2025 latest news (October)
- Stauffer, J.R., Jr. 2025. Speciation of invasive fishes.
- Greenfield, D.W., Erdmann, M.V., & Ichida, N.K. 2025. Eviota bella, a new dwarfgoby from Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
- Eviota bella Greenfield et al., 2025
- Schliewen, U.K., Wirtz, P., Böhmer, R., Deister, F., Rüber, L., Ramirez-Amaro, S., Esmaili, H.R. & Kovačić, M. 2025. Vanneaugobius longignathus, a new gobiid species from São Tomé Island (eastern tropical Atlantic), with a rediagnosis of the genera Wheelerigobius and Vanneaugobius.
- Vanneaugobius longignathus Kovačić et al., 2025
- Peinemann, V.N., Pombo-Ayora, L., Rich, W.A., Fox, M.D. & Coker, D.J. 2025. A new cave-dwelling species of Trimma (Teleostei, Gobiidae) from the Red Sea, with notes on Red Sea endemism in Trimma spp.
- Trimma berumeni Peinemann et al., 2025
- Barani, H.K., Alavi-Yeganeh, M.S. & Ghanbarifardi, M. 2025. Sillago persica sp. nov., a new sillaginid (Perciformes, Sillaginidae) from the Persian Gulf.
- Sillago persica Barani et al., 2025
- Yuki, D. & Motomura, H. 2025. Festucalex rosa, a new species of pipefish (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) from the Seychelles, western Indian Ocean.
- Festucalex rosa Yuki & Motomura, 2025
- Bogan, S., Cardoso, J.P., Rosso, J.J. & Díaz de Astarloa, J.M. 2025. New species of the highly diversified Hoplias malabaricus group (Characiformes – Erythrinidae) from la Plata basin: another brick in the wall.
- Hoplias guri Bogan et al., 2025 [Note: published as manuscript]
- Vilardo, P.J., Katz, A.M. & Costa, W.J.E.M. 2025. New insights into Ituglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) diversity in Bahia State, eastern Brazil: Description of a new species and conservation status reappraisal.
- Nazarkin, M.V. 2025. A new species of eelpout of the genus Lycenchelys Gill from the bathyal depths of the Sea of Okhotsk.
- Lycenchelys hexapora Nazarkin, 2025
- Araújo, F.A.A., Ferreira, M.F.C., Silva, A.N. & Wosiacki, W.B. 2025. A new species of Peckoltia (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the rapids of the Rio Tocantins-Araguaia basin, Brazil.
- Peckoltia amjikin Araújo et al., 2025
- Girard, M.G. & Chovanec, K.R. 2025. Unlocking the genomic potential of historical and formalin-fixed specimens: phylogenetic insights from museum-preserved threadfin fishes (Teleostei: Polynemidae).
- Filistriatus Girard, 2025 gen. n.
- Type species: Polynemus sexfilis Valenciennes, 1831
- [update] Chen, Y.-x., Tan. H.-m., Lin, P.-c., Zhang, C., Wang, L. & He, D.-k. 2024. Taxonomic revision of the Sisoridae (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes) fishes of the lower Yarlung Tsangpo River, with descriptions of three new species and one new record in China.
- Glyptothorax medogensis Chen & He, 2024
- Glyptothorax rara Chen & He, 2024
- Parachiloglanis immaculata Chen & He, 2024
- Geenita, K., Pavan-Kumar, A., Bhushan, S., Devi, S.M. & Jaiswar, A.K. 2025. A new moderate-toothed croaker, Johnius medidentatus sp. nov. (Acanthuriformes, Sciaenidae) from the Indian Ocean.
- Johnius medidentatus Geenita et al., 2025
- Garcia-Ayala, J.R., Oliveira, C. & Benine, R.C. 2025. Three new species of Poptella (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae: Stethaprioninae) from the Tocantins-Araguaia river system, central-northern Brazil.
- Poptella abathes Garcia-Ayala et al., 2025
- Poptella magnuspina Garcia-Ayala et al., 2025
- Poptella spinula Garcia-Ayala et al., 2025
2025 latest news (September)
- Chen, Z.-N., Du, K.-N. & Liang, Y. 2025. Yunnanilus mentibarbatus, a new species of loach from Yunnan, China (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae).
- Yunnanilus mentibarbatus Chen et al., 2025
- Faria, T.C., Oliveira, C., Monteiro, I.L.P. & Lima, F.C.T. 2025. A new Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) from the rio Mamuru basin, Amazonas State, Brazil.
- Hyphessobrycon mamuruensis Faria et al., 2025
- Ochoa, L.E., Albornoz-Garzón, J.G. & DoNascimiento, C. 2025. A New Species of Sternarchorhynchus (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) from the Guayabero River, Orinoco Basin, Colombia, with Comments on the Phylogeny of the Genus.
- Sternarchorhynchus guayaberensis Ochoa et al., 2025
- Tongboonkua, P., Chanet, B. & Chen, W.-J. 2025. Integrated Molecular and Morphological Analyses Resolve Long-Standing Classification Challenges in the Sinistral Flatfish Family Bothidae (Teleostei: Carangiformes).
- Grammatobothidae n. fam. Tongboonkua et al., 2025
- Type genus: Grammatobothus Norman, 1926
- Monolenidae n. fam. Tongboonkua et al., 2025
- Type genus: Monolene Goode, 1880
- Taeniopsettidae Amaoka, 1969 (new rank)
- Murasaki, K., Kai, Y., Misawa, R. & Narimatsu, Y. 2025. A New Deep-water Snailfish, Paraliparis anomalus (Teleostei: Liparidae) from the Western North Pacific off Honshu, Japan.
- Paraliparis anomalus Murasaki et al., 2025
- Vigliotta, T.R., Friel, J.P. & Stiassny, M.L.J. 2025. Two new species of suckermouth catfishes, genus Chiloglanis (Siluriformes, Mochokidae), from rapids of the Congo River.
- Chiloglanis kinsuka Vigliotta et al., 2025
- Chiloglanis wagenia Vigliotta et al., 2025
- Thoni, R.J. & Arrindell, R. 2025. Supradiscus varidiscus: a new species of sucker-mouthed hillstream fish (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) from the Lo River basin, northern Vietnam.
- Supradiscus varidiscus Thoni & Arrindell, 2025
- [updae] Alonso, F., Terán, G.E., Serra Alanís, W.S., Waldbillig, M.M., Montes, M.M., Bugeau, B., Barneche, J.A., Shimabukuro, M.I., Táboas, F.G., Maroli, M. & Almeida, M.J. 2025. The rise of a Titan: a new species of the giant Titanolebias killifishes, and its phylogeny (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae).
- Titanolebias calvinoi Alonso & Terán, 2025
- Nazarkin, M.V. 2025. A new species of the eelpout genus Ophthalmolycus (Zoarcidae) from the Cosmonauts Sea, off East Antarctica.
- Ophthalmolycus kosmonautis Nazarkin, 2025 [note: published online without ZooBank reg. no., might become available from print version]
- [updae] Mendes, S.L., Perea, S., Sousa, V.C., Sousa-Santos, C. & Doadrio, I. 2024. A new species of the genus Squalius (Leuciscidae, Actinopterygii) from the Sado River basin in Portugal.
- Squalius caetobrigus Mendes et al., 2024
- Rasheeq, A., Kodeeswaran, P., Kathirvelpandian, A. & Kumar, T.T.A. 2025. Apterichtus kanniyakumari, a new species of finless snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Arabian Sea.
- Apterichtus kanniyakumari Rasheeq et al., 2025
- Shi, M., Chen, Y.-C., Che, X.-J., Dao, W., Liu, W.-M., Wang, D.-S., Yang, J.-X. & Wang, X.-A. 2025. A new typical cavefish of the genus Triplophysa (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from the Jinsha River, Yunnan, China.
- Triplophysa baishuijiangensis Shi et al., 2025
- Sparks, J.S. & Sparks, E.E. 2025. A new species of Paretroplus (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Etroplinae) from northwestern Madagascar, with a discussion of its relationships within the P. damii clade.
- Prokofiev, A.M., Kobyliansky, S.G. & Orlov, A.M. 2025. A new species of the eelpout genus Ophthalmolycus (Teleostei, Zoarcidae) from off South Orkney Islands, Weddell Sea.
- Ophthalmolycus lacrimegalos Prokofiev et al., 2025
- Ng, S.-L., White, W.T., Liu, K.-M. & Joung, S.-J. 2025. Etmopterus westraliensis, a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Western Australia, with redescription of Etmopterus brachyurus.
- Ghosh, M., Bhat, A. & Johnson, J.A. 2025. Indoreonectes mahadeoensis, a new species of river loach from headwaters of the Narmada River, India (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
- Indoreonectes mahadeoensis Ghosh et al., 2025
- Gomes, B.P., Sarmento-Soares, L.M., Martins-Pinheiro, R.F. & Leite, G.R. 2025. Habitat and Conservation Assessment of Annual Killifishes of the Genus Xenurolebias (Rivulidae: Cynolebiinae) from Coastal Floodplains, Including the First Record South of the Rio Doce, Southeastern Brazil.
- Xenurolebias tupinikin Gomes et al., 2025
- Mutizwa, T.I., Kadye, W.T., Bragança, P.H.N. & Chakona, A. 2025. Review of the southern African slender stonebashers, genus Heteromormyrus Steindachner 1866 (Teleostei: Mormyridae), with description of six new species.
- Heteromormyrus angusticaudatus Mutizwa et al., 2025 [grammatically adjusted, since it is an adjective]
- Heteromormyrus chilembwei Mutizwa et al., 2025
- Heteromormyrus dolichorhynchus Mutizwa et al., 2025
- Heteromormyrus ndauorum Mutizwa et al., 2025
- Heteromormyrus tangwenai Mutizwa et al., 2025
- Heteromormyrus xanekweorum Mutizwa et al., 2025
- Yirang, Y., Singh, S., Tudu, A.K., Kashyap, S., Tajo, T. & Debbarma, S. 2025. Glyptothorax dihangensis, A New Sisorid Catfish, (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Arunachal Pradesh, North-Eastern India.
- Glyptothorax dihangensis Yirang & Singh, 2025
- Tenali, D.R., Kumar, A., Kumawat, T., Singh, R.K. & Sarkar, U.K. 2025. Exostoma hajiensis, a New Sisorid Catfish, (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Arunachal Pradesh, North-Eastern India.
- Exostoma hajiense Tenali et al., 2025 [not a noun,its an adjective]
- Chen, Z.-N., Leng, S.-X., Yang, C.-S., Tang, X.-W., Qiu, B. & Zou, T.-X. 2025. A New Freshwater Fish Species of the Genus Oreonectes (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) From Guangxi, China.
- Devi, K.B., Abonmai, T., Singh, K.R. & Shangningam, B. 2025. Garra nambashiensis, a new species of labeonine fish from Manipur, India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
- Garra nambashiensis Devi et al., 2025
- Liao, M., Yu, J., Luo, T., Lan, C.-T., Zhou, J.-J., Xiao, N. & Zhou, J. 2025. Description of a new species from eastern Guangxi within the Oreonectes polystigmus complex (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) by integrating morphological and genetic evidence.
- Oreonectes guidongensis Luo et al., 2025
- Fujiwara, K., Gill, A.C., Endo, H., Shibukawa, K. & Motomura, H. 2025. Taxonomic review of the dottyback genus Pseudoplesiops in Japanese waters, with descriptions of two new species (Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae).
- Pseudoplesiops occasus Fujiwara & Motomura, 2025
- Pseudoplesiops umbrosus Fujiwara et al., 2025
- Goatley, C.H.R., Varela, A.I., Sellanes, J. & Tornabene, L. 2025. Pascua marecoralliensis, a New Species of Goby (Gobiiformes, Gobiidae) from the Central Coral Sea with Validation of the Genus Pascua.
- Pascua marecoralliensis Goatley et al., 2025
- Aguilera, G., Terán, G.E., Méndez-López, A., Montes, M.M. & Carvalho, T.P. 2025. A New Species of the Banjo Catfish Genus Ernstichthys (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the Bermejo River Drainage, La Plata Basin, Argentina.
- Ernstichthys casalinuovoi Aguilera et al., 2025
- Silva, J.I., Santana, Y. & Marinho, M.M.F. 2025. A new species of Moenkhausia (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) from the Amazon basin at Serra do Cachimbo, Pará, Brazil.
- Moenkhausia solaris Silva et al., 2025
- Zheng, L.-P. & Chen, W.-T. 2025. Hongiastoma zhangbuensis, a New Species of the Subfamily Acrossocheilinae (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from South China.
- Hongiastoma zhangbuensis Zheng & Chen, 2025
- Gerringer, M.E., Suplicz, S., Palmeri, J.L., Fregosi, L., Woodworth, B.H., McMahon, E., Shepard, S., Peoples, L.M. & Drazen, J.C. 2025. Descriptions of Three Newly Discovered Abyssal Snailfishes (Liparidae) from the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
- Careproctus colliculi Gerringer, 2025
- Careproctus yanceyi Gerringer, 2025
- Paraliparis em Gerringer, 2025
- Costa, W.J.E.M., Mattos, J.L.O., Amorim, P.F., Gago, I.C.V. & Katz, A.M. 2025. A new catfish species of the subgenus Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from south-eastern Brazilian coastal plains.
- Trichomycterus ruficaudatus Costa et al., 2025
2025 latest news (August)
- Uiblein, F., Motomura, H., Møller, P.R., Sabaj, M., Boonphienphol, S., Hoang, T.A. & Parkinson, K. 2025. Two New Goatfish Species of the Upeneus sulphureus-Species Group (Mullidae), with a Redescription of U. sulphureus Cuvier, 1829 and a Review of Barbel Length in the Genus.
- Upeneus alama Uiblein & Motomura, 2025
- Upeneus brevianalis Uiblein & Boonphienphol, 2025
- Lin, Y.-T., Chang, C.-H., Han, Y.-S. & Lin, C.-H. 2025. Revision of the Armoreye dory genus Zenion (Zeiformes: Zeniontidae) in the South China Sea, with a description of a new species.
- Goren, M. & Feldstein-Farkash, T. 2025. A new Pseudophoxinus species (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Leuciscidae) from the upper Jordan River basin (Israel) with comments on the status of a few other congeneric species.
- Pseudophoxinus galilaeus Goren & Feldstein-Farkash,, 2025
- Lei, H.-T., Pu, X.-R., Yang, H.-F., Zhu, M.-X., Mo, H.-L., Liu, X.-Y., Wang, M. & Bi, B.-L. 2025. Balitora dehouensis, a new species of cave-dwelling hillstream loach (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Balitoridae) from the upper Red River, southwestern China.
- Balitora dehouensis Lei et al., 2025
- [update] Liyandja, T.L.D. & Stiassny, M.L.J. 2025. Hidden in plain view: A new Labeo (Cyprinidae: Labeoninae) endemic to the Kouilou-Niari River basin in the Lower Guinea ichthyological province.
- Labeo niariensis Liyandja & Stiassny, 2025
- [update] Stabile, B.H.M., Reis, R.B., Oliveira, A.V., Graça, W.J. 2025. A new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Rio Iguaçu basin, Paraná, Brazil.
- Characidium dumonti Stabile et al., 2025
- Tighe, K.A. & Pogonoski, J.J. 2025. A new species of the genus Dysommina (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae) from the eastern Indian Ocean.
- Dysommina pygmaea Tighe & Pogonoski, 2025
- Costa, W.J.E.M., Mattos, J.L.O., Amorim, P.F. & Katz, A.M. 2025. Phylogeny and biogeography of a new South American catfish genus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) providing insights about role of Andean uplift in trichomycterine diversification.
- Oreiadoglanis gen. n. Costa & Katz, 2025
- Type species: Trichomycterus chapadensis Katz & Costa, 2021
- Freeman, B.J., Scott, M.C., Petersen, K.N., Bayona-Vásquez, N.J., Taylor, A.T., Hilburn, B.G., Freeman, M.C. & Wares, J.P. 2025. Two new species of Micropterus (Centrarchidae) endemic to Atlantic Slope river drainages in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, U.S.A.
- Micropterus calliurus Freeman & Freeman, 2025
- Micropterus pucpuggy Freeman & Freeman, 2025
- Huber, J.H. & Meinema, E. 2025. Descriptions of Two New Spine Killifish: Eremodon yetateku n. sp. and Pantanodon nyingi n. sp. (Cyprinodontiformes; Pantanodontidae).
- Eremodon yetateku Huber & Meinema, 2025
- Pantanodon nyingi Huber & Meinema, 2025
- Ng, H.H. & Kottelat, M. 2025. Two New Species of Glyptothorax from the Mekong River drainage in Cambodia and Laos (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Sisoridae).
- Glyptothorax carnatus Ng & Kottelat, 2025
- Glyptothorax rhadinus Ng & Kottelat, 2025 [Note: Manuscript names, not yet available in the sence of the ICZN]
- Singh, M.K., Anjanayappa, H.N., Das, B.K., Bhakta, D. & Kumari, K. 2025. Unveiling a new Puntius species from the Brahmaputra drainage and its genetic connections with related species.
- Puntius torsai Singh et al., 2025 [Note: publication appeared yet only online, without ZooBank-Reg. No; name not available till print version appeares]
- Guimarães, K.L.A., Rosso, J.J., González-Castro, M., Nascimento Andrade, S.J., Brito, P.S., Guimarães, E.C., Díaz de Astarloa, J.M. & Rodrigues, L.R.R. 2025. A new species of Hoplias (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) from the Maranhão State, western Northeast Atlantic basin, Brazil.
- Hoplias maranhensis Guimarães et al., 2025
- de Pinna, M., Reis, V.J.C. & DoNascimiento, C. 2025. On two new genera of Trichomycteridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with reallocation of some previously described taxa and discussion of phylogenetic relationships.
- Hyaloglanis gen. n. De Pinna et al., 2025
- Type species: Ammoglanis pulex De Pinna & Winemiller, 2000
- Salpynx gen. n. De Pinna et al., 2025
- Type species: Salpynx trombetensis De Pinna et al., 2025
- Salpynx ephebus De Pinna et al., 2025
- Zhu, T.-T., Yuan, F.-H., Zhang, R.-Y. & Zhao, Y.-H. 2025. A new cave-dwelling species of the genus Triplophysa (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from southwest China.
- Triplophysa xiuwenensis Zhu et al., 2025
- Dewa, Y., Muto, N. & Motomura, H. 2025. Helcogramma flammata, a new species of triplefin (Blenniiformes: Tripterygiidae) from southern Japan.
- Helcogramma flammata Dewa et al., 2025
- Jaafar, T.N.A.M., Seah, Y.G., Imamura, H., Motomura, H. & Matsunuma, M. 2025. Rogadius azizahae, a new flathead (Perciformes: Platycephalidae) from the South China Sea.
- Rogadius azizahae Jaafar et al., 2025
- Avila-Treviño, E., Cardoza-Martínez, G.F., Alonzo-Rojo, F. & Pérez-Rodríguez, R. 2025. Ictalurus nazas sp. nov., a new species of North American catfish (Siluriformes, Ictaluridae) from Mexico.
- Ictalurus nazas Avila-Treviño et al., 2025
- Cortés-Hernández, M.A., Conde-Saldaña, C.C., Bermúdez-Casas, K.V., Villa-Navarro, F.A. & DoNascimiento, C. 2025. A long-hidden species of Pimelodella (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the upper and middle Orinoco, and western Amazon tributaries.
- Pimelodella nuchalis Cortés-Hernández et al., 2025
- Domínguez-Cisneros, S.E., Velázquez-Velázquez, E., Domínguez-Domínguez, O. & Beltrán-López, R.G. 2025. A new species of Profundulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Profundulidae) from southeastern Mexico.
- Profundulus hectori Domínguez-Cisneros et al., 2025
- [update] Ng, H.H. & Kottelat, M. 2024. Oreoglanis brevicula, a new species of rheophilic catfish from Laos (Actinopterygii: Sisoridae).
- [update] Matsunuma, M., Seah, Y.G. & Motomura, H. 2024. Review of Apistus (Synanceiidae: Apistinae) with description of a new species from the Arabian Sea and taxonomic status of Apistus balnearum Ogilby 1910, a junior synonym of Apistops caloundra (De Vis 1886).
- [update] Sakai, H., Iwata, A., Watanabe, K. & Goto, A. 2024. Taxonomic re-examination of Japanese brook lampreys of the genus Lethenteron with descriptions of two new species, Lethenteron satoi sp. nov. and Lethenteron hattai sp. nov., and re-description of Lethenteron mitsukurii.
- Lethenteron hattai Sakai et al., 2024
- Lethenteron satoi Sakai et al., 2024
- [update] Zhao, L. & Xu, X. 2025. Opsariichthys jishuiensis sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Xenocyprididae), A New Species from Yellow River Basin.
- Turan, D., Kocabaş, M. & Aksu, İ. 2025. Oxynoemacheilus sarali (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae): a new species of loach from Merziman Creek, Euphrates River Basin, Türkiye, described using a morpho-molecular approach.
- Oxynoemacheilus sarali Turan et al., 2025
- Lei, H., Gong, Z. & Li, X. 2025. Description of a New Species of Hainania Koller (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Xenocyprididae) from Guangdong Province, Southern China.
- Hainania minzhengi Lei et al., 2025
2025 latest news (July)
- Zarei, F., Martin, M.B., Skelton, P.H. & Chakona, A. 2025. Systematic review of Pseudobarbus burchelli (Teleostei, Cyprinidae), with revalidation of P. vulneratus and description of a new species.
- Pseudobarbus agulhas Zarei et al., 2025
- Liu, Y., Mao, T., Sudasinghe, H., Chen, R., Yang, J. & Meegaskumbura, M. 2025. Description of a New Eyeless Cavefish Using Integrative Taxonomic Methods – Sinocyclocheilus wanlanensis (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), from Guizhou, China.
- Sinocyclocheilus wanlanensis Liu et al., 2025
- [update] Xavier, T.A.A., Sreeram, M.P., Sukumaran, S., Valappil, A.K., Manikandan, S.K. & George, G. 2025. A new species of eight-gilled hagfish (Myxinidae: Eptatretus) from the deep waters of the Lakshadweep Sea, India.
- Eptatretus gopali Xavier et al., 2025 [Note: Probably is the only a few days older taxon Eptatretus sunilii George & Bineesh, 2025 the valid name for this species]
- Kottelat, M. 2025. Laogarra heokheei, a new genus and species of ‚garra‘ from north-eastern Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
- Laogarra gen. n. Kottelat, 2025
- Type species: Laogarra heokheei Kottelat, 2025
- Osteochilina subtrib. n. Kottelat, 2025
- Semilabeoina subtrib. n. Kottelat, 2025
- White, W.T., O’Neill, H.L. & Jayasinghe, S.A. 2025. Apristurus iterum, a new shark discovered based on egg case morphology and sequence data obtained from a formalin-fixed specimen.
- Apristurus iterum White et al., 2025
- Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. 2025. Trichomycterus cepitaensis sp. nov. (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) una nueva especie de pez para el departamento de Santander – Colombia.
- Trichomycterus cepitaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2025
- Barranquilla, Departamento del Atlántico, 102: 1-20.
- Trichomycterus cepitaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2025
- Bucair, N., Hinojosa-Alvarez, S., Marshall, A.D., Pate, J., Francini, C.L.B., Garrido, A.G., Capel, K.C.C., Loboda, T.S., Monteiro, J.S., Bruno, C.E.M., Vaga, C.F., Dove, A.D.M., Hoopes, L.A., Perry, C. & Kitahara, M.V. 2025. An integrative taxonomy investigation unravels a cryptic species of Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 (Mobulidae, Myliobatiformes), from the Atlantic Ocean.
- Mobula yarae Bucair & Marshall, 2025
- Yi, W.-J., Deng, S.-Q. & Zhang, E 2025. Discogobio angustimarginis, a new species of cyprinid fish (Pisces: Teleostei) from the Jinsha-Jiang River in Yunnan Province, southwestern China.
- Discogobio angustimarginis Yi et al., 2025
- Araujo, G.S., Sampaio, C.L.S., Rocha, L.A. & Leite, C.E.F. 2025. Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of the soapfish genus Rypticus (Teleostei: Grammistidae) from the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
- Rypticus africanus Araujo et al., 2025
- Hasiholan-Sidauruk, R.A.P., Hasiholan-Sidauruk, R.S. & Hasiholan-Sidauruk, A. 2025. A nova species and genus of Clariidae fish found in Dumai River drainage system, Sumatera.
- Arcusconcavum gen. n. Hasiholan-Sidauruk et al., (in press) [Name not available: manuscript name only]
- Type species: Arcusconcavum romantii Hasiholan-Sidauruk et al., (in press) [Name not available: manuscript name only]
- Hasiholan-Sidauruk, R.A.P., Hasiholan-Sidauruk, R.S. & Hasiholan-Sidauruk, A. 2025. Nandus silaban (Teleostei: Nandidae), ikan daun baru yang ditemukan di Sungai Jin anak Sungai Dumai, Sumatera.
- Nandus silaban Hasiholan-Sidauruk et al., (in press) [Name not available: manuscript name only]
- Lopez, G.G.S., Souza, C.S., Reia, L., Mantuaneli, L.A., Morales, B.F., Lima, F.C.T., Oliveira, C. & Mattox, G.M.T. 2025. Two New Species of Miniature Tetras of the Genus Priocharax (Teleostei: Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) from the Rio Purus and Solimões Drainages, Amazonas, Brazil.
- Priocharax piagassu Lopez et al., 2025
- Priocharax robbiei Lopez et al., 2025
- Brousseau, R.D. 2025. A new species of annual fish, Spectrolebias shoheiohtanii (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae: Cynolebiatinae) from the Mamoré River basin, Bolivia.
- Spectrolebias shoheiohtanii Brousseau, 2025
- Journal of the American Killifish Association, 58 (2): 72-82.
- Spectrolebias shoheiohtanii Brousseau, 2025
- Mendonça, M.B., Peixoto, L.A.W., Chamon, C.C., Akama, A. & Santana, C.D. 2025. Molecular phylogeny reveals a new species of ghost electric knifefish Porotergus Ellis 1912 (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae), from the Amazon basin.
- Porotergus sambaibensis Mendonça et al.,2025
- Ng, H.H. 2025. Clarifying the identity of Pseudomystus stenomus, with the description of a new species of Pseudomystus from Borneo (Actinopterygii: Bagridae).
- Tencatt, L.F.C., Carvalho, V., Silva, H.P. & Britto, M.R. 2025. A new striped Osteogaster (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the Madeira and Tapajós river basins, Brazil, with a new generic diagnosis and an identification key to the species of Osteogaster.
- Osteogaster oharai Tencatt et al., 2025
- Hata, H., Lavoué, S., Appleyard, S.A. & Pogonoski, J.J. 2025. Taxonomic status of nominal species of the hair‑fin anchovy genus Setipinna previously regarded as synonyms of Setipinna tenuifilis (Valenciennes, 1848) and Setipinna paxtoni Wongratana, 1987 (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae: Coiliinae).
- Setipinna gilberti java Hata et al., 2025
- Misawa, R., Moteki, M. & Endo, H. 2025. Bathyraja nansei, a new deep‑water softnose skate (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) from the Okinawa Trough, southern Japan.
- Bathyraja nansei Misawa et al., 2025
- O’Donnell, J.L., Beldade, R., Johns, J. & Bernardi, G. 2025. A new species of Anemonefish from French Polynesia, Amphiprion maohiensis, (Pomacentridae, Amphiprioninae), the Polynesian anemonefish.
- Amphiprion maohiensis O’Donnell et al., 2025
- Yuki, D., Fricke, R. & Motomura, H. 2025. Corythoichthys quattuordecim, a new pipefish (Teleostei, Syngnathidae) from the Coral Sea.
- Corythoichthys quattuordecim Yuki et al., 2025
- Furuhashi, R. & Motomura, H. 2025. Synodus autumnus, a new species of lizardfish (Aulopiformes, Synodontidae) from the Indo-Pacific region, and a reassessment of distributional records of Synodus rubromarmoratus.
- Synodus autumnus Furuhashi & Motomura, 2025
- Tenali, D.R., Chandran, R., Singh, R.K. & Sarkar, U.K. 2025. Olyra sancta, a New Species of Anguilliform Catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India.
- Olyra sancta Tenali et al., 2025
- DoNascimiento, C., Villa-Navarro, F.A., Albornoz-Garzón, J.G., Conde-Saldaña, C.C., Silva, G.S.C., Méndez-López, A., Roxo, F.F., Ortega-Lara, A. & Oliveira, C. 2025. An unexpectedly diverse new genus of catfishes (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) endemic to the Magdalena River basin, Colombia.
- Magdalenichthys gen. n. DoNascimiento et al., 2025
- Magdalenichthys lundbergi DoNascimiento et al., 2025
- Magdalenichthys mompox. DoNascimiento et al., 2025
- Magdalenichthys poira Villa-Navarro et al., 2025
- Magdalenichthys yariguies DoNascimiento et al., 2025
- Costa, W.J.E.M., Azevedo-Santos, V.M., Mattos, J.L.O., Uzeda, P.L.C., Vilardo, P.J., Ottoni, F.P. & Katz, A.M. 2025. Integrative taxonomy revealing microendemic species of Cambeva (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) in streams draining Serra da Canastra, southeastern Brazil.
- Cambeva babilonica Costa et al., 2025
- Cambeva capetinga Costa et al., 2025
- Cambeva capitoliensis Costa et al., 2025
- Cambeva occidentalis Costa et al., 2025
- Greenfield, D. Erdmann, M.V. & Ishida, N. 2025. Eviota vader, a new western Pacific dwarfgoby from Papua New Guinea (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
- Eviota vader Greenfiel et al., 2025
- Costa, W.J.E.M., Feltrin, C.R.M., Mattos, J.L.O., Vilardo, P.J. & Katz, A.M. 2025. Relationships of a new fossorial Microcambevinae catfish species from southern Brazil supporting multiple dorsal-fin losses in Listrura (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae).
- Listrura elongata Costa et al., 2025
- Fujioka, Y., Kuwahara, M., Tabata, R., Fuke, Y. & Nakabo, T. 2025. The Biwa salmon, a new species of Oncorhynchus (Salmonidae) endemic to Lake Biwa, Japan.
- Oncorhynchus biwaensis Fujioka et al., 2025
- Nagy, B. 2025. Review of Cyprinodontiform Fishes in the Upper Congo Drainage with Descriptions of Four New Species of Seasonal Nothobranchius (Nothobranchiidae) and a New Species of ‘Lacustricola’ Lampeye (Procatopodidae) in South-Eastern DR Congo.
- Lacustricola gemma Nagy, 2025
- Nothobranchius dubieensis Nagy, 2025
- Nothobranchius iridescens Nagy, 2025
- Nothobranchius katemomandai Nagy, 2025
- Nothobranchius marmoreus Nagy, 2025
- Kodeeswaran, P. & Ajith Kumar, T.T. 2025. Facciolella smithi, a new species of deep-water nettastomatid eel (Anguilliformes: Nettastomatidae) from the Arabian Sea.
- Facciolella smithi Kodeeswaran & Ajith Kumar, 2025
- Harris, P.M., Markle, D.F. & Campbell, M.A. 2025. Catostomus murivallis, a new species of sucker (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) from Wall Canyon Creek, Surprise Valley, in Northwestern Nevada, U.S.A.
- Arunkumar, L. & Thoibi, M. 2025. A New Species of Danioid Fish (Danionidae, Chedrinae) from Imphal River, North-Eastern India.
- Barilius imphalensis Arunkumar & Thoibi, 2025
- Calegari, B.B., Freyhof, J., Waldock, C., Wegscheider, B., Josi, D., Rüber, L. & Seehausen, O. 2025. Two new species of stone loaches of the genus Barbatula (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Europe with a neotype designation of B. barbatula (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
- Barbatula fluvicola Calegari et al., 2025
- Barbatula ommata Calegari et al., 2025
- Bayçelebi, E. 2025. Discovery of a new minnow species in the Black and Marmara Sea basins, Türkiye.
- Phoxinus kottelati Bayçelebi, 2025
- Artaev, O.N., Turbanov, I.S., Bolotovskiy, A.A., Gandlin, A.A. & Levin, B.A. 2025. A new super narrow-ranged endemic Phoxinus minnow (Leuciscidae) from the Caucasus.
- Phoxinus ayukensis Artaev et al., 2025
- Zeng, Y.-Y., Pu, X.-R., Lei, H.-T., Oo, T.N. & Chen, X.-Y. 2025. A taxonomic review of Bagarius catfish (Siluriformes, Sisoridae) in the Salween and Irrawaddy rivers, with descriptions of two new species from China and Myanmar.
- Bagarius dolichonema Zeng & Chen, 2025
- Bagarius protos Zeng & Chen, 2025
- Kottelat, M. 2025. Sewellia pudens, a new species of loach from Dakchung Plateau, southern Laos (Teleostei: Gastromyzontidae).
- Sewellia pudens Kottelat, 2025
- Sharma, N., Vishwanath, W., Dishma, M., Borah, S. & Das, B.K. 2025. A New Species of the Genus Pethia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Brahmaputra Drainage, India.
- Pethia dibrugarhensis Sharma et al., 2025
- Chen, Z.-X., Luo, T., Zhao, Z.-F., Xiao, M.-Y., Zhou, J.-J. & Zhou, J. 2025. Integrative taxonomy describes a new species of the genus Sinocyclocheilus (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) from the Beipanjiang River, Guizhou Province, southwest China.
- Nurjirana, N., Gustiano, R., Haryono, H. & Wibowo, K. 2025. A new species of amphidromous goby (Teleostei: Oxudercidae: Stiphodon) from Enggano Island, Indonesia. T
- Stiphodon hadiatyae Nurjirana et al., 2025
- Mutizwa, T.I., Bere, T., Kadye, W.T., Bragança, P.H.N. & Chakona, A. 2025. Description of two new species of Chiloglanis (Teleostei, Mochokidae) from the Eastern Zimbabwe Highlands freshwater ecoregion: an overlooked hotspot of rheophilic fishes.
- Chiloglanis asperocutis Mutizwa et al., 2025
- Chiloglanis compactus Mutizwa et al., 2025
2025 latest news (June)
- Ho, H.-C. & Yang, T.-Y. 2025. A new barracudina (Aulopiformes, Paralepididae, Stemonosudis) from Somalia, with additional records of S. siliquiventer from the Caribbean Sea.
- Stemonosudis adenensis Ho & Yang, 2025
- Gallo-Cardozo, F., Careaga, M. & Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M. 2025. A New Cryptic Species of Piranha Serrasalmus (Serrasalmidae) from the Bolivian Amazon, Upper Madeira River System.
- Serrasalmus castellonae Gallo-Cardozo et al., 2025
- Glaus, K., White, W.T., O’Neill, H.L., Thurnheer, S. & Appleyard, S.A. 2025. A new blue-spotted Maskray species (Neotrygon, Dasyatidae) from Fiji.
- Neotrygon romeoi Glaus et al., 2025
- Victor, B.C. 2025. Prionotus pictus, a new endemic species of searobin from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (Teleostei: Triglidae).
- Mahulu, A. & Seehausen, O. 2025. Two new cichlid species of the genus Labrochromis from rocky reefs of Lake Victoria, Tanzania (Perciformes, Cichlidae).
- Labrochromis mawe Mahulu & Seehausen, 2025
- Labrochromis mawepili Mahulu & Seehausen, 2025 [It might be more sensible to follow a recommendation by van Oijen (1996:101) and to keep all haplochromine cichlids of the Lake Victoria Basin in Haplochromis until a comprehensive phylogenetic revision]
- Cao, J., Song, S., Yi, W., Xiang, H., Yang, H., Li, J. & Jiang, W. 2025. Two New Cavefish Species of Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from the Karst Subterranean Rivers of Yunnan, China.
- Triplophysa wenshanensis Jiang et al., 2025
- Triplophysa yangi Jiang et al., 2025
- Tan, H.H. & Grinang, J. 2025. Two new species of Hampala from Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
- Hampala katibas Tan & Grinang, 2025
- Hampala lupar Tan & Grinang, 2025
- Abreu, J.M.S., Pedroza, W.S., Oyakawa, O.T., Melo, S.A., Tchaicka, L. & Piorski, N.M. 2025. A new species of Hoplias malabaricus species complex (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) from Northeastern Brazil.
- Hoplias cazumba Abreu et al., 2025
- Kumar, R.G., Ravi, C. & Basheer, V.S. 2025. Identity of Labeo nigrescens Day, 1870 with descriptions of two new Labeo species from the Southern Western Ghats.
- Labeo chekida Kumar et al., 2025
- Labeo uru Kumar et al., 2025 [Note: publication appeared yet only online, without ZooBank-Reg. No; names might not be available till print version]
- Qin, Z.-X., Zhou, J.-J., Du, L.-N. & Lin, F. 2025. Traccatichthys punctulatus sp. nov., a new species of stone loach (Pisces, Nemacheilidae) from Guangxi, southern China.
2025 latest news (May)
- Tang, C.-N., Lai, N.-W. & Ho, H.-C. 2025. Description of a new liopropomine basslet, Liopropoma terecaudum, from northern Taiwan (Perciformes: Epinephelidae).
- Zarei, F., Bragança, P.H.N., Skelton, P.H. & Chakona, A. 2025. Pseudobarbus outeniqua sp. nov., a new redfin species (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) from the Cape Fold Ecoregion of South Africa.
- Pseudobarbus outeniqua Zarei et al., 2025
- Mejia, E., Ferraro, G.A. & Souto-Santos, I.C.A. 2025. A new species of whiptail catfish Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Macaé and São João river basins, southeastern Brazil.
- Rineloricaria buckupi Mejia et al., 2025
- Mukhim, D.K.B., Sarma, K., Choudhury, H., Das, R., Chandran, R., Singh, R.K., Warbah, D.P., Lyngdoh, W., Sarkar, U.K. & Sarma, D. 2025. Description of a new troglophilic loach, Schistura densiclava (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Meghalaya, northeast India.
- Schistura densiclava Mukhim & Sarma, 2025
- Schwarzhans, W., Psomadakis, P.N. & Nielsen, J.G. 2025. Revision of the bathydemersal fish genus Pycnocraspedum (Ophidiidae; Teleostei), with description of two new species.
- Pycnocraspedum africanum Schwarzhans et al., 2025
- Pycnocraspedum rowleyensis Schwarzhans et al., 2025
- Furuhashi, R. & Motomura, H. 2025. A new species of Synodus from southern Japan, with a redescription of Synodus usitatus Cressey 1981 (Teleostei: Aulopiformes: Synodontidae).
- Synodus lautus Furuhashi & Motomura, 2025
- Pastana, M.N.L., Dutra, G.M., Ohara, W.M., Teixeira, T.F. & Menezes, N.A. 2025. Description of a New Species of Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) from Rio Madeira, a Greatly Impacted Region of the Amazon Rainforest, Apuí, Brazil.
- Hyphessobrycon mapinguari Pastana et al., 2025
- Ding, J., Lei, W., Haryono, H., Shi, W. & Zhang, W. 2025. Phylogenetic analysis of Betta coccina complex (Teleostei, Osphronemidae) from Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra Island with descriptions of two new species.
- Betta iaspis Ding et al., 2025
- Betta mulyadii Ding et al., 2025
- Wang, L., Luo, Q. & Zhang, R. 2025. A new species of Sinocyclocheilus (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) from the Beipan-Jiang in Guizhou, China.
- Sinocyclocheilus zhenningensis Wang et al., 2025
- Luz, A.N., Correia, S.M., Lopes, E.P., Jimenez, J.G., Traore, D., Psomadakis, P.N. 2025. A new species of the genus Mystriophis (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Cabo Verde (Eastern Central Atlantic), with notes on two Mystriophis specimens documented on the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen.
- Mystriophis caboverdensis Luz et al., 2025
- Matsumoto, T. & Motomura, H. 2025. Scorpaenopsis gigas, a new Indo-West Pacific species of scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae).
- Scorpaenopsis gigas Matsumoto, T. & Motomura, H. 2025
- Maile, A.J., Smith, W.L. & Davis, M.P. 2025. A total-evidence phylogenetic approach to understanding the evolution, depth transitions, and body-shape changes in the anglerfishes and allies (Acanthuriformes: Lophioidei).
- Fowlerichthyinae Maile et al., 2025
- Melo, B.F., Gama, S.S. & Sabaj, M.H. 2025. New species of Cyphocharax (Teleostei: Curimatidae) from the upper Rio Jari in the Tumucumaque mountains of northern Brazil.
- [update] Indermaur, A., Schedel, F.D.B. & Ronco, F. 2024. Morphological diversity of the genus Telmatochromis from the Lake Tanganyika drainage with the description of a new riverine species and the generic reassignment of the Malagarasi River lamprologine.
- [update] Turner, G.F. 2024.: Two new species of Mylochromis (Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa.
- [update] Lisher, M.W., Viana, S.T.F.L. & Gon, O. 2024. Chromis tweddlei, a new deep-water species of damselfish (Pomacentridae) from the Cargados Carajos Bank, southwestern Indian Ocean.
- Nielsen, D.T.B., Hoetmer, J.W. & Vandekerckhove, E. 2025. Moema humaita, a new species of annual fish (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the middle rio Madeira, Amazon basin, Brazil.
- Moema humaita Nielsen et al., 2025
2025 latest news (April)
- Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. 2025. Trichomycterus hatoensis sp. nov. (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) una nueva especie de pez, de la parte baja de la cuenca del río Suárez, departamento de Santander – Colombia.
- Trichomycterus hatoensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2025
- Barranquilla, Departamento del Atlántico, 101: 1-20.
- Trichomycterus hatoensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2025
- [update] He, Y., Lundberg, J.G., Yang, J. & Yang, J.-X. 2025. Synchrotron Microtomographic Osteology of the Chinese Subterranean Catfish: Description and Systematic Analysis.
- Proliobagrus gen. n. He et al., 2025
- Type species: Xiurenbagrus dorsalis Xiu et al., 2014
- [update] Chen, Y., Tan, H. & He, D. 2025. Exostoma microadiposa (Sisoridae), a New Glyptosternine Catfish from the Zayul River, South Tibet.
- Exostoma microadiposa Chen et al., 2025
- [update] Torrico-Destre, H., Careaga, M. & Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M. 2025. A New Species of Propimelodus (Pimelodidae) from the Upper Madeira System, Amazon Basin.
- Propimelodus lobatus Torrico-Destre et al., 2025
- Zarei, F., Sithole, Y., Schliewen, U.K., Bills, R. & Chakona, A. 2025. Integrative systematics of the taxonomically complex gobiid genus Glossogobius Gill, 1859 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the south-western Indian Ocean, with a description of a new species.
- Glossogobius hanisii Zarei et al., 2025
- Singh, P. & Kosygin, L. 2025. Glyptothorax palakkadiensis, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Kerala, Western Ghats, India.
- Glyptothorax palakkadiensis Singh & Kosygin, 2025
- [update] Hata, E. & Motomura, H. 2024. Neotrygon yakkoei, a new bluespotted maskray (Dasyatidae) from Japan.
- [update] Utama, I.V., Mokodongan, D.F., Lawelle, S.A., Masengi, K.W.A. & Yamahira, K. 2024. A new ricefish, Oryzias moramoensis (Adrianichthyidae), described from a mountain waterfall in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
- Turbanov, I.S., Bolotovskiy, A.A., Artaev, O.N., Gandlin, A.A., Levina, M.A., Vasil’eva, E.D. & Levin, B.A. 2025. On the border of Europe and Asia: Gobio uralensis, a new species of gudgeons (Cypriniformes, Gobionidae) from the Caspian Sea basin.
- Gobio uralensis Turbanov et al., 2025
- Brownstein, C.D., Kim, D., Wood, J.E., Alley, Z.D., Stokes, M.F. & Near, T.J. 2025. Undescribed and imperiled vertebrate biodiversity near an American urban center.
- Etheostoma birminghamense Brownstein et al., 2025
- Etheostoma gurleyense Brownstein et al., 2025
- Hata, H., Lavoué, S., Psomadakis, P.N., Osmany, H.B. & Motomura, H. 2025. Thrissina mystica sp. nov., a new thryssa (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae: Coiliinae) from the northern Indian Ocean.
- Thrissina mystica Hata et al., 2025
- Bineesh, K.K., Beura, S., Das, M., Nashad, M. & Akhilesh, K.V. 2025. Description of a new species of hound shark of the genus Iago (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae) from the northern Indian Ocean.
- Iago gopalakrishnani Bineesh et al., 2025
- Prokofiev, A.M., Frable, B.W., Emelianova, O.R., Saveleva, S.Y. & Orlov, A.M. 2025. A New Species of the Eel Genus Gnathophis (Congridae, Anguilliformes) from the Seamounts of the Emperor–Hawaiian Chain, Western and Central North Pacific.
- Gnathophis johnsoni Prokofiev et al., 2025
- Ho, H.-C., Smith, D.G. & Pogonoski, J.H. 2025. Species of the Eel Family Colocongridae (Order Anguilliformes), with Description of a New Species.
- Coloconger paucitubus Ho et al., 2025
- Sreenath, K.R., Pradeep, B., Ajui, K.R., Sukumaran, S., Sebastian, W., Anto, A. & George, G. 2025. Discovery of a new species of troglobitic eel loach from southern India.
- Pangio juhuae Sreenath et al., 2025 [Note: Online-Publication, ZooBank Reg. No is missing, ergo: new Taxa is not available from this version of the paper]
- [update] Dierickx, K., Lunkayilakio, S.W., Bills, R. & Vreven, E. 2024. Morphometric synthesis of Pollimyrus (Teleostei, Mormyridae) with the description of four new species.
- Pollimyrus ibalazambai Dierickx et al., 2024
- Pollimyrus krameri Dierickx et al., 2024
- Pollimyrus vanneeri Dierickx et al., 2024
- Pollimyrus weyli Dierickx et al., 2024
- [update] Dann, L., Dahanukar, N. & Raghavan, R. 2024. Oreichthys warjaintia, a new species of cyprinid fish from Meghalaya, India (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).
- [update] Su, Y., Kotlyar, A.N., Lin, H.-C., Kawai, T. & Ho, H.-C. 2024. A new species of Hoplostethus from Sumatra, eastern Indian Ocean, with comments on its most similar congeners (Trachichthyiformes: Trachichthyidae).
- Esmaeili, H.R., Sayyadzadeh, G., Masoumi, A.H., Hashemi, S.H. & Echreshavi, S. 2025. Tariqilabeo iranicus, a new species of labeonine fish from the Makran basin in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
- Tariqilabeo iranicus Esmaeili et al., 2025
- Tencatt, L.F.C., Ohara, W.M., Carvalho, V., Grant, S. & Britto, M. 2025. Two exquisite new species of Hoplisoma (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the rio Tapajós basin, Brazil, with a discussion on the morphology of the mesethmoid within Corydoradinae.
- Hoplisoma noxium Tencatt et al., 2025
- Hoplisoma tenebrosum Tencatt et al., 2025
- Wada, H., Suzuki, T., Kobayashi, H. & Senou, H. 2025. Two New Jawfishes, Stalix albonotata sp. nov. and S. yanoi sp. nov., from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Perciformes: Opistognathidae).
- Stalix albonotata Wada et al., 2025
- Stalix yanoi Wada et al., 2025
- Serra, S., Scarabino, F., Gobel, N. & Laufer, G. 2025. A new species of the Phalloceros harpagos species complex (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) from the middle and lower Uruguay River floodplains.
- Phalloceros mimbi Serra et al., 2025
- Puebla, O., Aguilar-Perera, A., Helmkampf, M., Robertson, D.R., Estapé, C.J., Estapé, A.M. & Domínguez-Domínguez, O. 2025. Hypoplectrus espinosai sp. nov. (Teleostei: Serranidae), a new hamlet on coral reefs in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
- Hypoplectrus espinosai Puebla et al., 2025
- Teixeira, T.F., Salvador, G.N., Mirande, J.M. & Lima, F.T.C. 2025. A New Species of Psalidodon (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) from the Upper Rio São Francisco Basin, Brazil, with Comments on Hasemania.
- Psalidodon pessalii Teixeira et al., 2025
- Silva, G.S.C., Sabaj, M.H., Carvalho, K.R. & Oliveira, C. 2025. Integrative Taxonomy Reveals a New Species of Imparfinis (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Upper Xingu River Basin.
- Imparfinis arceae Silva et al., 2025
- Mayden, R.L. & Kuhajda, B.R. 2025. Two new species of Etheostoma from the Black Warrior River System (Mobile Basin) of Alabama (Teleostei: Percidae).
- Etheostoma kimberlae Mayden, 2025
- Etheostoma michellae Mayden, 2025
- Htay, K.Y., Song, X.-Y., Oo, T.N. & Chen, X.-Y. 2025. A review of genus Laubuka (Cypriniformes: Danionidae) in Myanmar with description of two new species.
- Laubuka indawgyiana Htay & Chen, 2025
- Laubuka myitthaensis Htay & Chen, 2025
- Souto-Santos, I.C.A., Mejia, E., Arcila, D. & Buckup, P.A. 2025. Dismantling the Phalloceros harpagos species complex (Teleostei: Poeciliidae): description of a new species from Brazilian highlands based on morphological and molecular evidence.
- Phalloceros circummontanus Souto-Santos et al., 2025
2025 latest news (March)
- Volcan, M.V., Garcez, D.K., Robe, L.J., Feltrin, C.R.M., Costa, W.J.E.M. & Lanés, L.E.K. 2025. A new and threatened species of internally inseminating seasonal killifish of Campellolebias (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) endemic to a continental island in the Atlantic Forest, Southern Brazil.
- Campellolebias insularis Volcan et al., 2025
- Vijayakrishnan, B. & Shinde, G.A. 2025. Gangetic Glyptothorax (Siluriformes: Sisoridae): Two new species and revalidation of Glyptothorax dakpathari Tilak & Husain 1976.
- Glyptothorax bhurainu Vijayakrishnan & Shinde, 2025
- Glyptothorax himalaicus Vijayakrishnan & Shinde, 2025
- Praveenraj, J., Moulitharan, N., Pavan-Kumar, A., Naveen, R.S., Thackeray, T., Yumnam, R. & Gurumayum, S.D. 2025. Channa nachi, a new species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Meghalaya, Northeast India.
- Channa nachi Praveenraj et al., 2025
- Lei, H.-T., He, L., Huang, J.-H., Zhou, J.-J. & He, D.-K. 2025. Description of a new cave-dwelling species of Claea (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from the Yangtze River basin in Sichuan, southern China.
- Claea scet Lei et al., 2025
- Cao, L., Liu, Y., Zeng, Z., Yi, W. & Zhang, E 2025. Two new species of the loach genus Homatula Nichols, 1925 (Pisces, Nemacheilidae) from the upper Chang-Jiang Basin in China.
- Homatula shexiang Cao et al., 2025
- Homatula xiangzhi Cao et al., 2025
- Orr, J.W. 2025. Resurrection of the snailfish genus Allinectes (Teleostei: Cottiformes: Liparidae) for seven North Pacific species, including descriptions of three new species from Alaska.
- Allinectes busbyi Orr, 2025
- Allinectes istiophorus Orr, 2025
- Allinectes nanstanorum Orr, 2025
- Silva-Oliveira, C., Vanegas-Ríos, J.A., Canto, A.L.C. & Ribeiro, F.R.V. 2025. Description of a new species of Chrysobrycon (Characiformes: Stevardiidae) from the rio Curuá basin expands the distribution of the genus to the lower Amazon basin, Brazil.
- Chrysobrycon ximango Silva-Oliveira et al., 2025
- Sidlauskas, B.L., Melo, B.F., Birindelli, J.L.O., Burns, M.D., Frable, B.W., Hoekzema, K., Dillman, C.B., Sabaj, M.H., Oliveira, C. 2025. Molecular phylogenetics, a new classification, and a new genus of the Neotropical fish family Anostomidae (Teleostei: Characiformes).
- Brevidens n. gen. Birindelli et al., 2025
- Type species: Leporinus striatus Kner, 1858
- Vo, Q.V., Hibino, Y., Ho, H.-C., Le, T.T.T. & Seah, Y.G. 2025. Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of O. macrochir (Bleeker) and O. rutidoderma (Bleeker).
- Ophichthus cuulongensis Vo et al., 2025
- Ophichthus nguyenorum Vo et al., 2025
- Fast, K.M., Hundt, P.J., Alley, Z.D. & Sandel, M.W. 2025. Phylogenomic species delimitation of studfishes (Fundulidae: Fundulus): evidence for cryptic species in agreement with the central highlands vicariance hypothesis.
- Fundulus (Fundulus) caddo Fast et al., 2025
- Fundulus (Fundulus) cryptocatenatus Fast et al., 2025
- Kodeeswaran, P., Acharya, S., Mohapatra, A. & Kumar, T.T.A. 2025. Ariosoma tamilicum (Anguilliformes: Congridae): a new eel species from the Indian waters.
- Ariosoma tamilicum Kodeeswaran et al., 2025
- Chernova, N.V. & Thiel, R. 2025. A new species of the genus Osteodiscus (Cottoidei: Liparidae) from the Kuril Basin (Sea of Okhotsk, western North Pacific).
- Osteodiscus lindbergi Chernova & Thiel, 2025
- Freyhof, J. 2025. Garra cavernicola, a new species from the Hajar Mountains in Oman (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with a short discussion on monophyly and the description of evolutionarily young species.
- Garra cavernicola Freyhof, 2025
- Cabebe-Barnuevo, R. & Motomura, H. 2025. Sebastapistes monospina, a new species of scorpionfish (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the South Pacific Ocean.
- Sebastapistes monospina Cabebe-Barnuevo & Motomura, 2025
- Chen, T-E., Xu, J.-X., Li, P.-J., Hu, H.-F., Gao, K. & Zhao, H.-P. 2025. A New Species of the Genus Acrossocheilus Oshima, 1919 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the Dabie Mountains.
- Acrossocheilus dabieensis Chen & Zhao, 2025
- Bellstedt, D.U., Nagy, B., van der Merwe, P.d.W., Cotterill, F.P.D., Luke, Q. & Watters, B.R. 2025. The description of a critically endangered new species of seasonal killifish, Nothobranchius sylvaticus (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a relict species from an East African forest refugium in south-eastern Kenya.
- Nothobranchius sylvaticus Bellstedt et al., 2025
- Escamilla Pinilla, C., Cox Fernandes, C. & Alves-Gomes, J.A. 2025. Microsternarchus javieri, a new species of weakly electric fish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae, Microsternarchini) from the Negro River basin, Amazonas, Brazil.
- Microsternarchus javieri Escamilla Pinilla et al., 2025
2025 latest news (February)
- Panitvong, N. & Tan, H.H. 2025. A new species of Hampala (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Lower Tenasserim basin of Thailand.
- Hampala siamensis Panitvong & Tan, 2025
- Liu, M., Lyu, J.-B., Du, L.-N. & Chen, X.-Y. 2025. Description of a new loach species, Yunnanilus triangulus sp. nov. (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae), from Yunnan, China.
- Yunnanilus triangulus Liu et al., 2025
- Kottelat, M. 2025. Barbucca heokhuii, a new species of loach from central Borneo (Teleostei: Barbuccidae).
- Barbucca heokhuii Kottelat, 2025
- Tian, F., Liu, S., Chen, S. & Zhao, K. 2025. Revision of Schizopygopsis chengi Fang 1936 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), with a description of a new subspecies.
- Schizopygopsis chengi duokeheensis Zhao et al., 2025
- Xiao, M.-Y., Wang, J.-J., Luo, T., Zhou, J.-J., Xiao, N. & Zhou, J. 2025. Sinocyclocheilus xingrenensis (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), a new underground fish from Guizhou Province, Southeastern China.
- Wibowo, K., Willyanto, M.I., Dharmayanthi, A.B., Rahmadi, K. & Lumbantobing, D.N. 2025. Barbodes klapanunggalensis, a new species of blind subterranean fish (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) from Klapanunggal karst area, West Java, Indonesia, with notes on its conservation.
- Barbodes klapanunggalensis Wibowo et al., 2025
- Qin, Z.-X., Liu, Y.-W., Zhang, S.-Y., Shi, J.-S., Du, L.-N. & Zhou, J.-J. 2025. A new species of the rib-degenerated loach, genus Protocobitis (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae), from Guangxi, China.
- Protocobitis longibarba Qin et al., 2025
- Araújo, F., Ferreira, M., Monteiro, I. & Wosiacki, W. 2025. A new species of Hypancistrus Isbrücker & Nijssen 1991 (Loricariidae, Siluriformes) from the rapids of the middle Rio Tocantins.
- Möhring, J., Mokodongan, D.F., Gani, A., Wowor, D., Annawaty, Böhne, A. & Herder, F. 2025. A New and Unique Species of Ricefish (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae: Oryzias) from the Lariang River Basin, Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the First Known Sympatric Ricefish Species Pair from Sulawesi Rivers.
- Oryzias polylepis Möhring et al., 2025
- Okamoto, M., Long, D.J., Claro, R. & McCosker, J.E. 2025. A new species of epigonid fish genus Epigonus (Teleostei: Epigonidae) from Cuba and the first records of E. fragilis from the western South Pacific and Taiwan.
- Epigonus zonatus Okamoto et al., 2025
- Mejía-Falla, P.A., Navia, A.F., Cardeñosa, D. & Tavera, J. 2025. New Species of the Genus Hypanus (Dasyatidae) from the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean.
- Hypanus rubioi Mejía-Falla et al., 2025
- Jenkins, R.E., Favrot, S.D., Freeman, B.J., Albanese, B. & Armbruster, J.W. 2025. Description of the Sicklefin Redhorse (Catostomidae: Moxostoma).
- Moxostoma ugidatli Jenkins et al., 2025
- Xiao, G.-B., Guo, Q.-W., Cao, L., Lin, J., Deng, W.-X., Xiao, Q.-Q., Zhou, L., Zhang, H.-R. & Fang, D.-Z. 2025. Homatula gelao (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae), a new nemacheiline species of loach from the upper Yangtze River basin in Guizhou Province, southwestern China.
- Sato, M.C. & Motomura, H. 2025. Tomiyamichthys hyacinthinus, a new species of shrimpgoby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from southern Japan.
- Tomiyamichthys hyacinthinus Sato & Motomura, 2025
- Huang, H., Chen, J., Ke, Z. & Zhang, C. 2025. Branchiostegus sanae, a new species of deepwater tilefish (Eupercaria, Branchiostegidae) from the South China Sea.
- Branchiostegus sanae Huang et al., 2025
- Lima, F.T.C., Silva-Oliveira, C., Oliveira, C. & Faria, T.C. 2025. A new Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) from the Central Amazon basin, Brazil.
- Hyphessobrycon ribeiroi Lima et al., 2025
- Hata, H., Lavoué, S., Appleyard, S.A. & Pogonoski, J.J. 2025. A New Species of Rainbow Sardine in the Genus Dussumieria (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Dussumieriidae) from New Guinea and Australia.
- Dussumieria apollo Hata et al., 2025
- Sousa, L.M., Sousa, E.B., Oliveira, R.R., Sabaj, M.H., Zuanon, J. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L. 2025. Two new species of Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Xingu, Amazon, Brazil.
- Hypancistrus seideli Sousa et al., 2025
- Hypancistrus yudja Sousa et al., 2025
- Tenali, D.R., Adak, M.C., Chandran, R., Singh, R.K., Sarkar, U.K. & Banerjee, D. 2025. Glyptothorax hymavatiae, a New Sisorid Catfish, (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Arunachal Pradesh, North-Eastern India.
- Chowdhury, B.R., Tudu, A.K., Rath, S. & Singh, P. 2025. A New Species of Opsarius (Teleostei: Danionidae) from Mujnai River, West Bengal.
- Opsarius mujnaiensis Chowdhury et al.,2025
- Thiel, R., Knebelsberger, T., Chernova, N. & Eidus, I. 2025. Two new species of eelpout genus Lycenchelys (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, based on morphological and molecular evidence.
- Lycenchelys delanglei Thiel et al., 2025
- Lycenchelys renatae Thiel et al., 2025
- Vasil’eva, E.D. 2024. Species Diversity, Diagnostic Characters, and Distribution of the Tubenose Gobies of Genus Proterorhinus (Gobiidae). I. A New Species of the Tubenose Goby from the Water Bodies of the Eastern Coast of the Black Sea.
- Proterorhinus victori Vasil’eva, 2024
2025 latest news (January)
- Zhang, H.-X., Zhang, Y.-P., Chen, W.-J. & Zhang E 2025. Niwaella tigrina, a new species of spined loach from the Poyang Lake system of Jiangxi Province, East China.
- Niwaella tigrina Zhang et al., 2025
- Mattox, G.M.T., Acosta-Santos, A., Bogotá-Gregory, J.D., Agudelo, E. & Lima, F.C.T. 2025. A new miniature Priocharax from the río Putumayo drainage, Amazonas State, Colombia (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) with an unusual skin flap between pelvic fins.
- Priocharax rex Mattox et al., 2025
- Ng, H.H., Kahar, R. & Tan, H.H. 2025. A new species of catfish, Pterocryptis vorax (Actinopterygii: Siluridae), from northern Borneo.
- Pterocryptis vorax Ng et al., 2025
- Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Putra, M.I.H. 2025. Eviota samota, a new dwarfgoby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Sumbawa, Indonesia.
- Eviota samota Allen et al., 2025
- Lin, Y.-T., Lin, Y.-S. & Han, Y.-S. 2025. Cirrhimuraena taiwanensis sp. nov., a new species of cirri-bearing eel (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) from Yilan, northeastern Taiwan.
- Cirrhimuraena taiwanensis Lin et al., 2025
- Shangningam, B. & Kosygin, L. 2025. Glyptothorax chakpiensis, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Manipur, India.
- Glyptothorax chakpiensis Shangningam, & Kosygin, 2025
- Singh, P., Tudu, A.K. & Gurumayum, S.D. 2025. Garra magnarostrum, a new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Brahmaputra River drainage, Northeastern India.
- Shepherd, B., Pinheiro, H.T., Najeeb, A., Rocha, C.R. & Rocha, L.A. 2025. Plectranthias raki (Teleostei, Serranidae), a new species of perchlet from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Maldives.
- Plectranthias raki Shepherd et al., 2025
- Matsumoto, T. & Motomura, H. 2025. Phenacoscorpius trispinis, a new species of scorpionfish (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from Sagami Bay, Japan.
- Phenacoscorpius trispinis Matsumoto & Motomura, 2025
- Hoang, H.D., Jang-Liaw, N.-H., Pham, H.M., Tran, N.T., Durand, J.-D., Nguyen, T.D., Pfeiffer, J. & Page, L.M. 2025. Generic Revision of the Southeast and East Asian Torrent Carp Subfamily Acrossocheilinae (Pisces: Teleostei) With Description of Three New Genera and a New Species From Vietnam.
- Angustistoma gen. n. Hoàng, 2025
- Type species: Crossochilus elongatus Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934
- Hongiastoma gen. n. Hoàng & Nguy?n, 2025
- Types species: Varicorhinus argentatus Nguy?n & Ðoàn, 1969
- Scaphostoma Hoàng & Ph?m, 2025
- Type species: Gymnostomus lepturus Boulenger, 1900
- Scaphostoma annamense Hoàng et al., 2025 [Note: Online-Journal only, ZooBank Reg. Nos. are missing, ergo: new Taxa are not available from this version of the paper]
- Armbruster, J.W. & Lujan, N.K. 2025. New tribe-level classification of Hypostominae (Loricariidae) based on optimization of morphological states on DNA-based relationships, with descriptions of three new tribes and two new genera.
- Peckoltini n. tribus Armbruster & Lujan, 2025
- Type genus: Peckoltia Miranda Ribeiro, 1912
- Pseudancistrini n. tribus Armbruster & Lujan, 2025
- Type genus: Pseudancistrus Bleeker, 1862
- Stellantini n. tribus Armbruster & Lujan, 2025
- Type genus: Stellantia Armbruster & Lujan, 2025
- Colossimystax gen. n. Armbruster & Lujan, 2025
- Type species: Pseudancistrus pectegenitor Lujan et al., 2007
- Stellantia gen. n. Armbruster & Lujan, 2025
- Type species: Pseudancistrus sidereus Armbruster, 2004
- Boaretto, M.P., Ohara, W.M., Souza-Shibatta, L. & Birindelli, J.L.O. 2025. New banded Leporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the Madeira River basin, Brazil, and redescription of L. bleheri, based on integrative taxonomy.
- Leporinus lignator Boaretto et al., 2025
- Carim, K.J., Auringer, G., Docker, M.F., Renaud, C.B., Clemens, B.J., Blanchard, M.R., Parker, C. & Young, M.K. 2024. Species diversity in the new lamprey genus Occidentis, formerly classified as western North American ‘Lampetra’.
- Occidentis gen. n. Carim et al., 2024
- Type species: Petromyzon ayresii Günther, 1870
- Mendes, S.L., Perea, S., Sousa, V.C., Sousa-Santos, C. & Doadrio, I. 2024. A new species of the genus Squalius (Leuciscidae, Actinopterygii) from the Sado River basin in Portugal.
- Squalius caetobrigus Mendes et al., 2024
- George, I.E., Bineesh, K.K., Sharon, E.A., Bhaskar, R., Hashim, M. & Banerjee, D. 2025. A new species of eight-gilled hagfish (Myxinidae: Eptatretus) off Kerala, Western Indian Ocean.
- Eptatretus sunilii George & Bineesh, 2025
- Species, 26: e2s1751.
- Eptatretus sunilii George & Bineesh, 2025
- Zarei, F., Mathebula, X. & Chakona, A. 2025. Pseudobarbus kubhekai sp. nov., a new redfin (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- Pseudobarbus kubhekai Zarei et al., 2024
- Kumar, R.G., Ravi, C., Krishnaprasoon, N.P. & Basheer, V.S. 2024. A new sympatric species of Horabagrus (Siluriformes: Horabagridae) from the Chalakkudy river basin in Kerala, India.
- Horabagrus obscurus Kumar et al., 2024
- Sun, Z.-X., Li, X.-Y., Li, X.-J., Hao, J.-Y., Sheng, D. & Zhao, Y.-H. 2025. Cobitis beijingensis, a new spined loach from northern China (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae).
- Cobitis beijingensis Sun & Zhao, 2025