[Focus on fish systematic, phylogeny, synonymy and genetics]
2020 latest news (October)
- Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Martins-Pinheiro, R.F. (2020): A reappraisal of phylogenetic relationships among auchenipterid catfishes of the subfamily Centromochlinae and diagnosis of its genera (Teleostei: Siluriformes).
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 167: 85-146.
- Romand, R., Agnèse, J.F. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2020: On the identity of the West African killifish Aphyosemion maeseni Poll, 1941 (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae).
- 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.
- Sassi, F.M.C., Deon, G.A., Moreira-Filho, O., Vicari, M.R., Bertollo, L.A:C., Liehr, T., Oliveira, E.A. & Cioffi, M.B. (2020): Multiple Sex Chromosomes and Evolutionary Relationships in Amazonian Catfishes: The Outstanding Model of the Genus Harttia (Siluriformes: Loricariidae).
- De Wet van der Merwe, P.D.W., Cotterill, F.P.D., Kandziora, M., Watters, B.R., Nagy, B., Genade, T., Flügel, T.J., Svendsen, D.S. & Bellstedt, D.U. (2020): Genomic Fingerprints of Palaeogeographic History: The tempo and mode of Rift tectonics across tropical Africa has shaped the diversification of the killifish genus Nothobranchius (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes).
- 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.
- 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).
- Cheng, J., Xiao, J., Song, N., Saha, S., Qin, J., Nomura, H., Panhwar, S.K., Farooq, N., Shao, K. & Gao, T. (2020): Molecular phylogeny reveals cryptic diversity and swim bladder evolution of Sillaginidae fishes (Perciformes) across the Indo-West Pacific Ocean.
2020 latest news (September)
- Stauffer, J.R., Jr., Bills, R., Skelton, P.H. & Weyl, O.L.F. (2020): Re-elevation to species level and redescription of Serranochromis jallae and Serranochromis robustus (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
- Chernova, N.V. (2020): Diagnostic characters of two rare zoarcids, Krusensterniella multispinosa and K. pavlovskii (Pisces: Zoarcidae), with new data for the Sea of Okhotsk.
- [update] Mendoza-Portillo, V., Galván-Tirado, C., S. Portnoy, D., Valenzuela-Quiñonez, F., Domínguez Domínguez, O., Durand, J.-D., Pérez Urbiola, J.C. & García-De León, F. (2020): Genetic diversity and structure of circumtropical almaco jack Seriola rivoliana: tool for conservation and management.
- [update] Karaiskou, N., Gkagkavouzis, K., Minoudi, S., Botskaris, D., Markou, K., Kalafatakis, S., Antonopoulou, E. & Triantafyllidis, A. (2020): Genetic structure and divergence of tench Tinca tinca European populations.
- Imamura, H. (2020): Synonymy of Cymbacephalus staigeri (Castelnau 1875) and Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Günther 1860), and validity of Cymbacephalus parilis (McCulloch 1914) (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae).
- 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).
- 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.
- Balakirev, E.S. Kravchenko, A.Y. & Semenchenko, A.A. (2020): Genetic Evidence for a Mixed Composition of the Genus Myoxocephalus (Cottoidei: Cottidae) Necessitates Generic Realignment.
- Chen, W., Li, Y., He, Y., Li, X. & Li, J. (2020): Characterization of two complete mitochondrial genomes of Pterocryptis anomala (Siluridae) and its phylogeny and cryptic diversity.
- 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.
- Oladipo, S.O., Nneji, L.M., Anifowoshe, A.T. & Nneji, I.C. (2020): Molecular characterization of Malapterurus minjiriya Sagua, 1987 and phylogenetic relationships within the genus Malapterurus (Silurifomes, Malapteruridae) from Nigerian inland water bodies.
- Li, Y., Liu, C., Lin, L., Li,Y., Xiao, J. & Loh, K.-H. (2020): Pleistocene isolation caused by sea-level fluctuations shaped genetic characterization of Pampus minor over a large-scale geographical distribution.
- Robertson, D.R., Angulo, A., Baldwin, C.C., Pitassy, D., Driskell, A., Weigt, L. & Navarro, I.J.F. (2020): Misidentification of Bellator gymnostethus (Gilbert, 1892) as Prionotus ruscarius Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae).
- 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.
- Voronina, E.P., Raredon, S. & Maclaine, J. (2020): Taxonomic Status of Three Nominal Species of Indo-Pacific Flatfishes (Bothidae) with Redescription of Japonolaeops gracilis New Combination.
- Plamoottil, M. & K. Vineeth (2020): Rediscovery of Gobio augraoides Jerdon firstly after it’s description in 1849.
- Bragança, P.H.N., Smith, T.G., Vreven, E.J.W.M.N. & Chakona, A: (2020): Integrative taxonomy reveals hidden diversity in the southern African darters genus Nannocharax Günther 1867 (Characiformes: Distichodontidae).
- Ramirez, J.L., Santos, C.A., Machado, C.B., Oliveira, A.K., Garavello, J.C., Britski, H.A. & Galetti, P.M., Jr. (in press): Molecular phylogeny and species delimitation of the genus Schizodon (Characiformes, Anostomidae).
- 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.
- Soares, I.M., Ota, R.P., Lima, F.C.T. & Benine, R.C. (2020): Redescription of Moenkhausia melogramma (Characiformes: Characidae), a poorly known tetra from the western Amazon basin.
- Li, X., Yang, K., Tong, L., Hou, F., Liu, Q., Li, J., Lu, Y. & Song, Z. (2020): Phylogeography of Schizopygopsis malacanthus Herzenstein (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) in relation to the tectonic events and Quaternary climatic oscillations in the Shaluli Mountains Region.
- Vranken, N., Van Steenberge, M., Balagizi, A. & Snoeks, J. (in press): The synonymy of Haplochromis pharyngalis and Haplochromis petronius (Cichlidae).
- Sreelekshmi, S., Sukumaran, S., Kishor, T.G., Sebastian, W. & Gopalakrishnan, A. (2020): Population genetic structure of the oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, along the Indian coast.
- 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.
- Fagundes, P.C., Pereira, E.H.L. & Reis, R.E. (2020): Iterative taxonomic study of Pareiorhaphis hystrix (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) suggests a single, yet phenotypically variable, species in south Brazil.
- [update] Silva, R., Pedraza-Marrón, C.R., Sampaio, I., Betancur, R.R., Gomes, G. & Schneider, H. (2020): New insights about species delimitation in red snappers (Lutjanus purpureus and L. campechanus) using multilocus data.
- [update] Bohlen, J., Dvorák, T., Šlechta, V. & Šlechtová, V. (2020): Sea water shaping the freshwater biota: Hidden diversity and biogeographic history in the Paracanthocobitis zonalternans species complex (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) in western Southeast Asia.
- [update] Argolo, L.A., López-Fernández, H., Batalha-Filho, H. & Mello Affonso, P.R.A. (2020): Unraveling the systematics and evolution of the ‘Geophagus’ brasiliensis (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) species complex.
- [update] Chen, W.-J. & Borsa, P. (2020): Diversity, phylogeny, and historical biogeography of large-eye seabreams (Teleostei: Lethrinidae).
- [update] Bohlen, J., Dvorák, T., Šlechta, V. & Šlechtová, V. (in press): Resolving an unnoticed diversity within the Schistura robertsi species complex (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) using molecules and morphology.
- [update] McCraney, W.T., Thacker, C.E. & Alfaro, M.E. (2020): Supermatrix phylogeny resolves goby lineages and reveals unstable root of Gobiaria.
- Li, C., Jiang, S., Schneider, K., Jin, J., Lin, H., Wang, J., Elmer, K.L. & Zhao, J. (2020): Cryptic species in White Cloud Mountain minnow, Tanichthys albonubes: Taxonomic and conservation implications.
2002 latest news (August)
- Sudasinghe, H., Pethiyagoda, R., Raghavan, R., Dahanukar, N., Rüber, L. & Meegaskumbura, M. (2020): Diversity, phylogeny and biogeography of Systomus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka.
- Reichenbacher, B., Přikryl, T., Cerwenka, A.F., Keith, P., Gierl, C. & Dohrmann, M. (2020): Freshwater gobies 30 million years ago: New insights into character evolution and phylogenetic relationships of †Pirskeniidae (Gobioidei, Teleostei).
- 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.
- Mateussi, N.T.B., Melo, B.F., Ota, R.R., Roxo, F.F., Ochoa, L.E., Foresti, F. & Oliveira, C. (in press): Phylogenomics of the Neotropical fish family Serrasalmidae with a novel intrafamilial classification (Teleostei: Characiformes).
- 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.
- Tan, H.H. & Grinang, J. (2020): Typhlachirus lipophthalmus, a rare eye-less sole from Borneo (Teleostei: Soleidae).
- Perez, C.F., Oliveira, A.K. & Garavello, J.C. (2020): Morphological variation of Hypostomus affinis (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from eastern Brazilian drainages.
- Weyand, C.A. & Piller, K.R. (2020): Assessing phylogeographic variation in the Rosyside Dace (Teleostei, Leuciscidae), a widespread morphologically variable taxon.
- Kolmann, M.A., Hughes, L.C., Hernandez, L.P., Arcila, D., Betancur-R, R., Sabaj, M.H., López-Fernández, H. & Ortí, G. (2020): Phylogenomics of piranhas and pacus (Serrasalmidae) uncovers how dietary convergence and parallelism obfuscate traditional morphological taxonomy.
- Maetens, H., Van Steenberge, M., Snoeks, J. & Decru, E. (2020): Revalidation of Enteromius alberti and presence of Enteromius cf. mimus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in the Lake Edward system, East Africa.
- 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.
- 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).
- Ren, Q., Yang, L., Chang, C.-H. & Mayden, R.L. (2020): Molecular phylogeny and divergence of major clades in the Puntius complex (Teleostei: Cypriniformes).
- Palmerín-Serrano, P.N., Tavera, J., Espinoza, E., Angulo, A., Martínez-Gómez, J.E., González-Acosta, A.F. & Domínguez-Domínguez, O. (2020): Evolutionary history of the reef fish Anisotremus interruptus (Perciformes: Haemulidae) throughout the Tropical Eastern Pacific.
- Matsunuma, M. & Tashiro, F. (2020): Redescription of the serranid perchlet Chelidoperca pleurospilus (Günther, 1880).
- 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.
- Ciccotto, P.J. & Page, L.M. (2020): Revision of the Genus Henicorhynchus, with a Revised Diagnosis of Gymnostomus (Cyprinidae: Labeoninae).
- 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).
- Charmpila, E.A., Teimori, A., Freyhof, J., Weissenbacher, A. & Reichenbacher, B. (2020): New osteological and morphological data of four species of Aphaniops (Teleostei; Aphaniidae).
2002 latest news (July)
- Victor, B.C. & Ianniello, L. (2020): Prionotus murielae Mowbray, 1928 is the juvenile of the Bandtail Searobin Prionotus ophryas (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae).
- 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.
- He, Y., Chen, Y., Yang, J. & Page, L.M. (2020): Phylogenetic analysis and osteological comparison of the cave-dwelling spined loach, Bibarba parvoculus (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae), and its surface congener.
- Deng, S.-Q. & Zhang, E (2020): Vanmanenia intermedia Fang, 1935, a valid hill-stream species of loach (Teleostei: Gastromyzontidae) from the middle Yangtze River basin, Southwest China.
- Campbell, M.A., Buser, T.J., Alfaro, M.E. & López, J.A. (2020): Addressing incomplete lineage sorting and paralogy in the inference of uncertain salmonid phylogenetic relationships.
- Uiblein, F., Gouws, G., Johnson, J.W., Lobel, P.S. & Shaheen, S. (2020): Junior synonymy of Mulloides armatus and intraspecific comparisons of the yellowstripe goatfish Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Mullidae) using a comprehensive alpha-taxonomy approach.
- Denys, G.P.J., Secci-Petretto, G. & Gomes-Dos-Santos, A. (2020): The complete mitochondrial genome of Thymallus thymallus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Actinopterygii, Salmonidae) obtained by long range PCRs and double multiplexing.
- Wada, H., Kai, Y. & Motomura, H. (2020): Redescription of the circumglobal deepwater scorpionfish Setarches guentheri (Setarchidae).
- Ramos-Castro, M., Chen, H.-M. & Mao, B.-S. (2020): Descriptions of neurocranium morphology in 34 species of moray eels (Muraenidae) found in Taiwan.
- Bittencourt, P.S., Machado, V.N., Marshall, B.G., Hrbek, T. & Farias, I.P. (2020): Phylogenetic relationships of the neon tetras Paracheirodon spp. (Characiformes: Characidae: Stethaprioninae), including comments on Petitella georgiae and Hemigrammus bleheri.
- Mironovsky, A.N. (2020): Large African Barbs: Vectors of Diversification of Individuals of the Generalized Form as the Source of Phenetic Diversity of the Barbus intermedius Complex in Lake Tana, Ethiopia.
- Purrafee Dizaj, L., Esmaeili, H.R., Valinassab, T. & Salarpouri, A. (2020): Taxonomic Status and Molecular Systematics of an Endemic Fish, Herklotsichthys lossei (Clupeidae) from the Persian Gulf: Insights into Non-monophyly of the Genus.
- Balanov, A.A., Epur, I.V. & Shelekhov, V.A. (2020): A Description of Chirolophis japonicus and Ch. saitone (Stichaeidae) Pelagic Larvae from Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan.
- Prokofiev, A.M. (2020): Discovery of Photonectes uncinatus on the Walvis Ridge (Southeast Atlantic) and Species Redescription (Melanostomiidae).
- Carlos, A., Bañón, R., Cobo-Arroyo, S., Arronte, J.C., Río, J.L. & Barros-García, D. (2020): DNA barcoding flags the existence of sympatric cryptic species in the slender codling Halargyreus johnsonii Günther, 1862 (Gadiformes, Moridae).
- Zou, C., Wang, L., Kong, L., Wang, Y., Wu, Z., Xu, J., Song, A., Liu, H. & You, F. (2020): High levels of genetic diversity and connectivity of whitespotted conger Conger myriaster in the East China Coast.
- Lavoué, S., Ghazali, S.Z., Jamaluddin, J.A.F., Nor, S.A.M. & Zain, K.M. (2020): Genetic evidence for the recognition of two allopatric species of Asian bronze featherback Notopterus (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha, Notopteridae).
- 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.
2020 latest news (June)
- [update] Morishita, S., Miki, R., Wada, H., Itou, M. & Motomura, H. (2020): Morphological comparisons of Sphyraena qenie with S. putnamae, with a revised key to Indo-Pacific species of Sphyraena lacking gill rakers (Sphyraenidae).
- [update] Kuwamura, T., Sunobe, T., Sakai, Y., Kadota, T. & Sawada, K. (2020): Hermaphroditism in fishes: an annotated list of species, phylogeny, and mating system.
- Çiçek, E. (2020): Comments and Errata regarding „Seminemacheilus dursunavsari, a new nemachelid species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Turkey“, Iran. J. Ichthyol. (March 2020), 7(1): 68-77.
- Karaiskou, N., Gkagkavouzis, K., Minoudi, S., Botskaris, D., Markou, K., Kalafatakis, S., Antonopoulou, E. & Triantafyllidis, A. (2020): Genetic structure and divergence of tench Tinca tinca European populations.
- Kuiter, R.H. (2020): Hippocampus tristis, a Lazarus species of seahorse (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) from Australia.
- [update] McKeown, N.J., Gwilliam, M.P., Healey, A.J.E., Skujina, I., Potts, W.M., Sauer, W.H.H. & Shaw, P.W. (2020): Deep phylogeographic structure may indicate cryptic species within the Sparid genus Spondyliosoma.
- Kottelat, M. (2020): Redescription of Devario kysonensis and first record from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
- 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.
- Scott, S., Rojas, P. & Vila, I. (2020): Meristic and morphological differentiation of Orestias species (Teleostei; Cyprinodontiformes) from the southern Altiplano.
- Rojas, P., Scott, S., Tobar, I., Romero, U. & Vila, I. (2020): Head morphometry of Orestias (Cyprinodontiformes). Response to extreme Southern Altiplano systems?
- Bemis, K.E., Tyler, J.C., Psomadakis, P.N., Newell Ferris, L. & Kumar, A.B. (2020): Review of the Indian Ocean spikefish genus Mephisto (Tetraodontiformes: Triacanthodidae).
- Tea, Y.-K. & Gill, A.C. (2020): Systematic reappraisal of the anti-equatorial fish genus Microcanthus Swainson (Teleostei: Microcanthidae), with redescription and resurrection of Microcanthus joyceae Whitley.
- Soares, K.D.A. & Carvalho, M.R. (2020): Phylogenetic relationship of catshark species of the genus Scyliorhinus (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) based on comparative morphology.
- Riva-Rossi, C., Barrasso, D.A., Baker, C., Quiroga, A.P., Baigún, C., Basso, N.G. (2020): Revalidation of the Argentinian pouched lamprey Geotria macrostoma (Burmeister, 1868) with molecular and morphological evidence.
- Hibino, Y. & McCosker, J.E. (2020): Resurrection of Ophichthus zophistius (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with a revised diagnosis of O. altipennis.
- Garcez, D.K., Oliveira Fernandes, M., Rosa Ozório, G., Volcan, M.V. & Robe, L.J. (2020): Phylogenetic structure of Neotropical annual fish of the genus Cynopoecilus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with an assessment of taxonomic implications.
- Angrizani, R.C. & Malabarba, L.R. (2020): Genetic diversity and species delimitation in Rhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in South America, with a redescription of R. quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).
- Yang, Y., Wu, L.-N., Chen, J.-F., Wu, X., Xia, J.-H., Meng, Z.-N., Liu, X.-C. & Lin, H.-R. (2020): Whole-genome sequencing of leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus) and exploration of regulation mechanism of skin color and adaptive evolution.
- [update] Pastana, M.N.L., Bockmann, F.A. & Datovo, A: (2019): The cephalic lateral-line system of Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi): anatomy and phylogenetic implications.
- [update] Vaz, D.F.B. & Hilton, E.J. (2020): The caudal skeleton of Batrachoidiformes (Teleostei: Percomorphacea): a study of morphological diversity, intraspecific variation, and phylogenetic inferences.
- Wu, H., Gu, Q., Zhou, C., Tang, Y., Husemann, M., Meng, X., Zhang, J., Nie, G. & Li, X. (2020): Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Triplophysa stone loaches in the Central Chinese Mountains.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- Rangel-Medrano, J.D., Ortega-Lara, A. & Márquez, E.J. (2020): Ancient genetic divergence in bumblebee catfish of the genus Pseudopimelodus (Pseudopimelodidae: Siluriformes) from northwestern South America.
- Sugiura, K., Tomita, S., Minamoto, T., Mishina, T., Iwata, A., Abe, T., Yamamoto, S. & Watanabe, K. (2020): Characterizing the spatial and temporal occurrence patterns of the endangered botiid loach Parabotia curtus by environmental DNA analysis using a newly developed species-specific primer set.
2020 latest news (May)
- [update] Ottoni, F.P., Katz, A.M. & Bragança, P.H.N. (2020): Correction of the type locality of Australoheros ipatinguensis (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
- [update] Britz, R., Sudasinghe, H., Sykes, D. & Ranasinghe, R.H.T. (2020): Ophichthys desilvai, a poorly known synbranchid eel from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Synbranchidae).
- Costa, W.J.E.M., Katz, A.M., Mattos, J.L.O., Amorim, P.F., Mesquita, B.O., Vilardo, P.J. & Barbosa, M.A. (2020): Historical review and redescription of three poorly known species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus from south-eastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
- [update] Costa, G.C. & Schlupp, I. (2020): Placing the hybrid origin of the asexual Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) based on historical climate data.
- [update] Motta-Neto, C.C., Shibatta, O.A., Souza, A.S., Souza Rosa, R. & Molina, W.F. (2020): Inconspicuous genetic and morphological patterns challenge the taxonomic status of endemic species Bodianus insularis (Labridae).
- 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.
- Sterling, K.A., Nielsen, S.V., Brown, A.J., Warren, Jr. M.L. & Noonan, B.P. (2020): Cryptic diversity among Yazoo Darters (Percidae: Etheostoma raneyi) in disjunct watersheds of northern Mississippi.
- [update] Bronaugh, W.M., Swartz, E.R. & Sidlauskas, B.L. (2019): Between an ocean and a high place: coastal drainage isolation generates endemic cryptic species in the Cape kurper Sandelia capensis (Anabantiformes: Anabantidae), Cape Region, South Africa.
- 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.
- Balushkin, A.V. (2020): Findings of Armless Flounders Family Achiropsettidae at the Underwater Pulkovo Ridge (Southern Pacific Ocean).
- Jawad, L.A. & Alwan, N. (2020): Osteological Characters to Define Six Species of the Capoeta damascina Species Complex (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).
- Voskoboinikova, O.S., Kudryavtseva, O.Y., Orlov, A.M., Orlova, S.Y., Nazarkin, M.V., Chernova, N.V. & Maznikova, O.A. (2020): Relationships and Evolution of Lumpsuckers of the Family Cyclopteridae (Cottoidei).
- Arroyave, J., Denton, J.S.S. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2020): Pattern and timing of diversification in the African freshwater fish genus Distichodus (Characiformes: Distichodontidae).
- Perea, S., Sousa-Santos, C., Robalo, J. & Doadrio, I. (2020): Multilocus phylogeny and systematics of Iberian endemic Squalius (Actinopterygii, Leuciscidae).
- Mizumachi, K. & Endo, H. (2020): Larvae and juveniles of two Brotula species (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) collected from the Northwest Pacific Ocean.
2020 latest news (April)
- Sudasinghe, H., Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M., Maduwage, K. & Britz, R. (2020): Channa kelaartii, a valid species of dwarf snakehead from Sri Lanka and southern peninsular India (Teleostei: Channidae).
- 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.
- Parenti, P. (2020): An annotated checklist of fishes of the family Sciaenidae.
- Sungur, S. (2020): Oxynoemacheilus kosswigi a Junior Synonym of O. seyhanensis (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
- [update] Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2019): Validity of Sardinella dayi Regan 1917 and redescription of Sardinella jussieui (Valenciennes 1847) (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Clupeidae).
- [update] Imamura, H. & Moore, G.I. (2020): Taxonomic revision of the flathead genus Leviprora Whitley 1931, with recognition of Leviprora semermis (De Vis 1883) as a valid species (family Platycephalidae).
- [update] Sakai, H., Watanabe, K. & Goto, A. (2020): A revised generic taxonomy for Far East Asian minnow Rhynchocypris and dace Pseudaspius.
- 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).
- 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.
- [overlooked] Sheiko, B.A. (2019): Comments on the nomenclature of genus- and family-series taxa of notothenioid fishes (Perciformes, Notothenioidei).
- Pogonoski, J.J., Gon, O. & Appleyard, S.A. (2020): Redescription and distributional range extension of the Speckled Siphonfish, Siphamia guttulata (Pisces: Apogonidae).
- Muñoz-Ramírez, C.P., Briones, R., Colin, N., Fierro, P., Górski, K., Jara, A. & Manosalva, A. (2020): A Century after! Rediscovery of the ancient catfish Diplomystes Bleeker 1858 (Siluriformes: Diplomystidae) in coastal river basins of Chile and its implications for conservation.
- Liedke, A.M.R., Pinheiro, H.T., Floeter, S.R. & Bernardi, G. (2020): Phylogeography of the banded butterflyfish, Chaetodon striatus, indicates high connectivity between biogeographic provinces and ecosystems in the western Atlantic.
- [update] Rojo, J.H., Fernández, D.A., Figueroa, D.E. & Boy, C.C. (2020): Phenotypic and genetic differentiation between diadromous and landlocked puyen Galaxias maculatus.
- [update] De Cahsan, B., Nagel, R., Schedina, I.M., King, J.J., Bianco, P.G., Tiedemann, R. & Ketmaier, V. (2020): Phylogeography of the European brook lamprey (Lampetra planeri) and the European river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) species pair based on mitochondrial data.
- Rabosky, D.L. (2020): Speciation rate and the diversity of fishes in freshwaters and the oceans.
- [update] Hayes, M.M., Paz, H.J., Stout, C.C., Werneke, D.C. & Armbruster, J.W. (2020): A hotspot atop: rivers of the Guyana Highlands hold high diversity of endemic pencil catfish (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes).
- Mitsui, S., Strüssmann, C.A., Yokota, M. & Yamamoto, Y. (2020): Comparative otolith morphology and species identification of clupeids from Japan.
- Imamura, H. & Hoese, D.F. (2020): Insidiator Jordan and Snyder 1900, a valid genus of the family Platycephalidae (Scorpaeniformes).
- Kottelat, M. (2020): Nomenclatural status and possible identity of Aperioptus pictorius (Teleostei: Gonorynchidae [?] and Cobitidae).
- Kawarada, S., Imamura, H., Narimatsu, Y. & Shinohara, G. (2020): Taxonomic revision of the genus Lycenchelys (Osteichthyes: Zoarcidae) in Japanese waters.
- Bragança, P.H.N., Van Zeeventer, R.N., Bills, R., Tweddle, D. & Chakona, A. (2020): Diversity of the southern Africa Lacustricola Myers, 1924 and redescription of Lacustricola johnstoni (Günther, 1894) and Lacustricola myaposae (Boulenger, 1908) (Cyprinodontiformes, Procatopodidae).
2020 latest news (March)
- Bellia, E., Cerasa, G., Cigna, V., Lo Brutto, S. & Massa, B. (2020): Epinephelus sicanus (Doderlein, 1882) (Perciformes: Serranidae: Epinephelinae), a valid species of grouper from the Mediterranean Sea.
- Chanet, J., Mondéjar-Fernández, J. & Lecointre, G. (2020): Flatfishes interrelationships revisited based on anatomical characters.
- Ramos, T.P.A., Neto, L.F.B., Ferreira, K.C.F. & Barbosa, J.E.L. (2020): Redescription of Parotocinclus haroldoi Garavello, 1988 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), Northeastern Brazil.
- Zavala-Muñoz, F., Bustos, C.A., Landaeta, M.F. & Konstantinidis, P. (2020): Larval development and osteology of Callanthias platei (Teleostei: Callanthiidae) from Desventuradas Islands, South Pacific.
- Zawadzki, C.H., Oliveira, R.R., Santos Oliveira, A. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L. (2020): Redescription of Hypostomus carinatus (Steindachner 1881) (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Amazonas basin in Brazil.
- Hasan, M.E., Durand, J.-D. & Iwatsuki, Y. (2020): Acanthopagrus datnia (Hamilton, 1822), a senior synonym of Acanthopagrus longispinnis (Valenciennes, 1830) (Perciformes: Sparidae).
- Maniglia, T.C., Gomes, V.N., Oliveira, I.J., Agostinho, C.S., Prioli, S.M.A.P. & Prioli, A.J. (2020): Genetic evidence for a species complex within the piranha Serrasalmus maculatus (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) from three Neotropical river basins based on mitochondrial DNA sequences.
- Mehraban, H., Esmaeili, H.R., Zarei, F., Ebrahimi, M. & Gholamhosseini, A. (2020): Genetic diversification, population structure, and geophylogeny of the Scarface rockskipper Istiblennius pox (Teleostei: Blenniidae) in the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea.
- Bae, S.E., Kim, E.-M., Park, J.Y. & Kim, J.-K. (2020): Population genetic structure of the grass puffer (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) in the northwestern Pacific revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequences and microsatellite loci.
- Sudasinghe, H., Adamson, E.A.S., Ranasinghe, R.H.T., Meegaskumbura, M., Ikebe, C. & Britz, R. (2020): Unexpected species diversity within Sri Lanka’s snakehead fishes of the Channa marulius group (Teleostei: Channidae).
2020 latest news (February)
- Ballesteros-Córdova, C.A., Ruiz-Campos, G., Sánchez-Gonzáles, S. & Varela-Romero, A. (2020): Morphometric and meristic characterization of populations of the Gila minacae complex (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico.
- [update] Goto, A., Yokoyama, R., Kinoshita, I. & Sakai, H. (2019): Japanese catadromous fourspine sculpin, Rheopresbe kazika (Jordan & Starks) (Pisces: Cottidae), transferred from the genus Cottus.
- Sholihah, A., Delrieu-Trottin, E., Sukmono, T., Dahruddin, H., Risdawati, R., Elvyra, R., Wibowo, A., Kustiati, K., Busson, F., Sauri, S., Nurhaman, U., Dounias, E., Zein, M.S.A., Fitriana, Y., Utama, I.V., Muchlisin, Z.A., Agnèse, J.-F., Hanner, R., Wowor, D., Steinke, D., Keith, P., Rüber, L. & Hubert, N. (2020): Disentangling the taxonomy of the subfamily Rasborinae (Cypriniformes, Danionidae) in Sundaland using DNA barcodes.
- Faircloth, B.C., Alda, F., Hoekzema, K., Burns, M.D., Oliveira, C., Albert, J.S., Melo, B.F., Ochoa, L.E., Roxo, F.F., Chakrabarty, P., Sidlauskas, B.L. & Alfaro, M.E. (2020): A Target Enrichment Bait Set for Studying Relationships among Ostariophysan Fishes.
- Afrand, M., Sourinejad, I., Fazeli, A.A.S., Akbarzadeh, A., Yeganeh, L.P., Sadeghi, M. & Azarbaijani, R. (2020): Morphological identification and molecular validation of anchovies (Engraulidae) in the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea.
- Harries, D., Arbenz , T., Dahanukar, N., Raghavan, R., Tringham, M., Rangad, D. & Proudlove, G. (2019): The world’s largest known subterranean fish: a discovery in Meghalaya (NE India) of a cave-adapted fish related to the Golden Mahseer, Tor putitora (Hamilton 1822).
- [update] Queiroz, L.J., Cardoso, Y., Jacot-des-Combes, C., Bahechar, I.A., Lucena, C.A:, Rapp Py-Daniel, L., Sarmento Soares, L.M., Nylinder, S., Oliveira, C., Parente, T.E., Torrente-Vilara, G., Covain, R., Buckup, P. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I. (2019): Evolutionary units delimitation and continental multilocus phylogeny of the hyperdiverse catfish genus Hypostomus.
- [update] García-Machado, E., Léon, J.L.P., Gutiérrez-Costa, M.A., Michel-Salzat, A., Germon, I. & Casane, D. (2019): Phylogeographic evidence that the distribution of cryptic euryhaline species in the Gambusia punctata species group in Cuba was shaped by the archipelago geological history.
- Ochoa, L.E., Datovo, A., DoNascimiento, C., Roxo, F.F., Sabaj, M.H., Chang, J., Melo, B.F., Silva, G.S.C., Foresti, F., Alfaro, M. & Oliveira, C. (2020): Phylogenomic analysis of trichomycterid catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) inferred from ultraconserved elements.
- 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).
- Gill, A.C. & Michalski, S. (2020): Osteological evidence for monophyly of the Leiognathidae (Teleostei: Acanthomorpha: Acanthuriformes).
- De Cahsan, B., Nagel, R., Schedina, I.M., King, J.J., Bianco, P.G., Tiedemann, R. & Ketmaier, V. (2020): Phylogeography of the European brook lamprey (Lampetra planeri) and the European river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) species pair based on mitochondrial data.
- Hernández-Álvarez, C., Bayona-Vásquez, N.J., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Uribe-Alcocer, M. & Díaz-Jaimes, P. (2020): Phylogeography of the Pacific Red Snapper (Lutjanus peru) and Spotted Rose Snapper (Lutjanus guttatus) in the Inshore Tropical Eastern Pacific.
- 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.
- 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).
2020 latest news (January)
- Granados-Amores, E., Granados-Amores, J., Zavala-Leal, O.I- & Flores-Ortega, J.R. (2020): Geometric morphometrics in the sulcus acusticus of the sagittae otolith as tool to discriminate species of the genus Centropomus (Centropomidae: Perciformes) from the southeastern Gulf of California.
- 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.
- 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.
- Shimose, T., Suzuki, N. & Iwatsuki, Y. (2020): Pristipomoides amoenus (Snyder 1911), a valid species of jobfish (Pisces, Lutjanidae), with comparisons to P. argyrogrammicus (Valenciennes 1832).
- 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.
- Ríos, N., Casanova, A., Hermida, M., Pardo, B.G., Martínez, P., Bouza, C. & García, G. (2020): Population Genomics in Rhamdia quelen (Heptapteridae, Siluriformes) Reveals Deep Divergence and Adaptation in the Neotropical Region.
- Burns, M.D. & Bloom, D.D. (2020): Migratory lineages rapidly evolve larger body sizes than non-migratory relatives in ray-finned fishes.
- Kadarusman, Sugeha, H.Y., Pouyaud, L., Hocdé, R., Hismayasari, I.B., Gunaisah, E., Widiarto, S.B., Arafat, G., Widyasari, F., Mouillot, D. & Paradis, E. (2020): A thirteen-million-year divergence between two lineages of Indonesian coelacanths.
- Dorini, B.F., Ribeiro-Silva, L.R., Foresti, F., Oliveira, C. & Melo, B.F. (2020): Molecular phylogenetics provides a novel hypothesis of chromosome evolution in Neotropical fishes of the genus Potamorhina (Teleostei, Curimatidae).
- Akamatsu, Y., Kume, G., Gotou, M., Kono, T., Fujii, T., Inui, R. & Kurita, Y. (2020): Using environmental DNA analyses to assess the occurrence and abundance of the endangered amphidromous fish Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis.
- [update] Zawadzki, C.H., Tencatt, L.F.C. & Britski, H.A. (2019): Taxonomic revision of Hypostomus albopunctatus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) reveals a new piece of the Hypostomus jigsaw in the upper Río Paraná basin.
- [update] Barbosa, C., Garcez, D.K., Volcan, M.V. & Robe, L.J. (2019): Evidences for genetic differentiation within the highly endemic and endangered annual fish Austrolebias nigrofasciatus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae).
- [update] Hashimoto, S., Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. & Batista, J.S. (2019): A molecular assessment of species diversity in Tympanopleura and Ageneiosus catfishes (Auchenipteridae: Siluriformes).
- Yamamoto, S., Morita, K., Kikko, T., Kawamura, K., Sato, S. & Gwo, J.-C. (2019): Phylogeography of a salmonid fish, masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou subspecies-complex, with disjunct distributions across the temperate northern Pacific.
- Barros-García, D., Froufe, E., Bañón, R., Arronte, J.C., Baldó, F. & De Carlos, A. (2019): Phylogeography highlights two different Atlantic/Mediterranean lineages and a phenotypic latitudinal gradient for the Deep-Sea Morid Codling Lepidion lepidion (Gadiformes: Moridae).
- 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.