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2023 latest news (June)

  • Kottillil, S.Rao, C.Bowen, B.W. & Shanker, K. (2023): Phylogeography of sharks and rays: a global review based on life history traits and biogeographic partitions.
  • Beshera, K.A.Harris, P.M. & Michael, S.K. (2023): Relative Genetic Homogeneity within a Phenotypically Diverse group: The Case of Lake Tana Labeobarbus (Cyprinidae) Species Flock, Ethiopia.
  • [update] Domínguez-Contreras, J.F.Jiménez-Rosenberg, S.P.A.Reguera-Rouzaud, N.Sánchez-Velasco, L. & Diaz-Viloria, N. (2023): Molecular identification and first morphological description of the Colorado snapper Lutjanus colorado (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) larvae.
  • Joya, C.D.Ochoa-Aristizábal, A.M.Martínez, J.G. & Márquez, E.J. (2023): Morphometric and molecular differentiation of Pimelodus grosskopfii and Pimelodus yuma (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae).
  • Ramirez, J.L.Machado, C.B.Affonso, P.R.A.M. & Galetti, P.M., Jr. (2023): Speciation in Coastal Basins Driven by Staggered Headwater Captures: Dispersal of a Species Complex, Leporinus bahiensis, as Revealed by Genome-wide SNP Data.
  • Qian, Y.Meng, M.Zhou, C.Liu, H.Jiang, H.Xu, Y.Chen, W.Ding, Z.Liu, Y.Gong, X.Wang, C.Lei, Y.Wang, T.Wang, Y.Gan, X.Meyer, A.He, S. & Yang, L. (2023): The role of introgression during the radiation of endemic fishes adapted to living at extreme altitudes in the Tibetan Plateau.
  • Boyd, D.A.Tongnunui, S. & Page, L.M. (2023): Catfishes of the Genus Glyptothorax (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) in the Mae Klong River Basin, Thailand, with Taxonomic Implications for Several Southeast Asian Species.

2023 latest news (May)

  • Burress, E.D.Piálek, L.Casciotta, J.Almirón, A. & Říčan, O. (2023): Rapid Parallel Morphological and Mechanical Diversification of South American Pike Cichlids (Crenicichla).
  • Nascimento, M.H.S.Aragão, D.G.Silva, J.L.N.Lima, R.C.Birindelli, J.L.O.Fraga, E.C. & Barros, M.C. (2023): The DNA barcode reveals cryptic diversity and a new record for the genus Leporinus (Characiformes, Anostomidae) in the hydrographic basins of central northern Brazil.
  • Gill, A.C. (2023): Taxonomic identity of the enigmatic Western Australian fish species Stigmatonotus australis Peters, 1877 (Teleostei).
  • Jouladeh-Roudbar, A.Ghanavi, H.R.Kaya, C. & Freyhof, J. (2023): Barbus urmianus, a synonym of Barbus cyri (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
  • Zhou, Z.Yang, J.Lv, H.Zhou, T.Zhao, J.Bai, H.Pu, F. & Xu, P. (2023): The adaptive evolution of Leuciscus waleckii in Lake Dali Nur and convergent evolution of Cypriniformes fishes inhabiting extremely alkaline environments.
  • MacGuigan, D.J., Krabbenhoft, T.J., Harrington, R.C., Wainwright, D.K., Backenstose, N.J.C. & Near, T.J. (2023): Lacustrine speciation associated with chromosomal inversion in a lineage of riverine fishes.
  • Cortés-Hernández, M.Á.Méndez-López, A. & DoNascimiento, C. (2023): New records of Pimelodella (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from Colombia for the Amazon River basin, and redescription of P. serrata.
  • Říčan, O.Pangrácová, A.Rodriguez Haro, C.E. & Říčanová, Š. (2023): Repeated ecomorphological divergence in Bujurquina (Teleostei: Cichlidae) body shape.
  • Müller, C.Moser, F.N.Frei, D. & Seehausen, O. (2023): Constraints to speciation despite divergence in an old haplochromine cichlid lineage.
  • Vilardo, P.J.Katz, A.M. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2023): Chromatic polymorphism in Trichomycterus jacupiranga from eastern Brazilian Coastal basins (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
  • Silva-Santos, R.Machado, C.B.Zanata, A.M.Camelier, P.Galetti Jr., P.M. & Freitas, P.D. (2023): Molecular characterization of Astyanax species (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper Paraguaçu River basin, a hydrographic system with high endemism.
  • Díaz-Viloria, N.Max-Aguilar, A.Rivera-Lucero, M.I.Espino-Barr, E.Reguera-Rouzaud, N.Casaucao-Aguilar, A. & Perez-Enriquez, R. (2023): Genetic connectivity in the spotted rose snapper Lutjanus guttatus (Lutjaniformes: Lutjanidae) between Mexico and Panama throughout the Tropical Eastern Pacific.
  • [update] Rueda, E.C., Machado, C.B., Castro, V., Braga-Silva, A., Ojeda, G., Vargas, F., Loretán, G., Freitas, P.D., Galetti Jr., P.M. & Ortí, G. (2023): Genetic Population Structure of Pseudoplatystoma corruscans (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) and Evidence of Temporal Variation in Structure.
  • Azevedo-Santos, V.M.Katz, A.M.Zawadzki, C.H. & Deprá, G.C. (2023): Notes on some type specimens of the Natural History Museum of Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Chikurova, E.A.Orlov, A.M.Shchepetov, D.M. & Orlova, S.Y. (2023): Separated by Space and Time but United by Kinship: Phylogeographical and Phylogenetic History of Two Species of Eleginus (Gadidae) Based on the Polymorphism of Cyt b Mitochondrial DNA Gene.
  • Chen, B.Bai, Y.Wang, J.Ke, Q.Zhou, Z.Zhou, T.Pan, Y.Wu, R.Wu, X.Zheng, W. & Xu, P. (2023): Population structure and genome-wide evolutionary signatures reveal putative climate-driven habitat change and local adaptation in the large yellow croaker.
  • Modeel, S.Joshi, B.D.Yadav, S.Bharti, M. & Negi, R.K. (2023): Mitochondrial DNA reveals shallow population genetic structure in economically important Cyprinid fish Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822) from South and Southeast Asia.
  • Yamamoto, S.Morita, K.Kitano, S.Tabata, R.Watanabe, K. & Maekawa, K. (2023.): Phylogeography of a salmonid fish, white-spotted charr (Salvelinus leucomaenis), in a historically non-glaciated region in the northwestern North Pacific.
  • Orozco-Ruíz, A.M.Galván-Tirado, C.Orlov, A.M.Orlova, S.Y.García-De León, F.J. (2023): Genetic analyses reveal a non-panmictic genetic structure in the sablefish Anoplopoma fimbria in the northern Pacific.
  • Sun, C.-H.Lao, Y.-L.Huang, J.-L.Huang, X.-Y. & Zhang, Q. (2023): Genetic structure and phylogeography of the endemic species broadbanded velvetchin Hapalogenys analis in the Northwest Pacific.
  • Du, Y.-y.Zhang, Y.-p.Lou, Z.-y. & Wang, T. (2023): Unrecognized diversity, genetic structuring, and phylogeography of the genus Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) sheds light on two opposite colonization routes during Quaternary glaciation that occurred in the Qilian Mountains.
  • Palacios, M.González-Díaz, A.A.Rodriguez, L.A.Mateos, M.Rodiles-Hernández, R.Tobler, M. & Voelker, G. (2023): Population level genetic divergence and phylogenetic placement of Mexican shortfin mollies (Mollienesia: Poecilia: Poeciliidae).
  • Mandagi, I.F.Sumarto, B.K.A.Nuryadi, H.Mokodongan, D.F.Lawelle, S.A.Masengi, K.W.A.Nagano, A.J.Kakioka, K.Kitano, J.Ansai, S.Kusumi, J. & Yamahira, K. (2023): Multiple colonizations and hybridization of a freshwater fish group on a satellite island of Sulawesi.
  • Jiang, L.Zhou, M.Sarker, K.K.Huang, J.Chen, W. & Li, C. (2023): Mitochondrial Genome Uncovered Hidden Genetic Diversity in Microdous chalmersi (Teleostei: Odontobutidae).
  • Hata, H.Mandagi, I.F. & Masengi, K.W.A. (2023): Resurrection of nominal species previously regarded as junior synonyms of Thrissina baelama (Fabricius, 1775) and their re-descriptions (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae).

2023 latest news (April)

  • Causse, R.Mennesson, M.I.Lord, C. & Keith, P. (2023): Stenogobius (Teleostei: Gobioidei) from the Indian-Pacific island rivers.
  • Gomes, V. M. A. R. (2023): A Contribution to the systematic status of Rivulus (Cynodonichthys) milesi with notes on Rivulus (Cynodonichthys) magdalenae distribution area.
  • Kundu, S.De Alwis, P.S.Binarao, J.D.Lee, S.-R.Kim, A.R.Gietbong, F.Z.Yi, M. & Kim, H.-W. (2023): Mitochondrial DNA Corroborates the Genetic Variability of Clarias Catfishes (Siluriformes, Clariidae) from Cameroon.
  • Grobler, D.L.Klein, J.D.Quattro, J.M.Bolaño-Martínez, N. Bennett, R.H. & Bester-van der Merwe, A.E. (2023): Phylogenetic placement and molecular dating of hammerhead sharks (Sphyrnidae) based on whole mitogenomes.
  • Chen, L.Zhang, X. & Liu, H. (2023): Phylogenetic Relationships of the Pseudogobionini Group (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) with Selection Pressure Analyses to Genes of Mitochondrial Genome.
  • Near, T.J.Simmons, J.W.Strange, R.M.Brandt, S.Thomas, M.R.Harrington, R.C. & MacGuigan, D.J. (2023): Systematics of the Stripetail Darter, Etheostoma kennicotti (Putnam), and the Distinctiveness of the Upper Cumberland Endemic Etheostoma cumberlandicum Jordan and Swain.
  • Gastineau, R.Otis, C.Boyle, B.Lemieux, C.Turmel, M.St-Cyr, J. & Koken, M. (2023): The mitochondrial genome of the bioluminescent fish Malacosteus niger Ayres, 1848 (Stomiidae, Actinopterygii) is large and complex, and contains an inverted-repeat structure.
  • Sideleva, V.G. (2023): Composition of Endemic Baikal Genus  Cottocomephorus (Cottidae: Cottocomephorinae) with Revised Species Descriptions and Diagnoses.
  • Goren, M.Bogorodsky, S.V. & Rothman, S.B.S. (2023): How many valid Pleurosicya (Teleostei: Gobiidae) species are known from the Red Sea?

2023 latest news (March)

  • Girard, M.G.Mundy, B.C.Nonaka, A. & Johnson, G.D. (2023): Cusk-eel confusion: revisions of larval Luciobrotula and Pycnocraspedum and re-descriptions of two bythitid larvae (Ophidiiformes).
  • Day, J.J.Steell, E.M.Vigliotta, T.R.Withey, L.A.Bills, R.Friel, J.P.Genner, M.J. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2023): Exceptional levels of species discovery ameliorate inferences of the biogeography and diversification of an Afrotropical catfish family.
  • Tan, H.H.Sukri, R.S.Kahar, R. & Dommain, R. (2023): First record of Encheloclarias (Teleostei: Clariidae) from Brunei Darussalam with notes on the taxonomic status of E. baculum Ng & Lim, 1993, and E. prolatus Ng & Lim, 1993.
  • Nascimento, M.Lutz, Í.Fernandes, S.Cardoso, C.Rodrigues, T.M.Oliva, P. & Bentes, B. (2022): Folk taxonomy of the gray mullets (Mugilidae: Mugiliformes) in a marine extractivist reserve of northern Brazil.
  • Salisbury, S.J.Perry, R.Keefe, D.McCracken, G.R.Layton, K.K.S.Kess, T.Bradbury, I.R. & Ruzzante, D.E. (2023): Geography, environment, and colonization history interact with morph type to shape genomic variation in an Arctic fish.
  • Chen, I-S. & Jang-Liaw, N.-H. (2023): Phylogeography of Aphyocypris normalis Nichols and Pope, 1927 at Hainan Island and adjacent areas based on mitochondrial DNA data.
  • Marić, A., Srećković Batoćanin, D., Škraba Jurlina, D., Brkušanin, M., Karanović, J., Kanjuh, T., Nikolić, V., Mrdak, D. & Simonović, P. (2023): A treatise about reliability in dating events of evolutionary history of brown trout Salmo cf. trutta (Actinopterygii) at Western Balkans: Impassable barriers, isolation of populations and assistance of geological timeframe.
  • Luo, T., Yang, Q., Wu, L., Wang, Y.-L., Zhou, J.-J., Deng, H.-Q., Xiao, N. & Zhou, J. (2023): Phylogenetic relationships of Nemacheilidae cavefish (Heminoemacheilus, Oreonectes, Yunnanilus, Paranemachilus, and Troglonectes) revealed by analysis of mitochondrial genome and seven nuclear genes.
  • Shao, F., Wu, Z.-C., Xu, Y., Li, P. & Peng, Z.-G. (2023): Genome of striped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus) provides insights into the adaptive evolution of amphidromous fish.

2023 latest news (February)

  • Searle, P.C., Kokkonen, A.L., Campbell, J.R., Shiozawa, D.K., Belk, M.C. & Evans, R.P. (2023): Phylogenetic relationships of three rockfish: Sebastes melanops, Sebastes ciliatus and Sebastes variabilis (Scorpaeniformes, Scorpaenidae) based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences.
  • Duong, T.-Y., Nguyen, B.-T.T., Tran, D.D., Le, T.H. & Nor, S.A.M. (2023): Multiple genetic lineages of anadromous migratory Mekong catfish Pangasius krempfi revealed by mtDNA control region and cytochrome b.
  • Costa, W.J.E.M., Mattos, J.L.O., Amorim, P.F., Mesquita, B.O., & Katz, A.M. (2023): Chromatic polymorphism in Trichomycterus albinotatus (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae), a mountain catfish from south-eastern Brazil and the role of colouration characters in trichomycterine taxonomy.
  • Borovikova, E. & Nikulina, Y. (2023): The Contact Zone of Phylogenetic Lineages of Freshwater Fish in Arctic Eurasia: Genetic Polymorphism of Coregonid Populations.
  • Fedorcák, J., Šanda, R., Stefanov, T., Mendel, J., Nowak, M., Križek, P., Perdices, A., Vukic, J. & Košco, J. (2023): The “True Colours” of Golden Loaches (Teleostei: Cobitidae).
  • Yu, J., Chen, X., Liu, R., Tang, Y., Nie, G. & Zhou, C. (2023): Mitochondrial genome of Acheilognathus barbatulus (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae, Acheilognathinae): characterisation and phylogenetic analysis.
  • Li, C., Xiao, H., Zhang, X., Lin, H., Elmer, K.R. & Zhao, J. (2023): Deep genome-wide divergences among species in White Cloud Mountain minnow Tanichthys albonubes (Cypriniformes: Tanichthyidae) complex: Conservation and species management implications.
  • Domínguez-Cisneros, S.E., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Velázquez-Velázquez, E. & Pérez-Rodríguez, R. (2023): Redescription and diagnoses of the genera Profundulus and Tlaloc (Cyprinodontiformes: Profundulidae), Mesoamerican endemic fishes.
  • Luo, Y., Zhang, Y., Cheng, R., Li, Q., Zhang, Y., Li, Y. & Shen, Y. (2023): Genetic Diversity of Jinshaia sinensis (Cypriniformes, Balitoridae) Distributed Upstream of the Yangtze River.
  • De Alwis, P.S., Kundu, S., Gietbong, F.Z., Amin, M.H.F., Lee, S.-R., Kim, H.-W. & Kim, A.R. 20023. Mitochondriomics of Clarias Fishes (Siluriformes: Clariidae) with a New Assembly of Clarias camerunensis: Insights into the Genetic Characterization and Diversification.
  • Frota, A., Morrone, J.J. & Graça, W.J. (2023): Evolutionary biogeography of Cnesterodontini (Teleostei: Poeciliidae): area relationships and priority ranking for conservation.
  • Schiavon, L., Negrisolo, E., Battistotti, A., Lucassen, M., Damerau, M., Harms, L., Riginella, E., Matschiner, M., Zane, L., La Mesa, M. & Papetti, C. (2023): Species identification and population genetics of the Antarctic fish genera Lepidonotothen and Nototheniops (Perciformes, Notothenioidei).
  • Zhang, M., Zhou, Q., Xiang, H., Wang, J., Lan, X., Luo, Q. & Jiang, W. (2022): Complete mitochondrial genome of Rectoris luxiensis (Teleostei, Cyprinidae): characterisation and phylogenetic implications.
  • Sukumaran, S., Sebastian, W., Zacharia, P.U., Kizhakudan, S.J., Akhilesh, K.V., Thomas, S., Roul, S.K., Muktha, M., Sen. S.P., Purushottama, G.B., Rahangdale, S., Bineesh, K.K., Kishor, T.G. & Gopalakrishnan, A. (2023): Population genetic research on the Spadenose shark, Scoliodon laticaudus (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhinidae), reveals the presence of two significantly differentiated clades along the Indian coast.

2023 latest news (January)

  • Zeng, X.-S., Sun, C.-H., Huang, X.-Y., Lao, Y.-L., Huang, J.-L., Li, S. & Zhang, Q. (2022): DNA barcoding of Scomberomorus (Scombridae, Actinopterygii) reveals cryptic diversity and misidentifications.
  • Morais-Silva, J.P., Scorsim, B., Gonçalves, G., Frota, A., Graça, W.J. & Oliveira, A.V. (2023): Molecular Markers Reveal a New and Possibly Threatened Species of Cnesterodon (Poeciliidae, Cnesterodontini) from the Upper Paraná River Basin, Brazil.
  • Elías, D.J., McMahan, C.D., Alda, F., García-Alzate, C., Hart, P.B. & Chakrabarty, P. (2023): Phylogenomics of trans-Andean tetras of the genus Hyphessobrycon Durbin 1908 (Stethaprioninae: Characidae) and colonization patterns of Middle America.
  • Sayyadzadeh, G., Al Jufaili, S.M. & Esmaeili, H.R. (2023): Species diversity deflation: Insight into taxonomic validity of Garra species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Dhofar Region in the Arabian Peninsula using an integrated morpho-molecular approach.
  • Prokofiev, A.M. & Frable, B.W. (2023): New specimens and supplementary descriptions of two rare dragonfishes, Photonectes klepadloae and P. litvinovi, with comments on the distribution of P. filipendulus (Teleostei: Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae).
  • Küçük, F., Çi̇ftçi, Y., Güçlü, S.S., Mutlu, A.G. & Turan, D. (2023): Taxonomic review of the Chondrostoma (Teleostei, Leuciscidae) species from inland waters of Turkey: an integrative approach.
  • Deprá, G.C., van der Laan, R. & Azevedo-Santos, V.M. (2023): Reinstatement of Heptapterus longicauda (Borodin, 1927).