New Taxa 2015

Authors in alphabetical order

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z

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  • Abdussamad, E.M., Retheesh, T.B., Thangaraja, R., Bineesh, K.K. & Prakashan, D. (2015): Sphyraena arabiansis a new species of barracuda (Family: Sphyraenidae) from the south-west coast of India.
  • Allen, G.R. (2015): Descriptions of two new species of shrimpgobies (Gobiidae: Cryptocentrus and Tomiyamichthys) from Papua New Guinea.
  • Allen, G.R. (2015): Four new species of Trimma (Pisces: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
  • Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2015): Festucalex rufus, a new species of pipefish (Syngnathidae) from Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
    • Festucalex rufus Allen & Erdmann, 2015
      • aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 21 (1): 47-51.
  • Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Cahyani, N.K.D. (2015): Review of the Chrysiptera oxycephala complex of damselfishes (Pomacentridae) with descriptions of three new species from the East Indian Archipelago.
  • Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Dailami, M. (2015): Cirrhilabrus marinda, a new species of wrasse (Pisces: Labridae) from eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu.
  • Allen, G.R., Hadiaty, R.K., Unmack, P.J. & Erdmann, M.V. (2015): Rainbowfishes (Melanotaenia: Melanotaeniidae) of the Aru Islands, Indonesia with descriptions of five new species and redescription of M. patoti Weber and M. senckenbergianus Weber.
  • Allen, G.R., Unmack, P.J. & Hadiaty, R.K. (2015): Melanotaenia rubrivittata, a new species of rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae) from Northwestern Papua Province, Indonesia.
    • Melanotaenia rubrivittata Allen et al., 2015
      • Fishes of Sahul, 29 (1): 846-858.
  • Almirón, A., Casciotta, J., Piálek, L., Doubnerová, K. & Říčan, O. (2015): Oligosarcus amome (Ostariophysi: Characidae), a new species from the río Uruguay basin, Misiones, Argentina.
  • Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2015): Astroblepus verai sp. nov. – A. pradai, A. curitiensis y A. onzagaensis. Cuatro nuevas especies del Departamento de Santander – Colombia.
    • Astroblepus curitiensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2015
    • Astroblepus onzagaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2015
    • Astroblepus pradai Ardila Rodríguez, 2015
    • Astroblepus verai Ardila Rodríguez, 2015
      • Barranquilla, Departamento del Atlántico, 2015 (7): 24pp.

  • Ardila Rodriguez, C.A. (2015): Cinco nuevas especies de peces astroblépidos para los Andes Colombianos / Five new species of astroblepid fish for Colombian Andes.

  • Armbruster, J.W., Werneke, D.C. & Tan, M. (2015): Three new species of saddled loricariid catfishes, and a review of Hemiancistrus, Peckoltia, and allied genera (Siluriformes).
    • Peckoltia ephippiata Armbruster et al., 2015
    • Peckoltia greedoi Armbruster et al., 2015
    • Peckoltia lujani Armbruster et al., 2015
  • Atkore, V.N., Knight, J.D.M., Rema Devi, K. & Krishnaswamy, J. (2015): A New Species of Pethia from the Western Ghats, India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
  • Azevedo-Santos, V.M. & Roxo, F.F. (2015): A new species of the genus Pareiorhina (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, southeastern Brazil.

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  • Baldwin, C.C. & Robertson, D.R. (2015): A new, mesophotic Coryphopterus goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae) from the southern Caribbean, with comments on relationships and depth distributions within the genus.
  • Balushkin, A.V. & Spodareva, V.V. (2015): New species of the toad plunderfish of the “albipinna” group, genus Pogonophryne (Artedidraconidae) from the Ross Sea (Antarctica).

  • Benine, R.C., Melo, B.F., Castro, R.M.C. & Oliveira, C. (2015): Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogeny of Gymnocorymbus Eigenmann, 1908 (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae).
  • Bertaco, V.A. & Vigo, A.C. (2015): A new species of Astyanax Baird & Girard (Ostariophysi: Characidae) from the rio Taquari-Antas basin, southern Brazil.
  • Bianco, P.G. & De Bonis, S. (2015): A taxonomic study on the genus Phoxinus (Acthinopterigy, Cyprinidae) from Italy and western Balkans with description of four new species: P. ketmaieri, P. karsticus, P. apollonicus and P. likai.
    • Phoxinus apollonicus Bianco & De Bonis, 2015
    • Phoxinus karsticus Bianco & De Bonis, 2015
    • Phoxinus ketmaieri Bianco & De Bonis, 2015
    • Phoxinus likai Bianco & De Bonis, 2015
      • Researches on Wildlife Conservation, 4: 1-17. IGF Publ., USA., ISBN: 978-1-326-47086-9
  • Birindelli, J.L.O., Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Lima, F.C.T. (2015): A new species of Centromochlus (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae, Centromochlinae) from the middle Rio Tocantins basin, Brazil.
  • Bragança, P.H.N.d., Ottoni, F.P. & Rangel-Pereira, F.S. (2015): Hyphessobrycon ellisae, a new species from northeastern Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae).
  • Britz, R. & Ali, A. (2015): Dario huli, a new species of badid from Karnataka, southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae).

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  • Carvalho, T.P. & Albert, J.S. (2015): A New Species of Rhamphichthys (Gymnotiformes: Rhamphichthyidae) from the Amazon Basin.
  • Carvalho, T.P., Cardoso, A.R., Friel, J.P. & Reis, R.E. (2015): Two new species of the banjo catfish Bunocephalus Kner (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the upper and middle rio São Francisco basins, Brazil.
  • Casal-Lopez, M., Perea, S., Yahyaoui, A. & Doadrio, I. (2015): Taxonomic review of the genus Luciobarbus Heckel, 1843 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from Northwestern Morocco with the description of three new species.
    • Luciobarbus maghrebensis Doadrio, Perea & Yahyaoui, 2015
    • Luciobarbus rabatensis Doadrio, Perea & Yahyaoui, 2015
    • Luciobarbus rifensis Doadrio, Casal-Lopez & Yahyaoui, 2015
  • Chakrabarty, P. & Sparks, J.S. (2015): Formalizing the names of subfamilies and tribes of ponyfishes (Leiognathidae Gill 1893).
  • Chamon, C.C. (2015): Pseudacanthicus pitanga: a new species of Ancistrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypostominae) from rio Tocantins Basin, North Brazil.
  • [overlooked]: Chen, Y. Sui, X., He, X. & Chen, Y. (2015): Three new species of cobitid fish genus Cobitis (Teleostei, Cobitidae) from the River Pearl basin of China.

  • [overlooked] Cheng, C., Pan, X., Chen, X., Li, J., Ma, L. & Yang, J. (2015): A new species of the genus Sinocyclocheilus (Teleostei: Cypriniformes), from Jinshajiang Drainage, Yunnan, China.

  • Chernova, N.V. (2015): New species of the genus Careproctus (Liparidae) from the Kara Sea and identification key for congeners of the North Atlantic and Arctic.
  • Coleman, R.A., Hoffmann, A.A. & Raadik, T.A. (2015): A review of Galaxiella pusilla (Mack) (Teleostei: Galaxiidae) in south-eastern
    Australia with a description of a new species.

  • Copus, J., Ka’apu-Lyons, C. & Pyle, R. (2015): Luzonichthys seaver, a new species of Anthiinae (Perciformes, Serranidae) from Pohnpei, Micronesia.
  • Copus, J., Pyle, R. & Earle, J. (2015): Neoniphon pencei, a new species of holocentrid (Teleostei: Beryciformes) from Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
  • Costa, W.J.E.M. (2015): Taxonomy of the seasonal killifish genus Neofundulus in the Brazilian Pantanal (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae).
  • Costa, W.J.E.M., Bragança, P.H.N. & Ottoni, F.P. (2015): A new miniature killifish of the genus Melanorivulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the coastal plains of north-eastern Brazil.
  • Craig, M.T., Bogorodsky, 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.
  • Cramer, C.A. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. (2015): A new species of Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Madeira basin with remarkable intraspecific color variation.

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  • Dagosta, F.C.P., Marinho, M.M.F. & Benine, R.C. (2015): A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Juruena basin, Central Brazil.
  • Dagosta, F.C.P. & Netto-Ferreira, A.L. (2015): New species of Bryconamericus Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Teles Pires, rio Tapajós basin, central Brazil.
  • Dahanukar, N., Kumar, P., Katwate, U. & Raghavan, R. (2015): Badis britzi, a new percomorph fish (Teleostei: Badidae) from the Western Ghats of India.
  • Darshan, A., Dutta, R., Kachari, A., Gogoi, B. & Das, D.N. (2015): Glyptothorax mibangi, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from the Tisa River, Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India.
  • Davis, M.P. (2015): Evolutionary Relationships of the Deep-Sea Pearleyes (Aulopiformes: Scopelarchidae) and a New Genus of Pearleye from Antarctic Waters.
  • De la Maza-Benignos, M., Ornelas-García, C.P., Lozano-Vilano, M.d.L., García-Ramírez, M.E. & Doadrio, I. (2015): Phylogeographic analysis of genus Herichthys (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with descriptions of Nosferatu new genus and H. tepehua n. sp.
    • Nosferatu n. gen. De la Maza-Benignos et. al., 2015 [online pre-publication in 2014 was not fullfilling Article 8.5 of the amendment of the ICZN]
    • Type species: Herichthys pame De la Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013
    • Herichthys tepehua De la Maza-Benignos et. al., 2015 [online pre-publication in 2014 was not fullfilling Article 8.5 of the amendment of the ICZN]
  • de Oliveira, R.R., Zuanon, J., Zawadzki, C.H. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L. (2015): Ancistrus maximus, a new species of red-dotted armored catfish from rio Branco, Roraima State, Brazilian Amazon (Siluriformes: Loricariidae).
  • Dishma, M. & Vishwanath, W. (2015): Parambassis serrata, a new species of glassperch (Teleostei: Ambassidae) from the Kaladan drainage, India.
  • Doadrio, I., Perea, S. & Yahyaoui, A. (2015): Two new species of Atlantic trout (Actinopterygii, Salmonidae) from Morocco.
    • Salmo multipunctata Doadrio et al., 2015
      • Remark: Salmo is of masc. gender, therefor specific epithet need to be emended to multipunctatus!
    • Salmo viridis Doadrio et al., 2015

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  • Eakin, R.B., Riginella, E. & La Mesa, M. (2015 species of Artedidraco (Pisces: Artedidraconidae) from the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.
  • Ebert, D.A., Haase, D.L. & de Carvalho, M.R. (2015): Tetronarce cowleyi, sp. nov., a new species of electric ray from southern Africa (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Torpedinidae).
    • Ekmekçi, F.G., Atalay, M.A., Yoğurtçuoğlu, B., Turan, D. & Küçük, F. (2015): A new species of Pseudophoxinus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Southwestern Anatolia, Turkey.

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  • Ferrer, J., Donin, L.M. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): A new species of Ituglanis Costa & Bockmann, 1993 (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) endemic to the Tramandaí–Mampituba ecoregion, southern Brazil.
  • Frable, B.W., Wagman, D.W., Frierson, T.N., Aguilar, A. & Sidlauskas, B.L. (2015): A new species of Sebastes (Scorpaeniformes: Sebastidae) from the northeastern Pacific, with a redescription of the blue rockfish, S. mystinus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1881).
  • Freyhof, J., Sayyadzadeh, G., Esmaeili, H.R. & Geiger, M. (2015): Review of the genus Paraschistura from Iran with description of six new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
    • Paraschistura abdolii Freyhof et al., 2015
    • Paraschistura aredvii Freyhof et al., 2015
    • Paraschistura hormuzensis Freyhof et al., 2015
    • Paraschistura naumanni Freyhof et al., 2015
    • Paraschistura pasatigris Freyhof et al., 2015
    • Paraschistura susiani Freyhof et al., 2015
  • Fricke R. (2015): Centrodraco fidelis (Draconettidae), a new deepwater dragonet species from the southern Loyalty Ridge, southwestern Pacific Ocean / Centrodraco fidelis (Teleostei : Draconettidae), une nouvelle espèce de dragonnet profond du sud de la ride des Loyauté, océan Pacifique sud-ouest.
  • Fricke, R., Golani, D. & Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2015): Suculentophichthus nasus, a new genus and new species of snake eel from the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (Teleostei: Ophichthidae).
  • Fricke, R., Wirtz, P. & Brito, A. (2015): Diplecogaster tonstricula, a new species of cleaning clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Canary Islands and Senegal, eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a review of the Diplecogaster-ctenocrypta species-group.
  • Fukui, Y. & Motomura, H. (2015): A new species of deepwater wrasse (Labridae: Terelabrus) from the western Pacific Ocean.

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  • Ganga, U., Thomas, J.P. & Sukumaran, S. (2015): A new species of the Genus Harpadon (Aulopiformes, Synodontidae) from the north-eastern Arabian Sea, India.

  • García-Alzate, C.A., Taphorn, D.C., Roman-Valencia, C. & Villa-Navarro, F.A. (2015): Hyphessobrycon natagaima (Characiformes: Characidae) a new species from Colombia, with a key to the Magdalena basin Hyphessobrycon species / Hyphessobrycon natagaima (Characiformes: Characidae) una nueva especie para Colombia, con clave para las especies de Hyphessobrycon de la Cuenca del Magdalena.
  • Gomon, M.F. & Struthers, C.D. (2015): Three new species of the Indo-Pacific fish genus Hime (Aulopidae, Aulopiformes), all resembling the type species H. japonica (Günther 1877).
    • Hime capitonis Gomon & Struthers, 2015
    • Hime caudizoma Gomon & Struthers, 2015
    • Hime surrubea Gomon & Struthers, 2015
  • Gon, O., Liao, Y.-C. & Kwang-Tsao, S. (2015): A new species of the cardinalfish genus Jaydia (Teleostei: Apogonidae) from the Philippines.
  • Graf, J.A., Herder, F. & Hadiaty, R.K. (2015): A New Species of Rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae), Melanotaenia garylangei, from Western New Guinea (Papua Province, Indonesia).
    • Melanotaenia garylangei Graf et al., 2015
      • Fishes of Sahul, 29 (2): 870-881.
  • Grant, S. (2015): Four new subgenera of Centromochlus Kner, 1858 with comments on the boundaries of some related genera (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae).
    • Duringlanis subgen. n. Grant, 2015
    • Type species Centromochlus perugiae Steindachner, 1882
    • Balroglanis subgen. n. Grant, 2015
    • Type species Centromochlus schultzi Rössel, 1962
    • Ferrarissoaresia subgen. n. Grant, 2015
    • Type species Centromochlus meridionalis Sarmento-Soares et al., 2013
    • Sauronglanis subgen. n. Grant, 2015
    • Type species Tatia musaica Royero, 1992
      • Ichthyofile, 3: 1-16.

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  • Hammer, M.P., Hoese, D.F. & Bertozzi, T. (2015): A new species of Near-shore Marine Goby (Pisces: Gobiidae: Nesogobius) from Kangaroo Island, Australia.
  • Hastings, P.A. & Findley, L.T. (2015): Chriolepis prolata, a new species of Atlantic goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the North American continental shelf.
  • Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2015): A new species of anchovy, Encrasicholina macrocephala (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae), from the northwestern Indian Ocean.
  • Hibino, Y. & Kimura, S. (2015): A new species of Muraenichthys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the IndoPacific, with revised generic diagnosis.
  • Hibino, Y. & Kimura, S. (2015): Revision of the Scolecenchelys gymnota species group with descriptions of two new species (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae).
  • Hibino, Y., Satapoomin, U. & Kimura, S. (2015): A new species of Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae) from the eastern Indian Ocean.
  • Ho, H.-C. (2015): Description of a new species and redescriptions of two rare species of Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from the tropical Pacific Ocean.
  • Ho, H.-C., Kawai, T. & Satria, F. (2015): Species of the anglerfish genus Chaunax from Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae).
  • Ho, H.-C. & Loh, K.-H. (2015): A new species of the worm-eel genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from southern Taiwan.
  • Ho, H.-C., Mccosker, J.E. & Smith, D.G. (2015): Renaming of three recently described eels of the genus Neenchelys (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the western Pacific.
    • Neenchelys diaphora Ho et al., 2015
    • Neenchelys pelagica Ho et al., 2015
    • Neenchelys similis Ho et al., 2015
  • Ho, H.-C. & McGrouther, M. (2015): A new anglerfish from eastern Australia and New Caledonia (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae: Chaunacops), with new data and submersible observation of Chaunacops melanostomus.
  • Ho, H.-C., Smith, D.G. & Shao, K.-T. (2015): Notes on the congrid eel genus Parabathymyrus from the western Pacific Ocean, with the description of a new species (Pisces: Anguilliformes: Congridae).
  • Ho, H.-C., Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K.A. (2015): Review of the arrowtooth eel genera Dysomma and Dysommina in Taiwan, with the description of a new species (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae).
  • Huy Đức Hoàng, Hùng Mạnh Phạm, Durand, J.-D., Ngân Trọng Trần & Phúc Đình Phan (2015): Mahseers genera Tor and Neolissochilus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from southern Vietnam.
  • Hoang Huy Duc, Pham Hung Manh & Tran Ngan Trong (2015): Two new species of shovel-jaw carp Onychostoma (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from southern Vietnam.
  • Hoese, D.F. & Allen, G.R. (2015): Descriptions of three new species of Glossogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from New Guinea.
    • Glossogobius macrocephalus Hoese & Allen, 2015
    • Glossogobius multipapillus Hoese & Allen, 2015
    • Glossogobius sentaniensis Hoese & Allen, 2015
  • Hoese, D.F., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Mal, A.O. (2015): Description of a new species of Trimma (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea, with a discussion of the generic separation of Trimma and Priolepis, with discussion of sensory papillae terminology.
  • Hoese, D.F., Hadiaty, R.K. & Herder, F. (2015): Review of the dwarf Glossogobius lacking head pores from the Malili lakes, Sulawesi, with a discussion of the definition of the genus.
  • Huber J.H. (2015): A morphological rediagnosis of Yssolebias within cyprinodontoids (Cyprinodontiformes) following the detailed osteological analysis by Costa based on a new radiograph of the single type of Cyprinodon martae Steindachner.
    • Yssolebiini n. tribe, Huber, 2015
      • Killi-Data Series, 2015: 4-16.

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  • Iglésias, S.P., Frotté, L. & Sellos, D.Y. (2015): Gobius salamansa, a new species of goby (Gobiidae) from the Cape Verde Islands supported by a unique cephalic lateral line system and DNA barcoding.
  • Imamura, H. (2015): Taxonomic revision of the flathead fish genus Platycephalus Bloch, 1785 (Teleostei: Platycephalidae) from Australia, with description of a new species.
  • Ito, P.M.M. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. (2015): A small new species of Crenicichla Heckel, 1840 from middle rio Xingu, Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
  • Iwatsuki, Y. & Heemstra, P.C. (2015): Redescriptions of Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger 1870) and P. lineopunctatus (Boulenger 1903), with two new species from Western Indian Ocean.
  • Iwatsuki, Y., Newman, S.J. & Russell, B.C. (2015): Dentex carpenteri, a new species of deepwater seabream from Western Australia (Pisces: Sparidae).
  • Iwatsuki, Y., Tanaka, F. & Allen, G.R. (2015): Lutjanus xanthopinnis, a new species of snapper (Pisces: Lutjanidae) from the Indo-west Pacific, with a redescription of Lutjanus madras (Valenciennes 1831).

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  • Johnson, J.W. & Worthington Wilmer, J. (2015): Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus, a new species of sweetlips (Perciformes: Haemulidae) from northern Australia and the resurrection of P. unicolor (Macleay, 1883), species previously confused with P. schotaf (Forsskål, 1775).

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  • Karmovskaya, E.S. (2015): New species of the genus Ariosoma, A. dolichopterum (Bathymyrinae), from the waters of Central Vietnam.

  • Kaschner, C.J., Weigmann, S. & Thiel, R. (2015): Bythaelurus tenuicephalus n. sp., a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the western Indian Ocean.
  • Keith, P., Busson, F., Sauri, S., Hubert, N. & Hadiaty, R. (2015): A new Stiphodon (Gobiidae) from Indonesia / Une espèce nouvelle de Stiphodon (Gobiidae) d’Indonésie.
  • Keith, P. & Hadiaty, R.K. (2015): Stiphodon annieae, a new species of freshwater goby from Indonesia (Gobiidae) / Stiphodon annieae, une espèce nouvelle de gobie d’eau douce d’Indonésie (Gobiidae).
  • Keith, P., Lord, C., Busson, F., Sauri, S., Hubert, N. & Hadiaty, R. (2015): A new species of Sicyopterus (Gobiidae) from Indonesia / Une espèce nouvelle de Sicyopterus (Gobiidae) d’Indonésie.
  • Kim, S.-H., Kim, H.-S. & Park, J.-Y. (2015): A new species of torrent catfish, Liobagrus hyeongsanensis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae), from Korea.
  • Knight, J.D.M. (2015): Description of two new species of Laubuka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from River Cauvery, southern Iandia[sic!].
  • Knight, J.D.M. & Kumar, R.G. (2015): A review of the species of Oreichthys (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in the Western Ghats, India.
  • Knight, J.D.M., Rai, A., D’Souza, R.K.P. & Vijaykrishnan, B. (2015): Barilius ardens (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India, with redescription of B. malabaricus and B. canarensis.
  • Kotlyar, A.N. (2015): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 2. Oligo-Raker Species: M. longivelis Parr, M. inconspicuus sp. n., M. kobylyanskyi sp. n.
  • Kotlyar, A.N. (2015): Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 3. Oligoraker Species: M. proximus sp. n., M. contradictorius sp. n., and M. succedanaus sp. n.
  • Kotlyar, A.N. (2015): Revision of the genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 4. oligo-raker species: M. parvus Ebeling, M. janae Ebeling, M. lentiginosus sp. n., M. shcherbachevi sp. n.

  • Küçük, F., Bayçelebi, E., Güçlü, S.S. & Gülle, İ. (2015): Description of a new species of Hemigrammocapoeta (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Lake Işıklı, Turkey.
  • Kullander, S.O. (2015): Taxonomy of chain Danio, an Indo-Myanmar species assemblage, with descriptions of four new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
  • Kullander, S.O. & Britz, R. (2015): Description of Danio absconditus, new species, and redescription of Danio feegradei (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), from the Rakhine Yoma hotspot in south-western Myanmar.
  • Kullander, S.O., Rahman, M.M., Norén, M. & Mollah, A.R. (2015): Danio annulosus, a new species of chain Danio from the Shuvolong Falls in Bangladesh (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Danioninae).
  • Kullander, S.O & Varella, H.R. (2015): Wallace’s Pike Cichlid Gets a Name after 160 Years: A New Species of Cichlid Fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Upper Rio Negro in Brazil.

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  • Lalramliana, Lalnuntluanga & Lalronunga, S. (2015): Psilorhynchus kaladanensis, a new species (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from Mizoram, northeastern India.
  • Landim, M.I., Moreira, C.R. & Figueiredo, C.A. (2015): Retroculus acherontos, a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei) from the Rio Tocantins basin.
  • Leão, M.D.V., Britto, M.R. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2015): A new species of Aspidoras Ihering (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae) from the Rio Xingu Basin, Pará, Brazil.
  • Lehmann A., P., Schvambach, L.J. & Reis, R.E. (2015): A new species of the armored catfish Parotocinclus (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), from the Amazon basin in Colombia.
  • Li, S. (2015): Fishes of the Yellow River & Beyond (transl.).
    • Gobio tchangi Li, 2015 [Note: Author died in 2009, description appeared way after his death]
      • Huang He yu lei zhuan zhu ji yu lei xue wen xuan / Fishes of the Yellow River & Beyond, xxviii, 640 pages : illustrations, maps [ISBN: 9789578596771 9578596774].

  • Li, W.-J., Chen, X.-C. & Hu, Y.-P. (2015): A new species of the genus Triplophysa (Nemacheilinae), Triplophysa qilianensis sp. nov, from Qinghai, China.
  • Lin, J., Smith, D.G., Shao, K.-T. & Chen, H.-M. (2015): Saurenchelys gigas sp. nov., a new nettastomatid eel (Teleostei, Anguilliformes, Nettastomatidae) from the western central Pacific.
  • Loh, K-H., Shao, K.-T., Ho, H.-C., Lim, P.-E. & Chen, H.-M. (2015): A new species of moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Taiwan, with
    comments on related elongate unpatterned species.

  • Lujan, N.K., Meza-Vargas, V., Astudillo-Clavijo, V., Barriga-Salazar, R. & López-Fernández, H. (2015): A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny for Chaetostoma Clade Genera and Species with a Review of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes.
  • Lujan, N.K., Meza-Vargas, V. & Barriga-Salazar, R. (2015): Two New Chaetostoma Group (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) Sister Genera from Opposite Sides of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, with the Description of One New Species.
    • Andeancistrus n. gen. Lujan et al., 2015
    • Type species: Chaetostomus platycephalus Boulenger, 1898
    • Andeancistrus eschwartzae Lujan et al., 2015
    • Transancistrus n. gen. Lujan et al., 2015
    • Type species: Cordylancistrus santarosensis Tan & Armbruster, 2012
  • Luo, W., Sullivan, J.P., Zhao, H.-T. & Peng, Z.-G. (2015): Metzia parva, a new cyprinid species (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from south China.

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  • Maeda, K. & Palla, H.P. (2015): A new species of the genus Stiphodon from Palawan, Philippines (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae).
  • Malabarba, L.R., Malabarba, M.C. & Reis, R.E. (2015): Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical cichlid genus Gymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the rio Uruguay drainage.
    • Gymnogeophagus constellatus Malabarba et al., 2015
    • Gymnogeophagus lipokarenos Malabarba et al., 2015
    • Gymnogeophagus mekinos Malabarba et al., 2015
    • Gymnogeophagus missioneiro Malabarba et al., 2015
    • Gymnogeophagus pseudolabiatus Malabarba et al., 2015
  • Martinez, C.M., Arroyave, J. & Sparks, J.S. (2015): A new species of Ptychochromis from southeastern Madagascar (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
  • Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. (2015): A new species of scorpionfish, Ebosia vespertina (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), from the southwestern Indian Ocean.
  • Mattos, J.L.O., Costa, W.J.E.M. & Santos, A.C.A. (2015): Geophagus diamantinensis, a new species of the G. brasiliensis species group from Chapada Diamantina, north-eastern Brazil (Cichlidae: Geophagini).
  • McCosker, J.E. & Hibino, Y. (2015): A review of the finless snake eels of the genus Apterichtus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of five new species.
    • Apterichtus dunalailai McCosker & Hibino, 2015
    • Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi McCosker & Hibino, 2015
    • Apterichtus malabar McCosker & Hibino, 2015
    • Apterichtus mysi McCosker & Hibino, 2015
    • Apterichtus nariculus McCosker & Hibino, 2015
  • McCosker, J.E. & Ho, H.-C. (2015): New species of the snake eels Echelus and Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan.
    • Echelus polyspondylus McCosker & Ho, 2015
    • Ophichthus bicolor McCosker & Ho, 2015
    • Ophichthus shaoi McCosker & Ho, 2015
  • McMahan, C.D., Matamoros, W.A., Piller, K.R. & Chakrabarty, P. (2015): Taxonomy and systematics of the herichthyins (Cichlidae: Tribe Heroini), with the description of eight new Middle American Genera.
    • Chiapaheros gen. nov. McMahan & Piller, 2015
    • Type species: Cichlasoma grammodes Taylor & Miller, 1980
    • Cincelichthys gen. nov. McMahan & Piller, 2015
    • Type species: Neetroplus bocourti Vaillant & Pellegrin, 1902
    • Kihnichthys gen. nov. McMahan & Matamoros, 2015
    • Type species: Vieja ufermanni Allgayer, 2002
    • Maskaheros gen. nov. McMahan & Piller, 2015
    • Type species: Vieja argentea Allgayer, 1991
    • Mesoheros gen. nov. McMahan & Chakrabarty, 2015
    • Type species: Heros festae Boulenger, 1899
    • Oscura gen. nov. McMahan & Chakrabarty, 2015
    • Type species: Cichlasoma heterospilum Hubbs, 1936
    • Rheoheros gen. nov. McMahan & Matamoros, 2015
    • Type species: Heros lentiginosus Steindachner, 1864
    • Trichromis gen. nov. McMahan & Chakrabarty, 2015
    • Type species: Heros salvini Günther, 1862
  • Melo, M.R.S. & Oyakawa, O.T. (2015): A New Species of Characidium Reinhardt (Characiformes, Crenuchidae) with a Distinctively Dimorphic Male.
  • Mendonça, M.B. & Netto-Ferreira, A.L. (2015): New species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Rio Tapajós and Rio Xingu drainages, Pará, Brazil.
  • Menezes, N.A., Nirchio, M. & De Oliveira, C. & Siccharamirez, R. (2015): Taxonomic review of the species of Mugil (Teleostei: Perciformes: Mugilidae) from the Atlantic South Caribbean and South America, with integration of morphological, cytogenetic and molecular data.
  • Menezes, N.A. & Ribeiro, A.C. (2015): A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae).
  • Moral-Flores, L.F.D., Ramírez-Antonio, E., Angulo, A. & Pérez-Ponce de León, G. (2015): Ginglymostoma unami sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobiformes: Ginglymostomatidae): una especie nueva de tiburón gata del Pacífico oriental tropical / Ginglymostoma unami sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobiformes: Ginglymostomatidae): a new species of nurse shark from the Tropical Eastern Pacific.
  • Motomura, H. & Kanade, Y. (2015): Review of the scorpionfish genus Pteroidichthys (Scorpaenidae), with descriptions of two new species.
  • Motomura, H., Ota, R., Meguro, M. & Tashiro, S. (2015): Enneapterygius phoenicosoma, a New Species of Triplefin (Tripterygiidae) from the Western Pacific Ocean.
  • Mousavi-Sabet, H., Anvarifar, H. & Azizi, F. (2015): Alburnoides tabarestanensis, a new species of riffle minnow from the southern Caspian Sea basin in Iran (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae).
  • Mousavi-Sabet, H. & Eagderi, S. (2015): Paraschistura delvarii spec. nov. – a new species of stone loach from the Persian Gulf basin, southern Iran (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
  • Mousavi-Sabet, H., Sayyadzadeh, G., Esmaeili, H.R., Eagderi, S., Patimar, R. & Freyhof, J. (2015): Paracobitis hircanica, a new crested loach from the southern Caspian Sea basin (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
  • Mousavi-Sabet, H., Vatandoust, S. & Doadrio, I. (2015): Review of the genus Alburnoides Jeitteles, 1861 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from Iran with description of three new species from the Caspian Sea and Kavir basins.
    • Alburnoides coadi Mousavi-Sabet et al., 2015
    • Alburnoides parhami Mousavi-Sabet et al., 2015
    • Alburnoides samiii Mousavi-Sabet et al., 2015
      • Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences, 13 (4): 293-331.

  • Mousavi-Sabet, H., Vatandoust, S., Esmaeili, H.R., Geiger, M.F. & Freyhof, J. (2015): Cobitis avicennae, a new species of spined loach from the Tigris River drainage (Teleostei: Cobitidae).
  • Mousavi-Sabet, H., Vatandoust, S., Khataminejad, S., Eagderi, S., Abbasi, K., Nasri, M., Jouladeh, A. & Vasil’eva, E.D. (2015): Alburnus amirkabiri (Teleostei), a New Species of Shemaya from the Namak Lake Basin, Iran.

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  • Nakajima, J. & Suzawa, Y. (2015): Cobitis sakahoko, a new species of spined loach (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae) from southern Kyushu Island, Japan.
  • Nakayama, N., Endo, H. & Schwarzhans, W. (2015): A new grenadier of the genus Hymenocephalus from Tosa Bay, southern Japan (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Macrouridae).
  • Nebeshwar, K. & Vishwanath, W. (2015): Two new species of Garra (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from the Chindwin River basin in Manipur, India, with notes on some nominal Garra species of the Himalayan foothills.
  • Nguyễn Văn Hảo, Vũ Thị Hồng Nguyên & Nguyễn Thị Diệu Phương (2015): MÔ TẢ BA LOÀI CÁ MỚI THUỘC GIỐNG Silurus Linnaeus, 1758, (Siluridae, Siluriformes) ĐƯỢC PHÁT HIỆN Ở CÁC TỈNH PHÍA BẮC VIỆT NAM / Three Fish Species of The Genus Silurus Linnaeus, 1758, (Siluridae, Siluriformes) Newly Discovered in Northern Vietnam.
  • Nielsen, J.G. (2015): Revision of the aphyonid genus Aphyonus (Teleostei, Ophidiiformes) with a new genus and two new species.
    • New genus: Paraphyonus Nielsen, 2015
    • Type species: Paraphyonus iselini Nielsen, 2015
    • New species:
      • Paraphyonus iselini Nielsen, 2015
      • Paraphyonus merretti Nielsen, 2015
    • New combinations:
      • Aphyonus bolini Nielsen, 1974 -> Paraphyonus bolini (Nielsen, 1974)
      • Aphyonus brevidorsalis Nielsen, 1969 -> Paraphyonus brevidorsalis (Nielsen, 1969)
      • Aphyonus rassi Nielsen, 1975 -> Paraphyonus rassi (Nielsen, 1975)
      • Barathronus solomonensis Nielsen & Møller, 2008 -> Paraphyonus solomonensis (Nielsen & Møller, 2008)
  • Nielsen, J.G., Mincarone, M.M. & Di Dario, F. (2015): A new deep-sea species of Barathronus Goode & Bean from Brazil, with notes on Barathronus bicolor Goode & Bean (Ophidiiformes: Aphyonidae).
  • Nugraha, M.F.I., Kadarusman, Hubert, N., Avarre, J.C., Hadiaty, R.K., Slembrouck, J., Carman, O., Sudarto, Ogistira, R. & Pouyaud L. (2015): Eight new species of Rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from the Birds Head Region, West Papua, Indonesia / Huit nouvelles espèces de poissons arc-en-ciel (Melanotaeniidae) de la région de la Tête d’Oiseau en Papouasie occidentale, Indonésie.
    • Melanotaenia klasioensis Kadarusman, Hadiaty & Pouyaud, 2015
    • Melanotaenia longispina Kadarusman, Avarre & Pouyaud, 2015
    • Melanotaenia manibuii Kadarusman, Slembrouck & Pouyaud, 2015
    • Melanotaenia naramasae Kadarusman, Nugraha & Pouyaud, 2015
    • Melanotaenia rumberponensis Kadarusman, Ogistira & Pouyaud, 2015
    • Melanotaenia sembrae Kadarusman, Carman & Pouyaud, 2015
    • Melanotaenia sikuensis Kadarusman, Sudarto & Pouyaud, 2015
    • Melanotaenia susii Kadarusman, Hubert & Pouyaud, 2015

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  • Ohara, W.M. & Lima, F.C.T. (2015): Hyphessobrycon lucenorum (Characiformes: Characidae), a new species from the rio Madeira basin, Rondônia State, Brazil.

  • Orr, J.W., Wildes, S., Kai, Y., Raring, N., Nakabo, T., Katugin, O. & Guyon, J. (2015): Systematics of North Pacific sand lances of the genus Ammodytes based on molecular and morphological evidence, with the description of a new species from Japan.
  • Orr, J.W., Kai, Y. & Nakabo, T. (2015): Snailfishes of the Careproctus rastrinus complex (Liparidae): redescriptions of seven species in the North Pacific Ocean region, with the description of a new species from the Beaufort Sea.
  • Ota, R.P., Lima, F.C.T. & Pavanelli, C.S. (2015): A new species of Hemigrammus Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the central and western Amazon and rio Paraná-Paraguai basins.
  • Ottoni, F.P. & Mattos, J.L.O. (2015): Phylogenetic position and re-description of the endangered cichlid Nannacara hoehnei, and description of a new genus from Brazilian Cerrado (Teleostei, Cichlidae, Cichlasomatini).

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  • Peixoto, L.A.W., Dutra, G.M. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2015): The Electric Glass Knifefishes of the Eigenmannia trilineata species-group (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae): monophyly and description of seven new species.
    • Eigenmannia antonioi Peixoto et al., 2015
    • Eigenmannia desantanai Peixoto et al., 2015
    • Eigenmannia guairaca Peixoto et al., 2015
    • Eigenmannia matintapereira Peixoto et al., 2015
    • Eigenmannia muirapinima Peixoto et al., 2015
    • Eigenmannia pavulagem Peixoto et al., 2015
    • Eigenmannia waiwai Peixoto et al., 2015
  • Pereira, E.H.L., Lehmann A, P., Schvambach, L.J. & Reis, R.E. (2015): A new species of
    Pareiorhaphis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the headwaters of the Arroio Garapiá, coastal drainage of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil.

  • Petrolli, M.G. & Benine, R.C. (2015): Description of three new species of Moenkhausia (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae) with the definition of the Moenkhausia jamesi species complex.
    • Moenkhausia alesis Petrolli & Benine, 2015
    • Moenkhausia ischyognatha Petrolli & Benine, 2015
    • Moenkhausia sthenosthoma Petrolli & Benine, 2015
  • Pezold, F.L. & Larson, H.K. (2015): A revision of the fish genus Oxyurichthys (Gobioidei: Gobiidae) with descriptions of four new species.
    • Ctenoxylepis subgen. n. Pezold & Larson, 2015
    • Type species: Gobius keiensis Smith, 1938
    • Oxyurichthys chinensis Pezold & Larson, 2015
    • Oxyurichthys limophilus Pezold & Larson, 2015
    • Oxyurichthys rapa Pezold & Larson, 2015
    • Oxyurichthys zeta Pezold & Larson, 2015
  • Piálek, L., Dragová, K., Casciotta, J., Almirón, A. & Říčan, O. (2015): Description of two new species of Crenicichla (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Lower Iguazú River with a taxonomic reappraisal of C. iguassuensis, C. tesay and C. yaha.
  • Pietsch, T.W. & Sutton, T.T. (2015): A New Species of the Ceratioid Anglerfish Genus Lasiognathus Regan (Lophiiformes: Oneirodidae) from the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
  • Poulsen, J.Y. (2015): A new species of pencil smelt Nansenia boreacrassicauda (Microstomatidae, Argentiniformes) from the North Atlantic Ocean.
  • Prokofiev, A. (2015): A new species of Barbatula from the Russian Altai (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).

Прокофьев / Prokofiev, A.M. (2015): РОД STALIX (OPISTOGNATHIDAE) ВО ВЬЕТНАМЕ. / Genus Stalix (Opistognathidae) in Vietnam.

  • Прокофьев / Prokofiev, A.M. (2015): МАТЕРИАЛЫ К РЕВИЗИИ ПОДРОДА Trachinostomias (Melanostomiidae: Photonectes). МОРФОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ ИЗМЕНЧИВОСТЬ P. margarita С ОПИСАНИЕМ ДВУХ НОВЫХ ВИДОВ / Data for the Revision of Subgenus Trachinostomias (Melanostomiidae: Photonectes). Morphological Variability of P. margarita with Description of Two New Species.
    • Photonectes (Trachinostomias) gorodinskii Prokofiev, 2015
    • Photonectes (Trachinostomias) uncinatus Prokofiev, 2015
  • Прокофьев / Prokofiev, A.M. (2015): НОВЫЙ ВИД Eustomias ИЗ РАЙОНА КАНАРСКОЙ КОТЛОВИНЫ С ЗАМЕЧАНИЯМИ ОБ E. parri (Melanostomiidae) / New Species of Eustomias (Melanostomiidae) from the Canary Basin with Notes on E. parri.

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  • 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.
  • Randall, J.E. & Victor, B.C. (2015): Descriptions of thirty-four new species of the fish genus Pempheris (Perciformes: Pempheridae), with a key to the species of the western Indian Ocean.
    • Pempheris andilana Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris argyrea Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris bineeshi Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris bruggemanni Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris connelli Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris ellipse Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris hadra Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris heemstraorum Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris hollemani Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris ibo Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris kruppi Randall, Victor & Aideed, 2015
    • Pempheris kuriamuria Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris leiolepis Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris megalops Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris micromma Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris muscat Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris orbis Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris pathirana Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris peza Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris rochai Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris rubricauda Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris sergey Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris shimoni Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris shirleen Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris smithorum Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris tau Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris ternay Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris tilman Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris tiran Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris trinco Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris viridis Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris wilsoni Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris xanthomma Randall & Victor, 2015
    • Pempheris zajonzi Randall & Victor, 2015
  • Randall, Z.S. & Page, L.M. (2015): On the paraphyly of Homaloptera (Teleostei: Balitoridae) and description of a new genus of hillstream loaches from the Western Ghats of India.
  • Ray, D., Mohapatra, A. & Smith, D.G. (2015): A new species of Short Brown Unpatterned Moray Eel of the Genus Gymnothorax (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the Bay of Bengal.
  • Rizzato, P.P. & Bichuette, M.E. (2015): Ituglanis boticario, a new troglomorphic catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Mambaí karst area, central Brazil.
  • Román–Valencia, C., Ruiz–C., R.I., Taphorn B., D.C., Jiménez–Prado, P. & García–Alzate, C.A. (2015): A new species of Bryconamericus (Characiformes, Stevardiinae, Characidae) from the Pacific coast of northwestern Ecuador, South America.
  • Roxo, F., Orrego, L., Silva, G.C. & Oliveira, C. (2015): Rhinolekos capetinga: a new cascudinho species (Loricariidae, Otothyrinae) from the rio Tocantins basin and comments on its ancestral dispersal route.
  • Roxo, F.F., Silva, G.S.C., Ochoa, L.E. & Oliveira, C. (2015): Description of a new genus and three new species of Otothyrinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae).
    • New genus: Curculionichthys Roxo et al., 2015
    • Type species: Hisonotus insperatus Britski & Garavello, 2003
    • New species:
      • Curculionichthys coxipone Roxo et al., 2015
      • Curculionichthys sabaji Roxo et al., 2015
      • Curculionichthys sagarana Roxo et al., 2015
    • New combinations:
      • Hisonotus insperatus Britski & Garavello, 2003 -> Curculionichthys insperatus (Britski & Garavello, 2003)
      • Hisonotus luteofrenatus Britski & Garavello, 2007 -> Curculionichthys luteofrenatus (Britski & Garavello, 2007)
      • Hisonotus oliveirai Roxo et al., 2014 -> Curculionichthys oliveirai (Roxo et al., 2014)
      • Hisonotus paresi Roxo et al., 2014 -> Curculionichthys paresi (Roxo et al., 2014)
      • Hisonotus piracanjuba Martins & Langeani, 2012 -> Curculionichthys piracanjuba (Martins & Langeani, 2012)
  • Roxo, F., Silva, G.d.C. & Oliveira, C. (2015): A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from rio São Francisco basin, Brazil.
  • Russell, B.C. (2015): A new species of Saurida (Pisces: Synodontidae) from the Mascarene Plateau, Western Indian Ocean.
  • Russell, B.C., Golani, D. & Tikochinski, Y. (2015): Saurida lessepsianus a new species of lizardfish (Pisces: Synodontidae) from the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea, with a key to Saurida species in the Red Sea.

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  • Salcedo, N.J. & Ortega, H. (2015): A new species of armored catfish Chaetostoma from the río Marañón drainage, Amazon basin, Peru (Siluriformes: Loricariidae).
  • Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2015): A new species of the catfish genus Centromochlus (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil.
  • Sayyadzadeh, G., Esmaeili, H.R. & Freyhof, J. (2015): Garra mondica, a new species from the Mond River drainage with remarks on the genus Garra from the Persian Gulf basin in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
  • Schmidt, R.C., Bart, H.L. Jr. & Nyingi, W.D. (2015): Two new species of African suckermouth catfishes, genus Chiloglanis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae), from Kenya with remarks on other taxa from the area.
  • Seah, Y.G., Hanafi, N., Mazlan, A.G. & Chao, N.L. (2015): A new species of Larimichthys from Terengganu, east coast of Peninsular Malaysia (Perciformes: Sciaenidae).
  • Serra, J.P. & Langeani, F. (2015): A new Hasemania Ellis from the upper rio Paraná basin, with the redescription of Hasemania crenuchoides Zarske & Géry (Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Shinohara, G. & Katayama, E. (2015): A new species of the clingfish genus Kopua (Gobiesociformes: Gobiesocidae) from Japan.
  • Sideleva, V.G., Naseka, A.M. & Zhidkov, Z.V. (2015): A new species of Cottus from the Onega River drainage, White Sea basin (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae).
  • Silva, G.C., Roxo, F. & Oliveira, C. (2015): Two new species of Pseudancistrus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Amazon basin, northern Brazil.
    • Pseudancistrus asurini Silva et al., 2015
    • Pseudancistrus kayabi Silva et al., 2015
  • Silva, R.R. (2015): Rivulus berovidesi, a new killifish species (Teleostei: Rivulidae) from western Cuba.
  • Silva-Oliveira, C., Canto, A.L.C. & Ribeiro, F.R.V. (2015): Bryconops munduruku (Characiformes: Characidae), a new species of fish from the lower Tapajós River basin, Brazil.
  • Singer, R.A. & Page, L.M. (2015): Revision of the Zipper Loaches, Acanthocobitis and Paracanthocobitis (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species.
    • Paracanthocobitis abutwebi Singer & Page, 2015
    • Paracanthocobitis adelaideae Singer & Page, 2015
    • Paracanthocobitis canicula Singer & Page, 2015
    • Paracanthocobitis linypha Singer & Page, 2015
    • Paracanthocobitis maekhlongensis Singer & Page, 2015
  • Smith, D.G., Lin, J., Chen, H.-M. & Pogonoski, J.J. (2015): The eels of the genus Nettenchelys, with description of a new species from Taiwan (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Nettastomatidae).
  • Soares, K.D.A., Gadig, O.F.B. & Gomes, U.L. (2015): Scyliorhinus ugoi, a new species of catshark from Brazil (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae).
  • Song, H.-Y. & Bang, I.-C. (2015): Coreoleuciscus aeruginos (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), a new species from the Seomjin and Nakdong rivers, Korea.
  • Sparks, J.S. & Chakrabarty, P. (2015): Description of a new genus of ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), with a review of the current generic-level composition of the family.
  • Staeck, W. & Schindler, I. (2015): Description of a new Heros species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Rio Orinoco drainage and notes on Heros severus Heckel, 1840.
    • Heros liberifer Staeck & Schindler, 2015
      • Bulletin of Fish Biology, 15 (1/2): 121-136.
  • Stiassny, M.L.J. & Alter, S.E. (2015): Phylogenetics of Teleogramma, a riverine clade of African cichlid fishes, with a description of the deepwater molluskivore — Teleogramma obamaorum — from the lower reaches of the middle Congo River.
  • Suvarnaraksha, A. (2015): A new species of highland loach, Schistura sirindhornae, from the upper Chao Phraya River basin, Thailand (Pisces: Ostariophysi: Nemacheilidae).
  • Suzuki, T., Greenfield, D. W. & Motomura, H. (2015): Two new dwarfgobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan: Eviota flavipinnata and Eviota rubrimaculata.

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  • Tamang, L., Sinha, B. & Gurumayum, S.D. (2015): Exostoma tenuicaudata, a new species of glyptosternine catfish (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) from the upper Brahmaputra drainage, northeastern India.
  • Tanaka, F. & Iwatsuki, Y. (2015): Amamiichthys, a new genus for the sparid fish Cheimerius matsubarai Akazaki 1962, and redescription of the species, with designation of a neotype.
  • Tashiro, F., Hibino, Y. & Imamura, H. (2015): Description of a new species of the genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae, Myrophinae) from the eastern Indian Ocean, with comments on the availability of three congeners.
  • Thomson, A.W., Page, L.M. & Hilber, S.A. (2015): Revision of the Amphilius jacksonii complex (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae), with the descriptions of five new species.
    • Amphilius crassus Thomson & Hilber, 2015
    • Amphilius frieli Thomson & Page, 2015
    • Amphilius lujani Thomson & Page, 2015
    • Amphilius pedunculus Thomson & Page, 2015
    • Amphilius ruziziensis Thomson & Page, 2015
  • Thoni, R.J. & Mayden, R.L. (2015): Garra robertsi, a new cyprinid (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) fish species from Borneo.
  • Tighe, K.A., Pogonoski, J.J., Hibino, Y., Ho, H.-C. & Nguyen, Q.V. (2015): Three new species of the genus Chlopsis (Anguilliformes: Chlopsidae) from the Indo-Pacific.
    • Chlopsis nanhaiensis Tighe, Ho, Pogonoski & Hibino, 2015
    • Chlopsis orientalis Tighe, Hibino & Nguyen, 2015
    • Chlopsis sagmacollaris s Pogonoski & Tighe, 2015

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  • Uiblein, F. & Gledhill, D.C. (2015): A new goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Australia and Vanuatu, with inter- and intraspecific comparisons.
  • Uiblein, F. & White, W.T. (2015): A new goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Lombok, Indonesia and first verified record of U. asymmetricus for the Indian Ocean.

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  • Valdesalici, S. (2015): Nothobranchius torgashevi (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) a new species of annual killifish with two male colour morphs from the Lake Eyasi Basin, Central Tanzania.
    • Nothobranchius torgashevi Valdesalici, 2015
      • Killi-Data Series, 2015: 17-30.
  • Valdesalici, S. & Eberl, W. (2015): Aphyosemion jeanhuberi, a new killifish species of the Aphyosemion ogoense species group (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), with remarks on the identity of Aphyosemion louessense (Pellegrin, 1931).
  • Valdesalici, S. & Van der Voort, S. (2015): Badis laspiophilus, a new miniature addition to the ichthyofauna of West Bengal, north-eastern India, with observations on its ecology and preliminary notes on its ethology (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Badidae).
  • Valdesalici, S. & Van der Voort, S. (2015): Four new species of the Indo-Burmese genus Badis from West Bengal, India (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Badidae).
    • Badis andrewraoi Valdesalici & Van der Voort, 2015
    • Badis autumnum Valdesalici & Van der Voort, 2015
    • Badis kyanos Valdesalici & Van der Voort, 2015
    • Badis soraya Valdesalici & Van der Voort, 2015
  • van der Zee, J.R., Sonnenberg, R. & Mbimbi Mayi Munene, J.J. (2015): Hypsopanchax stiassnyae, a new poeciliid fish from the Lulua River (Democratic Republic of Congo) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes).
  • van Tassell, J.L., Joyeux, J.-C., Macieira, R.M. & Tornabene, L. (2015): Status of Gobiosoma (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Brazil: description of a new species, redescription of G. hemigymnum, molecular phylogeny of the genus, and key to Atlantic species.
  • Vanegas-Ríos, J.A., Urbano-Bonilla, A. & Azpelicueta, M.d.l.M. (2015): Chrysobrycon guahibo, a new species from the Orinoco River basin, with a distribution expansion of the genus (Teleostei: Characidae).
  • Vásquez, V.E., Ebert, D.A. & Long, D.J. (2015): Etmopterus benchleyi n. sp., a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the central eastern Pacific Ocean.
  • Воскобойникова, O.C. & Назаркин, M.B. / Voskoboinikova, O.S. & Nazarkin, M.V. (2015): ПЕРЕОПИСАНИЕ КОЛЮЧЕГО КРУГЛОПЁРА АНДРИЯШЕВА Eumicrotremus andriashevi С ВЫДЕЛЕНИЕМ НОВОГО ПОДВИДА E. andriashevi aculeatus SSP. N. (CYCLOPTERIDAE) / Redescription of Andriashev’s Spiny Pimpled Lumpsucker Eumicrotremus andriashevi and Designation of a New Subspecies E. andriashevi aculeatus ssp. n. (Cyclopteridae).
  • Воскобойникова, O.C. & Назаркин, M.B. / Voskoboinikova, O.S. & Nazarkin, M.V. (2015): Georgimarinus gen. nov. A New Genus of the Family Cyclopteridae (Cottoidei).

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  • Walsh, S.J., Ribeiro, F.R.V. & Rapp-Py-Daniel, L.H. (2015): Revision of Tympanopleura Eigenmann (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) with description of two new species.
  • Watters, B.R., Wildekamp, R.H. & Shidlovskiy, M. (2015): Description and biogeography of Nothobranchius capriviensis, a new species of annual killifish from the Zambezi Region of Namibia (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae).
    • Nothobranchius capriviensis Watters et al., 2015
      • Journal of the American Killifish Association, 47 (4-6): 97-133.
  • Weigmann, S., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Thiel, R. (2015): Okamejei ornata n. sp., a new deep-water skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean off Socotra Islands.
  • White, W.T., Last, P.R. & Baje, L. (2015): Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus, a new species of eagle ray (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from northern Australia and New Guinea.
  • Williams, J.T. & Carpenter, K.E. (2015): A new fish species of the subfamily Serraninae (Perciformes, Serranidae) from the Philippines.
  • Winterbottom, R., Erdmann, M.V. & Cahyani, N.K. (2015): New species of Trimma (Actinopterygii, Gobiidae) from Indonesia, with comments on head papillae nomenclature.
    • Trimma aturirii Winterbottom et al., 2015
    • Trimma kardium Winterbottom et al., 2015
    • Trimma trioculatum Winterbottom et al., 2015
  • Winterbottom, R. & Hoese, D.F. (2015): A revision of the Australian species of Trimma (Actinopterygii, Gobiidae), with descriptions of six new species and redescriptions of twenty-three valid species.
    • Trimma insularum Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015
    • Trimma kitrinum Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015
    • Trimma meristum Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015
    • Trimma pentherum Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015
    • Trimma readerae Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015
    • Trimma xanthum Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015
    • Wu, T.-J., Yang, J. & Xiu, L.-H. (2015): A new species of Bibarba (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitidae) from Guangxi, China.

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  • Xia, R., Durand, J.-D. & Fu, C. (in press): Multilocus resolution of Mugilidae phylogeny (Teleostei: Mugiliformes): Implications for the family’s taxonomy.

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  • Zanata, A.M. & Camelier, P. (2015): Two new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from northeastern Brazilian coastal drainages.
  • Zanata, A.M. & Ohara, W.M. (2015): A new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from headwaters of rio Pacaás Novos, rio Madeira basin, Rondônia, Brazil.
  • Zanata, A.M., Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Martins-Pinheiro, R.F. (2015): A new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from coastal rivers in the extreme south of Bahia, Brazil.
  • Zarske, A. (2015): Hemigrammus rubrostriatus spec. nov. – ein neuer Salmler aus Kolumbien und Revalidierung von Hemigrammus falsus Meinken, 1958 (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae.
  • Zarske, A. (2015): Hyphessobrycon clavatus spec. nov. – ein neuer Salmler aus Peru (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Zawadzki, C.H., Oliveira, A.S., de Oliveira, R.R. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L. (2015): Hypostomus melanephelis, a new armored catfish species from the rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Loricariidae).
  • Zintzen, V., Roberts, C.D., Shepherd, L., Stewart, A.L., Struthers, C.D., Anderson, M.J., McVeagh, M., Noren, M. & Fernholm, B. (2015): Review and phylogeny of the New Zealand hagfishes (Myxiniformes: Myxinidae), with a description of three new species.