Walter John Rainboth, U.S. ichthyologist. Often published as Walter J. Rainboth.

Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 10 taxon names authored by Walter John Rainboth

plus

• Hypsibarbus lagleri Rainboth, 1996
• Pseudobagarius filifer (H. H. Ng & Rainboth, 2005)
• Pseudobagarius nitidus (H. H. Ng & Rainboth, 2005)

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Rainboth, W.J. 1985. Neolissochilus, a new genus of South Asian cyprinid fishes. Beaufortia 35(3): 25–35. Reference page. 
• Rainboth, W.J. 1991. Cyprinids of South East Asis. In: Winfield, I.J. & Nelson, J.S.: Cyprinid fishes. Systematics, biology and exploitation. Chapman and Hall, London. 686 pp. Reference page. 
• Rainboth, W.J. 1996. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. Rome, FAO. 1–265, Pls. I–XXVII. Reference page. 
• Rainboth, W.J. 1996. The taxonomy, systematics, and zoogeography of Hypsibarbus, a new genus of large barbs (Pisces, Cyprinidae) from the rivers of southeastern Asia. University of California Publications in Zoology 129: i–xiii + 1–199. ISBN 978-0-520-09809-1. Reference page.