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2021 latest news (December)

  • Takagui, F.H., Viana, P., Baumgärtner, L., Bitencourt, J.A., Margarido, V.P., Lui, R.L., Feldberg, E., Birindelli, J.L.O., Almeida, F.S. & Giuliano-Caetano, L. (2021):  Reconstruction of the Doradinae (Siluriformes-Doradidae) ancestral diploid number and NOR pattern reveals new insights about the karyotypic diversification of the Neotropical thorny catfishes.

2021 latest news (November)

  • Bonhomme, F., Meyer, L., Arbiol, C., Banaru, D., Bahri-Sfar, L., Fadhlaoui-Zid, K., Strelkov, P., Arculeo, M., Soulier, L., Quignard, J.-P. & Gagnaire, P.-A. (2021): Systematics of European coastal anchovies (genus Engraulis Cuvier).
  • Rocha, R.H., Fernandes, C.A., Bignotto, T.S., Margarido, V.P., Tencatt, L.F.C., Graça, W.J. &  Gubiani, É.A. (2021): Integrated analysis reveals a new species of Corydoras Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) in the lower Iguassu River, Brazil.
  • Delrieu-Trottin, E., Hartmann Salvo, H., Agudelo, P.S., Landaeta, M.F. & Matus, A. P. (2021): DNA reconciles morphology and colouration in the drunk blenny genus Scartichthys (Teleostei: Blenniidae) and provides insights into their evolutionary history.
  • Yu, P., Zhou, L., Yang, X.-L., Li, L.-L., Jin, H., Li, Z., Wang, Z.-W., Li, X.-Y., Zhang, X.-J., Wang, Y. & Gui, J.-F. (2021): Comparative mitogenomic analyses unveil conserved and variable mitogenomic features and phylogeny of Chedrinae fish.
  • [update]  Burns, M.D. (2021): Adaptation to herbivory and detritivory drives the convergent evolution of large abdominal cavities in a diverse freshwater fish radiation (Otophysi: Characiformes).
  • [update]  Rocamontes-Morales, J.A., Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, C., Rios-Cardenas, O. & Hernandez-Romero, P.C. (2021): Genetic and morphological differentiation in the green swordtail fish, Xiphophorus hellerii: the influence of geographic and environmental factors.
  • [update]  Robalo, J.I., Farias, I., Francisco, S.M., Avellaneda, K., Castilho, R. & Figueiredo, I. (2021): Genetic population structure of the Blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo): contribution of mtDNA control region to fisheries management.
  • [update]  Markevich, G.N., Esin, E.V., Medvedev, D.A., Busarova, O.Y. & Tiunov, A.V. (2021): Trophic-based diversification in benthivorous charrs (Salvelinus) dwelling littoral zones of Northern lakes.
  • [update]  MacGuigan, D.J., Hoagstrom, C.W., Domisch, S., Hulsey, C.D. &. Near, T.J. (2021): Integrative ichthyological species delimitation in the Greenthroat Darter complex (Percidae: Etheostomatinae).
  • [update]  Levin, B., Simonov, E., Franchini, P., Mugue, N., Golubtsov, A. & Meyer, A. (2021): Rapid adaptive radiation in a hillstream cyprinid fish in the East African White Nile River basin.
  • [update]  Harvey, V.L., Keating, J.N. & Buckley, M. (2021): Phylogenetic analyses of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) using collagen type I protein sequences.
  • [update]  Fernandes, M.A., Cioffi, M., Bertollo, L.A., Costa, G.W., Motta-Neto, C.C., Borges, A.T., Soares, R.X., Souza, A.S., Pinthong, K., Supiwong, W., Tanomtong, A. & Molina, W.F. (2021): Evolutionary Tracks of Chromosomal Diversification in Surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae: Acanthurus) along the World’s Biogeographic Domains.
  • [update]  Fernandes, C.A., Paiz, L.M., Piscor, D., Gavazzoni, M., Carvalho, L.A.B., Brito Portela-Castro, A.L. & Margarido, V.P. (2021): Chromosomal Diversity in Two Allopatric Populations of Farlowella hahni Meinken 1937 (Teleostei: Siluriformes): Cytogenetics and Cytochrome b Analyses.
  • [update]  Feller, A.F., Ogi, V., Seehausen, O. & Meier, J.I. (2021): Identification of a novel sex determining chromosome in cichlid fishes that acts as XY or ZW in different lineages.
  • [update]  Ekanayake, H., Perera, N., Ukuwela, K.D., Walpita, C.N., Kodithuwakku, S.P. & Perera, S.J. (2021): Cryptic species diversity and molecular diagnosis of Channa orientalis; an endemic freshwater fish of Sri Lanka.
  • [update]  Buckley, S.J., Brauer, C., Unmack, P.J., Hammer, M.P. & Beheregaray, L.B. (2021): The roles of aridification and sea level changes in the diversification and persistence of freshwater fish lineages.
  • [update]  Borovikova, E.A. & Artamonova, V.S. (2021): Vendace (Coregonus albula) and least cisco (Coregonus sardinella) are a single species: evidence from revised data on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA polymorphism.
  • [update]  Sam, K.-K., Lau, N.-S., Shu-Chien, A.C., Muchlisin, Z.A. & Nugroho, R.A. (2021): Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Paedocypris micromegethes and Paedocypris carbunculus Reveal Conserved Gene Order and Phylogenetic Relationships of Miniaturized Cyprinids.
  • [update]  Santaquiteria, A., Siqueira, A.C., Duarte-Ribeiro, E., Carnevale, G., White, W., Pogonoski, J., Baldwin, C.C., Ortí, G., Arcila, D. & Betancur, R.R. (2021):Phylogenomics and Historical Biogeography of Seahorses, Dragonets, Goatfishes, and Allies (Teleostei: Syngnatharia): Assessing Factors Driving Uncertainty in Biogeographic Inferences.
  • [update]  Sholihah, A., Delrieu-Trottin, E., Condamine, F.L., Wowor, D., Rüber, L., Pouyaud, L., Agnèse, J.-F. & Hubert, N. (2021): Impact of Pleistocene Eustatic Fluctuations on Evolutionary Dynamics in Southeast Asian Biodiversity Hotspots.
  • [update]  Stefanni, S., Catarino, D., Ribeiro, P.A., Freitas, M., Menezes, G.M., Neat, F. & Stankovic, D. (2021): Molecular Systematics of the Long-Snouted Deep Water Dogfish (Centrophoridae, Deania) With Implications for Identification, Taxonomy, and Conservation.
  • [update]  Sudasinghe, H., Dahanukar, N., Raghavan, R., Senavirathna, T., Shewale, D.J., Paingankar, M.S., Amarasinghe, A., Pethiyagoda, R., Rüber, L. & Meegaskumbura, M. (2021): Island colonization by a ‘rheophilic’ fish: the phylogeography of Garra ceylonensis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka.
  • [update]  Tsaparis, D., Konstantinidis, I., Palandacic, A., Kalogianni, E., Stoumboudi, M.T., Barbieri, R., Vardakas, L., Koutsikos, N. & Tsigenopoulos, C.S. (2021): DNA barcoding provides new insights on the distribution, systematics and conservation of the freshwater genus Pelasgus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in Greece.
  • [update]  Wang, J., Li, C., Chen, J., Wang, J., Jin, J., Jiang, S., Yan, L., Lin, H.-D. & Zhao, J. (2021): Phylogeographic structure of the dwarf snakehead (Channa gachua) around Gulf of Tonkin: Historical biogeography and pronounced effects of sea-level changes.
  • [update]  Xuan, Z., Jiang, T., Liu, H., Chen, X. & Yang, J. (2021): Mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite analyses reveal strong genetic differentiation between two types of estuarine tapertail anchovies (Coilia) in Yangtze River Basin, China.
  • [update]  Zarei, F., Esmaeili, H.R., Schliewen, U.K., Abbasi, K. & Sayyadzadeh, G. (2021): Mitochondrial phylogeny, diversity, and ichthyogeography of gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the oldest and deepest Caspian sub-basin and tracing source and spread pattern of an introduced Rhinogobius species at the tricontinental crossroad.
  • Crotti, M., Bean, C.W., Gowans, A.R.D., Winfield, I.J., Butowska, M., Wanzenböck, J., Bondarencko, G., Præbel, K., Adams, C.E. & Elmer, K.R. (2021): Complex and divergent histories gave rise to genome-wide divergence patterns amongst European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus).
  • Mandagi, I.F., Kakioka, R., Montenegro, J., Kobayashi, H., Masengi, K.W.A., Inomata, N., Nagano, A.J., Toyoda, A., Ansai, S., Matsunami, M., Kimura, R., Kitano, J., Kusumi, J. & Yamahira, K. (2021): Species divergence and repeated ancient hybridization in a Sulawesian lake system.
  • Sudasinghe, H., Ranasinghe, T., Herath, J., Wijesooriya, K., Pethiyagoda, R., Rüber, L.  & Meegaskumbura, M. (2021): Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the freshwater-fish genus Pethia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka.
  • Ghaderi, E., Farahmand, H., Bahrami Kamangar, B. & Nematollahi, M.A. (2021): Molecular validity of nemacheilid loaches from Choman River drainage, Kurdistan, Iran.
  • Říčan, O., Dragová, K., Almirón, A., Casciotta, J., Gottwald, J. & Piálek, L. (2021): MtDNA species-level phylogeny and delimitation support significantly underestimated diversity and endemism in the largest Neotropical cichlid genus (Cichlidae: Crenicichla).
  • Zawadzki, C.H., Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M., Da Silva, H.P., Lechner, W. & Souza Penido, I. (2021): Assessing two hundred years of taxonomic doubt with the rediscovery and taxonomic establishment of the Amazonian armored catfish Hypostomus pantherinus Kner 1854 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae).
  • Longo, G.C., Harms, J., Hyde, J.R., Craig, M.T., Ramón-Laca, A. & Nichols, K.M. (2021): Genome-wide markers reveal differentiation between and within the cryptic sister species, sunset and vermilion rockfish.
  • Weber, A. A.-T., Rajkov, J., Smailus, K., Egger, B. & Salzburger (2021): Speciation dynamics and extent of parallel evolution along a lake-stream environmental contrast in African cichlid fishes.
  • Dyldin, Y.V., Fricke, R., Hanel, L., Vorobiev, D.S., Interesova, E.A., Romanov, V.I. & Orlov, A.M. (2021): Freshwater and brackish water fishes of Sakhalin Island (Russia) in inland and coastal waters: an annotated checklist with taxonomic comments.
  • Zolkaply, S.Z., Do, T.D., Asaduzzaman, M., Seah, Y.G., Hurwood, D., Mather, P., Rahman, M.M. & Wong, L.L. (2021): Evolutionary History and Taxonomic Reappraisal of Coral Reef Rabbitfishes (Siganidae): Patterns of Lineage Diversification and Speciation.
  • Tea, Y.-K., Allen, G.R., Goatley, C.H.R., Gill, A.C. & Frable, B.W. (2021): Redescription of Conniella apterygia Allen and its reassignment in the genus Cirrhilabrus Temminck and Schlegel (Teleostei: Labridae), with comments on cirrhilabrin pelvic morphology.
  • Bruner, J.C. (2021): Stizostedion Rafinesque, 1820 (Percidae) is the valid generic name for Walleye, Sauger, and Eurasian pikeperch.
  • Muto, N., Kakioka, R., Ghaffar, M.A., Nguyen, V.Q., Vilasri, V., Traifalgar, R. F.M., Babaran, R.P., Muto, F., Takeshima, H., Motomura, H. & Ishikawa, S. (2021): Fine-scale phylogeography of coastal fishes in the South China Sea: Possible roles of biological traits and geography.
  • Rossi, A.R., Petrosino, G., Crescenzo, S., Milana, V., Talarico, L., Martinoli, M., Rakaj, A., Lorenzoni, M., Carosi, A., Ciuffardi, L. & Tancioni, L. (2021): Phylogeography and population structure of Squalius lucumonis: A baseline for conservation of an Italian endangered freshwater fish.
  • McCord, C.L., Nash, C.M., Cooper, W.J. & Westneat, M.W. (2021): Phylogeny of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae) and patterns of asymmetrical diversification in body size and feeding ecology.

2021 latest news (October)

  • Gomon, M.F., Struthers, C.D. & Kemp, J. (2021): A review of the Australasian genus Pseudophycis (Gadiformes: Moridae), redescribing its four species and resurrecting the name Physiculus palmatus Klunzinger, 1872, for the Australian red cod.
  • Cunha-Machado, A.S., Farias, I.P., Hrbek, T.,Escobar, M.D., Alves-Gomes, J.A., Formiga, K.M. & Silva Batista, J. (2021): Genetic differentiation and gene flow of the Amazonian catfish Pseudoplatystoma punctifer across the Madeira River rapids prior to the construction of hydroelectric dams.
  • Sakai, H., Sakamoto, R. & Yoshikawa, H. (2021): Dorsal spinule patch variations in the puffer Lagocephalus spadiceus from Japan; revisited evidence for the existence of “spadiceus”- and “wheeleri”-forms.
  • [update]  Jamaluddin, J.A.F., So, N., Tam, B.M., Ahmad, A., Grudpan, C., Sah, A.S.R.M. & Nor, S.A.M. (2021): Genetic diversity of the tire track eel Mastacembelus favus in Southeast Asia inferred from microsatellite markers.
  • [update]  Fujiwara, K., Kawama, K., Muto, N., Senou, H. & Motomura, H. (2021): Validity and redescription of the poorly known Japanese blenny Alticus orientalis Tomiyama 1955 (Perciformes: Blenniidae).
  • Moraes, R.L.R., Sassi, F.M.C., Bertollo, L.A.C., Marinho, M.M.F., Viana, P.F., Feldberg, E., Oliveira, V.C.S., Deon, G.A., Al-Rikabi, A.B.H., Liehr, T. & Cioffi, M.B. (2021): Tracking the Evolutionary Trends Among Small-Size Fishes of the Genus Pyrrhulina (Characiforme, Lebiasinidae): New Insights From a Molecular Cytogenetic Perspective.
  • Sithole, Y., Heemstra, E. & Mwale, M. (2021): Revalidation and redescription of Serranus knysnaensis Gilchrist, 1904, (Perciformes: Serranidae) with a new distribution record.
  • Mattox, G.M.T. & Conway, K.W. (2021): Osteology of Tucanoichthys tucano Géry and Römer, an enigmatic miniature fish from the Amazon basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Mehner, T., Palm, S., Delling, B., Karjalainen, J., Kielpinska, J., Vogt, A. & Freyhof, J. (2021): Genetic relationships between sympatric and allopatric Coregonus ciscoes in North and Central Europe.
  • [update]  Lacoste, F.F., Fernández, L. & Scioscia, C. (2021): On an unknown lamprey holotype (Petromyzon macrostomus Burmeister 1868) and the genus Exomegas Gill 1883 from South America.
  • [update]  Torres-Hernández, E., Betancourt-Resendes, I., Angulo, A., Robertson, D.R., Barraz, E., Espinoza, E., Díaz-Jaimes, P. & Domínguez-Domínguez, O. (2021): A multi-locus approach to elucidating the evolutionary history of the clingfish Tomicodon petersii (Gobiesocidae) in the Tropical Eastern Pacific.
  • [update]  Segherloo, I.H., Freyhof, J., Berrebi, P., Ferchaud, A.-L., Geiger, M., Laroche, J., Levin,  B.A., Normandeau, E. & Bernatchez, L. (2021): A Genomic Perspective on an Old Question: Salmo trouts or Salmo trutta (Teleostei: Salmonidae)?
  • [update]  Baroni, S., Pacheco, R. & Almeida-Toledo, D.L.F. (2021): Paraphyly and evolutionary independent lineages in Gymnotus pantherinus (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Coastal Streams.
  • [update]  Šlechtová, V., Musilova, Z., Tan, H.H., Kottelat, M. & Bohlen, J. (2021): One northward, one southward: contrasting biogeographical history in two benthic freshwater fish genera across Southeast Asia (Teleostei: Cobitoidea: Nemacheilus, Pangio).
  • [update]  Bonetti Pozzobon, A.P., Gonçalves, P.R., Anderson, J.D., Rocha, L.A., Diaz de Astarloa, J.M. & Di Dario, F. (2021): Phylogenetic relationships, genetic diversity and biogeography of menhadens, genus Brevoortia (Clupeiformes, Clupeidae).
  • [update]  Hammer, M.P., Adams, M., Unmack, P.J., Hassell, K.L. & Bertozzi, T. (2021): Surprising Pseudogobius: molecular systematics of benthic gobies reveals new insights into estuarine biodiversity (Teleostei: Gobiiformes).
  • [update]  Koblmüller, S., Schöggl, C.A., Lorber, C.J., Van Steenberge, M., Kmentovác, N., Vanhove, M.P.M. & Zangl, L. (2021): African lates perches (Teleostei, Latidae, Lates): paraphyly of Nile perch and recent colonization of Lake Tanganyika.
  • Simon, T., Pinheiro, H.T., Santos, S., Macieira, R.M., Ferreira, Y.S.S., Bernardi, G., Rocha, L.A., Floeter, S.R., Ferreira, C.E.L. & Joyeux, J.-C. (2021): Comparative phylogeography of reef fishes indicates seamounts as stepping stones for dispersal and diversification.
  • Favarato, R.M., Ribeiro, L.B., Campos, A., Porto, J.I.R., Nakayama, C.M., Ota, R.P. & Feldberg, E. (2021): Comparative cytogenetics of Serrasalmidae (Teleostei: Characiformes): The relationship between chromosomal evolution and molecular phylogenies.
  • Martynova, A.L. & Vasil’eva, E.D. (2021): Problems of Taxonomy and Diagnostics of Gudgeons of the Genus Gobio (Cyprinidae) from Ural, Siberia, Kazakhstan and the Amur River Basin.
  • Elías, D.J., McMahan, C.D & Piller, K.R. (2021): Molecular data elucidate cryptic diversity within the widespread Threadfin Shad (Dorosoma petenense: Clupeidae) across the Nearctic and Northern Neotropics.
  • Ollé, J., Vilà-Valls, L., Alvarado-Bremer, J., Cerdenares, G., Duong, T.Y., Hajjej, G., Lino,  P.G., Muñoz-Lechuga, R., Sow, F.N., Diaha, N.C., Araguas, R.M., Sanz, N. & Viñas, J. (2021): Population genetics meets phylogenetics: new insights into the relationships among members of the genus Euthynnus (family Scombridae) Euthynnus population genetics and phylogeny.
  • Ramírez-Amaro, S., Ordines, F., Fricke, R., Ruiz-Jarabo, I., Bolado, I. & Massutí, E. (2021): Genetic and Morphological Evidence to Split the Coris julis Species Complex (Teleostei: Labridae) Into Two Sibling Species: Resurrection of Coris melanura (Lowe, 1839) Redescription of Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758).
  • Zhang, R., Tang, Q. &  Deng, L. (2021): The complete mitochondrial genome of Microphysogobio elongatus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) and its phylogenetic implications.

2021 latest news (September)

  • [update]  Hüne, M., Oyarzún, P.A., Reyes, P., Rivera, G. & Montecinos, M. (2021): Phylogeographic analysis of Thyrsites atun (Perciformes: Gempylidae) reveals connectivity between fish from South Africa and Chile.
  • El Mghazli, H., Znari, M., Mounir, A., Benaissa, H. & El Ouizgani, H. (2021): Does the Atlantic horse mackerel Trachurus trachurus (Teleostei: Carangidae) differentiate morphologically within the putative Moroccan-Saharan stock?
  • Apolinário-Silva, C., Galindo, B.A., Nascimento, R.H.C., Frantine-Silva, W., Kotelok-Diniz, T., Sofia, S.H. & Ferreira, D.G. (2021): Fine-scale genetic structure of suckermouth Hypostomus ancistroides populations: the importance of Neotropical streams for fish conservation.
  • [update]  McMahan, C.D., Elías, D.J., Li, Y., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Rodriguez-Machado , S., Morales-Cabrera, A., Velásquez-Ramírez, D., Piller, K.R., Chakrabarty, P. & Matamoros, W.A. (in press): Molecular systematics of the Awaous banana complex (River Gobies; Teleostei: Oxudercidae).
  • Sobri, N.Z.A., Lavoué, S., Aziz, F., Nor, S.A.M., Akib, N.A.M. & Khaironizam, M.Z. (2021): To lump, to split or to maintain? Molecular taxonomy of the spotted barb Barbodes binotatus (Cyprinidae) and closely related species in Peninsular Malaysia.
  • Lira, M.G.S., Berbel-Filho, W.M., Espírito-Santo, H.M.V., Tatarenkov, A., Avise, J.C., Leaniz, C.G., Consuegra, S. & Lima, S.M.Q. (2021): Filling the gaps: phylogeography of the self-fertilizing Kryptolebias species (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) along South American mangroves.
  • [update]  Mutizwa, T.I., Kadye, W.T. & Chakona, A. (2021): Deep genetic and morphological divergence in the Hippopotamyrus ansorgii species complex (Teleostei: Mormyridae) in southern Africa.
  • [update]  Kim, J.-S., Ji, H.-S. & Kim, J.-K. (2021): Molecular and morphological comparison of larvae and juveniles of five species of callionymids, with ontogenetic evidence on the monophyly of Repomucenus (Callionymidae).
  • [update]  Calixto-Rojas, M., Lira-Noriega, A., Rubio-Godoy, M., Pérez-Ponce de León, G. & Pinacho-Pinacho, C.D. (2021): Phylogenetic relationships and ecological niche conservatism in killifish (Profundulidae) in Mesoamerica.
  • [update]  Sun, Z.-X., Kawase, S., Zhang, R. & Zhao, Y.-H. (2021): Taxonomic Revision and Redescription of Microphysogobio hsinglungshanensis, the type species of Microphysogobio Mori, 1934 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).
  • Martin, J. M. & Hilton, E. J. (2021): A taxonomic review of the family Trachipteridae (Acanthomorpha: Lampridiformes), with an emphasis on taxa distributed in the western Pacific Ocean.
  • Han, Z.-Q., Guo, X.-Y., Liu, Q., Liu, S.-S., Zhang, Z.-X., Xiao, S.-J. & Gao, T.-X. (2021): Whole-genome resequencing of Japanese whiting (Sillago japonica) provide insights into local adaptations.
  • [overlooked] Artigas Azas, J.M. (2020): Kihnichthys, a Junior Synonym of Cincelichthys.
    • Cichlid News, 29 (4): 10-12.
  • White, S.L., Kazyak, D.C., Harrington, R.C., Kulp, M.A., Rash, J.M., Weathers, T.C. & Near,T.J. (2021): Phenotypic Variation in Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill) at Broad Spatial Scales Makes Morphology an Insufficient Basis for Taxonomic Reclassification of the Species.
  • Ren, C., Zhao, X., Meng, F., Liu, Y., Wang, H., Zhang, K., Liu, B. & Yang, E. (2021): The complete mitochondrial genome of Poropanchax normani and phylogenetic studies of Cyprinodontidaes.
  • Gonzalez, C., Postaire, B., Domingues, R.R., Feldheim, K.A., Caballero, S. & Chapman, D. 2021. Phylogeography and population genetics of the cryptic bonnethead shark Sphyrna aff. tiburo in Brazil and the Caribbean inferred from mitochondrial DNA markers.
  • Beltrán-López, R.G., González-Díaz, A.A., Soria-Barreto, M., Garduño-Sánchez, M.A., Xochitla-Castrejón, C., Rodiles-Hernández, R. & Ornelas-García, C.P. (2021): Genetic diversity and structure of one of the most endangered freshwater fish species in Mexico: Tlaloc hildebrandi (Miller, 1950) and recognition of its evolutionarily significant units.
  • Sowersby, W., Cerca, J., Wong, B.B.M., Lehtonen, T.K., Chapple, D.G., Leal-Cardín, M., Barluenga, M. & Ravinet, M. (2021): Pervasive admixture and the spread of a large-lipped form in a cichlid fish radiation.

2021 latest news (August)

  • Magalhães, K.X., Silva, R.D.F., Sawakuchi, A.O., Gonçalves, A.P., Gomes, G.F.E., Muriel-Cunha, J., Sabaj, M.H. & Sousa, L.M. (2021): Phylogeography of Baryancistrus xanthellus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a rheophilic catfish endemic to the Xingu River basin in eastern Amazonia.
  • Sheraliev, B. & Zuogang Peng, Z. (2021): Molecular diversity of Uzbekistan’s fishes assessed with DNA barcoding.
  • Arroyave, J. & Cruz-Fernández, D.A. (2021): Genetic and morphological evidence cast doubt on the validity of Mexican troglobitic species of the Neotropical catfish genus Rhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae).
  • Cárcamo-Tejer, V., Vila, I., Llanquín-Rosas, F., Sáez-Arteaga, A. & Guerrero-Jiménez, C. (2021): Phylogeography of high Andean killifishes Orestias (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) in Caquena and Lauca sub-basins of the Altiplano (Chile): mitochondrial and nuclear analysis of an endangered fish.
  • [update]  Costa, W.J.E.M., Mattos, J.L.O. & Katz, A.M. (2021): Phylogenetic Position of Trichomycterus payaya and Examination of Osteological Characters Diagnosing the Neotropical Catfish Genus Ituglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
  • Yamahira, K., Ansai, S., Kakioka, R., Yaguchi, H., Kon, T., Montenegro, J., Kobayashi, H., Fujimoto, S., Kimura, R., Takehana, Y., Setiamarga, D.H.E., Takami, Y., Tanaka, R., Maeda, K., Tran, H.D., Koizumi, N., Morioka, S., Bounsong, V., Watanabe, K., Musikasinthorn, P., Tun, S., Yun, L.K.C., Masengi, K.W.A., Anoop, V.K., Raghavan, R.
    & Kitano, J. (2021): Mesozoic origin and ‘out-of-India’ radiation of ricefishes (Adrianichthyidae).
  • [update]  Arroyave, J. & Cruz Fernández, D.A. (2021): Cave-dwelling populations of Rhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Sierra de Zongolica, Veracruz, Mexico: an evidence-based checklist with comments on their evolutionary history and taxonomy.
  • Laurrabaquio-Alvarado, N.S., Díaz-Jaimes, P., Hinojosa-Álvarez, S., Blanco-Parra,  M.P., Adams, D.H., Pérez-Jiménez, J.C., & Castillo-Géniz, J.L. (2021): Mitochondrial DNA genome evidence for the existence of a third divergent lineage in the western Atlantic Ocean for the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas).
  • Kousteni, V. (2021): Morphometric description and biological notes on the rare kitefin shark Dalatias licha (Chondrichthyes: Dalatidae) from the Hellenic waters.
  • Khudamrongsawat, J., Kettratad, J., Intasorn, P., Pinyo, N., Tapcheewin, S. & Wanusrut, P. (2021): Pattern of genetic structure of the common stream fish, Neolissochilus soroides (Pisces: Cyprinidae), addresses the importance of protected areas in eastern Thailand.
  • [update]  Azevedo, F.M., Zawadzki, C.H., Soria, T.V., Mansini, T., Fabrin, C., Oliveira, A.V., Alves Pinto, S.M. & Prioli, A.J. (2021): Integrative taxonomy reveals the historically poorly-defined armored catfish Hypostomus variipictus (Ihering 1911), from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil (Siluriformes, Loricariidae).
  • [update]  Hammer, M.P., Taillebois, L., King, A.J., Crook, D.A., Wedd, D., Adams, M., Unmack, P.J., Hoese, D.F. & Bertozzi, T. (2021): Unravelling the taxonomy and identification of a problematic group of benthic fishes from tropical rivers (Gobiidae: Glossogobius).
  • Maes, S.M., Christiansen, H., Mark, F.C., Lucassen, M., Van de Putte, A., Volckaert,  F.A.M. & Flores, H. (2021): High gene flow in polar cod (Boreogadus saida) from West-Svalbard and the Eurasian Basin.
  • Yüncü, E., Açan, S.C., Onar, V., Karakulak, F.S., Gökoglu, M., Aliçli, T.Z., Chiriboga, F., Togan, I. & Özer, F. (2021): Demography of swordfish (Xiphias gladius Linneus) populations from the coasts of Turkey, based on mitochondrial DNA and microsatellites.
  • Hunt, E.P., Conway, K.W., Hamilton, K., Hilton, E.J., Piller, K.R., Wright, J.J. & Portnoy, D.S. (2021): Molecular Phylogenetics of the Chub Suckers (Teleostei: Catostomidae: Erimyzon) Inferred from Nuclear and Mitochondrial Loci.
  • Sideleva, V.G. & Zhidkov, Z.V. (2021): An annotated type catalogue of freshwater sculpins (Cottoidei) described by Lev Berg.
  • Aguiar, R.G., Guimarães, E.C., Carvalho-Costa, L.F. & Ottoni, F.P. (2021): Historical review on the type locality of Knodus victoriae (Steindachner 1907) (Teleostei: Characidae) and Loricaria parnahybae Steindachner 1907 (Teleostei: Loricariidae) /
    Revisão histórica sobre a localidade tipo de Knodus victoriae (Steindachner 1907) (Teleostei: Characidae) e Loricaria parnahybae Steindachner 1907 (Teleostei: Loricariidae).

  • Santos, S.A. & Britto, M.R. (2021): The ichthyofauna of a poorly known area in the middlesouthern Espinhaço mountain range, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil: diagnostics and identification keys.

2021 latest news (July)

  • Ribolli, J., Filho, E.Z., Scaranto, B.M.S., Shibatta, O.A. & Machado, C.B. (2021): Cryptic diversity and diversification processes in three cis-Andean Rhamdia species (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) revealed by DNA barcoding.
  • Venturelli, N.B., Takagui, F.H., Pompeo, L.R.S., Rodriguez, M.S., Rosa, R. & Giuliano-Caetano, L. (2021): Cytogenetic markers to understand chromosome diversification and conflicting taxonomic issues in Rineloricaria (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from Rio Grande do Sul coastal drainages.
  • Beltrán-López, R.G., Pérez-Rodríguez, R., Montañez-García, O.C., Artigas-Azas, J.M., Köck, M., Mar-Silva, A.F. & Domínguez-Domínguez, O. 2021. Genetic differentiation in the genus Characodon: implications for conservation and taxonomy.
  • Bayçelebi, E., Turan, D., Kaya, C. & Freyhof, J. (2021): Alburnus battalgilae, a synonym of A. attalus (Teleostei: Leuciscidae).
  • Iftime, A. & Oţel, V. (2021): Is Knipowitschia cameliae Nalbant et Oţel, 1995 (Osteichthyes: Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) a valid species?
  • Cruz, V.P., Adachi, A.M.C. L., Oliveira, P.H., Ribeiro, G.S., Paim, F.G., Souza, B.C., Rodrigues, A.S.F., Vianna, M., Delpiani, S.M., Díaz de Astarloa, J.M., Rotundo, M.M., Mendonça, F.F., Oliveira, C., Lessa, R.P. & Foresti, F. (2021): Genetic diversity in two threatened species of guitarfish (Elasmobranchii: Rhinobatidae) from the Brazilian and Argentinian coasts: an alert for conservation.
  • Lustosa-Costa, S.Y., Bogan, S., Queiroz, L.J., Montoya-Burgos, J.I., Paracampo, A., Maiztegui, T. & Cardoso, Y.P. (2021): Distribution extension of Hypostomus uruguayensis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in Argentina and first record for Bolivia. Molecular, morphology and biogeography data.
  • Soares, K.D.A., Moreira, R.A. & Gomes, U.L. (2021): Redescription of the Rio skate Rioraja agassizii (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) with notes on internal anatomy and intraspecific variation.

2021 latest news (June)

  • Ito, T., Hoshino, K. & Hosoya, K. (2021): Osteology of Hemigrammocypris neglecta (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) with comments on its systematic position.
  • [update]  Harrington, R.C., Friedman, M., Miya, M., Near, T.J. & Campbell, M.A. (2021): Phylogenomic resolution of the monotypic and enigmatic Amarsipus, the Bagless Glassfish (Teleostei, Amarsipidae).
  • [update]  Fernandez, L., Arroyave, J. & Schaefer, S.A. (2021): Emerging patterns in phylogenetic studies of trichomycterid catfishes (Teleostei, Siluriformes) and the contribution of Andean diversity.

 

  • Shakhovskoy, I.B. & Bogorodsky, S.V. (2021): Flying fishes (Beloniformes: Exocoetidae) of the Socotra Archipelago with comments on status of Exocoetus socotranus Steindachner.
  • Sholihah, A., Delrieu-Trottin, E., Sukmono, T., Dahruddin, H., Pouzadoux, J., Tilak, M.-K., Fitriana, Y., Agnèse, J.-F., Condamine, F.L., Wowor, D., Rüber, L. & Hubert, H. (2021): Limited dispersal and in situ diversification drive the evolutionary history of Rasborinae fishes in Sundaland.
  • Pio, N.L. & Carvalho, T.P. (2021): Evidence on the paleodrainage connectivity during Pleistocene: Phylogeography of a hypoptopomatine endemic to southeastern Brazilian coastal drainages.
  • Afonso, G.V.F., Di Dario, F., Eduardo, L.N., Lucena-Frédou, F., Bertrand, A. & Mincarone, M.M. (2021): Taxonomy and Distribution of Deep-Sea Bigscales and Whalefishes (Teleostei: Stephanoberycoidei) Collected off Northeastern Brazil, Including Seamounts and Oceanic Islands.
  • Melo, B.F., Sidlauskas, B.L., Near, T.J., Roxo, F.F., Ghezelayagh, A., Ochoa, L.E., Stiassny, M.L.J., Arroyave, J., Chang, J., Faircloth, B.C., MacGuigan, D.J., Harrington,  R.C., Benine, R.C., Burns, M.D., Hoekzema, K., Sanches, N.C., Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., Castro, R.M.C., Foresti, F., Alfaro, M.E. & Oliveira, C. (in press): Accelerated Diversification Explains the Exceptional Species Richness of Tropical Characoid Fishes.
  • Baker, C.F, Rossi, C.R., Quiroga, P., White, E., Williams, P., Kitson, J., Bice, C.M., Renaud, C.B., Potter, I., Neira, F.J. & Baigún, C. (2021): Morphometric and physical characteristics distinguishing adult Patagonian lamprey, Geotria macrostoma from the pouched lamprey, Geotria australis.
  • Horoiwa, M., Mandagi, I.F., Sutra, N., Montenegro, J., Tantu, F.Y., Masengi, K.W.A., Nagano, A.J., Kusumi, J., Yasuda, N. & Yamahira, K. (2021): Mitochondrial introgression by ancient admixture between two distant lacustrine fishes in Sulawesi Island.
  • Mao, T.-R., Liu, Y.-W., Meegaskumbura, M., Yang, J., Ellepola, G., Senevirathne,  G., Fu, C.-H., Gross, J.B. & Pie, M.R. (2021): Evolution in Sinocyclocheilus cavefish is marked by rate shifts, reversals, and origin of novel traits.
  • Langeneck, J., Englezou, C., Di Maggio, M., Castelli, A. & Maltagliati, F. (2021): Phylogeography of Aphanius fasciatus (Osteichthyes: Aphaniidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, with a focus on its conservation in Cyprus.

2021 latest news (May)

  • González-Lorenzo, G., González-Jiménez, J.F. & González, J.A. (2021): Review of the family Serranidae (Perciformes) from the Canary Islands (eastern-central Atlantic), with the first records of Serranus hepatus and Epinephelus aeneus.
  • Shili, A., Hammami, I., Louati, M., Ben Hassine, O.K. & Bahri-Sfar, L. (2021): Genetic characterization of sharpsnout seabream (Diplodus puntazzo) populations along the Tunisian coasts.
  • Keith, P. & Mennesson, M.I. (2021): Review of Ophiocara (Teleostei: Butidae) from Indo-Pacific Islands.
  • [update] Beltrán-López, R.G., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Piller, K.R., Mejía-Mojica, H., Mar-Silva, A.F. & Doadrio, I. (2021): Genetic differentiation among populations of the blackfin goodea Goodea atripinnis (Cyprinodontiformes: Goodeidae): implications for its evolutionary history.
  • Hotaling, S., Borowiec, M.L., Lins, L.S.F., Desvignes, T. & Kelley, J.L. (2021): The biogeographic history of eelpouts and related fishes: linking phylogeny, environmental change, and patterns of dispersal in a globally distributed fish group.
  • Çiçek, E., Eagderi, S., Seçer, B. & Sungur, S. (2021): Capoeta kosswigi Karaman, 1969 a junior synonym of Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842) (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
  • Hoese, D.F. & Hammer, M.P. (2021): A review of the Glossogobius giuris complex in Australia, with wider discussion on nomenclature and possible synonymies.
  • Jaafar, F., Na-Nakorn, U., Srisapoome, P., Amornsakun, T., Duong, T.-Y., Gonzales-Plasus, M.M., Hoang, D.-H. & Parhar, I.S. (2021): A Current Update on the Distribution, Morphological Features, and Genetic Identity of the Southeast Asian Mahseers, Tor Species.

2021 latest news (April)

  • Robitzch, V., Schröder, M. & Ahnelt, H. (2021): Morphometrics reveal inter- and intraspecific sexual dimorphisms in two Hawaiian Schindleria, the long dorsal finned S. praematura and the short dorsal finned S. pietschmanni.
  • Pourshabanan, A., Yazdani-Moghaddam, F., Ghassemzadeh, F., Mousavi-Sabet, H., Rossi, G. & Aliabadian, M. (2021): Morpho-species of the genus Leuciscus Cuvier, 1816 (Teleostei: Leuciscinae) from Iran revisited using molecular approaches.
  • Sassi, F.M.C., Perez, M.F., Silva, M.A., Kavalco, K.F. & Pasa, R. (2021): Can geometric morphometrics work for species clusterization on the armored catfish Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes Loricariidae)?
  • Du, L., Yang, J., Min, R., Chen, X.-Y. & Yang, J. (2021): A review of the Cypriniform tribe Yunnanilini Prokofiev, 2010 from China, with an emphasis on five genera based on morphology and complete mitochondrial genome of some species.
  • [update] Imamura, H. (2020): Synonymy of Cymbacephalus staigeri (Castelnau 1875) and Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Günther 1860), and validity of Cymbacephalus parilis (McCulloch 1914) (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae).
  • [update] Machida, Y., Kanaiwa, M., Shedko, S.V., Matsubara, H., Kobayashi, H., Mandagi, I.F., Ooyagi, A. & Yamahira, K. (2020): Morphologies and population genetic structures of the eight-barbel loach of the genus Lefua on southern Sakhalin.
  • Zhang, H., Wang, Y.-X., Yang, H.-L., Tan, H.-M. & Chen, Y.-X. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Chinese species of the genera Misgurnus and Paramisguenus [sic!] (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae).
  • Bogorodsky, S.V., Zajonz, U., Saeed, F.N. & Weigmann, S. (2021): Notes on batoid fishes of the Socotra Archipelago (north-western Indian Ocean), with four new records.
  • Turner, G.F., Ngatunga, B.P. & Genner, M.J. (in pre-press): Astatotilapia species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania, excluding the basin of Lake Victoria.
  • Soe, T.T., Thwe, T.L., Aye, P.T., Myint, K.T., Lwin, T.T., Thaung, Y.W., Min, A.A., Mitsui, S., Terahara, T., Endo, M., Yokota, M., Rahman, M.M. & Kobayashi, T. (2021): Population structure of Nga Myin Yinn Silonia silondia in the Ayeyarwady River, Myanmar, by mitochondrial DNA markers.
  • Cardoso, Y.P., Queiroz, L.J., Bahechar, I.A., Posadas, P.E. & Montoya‑Burgos, J.I. (2021): Multilocus phylogeny and historical biogeography of Hypostomus shed light on the processes of fsh diversifcation in La Plata Basin.
  • Limbago, J., De La Cruz, J.S. & Caturao, R.D. (2021): Cytochrome b Gene Sequence Revealed Divergence Time and Marine-Freshwater Transition of Grey Mullets (Actinopterygii: Mugilidae).
    • Iamure, International Journal of Ecology and Conservation, 34: 18-35.
  • Norarfan, A.F., Mokti, S.S.A., Taha, H., Amin, M., Ali, M. & Arai, T. (2021): DNA barcoding of a tropical anguillid eel, Anguilla bicolor (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes), in Indo-Pacific region and notes on its population structure.

2021 latest news (March)

  • García-Castro, K.L., Rangel-Medrano, J.D., Landínez-García, R.M. & Márquez, E. J. (2021): Population genetics of the endangered catfish Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) based on species-specific microsatellite loci.
  • Santos, D.P., Felicetti, D., Baumgärtner, L., Margarido, V.P., Blanco, D.R., Moreira-Filho, O. & Lui, R.L. (2021): Contributions to the taxonomy of Trachelyopterus (Siluriformes): comparative cytogenetic analysis in three species of Auchenipteridae.
  • Lima, S.M.Q., Berbel-Filho, W.M., Vilasboa, A., Lazoski, C., Assis Volpi, T., Lazzarotto, H., Russo, C.A.M., Tatarenkov, A., Avise, J.C. & Solé-Cava, A.M. (2021): Rio de Janeiro and other palaeodrainages evidenced by the genetic structure of an Atlantic Forest catfish.
  • Ito, D., Muto, N. & Motomura, H. (2021): Redescription of a dottyback Labracinus ocelliferus (Fowler, 1946) (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae), previously regarded as a junior synonym of Labracinus cyclophthalmus Müller and Troschel, 1849, on the basis of morphological and molecular evidence.
  • Pérez, M., Fernández-Míguez, M., Matallanas, J., Lloris, D. & Presa, P. (2021): Phylogenetic prospecting for cryptic species of the genus Merluccius (Actinopterygii: Merlucciidae).
  • Britz, R., Kottelat, M. & Kullander, S. (2021): A note on Muraena alba Zuiew, 1793 (Teleostei: Synbranchidae).
  • Borsa, P., Williams, C.T., McIvor, A.J., Hoareau, T.B. & Berumen, M.L. (2021): Neotype designation and re-description of Forsskål’s reticulate whipray Himantura uarnak.
  • Akkuş, M., Sarı, M., Ekmekçi, F.G. & Yogurtçuoğlu, B. (2021): The discovery of a microbialite-associated freshwater fish in the world’s largest saline soda lake, Lake Van (Turkey).
  • Sousa, J.L.P., Araújo Bitencourt, J., Sampaio, I., Schneider, H. & Mello Affonso, P.L.A. (2021): “More than meets the eye”: phylogeographic inferences and remarkable cryptic diversity and in endemic catfish Parotocinclus (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from neglected and impacted basins in South America.
  • Londoño-Burbano, A. & Reis, R.E. (2021): A combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of the Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with emphasis on the Harttiini and Farlowellini.
  • Vasil’eva, E.D. & Vasil’ev, V.P. (2021): Taxonomic Relations of Russian and Persian Sturgeons (genus Acipenser, Acipenseridae): an Updated Synthesis.
  • Fontenelle, J.P., Marques, F.P.L., Kolmann, M.A. &  Lovejoy, N.R. (2021): Biogeography of the neotropical freshwater stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygoninae) reveals effects of continent-scale paleogeographic change and drainage evolution.
  • Figueiredo-Filho, J.M., Marceniuk, A.P., Feijó, A., Siccha-Ramirez, R., Ribeiro, G.S., Oliveira, C. & Rosa, R.S. (2021): Taxonomy of Centropomus Lacépède, 1802 (Perciformes: Centropomidae), with focus on the Atlantic species of the genus.
  • Koerber, S. & Azpelicueta, M.d.l.M. (2021): Rediscovery of the missing type specimens of Farlowella hahni (Siluriformes: Loricariidae).
    • Bulletin of Fish Biology, 19: 97-103.
  • Ciccotto, P.J., Lin, F. & Chen, X.-Y. (2021): Taxonomic revisions of Altigena laticeps and A. lippa (Cyprinidae: Labeoninae) from the Mekong River Basin.
  • Pérez-Rodríguez, R., Esquivel-Bobadilla, S., Orozco-Ruíz, A.M., Olivas-Hernández, J.L. & García-De León, F.J. (2021): Genetic structure and historical and contemporary gene flow of Astyanax mexicanus in the Gulf of Mexico slope: a microsatellite-based analysis.
2021 latest news (February)
  • [update] Yuan, S., Liu, M. & Zhao, Z. (2020): Remarkably low genetic diversity and shallow population structure detected of the spiny eel (Sinobdella sinensis) in Eastern China.
  • [update] Yan, Y.-R., Hsu, K.-C., Yi, M.-R., Li, B., Wang, W,.K. & Kang, B. (2020): Cryptic diversity of the spotted scat Scatophagus argus (Perciformes: Scatophagidae) in the South China Sea: pre- or post-production isolation.
  • [update] Van Steenberge, M.W., Vanhove, M.P.M., Chocha Manda, A., Larmuseau, M.H.D., Swart, B.L., Khang’Mate, F., Arndt, A., Hellemans, B., Van Houdt, J., Micha, J.-C., Koblmüller, S., Roodt-Wilding, R., Volckaert, F.A.M. (2020): Unravelling the evolution of Africa’s drainage basins through a widespread freshwater fish, the African sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus.
  • [update] Traldi, J.B., Vicari, M.R., Martinez, J.F., Blanco, D.R., Lui, R.L., Azambuja, M., Bonfim de Almeida, R., Malimpensa, G.C., Silva, G.J.C., Oliveira, C., Pavanelli, C.S. & Filho, O.M. (2020): Recent Apareiodon species evolutionary divergence (Characiformes: Parodontidae) evidenced by chromosomal and molecular inference.
  • [update] Sudasinghe, H., Pethiyagoda, R., Raghavan, R., Dahanukar, N., Rüber, L. & Meegaskumbura, M. (2020): Diversity, phylogeny and biogeography of Systomus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka.
  • [update] Sidharthan, A., Raghavan, R., Anoop, V.K., Philip, S. & Dahanukar, N. (2020): Riddle on the riffle: Miocene diversification and biogeography of endemic mountain loaches in the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot.
  • [update] Shelley, J.J., Swearer, S.E., Dempster, T., Adams, M., Le Feuvre, M.C., Hammer, M.P. & Unmack, P.J. (2020): Plio-Pleistocene sea-level changes drive speciation of freshwater fishes in north-western Australia.
  • [update] Shelley, J.J., David, B.O., Thacker, C.E., Hicks, A.S., Jarvis, M.G. & Unmack, P.J. (2020): Phylogeography of the Cran’s bully Gobiomorphus basalis (Gobiiformes: Eleotridae) and an analysis of species boundaries within the New Zealand radiation of Gobiomorphus.
  • [update] Seljestad, G.W., Quintela, M., Faust, E., Halvorsen, K.T., Besnier, F., Jansson, E., Dahle, G., Knutsen, H., André, C., Folkvord, A. & Glover, K.A. (2020): “A cleaner break”: Genetic divergence between geographic groups and sympatric phenotypes revealed in ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta).
  • [update] Ruzzante, D.E., Simons, A.P., McCracken, G.R., Habit, E. & Walde, S.J. (2020): Multiple drainage reversal episodes and glacial refugia in a Patagonian fish revealed by sequenced microsatellites.
  • [update] Ren, Q., Yang, L., Chang, C.-H. & Mayden, R.L. (2020): Molecular phylogeny and divergence of major clades in the Puntius complex (Teleostei: Cypriniformes).
  • [update] Quagio-Grassiotto, I., Baicere-Silva, C.B., Oliveira Santana, J.C., Mirande, J.M. (2020): Spermiogenesis and sperm ultrastructure as sources of phylogenetic characters. The example of characid fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes).
  • [update] Perea, S., Sousa-Santos, C., Robalo, J. & Doadrio, I. (2020): Multilocus phylogeny and systematics of Iberian endemic Squalius (Actinopterygii, Leuciscidae).
  • [update] Okazaki, T., Stevenson, D.E., Kai, Y., Ueda, Y., Hamatsu, T. & Yamashita, Y. (2020): Genetic population structure and demographic history of a pelagic lumpsucker, Aptocyclus ventricosus.
  • [update] Nguyen, H.-T.T., Dang, B.T., Glenner, H. & Geffen, A.J. (2020): Cophylogenetic analysis of the relationship between anemonefish Amphiprion (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) and their symbiotic host anemones (Anthozoa: Actiniaria).
  • Tea, Y.-K., Xu, X., DiBattista, J.D., Lo, N., Cowman, P.F. & Ho, S.Y.W. (2021): Phylogenomic Analysis of Concatenated Ultraconserved Elements Reveals the Recent Evolutionary Radiation of the Fairy Wrasses (Teleostei: Labridae: Cirrhilabrus).
  • [update] Mitsui, S., Strüssmann, C.A., Yokota, M. & Yamamoto, Y. (2020): Comparative otolith morphology and species identification of clupeids from Japan.
  • [update] McLeish, J., Briers, R.A., Dodd, J.A. & Rueckert, S. (2020): First genetic evidence that invasive bullhead (Cottus L. 1758) in Scotland is of English origin and the difficulty of resolving the European Cottus species taxonomy.
  • [update] Kumari, K., Manas, H. M, Sinha, A., Koushlesh, S.K., Sarkar, S.D., Borah, S., BaItha, R., Behera, B.K. & Das, B.K. (2020): Genetic differentiation and phylogenetic relationship of 11 Asian Sisorinae genera (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) with new record of Pseudolaguvia foveolata.
  • [update] Ju, Y.-M., Wu, J.-H., Hsu, K.-C., Chiu, Y.-W., Wang, W.-K., Chen, C.-W. & Lin, H.-D. (2020): Genetic diversity of Rhinogobius delicatus (Perciformes: Gobiidae): origins of the freshwater fish in East Taiwan.
  • [update] Jeon, Y.S., Ko, M.-H., Vasil’eva, E.D., Myung, R.-Y. & Won, Y.-J. (2020): Genetic patterns reveal northward range expansion and cryptic diversity in Nalbant’s spined loach, Cobitis nalbanti sensu lato (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitidae).
  • [update] Jamaludin, N.-A., Mohd-Arshaad, W., Akib, N.A.M.,Abidin, D.-H.Z., Nguyen, V.N. & Nor, S.-A.M. (2020): Phylogeography of the Japanese scad, Decapterus maruadsi (Teleostei; Carangidae) across the Central Indo-West Pacific: evidence of strong regional structure and cryptic diversity.
  • Domínguez-Castanedo, O., Muñoz-Campos, T.M., Valdesalici, S., Valdez-Carbajal, S. & Passos, C. (2021): First description of color variations in the annual killifish Millerichthys robustus, and preliminary observations about its geographical distribution.
  • [update] Hulsey, C.D., Meyer, A., & Streelman, J.T. (2020): Convergent Evolution of Cichlid Fish Pharyngeal Jaw Dentitions in Mollusk-crushing Predators: Comparative X-ray Computed Tomography of Tooth Sizes, Numbers, and Replacement.
  • [update] Healey, A.J.E., Farthing, M.M., Nunoo, F.K.E., Potts, W.M., Sauer, W.H.H., Skujina, I., King, N., de Becquevort, S., Shaw, P.W. & McKeown, N.J. (2020): Genetic analysis provides insights into species distribution and population structure in East Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus and T. capensis).
  • [update] Gavazzoni, M., Pavanelli, C.S., Graça, W.J., Melo, B.F., Gubiani, É.A. & Margarido, V.P. (2020): Detection of natural hybridization and delimitation of two closely related operational taxonomic units of the Astyanax fasciatus (Teleostei: Characidae) complex through integrative approaches.
  • [update] García-De León, F.J., Dillman, C.B., De Los Santos Camarillo, A.B., George, A.L., Camarena-Rosales, F., De Los Angeles Barriga-Sosa, I. & Mayden, R.L. (2020): First steps towards the identification of evolutionarily significant units in Mexican native trout: An assessment of microsatellite variation.
  • [update] Frota, A., Morrone, J.J.  &  da Graça, W.J. (2020): Evolutionary biogeography of the freshwater fish family Anablepidae (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes), a marine-derived Neotropical lineage.
  • [update] Firidin, S., Ozturk, R.C., Alemdag, M., Eroglu, O., Terzi, Y., Kutlu, I., Duzgunes, Z.D., Cakmak, E. & Aydin, I. (2020): Population genetic structure of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L., 1758) in the Black Sea.
  • [update]  Deli, T., Guizeni, S., Ben Abdallah, L., Said, K. & Chatti, N. (2020): Chaotic genetic patchiness in the pelagic teleost fish Sardina pilchardus across the Siculo-Tunisian Strait.
  • [update]  Crawford, C.H., Randall, Z.S., Hart, P.B., Page, L.M., Chakrabarty, P., Suvarnaraksha, A. & Flammang, B.E. (2020): Skeletal and muscular pelvic morphology of hillstream loaches (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae).
  • [update]  Çiftci, Y., Mutlu, A.G., Güçlü, S.S., Turan, D. & Küçük, F. (2020): Phylogeography of the genus Chondrostoma Agassiz, 1835 (Teleostei: Leuciscidae) in Anatolia, as inferred from mitochondrial DNA analysis.
  • [update]  Charmpila, E.A., Teimori, A., Freyhof, J., Weissenbacher, A. & Reichenbacher, B. (2020): New osteological and morphological data of four species of Aphaniops (Teleostei; Aphaniidae).
  • [update]  Cabezas, M.P., Lasso-Alcalá, O.M., Xavier, R. & Jowers, M.J. (2020): First genetic record of the non-native muzzled blenny Omobranchus punctatus (Teleostei: Blenniidae) in the Atlantic Coast of Central and South America.
  • [update]  Bektaş, Y., Aksu, İ., Kaya, C., Bayçelebi, E., Küçük, F. & Turan, D. (2020): Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the genus Alburnus Rafinesque, 1820 (Teleostei, Leuciscidae) in Turkey.
  • Kerschbaumer, M., Postl, L. & Sturmbauer, C. (2021): Microevolutionary change in viscerocranial bones under congeneric sympatry in the Lake Tanganyikan cichlid genus Tropheus.
  • Liao, T.-Y., Lu, P.-L., Yu, Y.-H., Huang, W.-C., Shiao, J.-C., Lin, H.-D., Jhuang, W.C., Chou, T.-K. & Li, F. (2021): Amphidromous but endemic: Population connectivity of Rhinogobius gigas (Teleostei: Gobioidei).
  • Vella, A., Vella, N. & Acosta-Díaz, C. (2021): Resurrection of the Butterfly-winged Comber, Serranus papilionaceus Valenciennes, 1832 (Teleostei, Serranidae) and its phylogenetic position within genus Serranus.
  • Bragança, P.H.N. & Ottoni, F.P. (2021): On the availability of the name Poecilia kempkesi Poeser 2013 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae).
  • Pogonoski, J.J. & Gill, A.C. (2021): Taxonomy of the genus Dactylanthias Bleeker (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae).
  • Sidharthan, A., Raghavan, R., Anoop, V.K., Keskar, A. & Dahanukar, N. (2021): Phylogenetic position and relationships of mountain loaches (Teleostei: Balitoridae) of the Western Ghats as revealed by CO1 sequences.
  • Gauliard, C., Denys, G.P.J., Perea, S. & Dettaï, A. (2021): The complete mitochondrial genome of Barbatula quignardi (Bacescu-Mester, 1967) (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae).

2021 latest news (January)

  • Yu, P., Zhou, L., Yang, W.-T., Miao, L.-j., Li, Z., Zhang, X.-J., Wang, Y. & Gui, J.-F. (2021): Comparative mitogenome analyses uncover mitogenome features and phylogenetic implications of the subfamily Cobitinae.
  • Stehmann, M.F.W., Weigmann, S. & Naylor, G.J.P. (2021): First complete description of the dark-mouth skate Raja arctowskii Dollo, 1904 from Antarctic waters, assigned to the genus Bathyraja (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae).
  • Martínez-Brown, J.M., Navarro-Flores, J., García-Rodríguez, F.J., Ibarra-Castro, L., Vargas-Peralta, C.E., Del Río-Portilla, M.A. & Martínez-Moreno, R. (2021): Revision of the diagnostic characters of two morphologically similar snook species, Centropomus viridis and C. nigrescens (Carangiformes: Centropomidae).
  • [update]  Okada, R., Tsuji, S., Shibata, N., Morita, K., Kitagawa, T. & Yamanaka, H. (2020): Environmental DNA analysis provides an overview of distribution patterns of two dojo loach species within the Naka-ikemi Wetland, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
  • [update]  Hanahara, N., Miyamoto, K. & Oka, S.-i. (2020): Morphological and genetic identification of formalin-fixed gobioid larvae and description of postflexion larvae of Paragunnellichthys sp. and Ctenogobiops feroculus.
  • [update]  Hata, H., Lavoué, S. & Hiroyuki Motomura, H. (2020): Redescriptions of Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes 1847 and Dussumieria albulina (Fowler 1934), two valid species of rainbow sardines (Clupeiformes: Dussumieriidae).
  • [update]  Imamura, H. & Hoese, D.F. (2020): Type status of Hyalorhynchus pellucidus Ogilby 1910 (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) with a discussion of Endeavour fishes described by J. D. Ogilby in 1910 from Australia.
  • [update]  Kato, S., Arakaki, S., Kikuchi, K. & Hirase, S. (2020): Complex phylogeographic patterns in the intertidal goby Chaenogobius annularis around Kyushu Island as a boundary zone of three different seas.
  • [update]  Sudasinghe, H., Ranasinghe, R.H.T., Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Britz, R. (2020): Genetic diversity and morphological stasis in the Ceylon Snakehead, Channa orientalis (Teleostei: Channidae).
  • Okamoto, J. & Motomura, H. (2021): Redescription of Brachirus aspilos (Bleeker 1852), a senior synonym of four nominal species, with a note on the distribution of Dagetichthys marginatus (Boulenger 1900) (Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae).
  • Osinov, A.G., Volkov, A.A. & Mugue, N.S. (2021): Charrs of the genus Salvelinus (Salmonidae): hybridization, phylogeny and evolution.
  • Quan, J., Zhao, G., Li, L., Zhang, J., Luo, Z., Kang, Y. & Liu, Z. (2021): Phylogeny and genetic diversity reveal the influence of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau uplift on the divergence and distribution of Gymnocypris species.
  • Loera-Padilla, F.J., Piñeros, V.J., Baldwin, C.C., Cox, C.E., Simoes, N., Ribeiro, E., Lasso-Alcalá, O.M. & Domínguez-Domínguez, O. (2021): Phylogeography, population connectivity and demographic history of the Stoplight parrotfish, Sparisoma viride (Teleostei: Labridae), in the Greater Caribbean.
  • Voronina, E.P., Maclaine, J., Raredon, S. & Pruvost, P. (2020): Revised Diagnoses, Nomenclature, Distribution and Key for Identification of the Species of the Indo-Pacific Genus Laeops (Bothidae).