New Taxa 2018

Authors in alphabetical order

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

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  • Abrahão, V.P. & Pinna, M.C.C. (2018): Cetopsis varii, a new species of whale catfish (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae) from the Meta Basin, Colombia.

  • Agnèse, J.-F., Chirio, L., Legros, O., Oslisly, R. & Bhé, H.M. (2018): Unexpected discovery of six new species of Aphyosemion (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae) in the Wonga-Wongué Presidential Reserve in Gabon.
    • Aphyosemion aurantiacum Chirio et al., 2018
    • Aphyosemion barakoniense Chirio et al., 2018
    • Aphyosemion flammulatum Chirio et al., 2018
    • Aphyosemion flavocyaneum Chirio et al., 2018 [Note: erroneously misspelled cyanoflavum [not of Van der Zee et al. 2018] in original description, caption of Fig. 4A-D and table 3]
    • Aphyosemion pusillum Chirio et al., 2018
    • Aphyosemion rubrogaster Chirio et al., 2018

  • Albornoz-Garzón, J.G., Conde-Saldaña, C.C., García-Melo, J.E., Taphorn, D.C. & Villa-Navarro, F.A. (2018): A new species of Creagrutus (Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the upper Río Magdalena, Colombia.

  • Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Cahyani, N.K.D. (2018): Chrysiptera uswanasi, a new microendemic species of damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) from West Papua Province, Indonesia.

  • Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Hidayat, N.I. (2018): Pomacentrus bellipictus, a new microendemic species of damselfish (Pisces: Pomacentridae) from the Fakfak Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia.

  • Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Sianipar, A.B. (2018): Descriptions of two new species of moray eels (Pisces: Muraenidae) from northwestern Flores, Indonesia.

    • Alonso, F., Terán, G.E., Calviño, P., García, I., Cardoso, Y. & García, G. (2018): An endangered new species of seasonal killifish of the genus Austrolebias (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheiloidei) from the Bermejo river basin in the Western Chacoan Region.

    • Amaoka, K. & Ho, H.-C. (2018): Review of the genus Engyprosopon Günther, 1862 (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae) from waters off Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species.

    • Andrade, M.C., Jégu, M., Buckup, P.A. & Netto‐Ferreira, A.L. (2018): A new Myleus species (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) from the Rio Tapajós basin, Brazil.

    • Andrade, M.C., Jégu, M. & Gama, C.S. (2018): A new species of Myloplus Gill (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) from the Tumucumaque Mountain Range, Brazil and French Guiana, with comments on M. rubripinnis.

    • Angrizani, R.C. & Malabarba, L.R. (2018): Morphology and molecular data reveal the presence of two new species under Rhamdia quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) species complex.

    • Angulo, A., Santos, A.C., López, M., Langeani, F. & Mcmahan, C.D. (2018): A new species of Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) from Costa Rica and Panama, with a key to the lower Central American species of the genus.

    • Antonetti, D.A., Lucena, C.A.S. & Lucena, Z.M.S. (2018): Two new species of Phenacogaster (Actinopterygii: Characidae) from the rio Tocantins drainage, Brazil.

    • Ardila Rodriguez, C.A. (2018): Diez nuevas especies de peces Trichomycterus para la región Andina y Caribe – Colombia. / Ten new species of Trichomycterus fishes for the Andean and Caribean region – Colombia.
      • Trichomycterus cerritoensis Ardila Rodriguez, 2018
      • Trichomycterus colombia Ardila Rodriguez, 2018
      • Trichomycterus ferreri Ardila Rodriguez, 2018
      • Trichomycterus gairaensis Ardila Rodriguez, 2018
      • Trichomycterus gironensis Ardila Rodriguez, 2018
      • Trichomycterus nabusimakensis Ardila Rodriguez, 2018
      • Trichomycterus sanmartinensis Ardila Rodriguez, 2018
      • Trichomycterus sucrensis Ardila Rodriguez, 2018
      • Trichomycterus valleduparensis Ardila Rodriguez, 2018
      • Trichomycterus wiwa Ardila Rodriguez, 2018

    • Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2018): Trichomycterus guacamayoensis sp. nov. (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) una nueva especie de pez del Río Suárez, cuenca media del Río Magdalena Departamento de Santander – Colombia.
      • Trichomycterus guacamayoensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2018
        • Barranquilla, Departamento del Atlántico, No. 11: 1-24. [15 Apr 2018]

    • Arnold, R.J. & Pietsch, T.W. (2018): Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: A New Species of the Frogfish Genus Histiophryne Gill (Lophiiformes: Antennariidae: Histiophryninae) from Western and South Australia, with a Revised Key to Congeners.

    • Arunachalam, M., Anusha, J. & Sivakumar, P. (2018): New species of Labeo Cuvier (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Bhadra River, Karnataka region of Western Ghats, peninsular India.

    • Arunachalam, M., Vijayakumar, C. & Mayden, R.L. (2018): Two new species of Psilorhynchus (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India.

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    • Baldwin, C.C., Tornabene, L., Robertson, D.R., Nonaka, A. & Gilmore, G. (2017): More new deep-reef basslets (Teleostei, Grammatidae, Lipogramma), with updates on the eco-evolutionary relationships within the genus.

    • Balushkin, A.V. & Moganova, M.V. (2018): Melanostigma kharini sp. nov. (Zoarcidae) – Новый Вид Пелагической Бельдюги С Хребта Геракл (Антарктическо-Южнотихоокеанское Поднятие).

    • Bineesh, K.K., Russell, B.C. & Chandra, K. (2018): Nemipterus andamanensis, a new nemipterid fish (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) from the Andaman Islands.

    • Biscoito, M. & Saldanha, L. (2018): Gaidropsarus mauli a new species of three-bearded rockling (Gadiformes, Gadidae) from the Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) and the Biscay Slope (Northeastern Atlantic).

    • Bortolo, G.C., Lima, F.C.T. & Melo, B.F. (2018): A New Cyphocharax from the Lower Rio Tapajós, Amazon Basin, Brazil (Characiformes: Curimatidae).

    • Bernt, M.J., Crampton, W.G.R., Orfinger, A. & Albert, J.S. (2018): Melanosternarchus amaru, a new genus and species of electric ghost knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) from the Amazon Basin.

    • Bragança, P.H.N. (2018): Fluviphylax gouldingi and F. wallacei, two new miniature killifishes from the middle and upper Rio Negro drainage, Brazilian Amazon (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes, Cyprinodontoidei).
      • Fluviphylax gouldingi Bragança et al., 2018
      • Fluviphylax wallacei Bragança et al., 2018
        • Spixiana: 41 (1): 133-146. [available through Research Gate]

    • Bragança, P.H.N., Amorim, P.F. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2018): Pantanodontidae (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes), the sister group to all other cyprinodontoid killifishes as inferred by molecular data.
      • Fluviphylacinae Roberts 1970 raised to family level, now Fluviphylacidae
      • Pantanodontinae Myers, 1955 raised to family level, now Pantanodontidae
      • Procatopodinae Fowler 1916 raised to family level, now Procatopodidae

    • Brahimi, A., Libois, R., Henrard, A. & Freyhof, J. (2018): Luciobarbus lanigarensis and L. numidiensis, two new species of barbels from the Mediterranean Sea basin in North Africa (Teostei [sic!]: Cyprinidae).

    • Britz, R., Anoop, V.K. & Dahanukar, N. (2018): Dario neela, a new species of badid fish from the Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae).

    • Britz, R., Sykes, D., Gower, D.J. & Kamei, R.G. (2018): Monopterus rongsaw, a new species of hypogean swamp eel from the Khasi Hills in Northeast India (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae).

    • Britzke, R., Troy, W.P., Oliveira, C. & Benine, R.C. (2018): Description of a new species of Moenkhausia (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper Paraguay basin, Central Brazil, with comments on its phylogenetic relationships.

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    • Caires, R.A. & Toledo-Piza, M. (2018): A New Species of Miniature Fish of the Genus Microphilypnus (Gobioidei: Eleotridae) from the Upper Rio Negro Basin, Amazonas, Brazil.

    • Camelier, P., Dagosta, F.C.P. & Marinho, M.M.F. (2018): New remarkable sexually dimorphic miniature species of Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper Rio Tapajós basin.

    • Campos-Da-Paz, R. (2018): A new species of Hypopygus Hoedeman (Gymnotiformes: Rhamphichthyidae)
      from the rio Trombetas system, Amazon basin, Brazil.

    • Cao, L. & Zang, E (2018): Schistura alboguttata, a new loach species of the family Nemacheilidae (Pisces: Cypriniformes) from the Pearl River basin in Guangxi, South China.

    • Carvalho, T.P., Arce, H.M., Reis, R.E. & Sabaj, M.H. (2018): Molecular phylogeny of Banjo Catfishes (Ostaryophisi: Siluriformes: Aspredinidae): a continental radiation in South American freshwaters.

    • Carvalho Deprá, G., Azevedo-Santos, V.M., Vitorino, O.B.J., Dagosta, F.C.P., Marinho, M.M.F. & Benine, R.C. (2018): Moenkhausia goya (Characiformes: Characidae): a new species from the upper rio Tocantins basin, Central Brazil.

    • Carvalho Deprá, G., Graça, W.J., Pavanelli, C.S., Avelino, G.S. & Oliveira, C. (2018): Molecular phylogeny of Planaltina Böhlke (Characidae: Stevardiinae) and comments on the definition and geographic distribution of the genus, with description of a new species.

    • Carvalho Rocha, Y.G.P., Ramos, T.P.A. & Costa Ramos, R.T. (2018): Phenacorhamdia cabocla, a new heptapterid from the Parnaíba River basin, Northeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae).

    • Castellanos-Morales, C.A. (2018): A new species of cave catfish, genus Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), from the Magdalena River system, Cordillera Oriental, Colombia / Una nueva especie de bagre de caverna, género Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), del sistema río Magdalena, cordillera Oriental, Colombia.

    • Chamon, C.C. & Costa e Silva, T. (2018): Pseudacanthicus major: description of one of the largest known Loricariidae (Hypostominae: Ancistrini), a species from rio Tocantins basin, Brazil.

    • Chamon, C.C., Pereira, T.N.A., Mendonça, M.B. & Akama, A. (2018): New species of the genus Spectracanthicus (Loricariidae, Hypostominae, Ancistrini) from the Rio Javaés (Rio Araguaia basin), with a description of gross brain morphology.

    • Chen, Y., Chen. H., He, D. & Chen, Y. (2018): Two new species of the genus Cobitis (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae) from South China.

    • Chiu, Y.-C., Shao, K.-T., Huang, S.-P. & Chen, H.-M. (2018): The freshwater snake eel genus Lamnostoma (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) in Taiwan, with description of a new species.

    • Chuctaya, J., Bührnheim, C.M. & Malabarba, L.R. (2018): Two new species of Odontostilbe historically hidden under O. microcephala (Characiformes: Cheirodontinae).

    • Chungthanawong, S. & Motomura, H. (2018): Two new species of the waspfish genus Ablabys (Scorpaeniformes: Tetrarogidae) from the western Pacific Ocean.

    • Ciccotto, P.J. & Tan, H.H. (2018): A new species of Lobocheilos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.

    • Çiçek, E., Eagderi, S. & Sungur, S. (2018): Oxynoemacheilus veyseli, a new nemacheilid species from the upper Aras River drainage of Turkey (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).

    • Collins, R.A., Bifi, A.G., Oliveira, R.R., Ribeiro, E.D., Lujan, N.K., Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. & Hrbek, T. (2018): Biogeography and species delimitation of the rheophilic suckermouth catfish genus Pseudolithoxus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with the description of a new species from the Brazilian Amazon.

    • Conway, K.W., Stewart, A.L. & Summers, A.P. (2018): A new genus and species of clingfish from the Rangitāhua Kermadec Islands of New Zealand (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae).

    • Conway, K.W., Stewart, A.L. & Summers, A.P. (2018): A new species of sea urchin associating clingfish of the genus Dellichthys from New Zealand (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae).

    • Costa, W.J.E.M. (2018): Comparative morphology, phylogeny and classification of African seasonal killifishes of the tribe Nothobranchiini (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae).

    • Costa, W.J.E.M. (2018): Three new species of the killifish genus Melanorivulus from the Rio Paraná Basin, central Brazilian Cerrado (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae).

    • Costa, W.J.E.M. & Amorim, P.F. (2018): A new miniature cryptic species of the seasonal killifish genus Spectrolebias from the Tocantins River basin, central Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae).

    • Costa, W.J.E.M., Amorim, P.F. & Mattos, J.L.O. (2018): Cryptic species diversity in the Hypsolebias magnificus complex, a clade of endangered seasonal killifishes from the São Francisco River basin, Brazilian Caatinga (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae).

    • Costa, W.J.E.M., Amorim, P.F. & Mattos, J.L.O. (2018): Diversity and conservation of seasonal killifishes of the Hypsolebias fulminantis complex from a Caatinga semiarid upland plateau, São Francisco River basin, northeastern Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae).

    • Craig, J.M., Correa-Roldán, V., Ortega, H., Crampton, W.G.R. & Albert, J.S. (2018): Revision of Gymnotus (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) from the Upper Madeira Basin of Bolivia and Peru, with descriptions of two new species.

    • Craig, J.M., Malabarba, L.R., Crampton, W.G.R. & Albert, J.S. (2018): Revision of Banded Knifefishes of the Gymnotus carapo and G. tigre clades (Gymnotidae Gymnotiformes) from the Southern Neotropics.

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    • Delapieve, M.L.S., Lehmann A, P. & Reis, R.E. (2018): An appraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of Hypoptopomatini cascudinhos with description of two new genera and three new species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae).
      • Leptotocinclus n. gen. Delapieve et al., 2018
      • Type species: Leptotocinclus ctenistus Delapieve et al., 2018
      • also included: Leptotocinclus madeirae Delapieve et al., 2018
      • Nannoxyropsis n. gen. Delapieve et al., 2018
      • Type species: Nannoxyropsis acicula Delapieve et al., 2018
      • also included: Oxyropsis ephippia Aquino & Sabaj Pérez, 2016

    • Deng, S.-Q., Cao, L. & Zhang, E (2018): Garra dengba, a new species of cyprinid fish (Pisces: Teleostei) from eastern Tibet, China.

    • Dias, A.C., Silva, G.S.C., Oliveira, C. & Roxo, F.F. (2018): A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Aripuanã river, Amazon basin, Brazil.

    • Dierickx, K., Hanssens, M., Rusuwa, B., & Snoeks, J. (2018): Trematocranus pachychilus, a new endemic cichlid from Lake Malawi (Teleostei, Cichlidae).

    • Dutra, G.M., Melo, B.F. & Netto-Ferreira, A.L. (2018): A new species of Curimatopsis Steindachner (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the Rio Nhamundá, Amazon basin.

    • Dutra, G.M., Peixoto, L.A.W., Santana, C.D. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2018): A new species of Eigenmannia Jordan & Evermann (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from Río Ventuari, Venezuela.

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    • Eagderi, S., Jalili, P. & Çiçek, E. (2018): Oxynoemacheilus elsae, a new species from the Urmia Lake basin of Iran (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).

    • Ebert, D.A., Akhilesh, K.V. & Weigmann, S. (2018): Planonasus indicus sp. n., a new species of pygmy false catshark (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Pseudotriakidae), with a revised diagnosis of the genus and key to the family.

    • Ebert, D.A. & Van Hees, K.E. (2018): Etmopterus marshae sp. nov, a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the Philippine Islands, with a revised key to the Etmopterus lucifer clade.

    • Elp, M., Osmanoğlu, M.İ., Kadak, A.E. & Turan, D. (2018): Characteristics of Capoeta oguzelii, a new species of cyprinid fish from the Ezine Stream, Black Sea basin, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).

    • Endruweit, M. (2018): Description of four new species of freshwater gobies from the Black River drainage in China and Vietnam (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
      • Rhinogobius coccinella Endruweit, 2018
      • Rhinogobius nanophyllum Endruweit, 2018
      • Rhinogobius ngutinhoceps Endruweit, 2018
      • Rhinogobius phuongae Endruweit, 2018

    • Endruweit, M., Min, R. & Yang, J. (2018): A new species of Homatula from the Red River drainage in Yunnan based on morphological and genetic data (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).

    • Espíndola, V.C., Tencatt, L.F.C., Pupo, F.M., Villa‐Verde, L. & Britto, M.R. (2018): From the inside out: a new species of armoured catfish Corydoras with the description of poorly‐explored character sources (Teleostei, Siluriformes, Callichthyidae).

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    • Fahmi, F. & Ebert, D.A. (2018): Parmaturus nigripalatum n. sp., a new species of deep-sea catshark (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from Indonesia.

    • Fernández, L. & Andreoli Bize, J. (2018): New species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the High Andean Plateau of Argentina.

    • Ferreira, K.M., Faria, E., Ribeiro, A.C., Santana, J.C.O., Quagio-Grassioto, I. & Menezes, N.A. (2018): Gephyrocharax machadoi, a new species of Stevardiinae (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Rio Paraguai basin, central Brazil.

    • Figueiredo, C.A. & Moreira, C.R. (2018): Poecilia (Pamphorichthys) akroa, a new poeciliid species (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) from the Rio Tocantins basin, Brazil.

    • Fisch-Muller, S., Mol, J.H.A. & Covain, R. (2018): An integrative framework to reevaluate the Neotropical catfish genus Guyanancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with particular emphasis on the Guyanancistrus brevispinis complex.
      • Cryptancistrus n. gen. Fisch-Muller et al., 2018
      • Type species: Cryptancistrus similis Fisch-Muller et al., 2018
      • Guyanancistrus brevispinis bifax Fisch-Muller et al., 2018
      • Guyanancistrus brevispinis orientalis Fisch-Muller et al., 2018
      • Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis Mol et al., 2018
      • Guyanancistrus megastictus Fisch-Muller et al., 2018
      • Guyanancistrus nassauensis Mol et al., 2018
      • Guyanancistrus teretirostris Fisch-Muller et al., 2018
      • Guyanancistrus tenuis Fisch-Muller et al., 2018

    • Freyhof, J., Kaya, C., Bayçelebi, E., Geiger, M. & Turan, D. (2018): Generic assignment of Leuciscus kurui Bogutskaya from the upper Tigris drainage, and a replacement name for Alburnus kurui Mangit & Yerli (Teleostei: Leuciscidae).

    • Fricke, R. (2018): Two new species of stargazers of the genus Uranoscopus (Teleostei: Uranoscopidae) from the western Pacific Ocean.

    • Fricke, R., Golani, D., Appelbaum-Golani, B. & Zajonz, U. (2018): Dysomma alticorpus, a new species of cutthroat eel from the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (Teleostei: Synaphobranchidae) / Dysomma alticorpus, une nouvelle espèce d’anguille égorgée du golfe d’Aqaba, mer Rouge (Teleostei : Synaphobranchidae).

    • Fricke, R., Golani, D., Appelbaum-Golani, B. & Zajonz, U. (2018): Scorpaena decemradiata new species (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea, a species distinct from Scorpaena porcus.

    • Fricke, R. & Quang, V.V. (2018): Callionymus vietnamensis, a new species of dragonet from the South China Sea off southern Vietnam, with a review of the subgenus Callionymus (Calliurichthys) Jordan & Fowler 1903 (Teleostei: Callionymidae).

    • Friedrich, T., Wiesner, C., Zangl, L., Daill, D., Freyhof, J. & Koblmüller, S. (2018): Romanogobio skywalkeri, a new gudgeon (Teleostei: Gobionidae) from the upper Mur River, Austria.

    • Fujiwara, K., Okamoto, M. & Motomura, H. (2018): Review of the clingfish genus Kopua (Gobiesocidae: Trachelochisminae) in Japan, with description of a new species.

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    • García‐Melo, J.E., Albornoz‐Garzón, J.G., García‐Melo, L.J., Villa‐Navarro, F.A. & Maldonado‐Ocampo, J.A. (2018): A new Species of Hemibrycon (Characiformes, Characidae, Stevardiinae) from the upper Magdalena River basin in Colombia.

    • Gill, A.C. & Psomadakis, P.N. (2018): Pseudanthias emma new species, with notes on a collection of anthiadine serranid fishes from off Myanmar (eastern Indian Ocean).

    • Gomon, M.F. & Kawai, T. (2018): A review of Indonesia’s Indian Ocean species of Lepidotrigla gurnards (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae) with descriptions of three new species from southern coastal waters.

    • Gomon, M.F. & Psomadakis, P.N. (2018): Review of the Lepidotrigla gurnards (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae) in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea off Myanmar with a description of a new species.

    • Gonzáles, J.A., Triay-Portella, G. & Biscoito, M. (2018): A new species of Physiculus (Teleostei: Moridae) from the Cape Verde Islands (Eastern Central Atlantic).

    • Greenfield, D.W., Tornabene, L., Gomez-Buckley, M. & Erdmann, M.V. (2018): Eviota maculosa, a new dwarfgoby from the Western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Gobiidae).

    • Guimarães, E.C., Brito, P.S., Ferreira, B.R.A. & Ottoni, F.P. (2018): A new species of Charax (Ostariophysi, Characiformes, Characidae) from northeastern Brazil.

    • Guimarães, E.C., Brito, P.S., Feitosa, L.M., Carvalho-Costa, L.F. & Ottoni, F.P. (2018): A new species of Hyphessobrycon Durbin from northeastern Brazil: evidence from morphological data and DNA barcoding (Characiformes, Characidae).

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    • Habib, K.A., Neogi, A.K., Oh, J., Lee, Y.-H. & Kim, C.-G. (2018): Chelonodontops bengalensis (Tetraodontoformes [sic!]: Tetraodontidae): A New Species of Puffer Fish from the Northern Bay of Bengal Based on Morphology and DNA Barcode.

    • Hammer, M.P., Allen, G.R., Martin, K.C., Adams, M., Ebner, B.C., Raadik, T.A. & Unmack, P.J. (2018): Revision of the Australian Wet Tropics endemic rainbowfish genus Cairnsichthys (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae), with description of a new species.

    • Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2018): Stolephorus continentalis, a new anchovy from the northwestern South China Sea, and redescription of Stolephorus chinensis (Günther 1880) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae).

    • Henschel, E., Mattos, J.L.O., Katz, A.M. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2018): Position of enigmatic miniature trichomycterid catfishes inferred from molecular data (Siluriformes).

    • Hibino, Y. & Tabata, R. (2018): Description of a new catfish, Silurus tomodai (Siluriformes: Siluridae) from central Japan.

    • Ho, H.-C., Hong, W.-C. & Chen, H.-M. (2018): A new cutthroat eel of the genus Synaphobranchus (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae) from Taiwan.

    • Ho, H.-C. & Last, P.R. (2018): Review of the batfish genus Halicmetus Alcock, 1891 from Australian waters, with descriptions of two new species (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae).

    • Ho, H.-C. & Tighe, K.A. (2018): Three new species of the cutthroat eel genus Dysomma, with comments on the variation of D. taiwanense (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae).
      • Dysomma brachygnathos Ho & Tighe, 2018
      • Dysomma formosa Ho & Tighe, 2018
      • Dysomma robinsorum Ho & Tighe, 2018

    • Huang, J.-F., Ho, H.-C., Chang, Y.-H., Smith, D.G. & Chen, H.-M. (2018): Two new species of the conger eel genus Bathycongrus (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Taiwan.

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    • Imamura, H., Psomadakis, P.N. & Thein, H. (2018): Two new species of deepwater flathead Bembras Cuvier, 1829 from the Andaman Sea, eastern Indian Ocean.

    • Iwatsubo, H. & Motomura, H. (2018): Chromis katoi, a new species of damselfish from the Izu Islands, Japan, with a key to species in the Chromis notata species complex (Perciforms: Pomacentridae).

    • Iwatsuki, Y. & Heemstra, P.C. (2018): Taxonomic review of the genus Argyrops (Perciformes; Sparidae) with three new species from the Indo-West Pacific.
      • Argyrops caeruleops Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2018
      • Argyrops flavops Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2018
      • Argyrops notialis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2018

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    • Jerep, F.C., Dagosta, F.C.P. & Ohara, W.M. (2018): A New Miniature Species of Serrapinnus (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Upper Rio Araguaia, Brazil.

    • Johnson, J.W. & Wilmer, J.W. (2018): Three new species of Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) and first records of P. muronis (Tanaka, 1918) and P. rubromaculata Ho, Chang & Shao, 2012 from Australia.
      • Parapercis algrahami Johnson & Wilmer, 2018
      • Parapercis imamurai Johnson & Wilmer, 2018
      • Parapercis pogonoskii Johnson & Wilmer, 2018

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    • Kai, Y., & Fricke, R. (2018): Taxonomic review of the deep water flathead genus Parabembras with description of the new species Parabembras multisquamata from the western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei, Parabembridae).

    • Kai, Y., Tohkairin, A., Fujiwara, K. & Hamatsu, T. (2018): Careproctus iacchus, a new variegated snailfish (Liparidae) from the Seas of Japan and Okhotsk.

    • Katwate, U., Kumkar, P., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2018): A new syntopic species of small barb from the Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).

    • Keith, P., Dahruddin, H., Limmon, G. & Hubert, N. (2018): A new species of Schismatogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Halmahera (Indonesia).

    • Koeda, K., Fujii, T. & Motomura, H. (2018): A new garden eel, Heteroconger fugax (Congridae: Heterocongrinae), from the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

    • Kottelat, M. (2018): Mustura celata, a new genus and species of loaches from northern Myanmar, and an overview of Physoschistura and related taxa (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).

    • Kottelat, M. & Tan, H.H. (2018): Three new species of archerfishes from the freshwaters of Southeast Asia (Teleostei: Toxotidae) and notes on Henri Mouhot’s fish collections.

    • Kovačić, M., Bogorodsky, S.V., Mal, A.O. & Alpermann, T.J. (2018): Redescription of the genus Koumansetta (Teleostei: Gobiidae), with description of a new species from the Red Sea.

    • Kovačić, M., Ordines, F. & Schliewen, U.K. (2018): A new species of Buenia (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the western Mediterranean slope bottoms, the redescription of Buenia jeffreysi and the first Balearic record of Buenia affinis.

    • Kullander, S., Rahman, M.M., Norén, M. & Mollah, A.R. (2018): Laubuka tenella, a new species of cyprinid fish from southeastern Bangladesh and southwestern Myanmar (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Danioninae).

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    • Lalramliana, Knight, J.D.M., Lalhlimpuia, D.V. & Singh, M. (2018): Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of snakehead fish, Channa stiktos (Teleostei: Channidae), from Mizoram, North Eastern India.

    • Lalramliana, Lalronunga, S., Kumar, S. & Singh, M. (2018): DNA barcoding revealed a new species of Neolissochilus Rainboth, 1985 from the Kaladan River of Mizoram, North East India.

    • Larson, H.K. & Husana, D.E.M. (2018): A new species of the blind goby Caecogobius (Gobioidei, Gobiidae, Gobionellinae) from a cave system on Mindanao Island, the Philippines.

    • Lehmann A., P., Lima, F.C.T. & Reis, R.E. (2018): Parotocinclus yaka, a new species of armored catfish (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), from the Amazon basin in Brazil.

    • Li, F., Li, S. & Chen, J.-K. (2018): Rhinogobius immaculatus, a new species of freshwater goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Qiantang River, China.

    • Li, G., Wu, J., Leng, Y., Zhou, R., Pan, X., Han, F., Li, S. & Liang, X. (2018): A New Species Sinocyclocheilus longshanensis sp. nov. from Yunnan.
      • Sinocyclocheilus longshanensis Li & Wu, 2018
        • Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin, 34 (5): 153-158.

    • Li, H., He, Y., Jiang, J., Liu, Z. & Li, C. (2018): Molecular systematics and phylogenetic analysis of the Asian endemic freshwater sleepers (Gobiiformes: Odontobutidae).

    • Lima, F.C.T. & Soares, I.M. (2018): A new Moenkhausia (Actinopterygii: Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Negro basin, Brazil.

    • Lin, J., Shao, K.-T. & Smith, D.G. (2018): The eel genus Macrocephenchelys (Anguilliformes: Congridae) in Taiwan, with description of a new species.

    • Liu, T., Deng, H.Q., Ma, L., Xiao, N. & Zhou, J. (in press): Sinocyclocheilus zhenfengensis, a new cyprinid species (Pisces: Teleostei) from Guizhou Province, Southwest China.

    • Loeb, M.V., Varella, H.R. & Menezes, N.A. (2018): A new species of Anchoviella (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from the western Amazon River in Peru, with comments on congeners in the Peruvian Amazon River.

    • Londoño-Burbano, A., Urbano-Bonilla, A., Rojas-Molina, Y., Ramírez-Gil, H. & Prada-Pedreros, S. (2018): A New Species of Spatuloricaria Schultz, 1944 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), from the Orinoco River Basin, Colombia.

    • Londoño-Burbano, A. (2018): A new species of Sturisoma (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from the Madre de Dios River basin, Peru, with a key to all congeners and comments on the type series of Sturisoma rostratum.

    • Lujan, N.K., Armbruster, J.W. & Lovejoy, N.R. (2018): Multilocus phylogeny, diagnosis and generic revision of the Guiana Shield endemic suckermouth armoured catfish tribe Lithoxini (Loricariidae: Hypostominae).

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    • Manda, B.K., Snoeks, J., Manda, A.C. & Vreven, E. (2018): Hidden species diversity in Raiamas salmolucius (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Congo basin: two new species based on morphometric evidence.

    • Mandagi, I.F., Mokodongan, D.F., Tanaka, R. & Yamahira, K. (2018): A New Riverine Ricefish of the Genus Oryzias (Beloniformes, Adrianichthyidae) from Malili, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.

    • Mangit, F. & Yerli, S.V. (2018): Systematic evaluation of the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae) with description of a new species.

    • Matamoros, W.A., Domínguez-Cisneros, S.E., Velázquez-Velázquez, E. & McMahan, C.D. (2018): Description of a New Species of Killifish of the Genus Profundulus (Atherinomorpha: Profundulidae) from the Mexican State of Oaxaca.

    • Matsunuma, M., Fukui, Y. & Motomura, H. (2018): Review of the Ostichthys japonicus complex (Beryciformes: Holocentridae: Myripristinae) in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with description of a new species.

    • Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. (2018): Three new species of the Indo-Pacific stingfish genus Minous (Synanceiidae: Minoinae) with redescriptions of M. trachycephalus (Bleeker 1855) and M. pictus Günther 1880.
      • Minous groeneveldi Matsunuma & Motomura, 2018
      • Minous radiatus Matsunuma & Motomura, 2018
      • Minous roseus Matsunuma & Motomura, 2018

    • Mattos, J.L.O. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2018): Three new species of the ‚Geophagus‘ brasiliensis species group from the northeast Brazil (Cichlidae, Geophagini).

    • Mendonça, M.B., Oyakawa, O.T. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2018): A new species of Ituglanis Costa & Bockmann, 1993 (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Rio Ribeira de Iguape and upper Rio Tietê basins, southeastern Brazil.

    • Mesa S., L.M., Lasso, C.A., Ochoa, L.E. & DoNascimiento, C. (2018): Trichomycterus rosablanca (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) a new species of hipogean catfish from the Colombian Andes / Trichomycterus rosablanca (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) una especie nueva de bagre hipogeo de los Andes colombianos.

    • Mirande, J.M. (2018): Morphology, molecules and the phylogeny of Characidae (Teleostei, Characiformes).

    • Moelants, T., Snoeks, J. & Vreven, E. (2018): Distichodus kasaiensis and D. ingae, two new distichodontid species (Characiformes: Distichodontidae) from the Congo basin.

    • Mohapatra, A., Mohanty, S.R., Smith, D.G., Mishra, S.S. & Roy, S. (2018): Gymnothorax odishi sp. nov. (Muraenidae: Muraeninae), a short brown unpatterned moray eel from Bay of Bengal, India.

    • Mohapatra, A., Ray, D., Mohanty, S.R. & Mishra, S.S. (2018): Ophichthus johnmccoskeri sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae): a new snake eel from Indian waters, Bay of Bengal.

    • Momigliano, P., Denys, G.P., Jokinen, H. & Merilä, J. (2018): Platichthys solemdali sp. nov. (Actinopterygii, Pleuronectiformes): a new flounder species from the Baltic Sea.

    • Moral-Flores, L.F., López-Segovia, E., Hernández-Arellano, T. (2018): Vieja coatlicue sp. nov., una nueva especie de cíclido (Actinopterygii: Cichlidae) de la cuenca del Río Coatzacoalcos, México.

    • Morishita, S., Kawai, T. & Motomura, H. (2018): Sebastiscus vibrantus, a new species of rockfish (Sebastidae) from Indonesia and Taiwan.

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    • Nakamura, J., Russell, B.C., Moore, G.I. & Motomura, H. (2018): Scolopsis meridiana, a new species of monocle bream (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) from northern Australia.

    • Netto-Ferreira, A.L. & Moreira, C.R. (2018): New species of Creagrutus (Ostariophysi; Characiformes; Characidae) from the Rio Xingu drainage, Brazil.

    • Ng, H.H. (2018): Exostoma ericinum, a new glyptosternine catfish from southwestern China (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Sisoridae).

    • Ng, H.H. & Kottelat, M. (2018): A New Glyptosternine Catfish from Northern Myanmar (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Sisoridae).

    • Ng, H.H., Lalramliana, L. & Lalronunga, S. (2018): Pterocryptis subrisa, a new silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from northeastern India.

    • Nielsen, J.G. (2018): Revision of the cosmopolitan deep-sea genus Sciadonus (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with two new species.
      • Sciadonus longiventralis Nielsen, 2018
      • Sciadonus robinsi Nielsen, 2018 Note: need to be mandatory emmendet to Sciadonus robinsorum Nielsen, 2018.

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    • Özuluğ, M., Geiger, M.F. & Freyhof, J. (2018): Alburnus goekhani, a new species of bleak from the Anatolian Black Sea basin (Teleostei: Leuciscidae).

    • Okamoto, M. & Gon, O. (2018): A review of the deepwater cardinalfish genus Epigonus (Perciformes: Epigonidae) of the Western Indian Ocean, with description of two new species.

    • Oliver, M.K. (2018): Six New Species of the Cichlid Genus Otopharynx from Lake Malaŵi (Teleostei: Cichlidae).

    • Ota, R.R., Kullander, S.O., Deprá, G.C., Graça, W.J. & Pavanelli, C.S. (2018): Satanoperca curupira, a new cichlid species from the rio Madeira basin in Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae).

    • Oyakawa, O.T., Fichberg, I. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L. (2018): Three new species of Harttia (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from Serra do Cachimbo, Rio Xingu basin, Pará, Northern Brazil.
      • Harttia panara Oyakawa et al., 2018
      • Harttia rondoni Oyakawa et al., 2018
      • Harttia villasboas Oyakawa et al., 2018

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    • Pereira, E.H.L., Pessali, T.C. & Reis, R.E. (2018): A New Species of Pareiorhaphis (Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from the Mucuri River Basin, Minas Gerais, Eastern Brazil.

    • Pfleger, M.O., Grubbs, R.D., Cotton, C.F. & Daly-Engel, T.S. (2018): Squalus clarkae sp. nov., a new dogfish shark from the Northwest Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Squalus mitsukurii species complex.

    • Piálek, L., Casciotta, J., Almirón, A. & Říčan, O. (2018): A new pelagic predatory pike cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Crenicichla) from the C. mandelburgeri species complex with parallel and reticulate evolution.

    • Pinheiro, H.P., Rocha, C. & Rocha, L.A. (2018): Tosanoides aphrodite, a new species from mesophotic coral ecosystems of St. Paul’s Rocks, Mid Atlantic Ridge (Perciformes, Serranidae, Anthiadinae).

    • Pinna, M., Burger, R. & Zanata, A.M. (2018): A new species of Copionodon lacking a free orbital rim (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).

    • Poulsen, J.Y., Miller, M.J., Sado, T., Hanel, R., Tsukamoto, K. & Miya, M. (2018): Resolving deep-sea pelagic saccopharyngiform eel mysteries: Identification of Neocyema and Monognathidae leptocephali and establishment of a new fish family „Neocyematidae“ based on larvae, adults and mitogenomic gene orders.

    • Praveenraj, J., Uma, A., Knight, J.D.M., Moulitharan, N., Balasubramanian, S., Bineesh, K. & Bleher, H. (2018): Channa quinquefasciata, a new speciesof snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Torsa River, North Bengal, India.

    • Prokofiev, A.M. (2018): A new species of Barbatula from the headwaters of the Bulgan River in western Mongolia (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).

    • Prokofiev, A.M. (2018): Three New Species of Eustomias (Melanostomiidae) From the Southern Subtropical Waters with the Description of a New Subgenus.
      • Eustomias (Furcostomias) diplomastiga Prokofiev, 2018
      • Eustomias (Neostomias) kukuevi Prokofiev, 2018
      • Eustomias (Haploclonus) mavka Prokofiev, 2018
      • Furcostomias subgen. n. Prokofiev, 2018
      • Type species: Eustomias (Furcostomias) diplomastiga Prokofiev, 2018

    • Psomadakis, P.N., Matsuura, K. & Thein, H. (2018): Chelonodontops alvheimi, a new species of pufferfish (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Indian Ocean, with redescription of the rare pufferfish Chelonodontops leopardus (Day 1878).

    • Pyle, R.L., Greene, B.D., Copus, J.M. & Randall, J.E. (2018): Tosanoides annepatrice, a new basslet from deep coral reefs in Micronesia (Perciformes, Percoidei, Serranidae).

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    • Roni, N. & Vishwanath, W. (2018): A new species of the genus Garra (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Barak River drainage, Manipur, India.

    • Rosso, J.J., González-Castro, M., Bogan, S., Cardoso, Y.P., Mabragaña, E., Delpiani, M. & Díaz de Astarloa, J.M. (2018): Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of the Hoplias malabaricus species complex (Teleostei: Erythrinidae).

    • Roxo, F.F., Silva, G.S.C. & Melo, B.F. (2018): Hisonotus devidei, a new species from the São Francisco basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae).

    • Ruiz-C, R.I., Román-Valencia, C., Taphorn, D.C., Buckup, P.A. & Ortega, H. (2018): Revision of the Astyanax orthodus species-group (Teleostei: Characidae) with descriptions of three new species.
      • Astyanax boliviensis Ruiz-C et al., 2018
      • Astyanax bopiensis nom. nov. Ruiz-C et al., 2018
      • Replacement name for Astyanacinus multidens Pearson, 1924, now assigned to Astyanax, where the combination is preoccupied by Astyanax multidens Eigenmann, 1908
      • Astyanax embera Ruiz-C et al., 2018
      • Astyanax gandhiae Ruiz-C et al., 2018

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    • Sauberer, M., Iwamoto, T. & Ahnelt, H. (2018): Two new deep-water species of the genus Thorogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the upper continental slope of the Eastern Central Atlantic.

    • Schedel, F.D.B., Vreven, E.J.W.M.N., Manda, B.K., Abwe, Manda, A.C. & Schliewen, U.K. (2018): Description of five new rheophilic Orthochromis species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Upper Congo drainage in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
      • Orthochromis gecki Schedel et al., 2018
      • Orthochromis indermauri Schedel et al., 2018
      • Orthochromis katumbii Schedel et al., 2018
      • Orthochromis kimpala Schedel et al., 2018
      • Orthochromis mporokoso Schedel et al., 2018

    • Schliewen, U.K., Wirtz, P. & Kovačić, M. (2018): Didogobius janetarum sp. nov., a new cryptobenthic goby species from the Cape Verde Islands (Teleostei: Gobiidae).

    • Shangningam, B. & Vishwanath, W. (2018): Pethia poiensis, a new species of cyprinid fish from the Chindwin Basin of Manipur, India.

    • Shepherd, B., Phelps, T., Pinheiro, H.T., Pérez-Matus, A. & Rocha, L.A. (2018): Plectranthias ahiahiata, a new species of perchlet from a mesophotic ecosystem at Rapa Nui (Easter Island) (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae).

    • Short, G., Smith, R., Motomura, H., Harasti, F. & Hamilton, H. (2018): Hippocampus japapigu, a new species of pygmy seahorse from Japan, with a redescription of H. pontohi (Teleostei, Syngnathidae).

    • Silva, G.S.C., Roxo, F.F., Souza, C.S. & Oliveira, C. (2018): Two new species of Corumbataia (Hypoptopomatinae: Loricariidae) from Rio Corrente, upper Rio Paraná basin, Brazil.

    • Silva-Oliveira, C., Lima, F.C.T. & Bogotá-Gregory, J.D. (2018): A new species of Bryconops Kner (Characiformes: Iguanodectidae) from the Rio Maicuru, lower Amazon basin, Brazil.

    • Skelton, P.H., Swartz, E. & Vreven, E.J. (2018): The identity of Barbus capensis Smith, 1841 and the generic status of southern African tetraploid cyprinids (Teleostei, Cyprinidae).
      • Amatolacypris n. gen. Skelton et al., 2018
      • Type species: Barbus trevelyani Günther, 1877
      • Namaquacypris n. gen. Skelton et al., 2018
      • Type species: Barbus hospes Barnard, 1938
      • Sedercypris n. gen. Skelton et al., 2018
      • Type species: Barbus calidus Barnard, 1938

    • Smith, D.G. (2018): A new genus and species of congrid eel from the Philippines (Anguillliformes: Congridae: Bathymyrinae).

    • Smith, D.G., Hibino, Y. & Ho, H.-C. (2018): Two new elongate unpatterned moray eels from Taiwan and Vietnam, with notes on two congeners (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae).

    • Smith, D.G. & Ho, H.-C. (2018): The congrid eel genus Bathycongrus of Taiwan, with descriptions of three new species (Anguilliformes: Congridae).
      • Bathycongrus bimaculatus Smith & Ho, 2018
      • Bathycongrus castlei Smith & Ho, 2018
      • Bathycongrus graciliceps Smith & Ho, 2018

    • Smith, D.G., Ho, H.-C., Huang, J.-F. & Chang, Y.-H. (2018): The congrid eel genus Ariosoma in Taiwan (Anguilliformes: Congridae), with description of a new species.

    • Smith, D.G., Ho, H.-C. & Tashiro, F. (2018): Eels of the genus Bathyuroconger in the northwestern Pacific, with descriptions of four new species (Anguilliformes: Congridae).
      • Bathyuroconger albus Smith et al., 2018
      • Bathyuroconger dolichosomus Smith et al., 2018
      • Bathyuroconger fowleri Smith et al., 2018
      • Bathyuroconger hawaiiensis Smith et al., 2018

    • Smith-Vaniz, W.F., Tornabene, L. & Macieira, R.M. (2018): Review of Brazilian jawfishes of the genus Opistognathus with descriptions of two new species (Teleostei, Opistognathidae).
      • Opistognathus thionyi Smith-Vaniz et al., 2018
      • Opistognathus vicinus Smith-Vaniz et al., 2018

    • Song, X.-L., Cao, L. & Zhang, E (2018): Onychostoma brevibarba, a new cyprinine fish (Pisces: Teleostei) from the middle Chang Jiang basin in Hunan Province, South China.

    • Stauffer, Jr., J.R. (2018): Description of Metriaclima koningsi, a new species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Malaŵi, Africa.
      • Metriaclima koningsi Stauffer, 2018 [Note: genus might be Maylandia, because of unclear situation whether or not Metriaclima was a necessary substitution for Maylandia]

    • Sudasinghe, H. (2018): A new species of Schistura (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from the south-western lowlands of Sri Lanka.

    • Sudasinghe, H., Ranasinghe, R.H.T., Goonatilake, S.D.A. & Meegaskumbura, M. (2018): A review of the genus Labeo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka.

    • Sun, C., Li, X., Zhou, W. & Li, F. (2018): A review of Garra (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from two rivers in West Yunnan, China with description of a new species.

    • Sungur, S., Jalili, P., Eagderi, S. & Çiçek, E. (2018): Seminemacheilus ahmeti, a new species of Nemachelid from Sultan Marshes, Turkey.

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    • Tan, M. & Armbruster, J.W. (2018): Phylogenetic classification of extant genera of fishes of the order Cypriniformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi).

    • Tang, Q.Y., Li, X.B., Yu, D., Zhu, Y.R., Ding, B.Q., Liu, H.Z. & Danley, P.D. (2018): Saurogobio punctatus sp. nov., a new cyprinid gudgeon (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from the Yangtze River, based on both morphological and molecular data.

    • Tao, N.D., Cao, L., Deng, S. & Zhang, E (2018): Speolabeo hokhanhi, a new cavefish from Central Vietnam (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).

    • Tashiro, S. & Motomura, H. (2018): Helcogramma melanolancea, a new triplefin (Perciformes: Tripterygiidae) from Bali, Indonesia.

    • [update] Tavera, J., Acero P., A. & Wainwright, P.C. (2018): Multilocus phylogeny, divergence times, and a major role for the benthic-to-pelagic axis in the diversification of grunts (Haemulidae).

    • Tea, Y.-K., Frable, B.W. & Gill, A.C. (2018): Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis, a new species of fairy wrasse from the Philippines and Indonesia (Teleostei: Labridae).

    • Thiel, R., Knebelsberger, T. & Eidus, I. (2018): Description and DNA barcoding of Lycenchelys lenzeni, a new species of eelpout (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from the deep sea off the Kuril Archipelago.

    • Thomson, A.W. & Swartz, E.R. (2018): A new species catfish, Amphilius pagei (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae) from Angola.

    • Thoni, R.J. & Gurung, D.B. (2018): Morphological and molecular study of the torrent catfishes (Sisoridae: Glyptosterninae) of Bhutan including the description of five new species.
      • Creteuchiloglanis bumdelingensis Thoni & Gurung, 2018
      • Exostoma mangdechhuensis Thoni & Gurung, 2018
      • Parachiloglanis benjii Thoni & Gurung, 2018
      • Parachiloglanis dangmechhuensis Thoni & Gurung, 2018
      • Parachiloglanis drukyulensis Thoni & Gurung, 2018

    • Tighe, K.A., Ho, H.-C. & Hatooka, K. (2018): A new species of the genus Dysommina (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae) from the Western Pacific.

    • Tongboonkua, P., Lee, M.-Y. & Chen, W.-J. (2018): A new species of sinistral flatfish of the genus Chascanopsetta (Teleostei: Bothidae) from off Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean.

    • Tuan, H.A., Thao, H.N. & Quang, N.X. (2018): Schistura kottelati, a new species of loach from the Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park in central Vietnam (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).

    • Turan, D., Kaya, C., Geiger, M. & Freyhof, J. (2018): Barbus anatolicus, a new barbel from the Kızılırmak and Yeşilırmak River drainages in northern Anatolia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).

    • Turan, D., Kalayci, G., Kaya, C., Bektaş, Y. & Küçük, F. (2018): A new species of Petroleuciscus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Büyük Menderes River, southwestern Anatolia, Turkey.

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    • Uiblein, F., Anh Hoang, T., Alama, U., Causse, R., Chacate, O.E., Fahmi, Garibay, S. & Matiku, P. (2018): A new species and new records of goatfishes of the genus Parupeneus (Mullidae) from the Indian Ocean, with updated occurrence information for P. jansenii in the Western Pacific.

    • Uiblein, F. & Nielsen, J.G. (2018): Review of the steatiticus-species group of the cuskeel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with description of two new species.

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      • Zheng, L.-P., He, Y., Yang, J.-X. & Wu, L.-B. (2018): A new genus and species of Labeonini (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Pearl River in China.

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