslet from deep coral reefs in Micronesia (Perciformes, Percoidei, Serranidae). ZooKeys 786: 139–153. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.786.28421 Reference page. 

2019

• Copus, J.M., Pyle, R.L., Greene, B.D. & Randall, J.E. 2019. Prognathodes geminus, a new species of butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from Palau. Zookeys, 835: 125–137. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.835.32562 Reference page. 

Links

• ZooBank
• Wilcox, C. 2016. Dr. Fish [biographical article with photos.] Hakai Magazine.