2020 latest news (September)
- Koeda, K., Itou, M., Yamada, M. & Motomura, H. (2020): Rhynchobatus mononoke, a new species of wedgefish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinidae) from Japan, with comments on Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch and Schneider 1801).
- Rhynchobatus mononoke Koeda et al., 2020
- Arunkumar, L. (2020): Exostoma laticaudata, a new glyptosternine catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Manipur, Northeastern India.
- Exostoma laticaudata Arunkumar, 2020
- Wibowo, K. & Motomura, H. (2020): Review of the Scorpaena papillosa species complex (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) with description of a new species from southwestern Australia.
- Scorpaena vesperalis Wibowo & Motomura, 2020
- Delapieve, M.L.S., Carvalho, T.P. & Reis, R.E. (in press): Species delimitation in a range-restricted group of cascudinhos (Loricariidae: Epactionotus) supports morphological and genetic differentiation across coastal rivers of southern Brazil.
- Epactionotus advenus Delapieve et al., (in press)
- Kai, Y., Murasaki, K., Misawa, R., Fukui, A., Morikawa, E., Narimatsu, Y. (2020): A new species of snailfish of the genus Paraliparis (Liparidae) from the western North Pacific, with a redescription of the poorly known species Paraliparis mandibularis.
- Paraliparis flammeus Kai et al., 2020
- Vilardo, P.J., Katz, A.M. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (in press): Relationships and Description of a New Species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Rio Paraíba do Sul Basin, South-eastern Brazil.
- Hsu, H.-H., Lin, C.-Y. & Joung, S.-J. (in press): Somniosus (Rhinoscymnus) cheni sp. nov., A New Species of Sleeper Shark (Squaliformes: Somniosidae) from Eastern Taiwan, with Aspects of Embryo Biology.
- Somniosus (Rhinoscymnus) cheni Hsu et al., (in press)
- Prokofiev, A.M. (2020): A new Cottiusculus from the Sea of Japan (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae).
- Cottiusculus primoricus Prokofiev, 2020
- Chernoff, B., Machado-Allison, A., Escobedo, J., Freiburger, M., Henderson, E., Hennessy, A., Kohn, G., Neri, N., Parikh, A., Scobell, S., Silverstone, B. & Young, E. (2020): Two new miniature silverside fishes of the genus Membras Bonaparte (Atheriniformes, Atherinopsidae) from the Tropical North Atlantic Ocean.
- Membras procera Chernoff et al. 2020
- Membras pygmaea Chernoff et al. 2020
- Ywamoto, E.V., Nielsen, D.T.B. & Oliveira, C. (2020): Description of a new species of the Melanorivulus pictus species-group (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the Rio Paraná basin in Brazil.
- Melanorivulus larissae Ywamoto et al., 2020
- Mathubara, K. & Toledo-Piza, M. (2020): Taxonomic study of Moenkhausia cotinho Eigenmann, 1908 and Hemigrammus newboldi (Fernández-Yépez, 1949) with the description of two new species of Moenkhausia (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae).
- Moenkhausia pirahan Mathubara & Toledo-Piza, 2020
- Moenkhausia rondoni Mathubara & Toledo-Piza, 2020
- Henschel, E., Lujan, N.K. & Baskin, J.N. (in Press): Ammoglanis natgeorum, a new miniature pencil catfish (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the lower Atabapo River, Amazonas, Venezuela.
- Ammoglanis natgeorum Henschel et al., (in press)
- Prokofiev, A.M. & Kukuev, E.I. (2020): A New Species of Rhynchohyalus from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean with Notes on R. natalensis (Opisthoproctidae).
- Rhynchohyalus parbevs Prokofiev & Kukuev, 2020
- Chuctaya, J., Ohara, W.M. & Luiz R. Malabarba, L.R. (in press): A new species of Odontostilbe Cope (Characiformes: Cheirodontinae) from rio Madeira basin diagnosed based on morphological and molecular data.
- Odontostilbe pacaasnovosa Chuctaya et al., (in press)
- Ezung, S., Shangningam, B. & Pankaj, P.P. (2020): A new fish species of the genus Garra (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Brahmaputra basin, Nagaland, India.
- Garra chathensis Ezung et al., 2020
- Kumar, L.A. (2020): Review of the spiny eels of northeast India with description of Macrognathus dhanzei sp. nov. Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae).
- Macrognathus dhanzei Kumar, 2020 [Note: Name not available — no designation of types]
- Esmaeili, H.R., Sayyadzadeh, G., Japoshvili, B., Eagderi, S., Abbasi, K. & Mousavi-Sabet, H. (2020): Rhodeus caspius, a new bitterling from Iran (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Acheilognathidae).
- Rhodeus caspius Esmaeili et al., 2020
- Greenfield D.W. & Erdmann, M.V. (2020): Eviota amphipora, a new dwarfgoby from Papua New Guinea (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
- Eviota amphipora Greenfield & Erdmann, 2020
- Zanata, A.M. & Ohara, W.M. (in press): A new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the rio Madeira basin, Brazil.
- Characidium nambiquara Zanata & Ohara, (in press)
- Restrepo-Gómez, A.M., Rangel-Medrano, J.D., Márquez, E.J. & Ortega-Lara, A. (2020): Two new species of Pseudopimelodus Bleeker, 1858 (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the Magdalena Basin, Colombia.
- Pseudopimelodus atricaudus Restrepo-Gómez et al., 2020
- Pseudopimelodus magnus Restrepo-Gómez et al., 2020
- Agudelo-Zamora, H.D., Tavera, J., Murillo, Y.D. & Ortega-Lara, A. (in press): The unknown diversity of the genus Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) in the Chocó biogeographic region, Colombian Andes: two new species supported by morphological and molecular data.
- Characidium dule Agudelo-Zamora et al., (in press)
- Characidium tatama Agudelo-Zamora et al., (in press)
- [update] Sudasinghe, H., Pethiyagoda, R. & Meegaskumbura, M. (2020): Evolution of Sri Lanka’s Giant Danios (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Devario): teasing apart species in a recent diversification.
- Devario memorialis Sudasinghe et al.,2020
- Nguyen, D.T., Ho, A.T., Hoang, N.T., Wu, H. & Zhang, E (2020): ‘Henicorhynchus’ thaitui, a new species of cavefish from Central Vietnam (Teleostei, Cyprinidae).
- Henicorhynchus thaitui Nguyen et al., 2020
- Smith, D.G., Karmovskaya, E.S. & Da Silva, J.P.C.B. (2020): A new congrid eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the Western Pacific, with an analysis of its relationships.
- Bathycongrus villosus Smith et al., 2020
- Sterling, K.A. & Warren, M.L., Jr. (2020): Description of a new species of cryptic snubnose darter (Percidae: Etheostomatinae) endemic to north-central Mississippi.
- Etheostoma faulkneri Sterling & Warren, 2020
2020 latest news (August)
- Prokofiev, A.M. (2020): A new species of Halieutaea (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) with a revised identification key for the genus.
- Halieutaea xenoderma Prokofiev, 2020
- Kaya, C., Turan, D., Kalayci, G., Bayçelebi, E. & Freyhof, J. (2020): The westernmost known population of Paracobitis (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae), with the description of a new species from the Euphrates River in southern Anatolia.
- Paracobitis salihae Kaya et al., 2020
- Huang, W.-C., Mohapatra, A., Thu, P.T., Chen, H.-M. & Liao, T.-Y. (in press): A review of the genus Strophidon (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae), with description of a new species.
- Strophidon tetraporus Huang et al., (in press)
- Kolmann, M.A., Hughes, L.C., Hernandez, L.P., Arcila, D., Betancur-R, R., Sabaj, M.H., López-Fernández, H. & Ortí, G. (in press): Phylogenomics of piranhas and pacus (Serrasalmidae) uncovers how dietary convergence and parallelism obfuscate traditional morphological taxonomy.
- Colossomatinae subfam. nov. Kolmann et al., (in press)
- Uiblein, F., Gouws, G., Lisher, M. & Malauene, B.S. (2020): Upeneus floros, a new goatfish from South Africa and Mozambique, with updated taxonomic accounts for U. guttatus and U. pori and a key to Western Indian Ocean Upeneus species (Mullidae).
- Upeneus floros Uiblein et al., 2020
- Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2020): Chromis pacifica, a new Pacific Ocean damselfish distinct from Indian Ocean Chromis agilis (Teleostei: Pomacentridae).
- Chromis pacifica Allen & Erdmann, 2020
- Song, Y.S. & Kim, J.-K. (2020): A new species of hagfish, Eptatretus albiderma sp. nov. (Agnatha: Myxinidae), from Vietnam, with the keys to species of Eptatretus in East Asia.
- Eptatretus albiderma Song & Kim, 2020
- Kovačić, M., Wirtz, P. & Schliewen, U.K. (2020): A new species of Corcyrogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Île de Ngor, Senegal.
- Corcyrogobius pulcher Kovačić et al., 2020
- Matsuura, K., Bogorodsky, S.V., Mal, A.O. & Alpermann, T.J. (2020): Canthigaster aziz, a new deep-dwelling toby fish (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Red Sea.
- Canthigaster aziz Matsuura et al., 2020
- [update] Oliveira, R.R., Ribeiro, F.R.V., Canto, A.L.C. & Zawadzki, C.H. (2020): A new species of the Neotropical loricariid of Hypostomus cochliodon group (Hypostominae) from the lower Rio Tapajós basin, Brazilian Amazon.
- Hypostomus labyrinthus Oliveira et al., 2020
- Mattox, G.M.T., Souza, C.S., Toledo-Piza, M., Britz, R. & Oliveira, C. (2020): A new miniature species of Priocharax (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) from the Rio Madeira drainage, Brazil, with comments on the adipose fin in characiforms.
- Priocharax varii Mattox et al., 2020
- Tan, H.H. &, Grinang, J. (2020): Parosphromenus barbarae, a new species of Licorice Gourami from Sarawak, Borneo (Teleostei: Osphronemidae).
- Parosphromenus barbarae Tan & Grinang, 2020
- Reis, V.J.C., dos Santos, S.A., Britto, M.R., Volpi, A.T. & de Pinna, M.C.C. (in press): Iterative taxonomy reveals a new species of Trichomycterus Valenciennes 1832 (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) widespread in Rio Doce basin: a pseudocryptic of T. immaculatus.
- Trichomycterus melanopygius Reis et al., (in press)
- Plamoottil, M. & Maji, D. (2020): Systomus gracilus: a new fish (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) species from West Bengal.
- Systomus gracilus Plamoottil & Maji, 2020
- Journal of Experimental Zoology India, 23 (2): 1033-1038.
- Systomus gracilus Plamoottil & Maji, 2020
- Augustina, T.A.X., Sreeram, M.P., Sukumaran, S., Jose, A. & Sreekumar, K.M. (2020): A new deep-water species of snake eel, Xyrias anjaalai sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from the Western Indian Ocean.
- Xyrias anjaalai Augustina et al., 2020
- Zanata, A.M., Ohara, W.M., Oyakawa, O.T. & Dagosta, F.P. (in press): A new rheophilic South American darter (Crenuchidae: Characidium) from the rio Juruena basin, Brazil, with comments on morphological adaptations to life in fast-flowing waters.
- Characidium iaquira Zanata et al., (in press)
- Marceniuk, A.P., Caires, R.A., Rotundo, M.M., Cerqueira, N.N.C.D., Siccha-Ramirez, R., Wosiacki, W.B. & Oliveira, C. (2020): Taxonomic revision of the Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758) and M. littoralis (Holbrook, 1847) (Percomorphacea: Sciaenidae) species complexes from the western Atlantic.
- Menticirrhus cuiaranensis Marceniuk et al., 2020
- Sudasinghe, H., Pethiyagoda, R., Hettiarachchige, R., Ranasinghe, T., Raghavan, R., Dahanukar, N. & Meegaskumbura, M. (2020): A molecular phylogeny of the freshwater-fish genus Rasbora (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka reveals a remarkable diversification – And a cryptic species.
- Rasbora adisi Sudasinghe et al., 2020
- Kimura, S., Takeda, K., Gotoh, R.O. & Hanzawa, N. (2020): A new silverside, Doboatherina palauensis (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae) from the Palau Islands in the West Pacific.
- Doboatherina palauensis Kimura et al., 2020
- Petean, F.F., Naylor, G.J.P. & Lima, S.M.Q. (in press): Integrative taxonomy identifies a new stingray species of the genus Hypanus Rafinesque, 1818 (Dasyatidae, Myliobatiformes) from the Tropical Southwestern Atlantic.
- Hypanus berthalutzae Petean et al., (in press)
- Stauffer, J.R., Jr. (2020): Description of three species of Salvelinus (Teleostei: Salmonidae) from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, U.S.A.
- Salvelinus angustus Stauffer, 2020
- Salvelinus kingi Stauffer, 2020
- Salvelinus multidentatus Stauffer, 2020
- Berkenkamp, H.O. (2020): Rachovia fransvermeuleni spec. nov., eine neue Saisonfisch-Art aus Süd-Venezuela (Teleostei: Rivulidae).
- Rachovia fransvermeuleni Berkenkamp, 2020
- Kim, L.Y., Crampton, W.G.R. & Albert, J.S. (2020): Two New Species of Gymnotus (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) from Brazil and Historical Biogeography of the Subgenus Lamontianus.
- Gymnotus (Lamontianus) arapiuns Kim et al., 2020
- Gymnotus (Lamontianus) aripuana Kim et al., 2020
- Miranda, G. & Fernández, L. (2020): A New Species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Madidi National Park, Amazon Basin, Bolivia.
- Trichomycterus lauzannii Miranda & Fernández, 2020
- Lehmann A., P., Camelier, P. & Zanata, A. (2020): Parotocinclus nandae, a new distinctive colored catfish (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the upper Rio Paraguaçu, Bahia State, northeastern Brazil.
- Parotocinclus nandae Lehmann et al., 2020
2020 latest news (July)
- Greenfield D.W. & Erdmann, M.V. (2020): Eviota marteynae, a new dwarfgoby from the Maldive Islands (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
- Eviota marteynae Greenfield & Erdmann, 2020
- Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Brooks, W.M. (2020): Callogobius swifti, a new goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea.
- Callogobius swifti Allen et al., 2020
- Chernova, N., Thiel, R. & Eidus, I. (2020): Four new species of Careproctus (Cottoidei: Liparidae) from the deep-water vicinity of the southern Kuril Islands (Western North Pacific).
- Careproctus brevipectoralis Chernova et al., 2020
- Careproctus globulus Chernova et al., 2020
- Careproctus laperousei Chernova et al., 2020
- Careproctus pulcher Chernova et al., 2020
- Shangningam, B. & Kosygin, L. (2020): A novel species of sisorid catfish, Pseudecheneis nagalandensis sp. nov., (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from the Chindwin Basin of Nagaland, India.
- Pseudecheneis nagalandensis Shangningam & Kosygin, 2020
- Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Brooks, W.M. (2020): Vanderhorstia vandersteene, a new species of shrimpgoby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea.
- Vanderhorstia vandersteene Allen et al., 2020
- Wanghe, K., Hu, F., Chen, M. & Luan, X. (2020): Rhinogobius houheensis, a new species of freshwater goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Houhe National Nature Reserve, Hubei province, China.
- Rhinogobius houheensis Wanghe et al., 2020
- Faustino-Fuster, D.R. & Ortega, H. (2020): A new species of Mastiglanis Bockmann 1994 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Amazon River basin, Peru.
- Mastiglanis yaguas Faustino-Fuster & Ortega, 2020
- Carvalho-Filho, Sazima, I., Lima, S.M.Q., Almeida, D., Mendes, L., Dias, R.M., Britto, M.R. & Gasparini, J.L. (2020): Review of the genus Malacoctenus (Actinopterygii: Labrisomidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic, with description of two new species.
- Malacoctenus lianae Carvalho-Filho et al., 2020
- Malacoctenus zaluari Carvalho-Filho et al., 2020
- Costa, W.J.E.M., Mattos, J.L.O., Amorim, P.F., Vilardo, P.J. & Katz, A.M. (in press): Relationships of a new species support multiple origin of melanism in Trichomycterus from the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
- Trichomycterus quintus Costa, (in press)
- Moore, A.B.M., Last, P.R. & Naylor, G.J.P. (2020): Hemitrygon yemenensis sp. nov., a new species of stingray (Myliobatoidea: Dasyatidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean.
- Hemitrygon yemenensis Moore et al., 2020
- Kamal, N.S.S., Tan, H.H. & Ng, C.K.C. (2020): Betta nuluhon, a new species of fighting fish from western Sabah, Malaysia (Teleostei: Osphronemidae).
- Betta nuluhon Kamal et al., 2020
- Ng, H.H. & Tan, H.H. (2020): A new, uniquely patterned spiny eel (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae) from southern Borneo, Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia.
- Macrognathus kris Ng & Tan, 2020
- Flausino, N., Jr., Lima, F.C.T., Machado, F.A. & Melo, M.R.S. (2020): A new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) with a unique mid-water behavior from the upper rio Madeira basin, Brazil.
- Characidium barbosai Flausino et al., 2020
- Kai, Y., Matsuzaki, K., Orr, J.W., Mori, T. & Kamiunten, M. (2020): A new species of Elassodiscus (Cottoidei: Liparidae) from the North Pacific with an emended diagnosis of the genus.
- Elassodiscus nyctereutes Kai et al., 2020
- Lord, C., Keith, P., Causse, R. & Amick, P. (2020): A new species of Sicyopterus (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Sicydiinae) from Papua New Guinea.
- Sicyopterus elomionearum Lord et al., 2020
- Tencatt, L.F.C., Muriel-Cunha, J., Zuanon, J., Ferreira, M.F.C. & Britto, M.R. (in press): A journey through the Amazon Middle Earth reveals Aspidoras azaghal (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae), a new species of armored catfish from the rio Xingu basin, Brazil.
- Aspidoras azaghal Tencatt et al., (in press)
- Hastings, P.A., Eytan, R.I. % Summers, A.P. (2020): Acanthemblemaria aceroi, a new species of tube blenny from the Caribbean coast of South America with notes on Acanthemblemaria johnsoni (Teleostei: Chaenopsidae).
- Acanthemblemaria aceroi Hastings et al., 2020
- Freyhof, J. & Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. (2020): A proposal for a new generic structure of the killifish family Aphaniidae, with the description of Aphaniops teimorii (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes).
- Aphaniops teimorii Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu, 2020
- Apricaphanius gen. n. Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu, 2020
- Type species: Cyprinodon iberus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846
- Esmaeilius gen. n. Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu, 2020
- Type species: Lebias sophiae Heckel, 1847
- Birindelli, J.L.O., Melo, B.F., Ribeiro-Silva, L.R., Diniz, D. & Oliveira, C. (2020): A new species of Hypomasticus from eastern Brazil based on morphological and molecular data (Characiformes, Anostomidae).
- Hypomasticus santanai Birindelli & Melo, 2020
- Fricke, R. & Durville, P. (2020): Chlorophthalmus vulcanus, a new species of greeneye from La Réunion, southwestern Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Chlorophthalmidae).
- Chlorophthalmus vulcanus Fricke & Durville, 2020
- Tobes, I., Falconí-López, A., Valdiviezo-Rivera, J. & Provenzano-Rizzi, F. (2020): A new species of Microglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the Pacific slope of Ecuador.
- Microglanis berbixae Tobes et al., 2020
- Queiroz Rodrigues, E.K. & Netto-Ferreira, A.L. (2020): A new miniature species of Odontocharacidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Río Orinoco basin, Venezuela.
- Odontocharacidium varii Queiroz Rodrigues & Netto-Ferreira, 2020
- [update] Melo, B.F. (2020): New species of Curimatopsis from the río Caroni, Orinoco basin, Venezuela, with comments on C. macrolepis (Characiformes: Curimatidae).
- Curimatopsis sabana Melo, 2020
- [update] Menezes, N.A., Ferreira, K.M. & Netto-Ferreira, A.L. (2020): A new species of Knodus (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the rio Aripuanã, rio Madeira basin, Brazil.
- Knodus angustus Menezes et al., 2020
- [update] Silva-Junior, D.E., Ramos, T.P.A. & Zanata, A.M. (2020): A new species of Parotocinclus with reduced adipose fin (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), from the rio Jacuípe basin, Bahia State, Brazil.
- Parotocinclus jacumirim Silva-Junior et al., 2020
- [update] Bortolo, G.C. & Lima, F.C.T. (2020): A new species of Cyphocharax (Characiformes: Curimatidae) with a horizontal color pattern from the rio Tapajós drainage, Amazon basin, Brazil.
- Cyphocharax cramptoni Bortolo & Lima, 2020
- [update] Ferrer, J. & Malabarba, L.R. (2020): Systematic revision of the Neotropical catfish genus Scleronema (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), with descriptions of six new species from Pampa grasslands.
- Scleronema guapa Ferrer & Malabarba, 2020
- Scleronema ibirapuita Ferrer & Malabarba, 2020
- Scleronema macanuda Ferrer & Malabarba, 2020
- Scleronema mate Ferrer & Malabarba, 2020
- Scleronema milonga Ferrer & Malabarba, 2020
- Scleronema teiniagua Ferrer & Malabarba, 2020
- Carvalho, C.O., Marceniuk, A.P., Oliveira, C. & Wosiacki, W.B. (in press): Integrative taxonomy of the species complex Haemulon steindachneri (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) (Eupercaria; Haemulidae) with a description of a new species from the western Atlantic.
- Haemulon atlanticus Carvalho et al., (in press) Note: e-paper with no ZooBank registration. Name not available from this publication.
- Prokofiev, A.M. (2020): On Some Little-known Melanostomiidae with the Description of a New Species of Eustomias.
- Eustomias mikhailini Prokofiev, 2020
- Hernández, D., Møller, P.R., Casane, D. & García-Machado, E. (2020): A new species of the cave-fish genus Lucifuga (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae), from eastern Cuba.
- Lucifuga gibarensis Hernández et al., 2020
- Prokofiev, A.M. & Iftime, A. (2020): A revision of the abandoned snailfish genus Menziesichthys with description of a new species (Teleostei, Scorpaeniformes, Liparidae).
- Menziesichthys alaid Prokofiev & Iftime, 2020
- Winterbottom, R. (2020): A new species of Trimma (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the northern Palauan Islands, western Pacific Ocean.
- Trimma kalum Winterbottom, 2020
- Cortés-Hernández, M.Á., Donascimiento, C. & Ramírez-Gil, H. (2020): A new species of Pimelodella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Orinoco River basin.
- Pimelodella longibarbata Cortés-Hernández et al., 2020
- Jha, K.K. (2020): Schizothorax sikusirumensis (Teleostomi: Cyprinidae: Schizothrocinae), a new fish species from river Sikusirum, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
- Schizothorax sikusirumensis Jha, 2020 Note: e-paper with no ZooBank registration. Name not available from this publication.
- Kaya, C., Turan, D., Bayçelebi, E., Kalayci, G. & Freyhof, J. (2020): Oxynoemacheilus cilicicus, a new nemacheilid loach from the Göksu River in southern Anatolia (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
- Oxynoemacheilus cilicicus Kaya et al., 2020
2020 latest news (June)
- [update] Fujiwara, K., Hagiwara, K. & Motomura, H. (2020): Redescription of Lepadichthys coccinotaenia Regan 1921 and description of Lepadichthys trishula sp. nov. from southern Japan (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae).
- Lepadichthys trishula Fujiwara et al., 2020.
- [update] Uejo, T., Senou, H. & Motomura, H. (2020): Roa haraguchiae, a new species of butterflyfish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Chaetodontidae) from Japan and the Philippines.
- Roa haraguchiae Uejo et al., 2020
- [update] Matsuzaki, K., Mori, T., Kamiunten, M., Yanagimoto, T. & Kai, Y. (2020): A new species of Careproctus (Cottoidei: Liparidae) from the Sea of Okhotsk and a redescription of the blacktip snailfish Careproctus zachirus.
- Careproctus shigemii Matsuzaki et al., 2020
- [update] Fricke, R., Ordines, F. & Williston, A. (2020): Review of the deepwater cardinalfish genus Microichthys Rüppell 1852, with the description of a new species from the Azores Islands (Teleostei: Epigonidae).
- Microichthys atlanticus Fricke et al., 2020
- Katwate, U., Kumkar, P., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2020): Taxonomy and systematics of the ‘Maharaja Barbs’ (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with the description of a new genus and species from the Western Ghats, India.
- Waikhomia gen. n. Katwate et al., 2020
- Type species: Waikhomia hira Katwate et al., 2020
- Zawadzki, C.H., Penido, I.S. & Lucinda, P.H.F. (2020): Hypostomus krishnamurtii (Teleostei: Loricariidae) a new species from the medium and upper rio Tocantins basin in Brazil.
- Hypostomus krishnamurtii Zawadzki et al., 2020
- Watters, B.R., Nagy, B., van der Merwe, P.D.W., Cotterill, F.P.D. & Bellstedt, D.U. (2020): Redescription of the seasonal killifish species Nothobranchius ocellatus and description of a related new species Nothobranchius matanduensis, from eastern Tanzania (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae).
- Nothobranchius matanduensis Watters et al., 2020
- Kosygin, L., Singh, P. & Gurumayum, S.D. (2020): Glyptothorax giudikyensis, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Manipur, India.
- Glyptothorax giudikyensis Kosygin et al., 2020
- [update] Turan, D., Kalayci, G., Bektaş, Y., Kaya, C. & Baycelebi, E. (2020): A new species of trout from the northern drainages of Euphrates River, Turkey (Salmoniformes: Salmonidae).
- Salmo fahrettini Turan et al.,2020
- [update] García-Alzate, C.A., Lima, F.C.T., Taphorn B., D.C., Mojica, J.I., Urbano-Bonilla, A. & Teixeira, T.F. (2020): A new species of Hyphessobrycon Durbin (Characiformes: Characidae) from the western Amazon basin in Colombia and Peru.
- Hyphessobrycon chiribiquete García-Alzate et al., 2020
- [update] Rodriguez-Silva, R. & Weaver, P.F. (2020): A new livebearing fish of the genus Limia (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) from Lake Miragoane, Haiti.
- Limia islai Rodriguez-Silva & Weaver, 2020
- [update] Birindelli, J.L.O., Britski, H.A. & Ramirez, J.L. (2020): A new Endangered species of Megaleporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the Rio de Contas basin, eastern Brazil.
- Megaleporinus gaiero Birindelli et al., 2020
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- Bryconops marabaixo
- [update] Güçlü, S.S., Kalayci, G., Küçük, F. & Turan, D. (2020): Barbus xanthos, a new barbel from the south-eastern Aegean basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
- Barbus xanthos Güçlü et al., 2020
- Yoğurtçuoğlu, B., Kaya, C., Geiger, M.F. & Freyhof, J. (2020): Revision of the genus Seminemacheilus, with the description of three new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
- Seminemacheilus attalicus Yoğurtçuoğlu et al., 2020
- Seminemacheilus ekmekciae Yoğurtçuoğlu et al., 2020
- Seminemacheilus tubae Yoğurtçuoğlu et al., 2020
- Dierickx, K. & Snoeks, J. (2020): Protomelas krampus, a new paedophagous cichlid from Lake Malawi (Teleostei, Cichlidae).
- Protomelas krampus Dierickx & Snoeks, 2020
- Sudasinghe, H., Pethiyagoda, R. & Meegaskumbura, M. (2020): A molecular phylogeny of the genus Laubuka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka reveals multiple origins and a cryptic species.
- Laubuka hema Sudasinghe et al., 2020
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Li, X., Dao, W. & Zhou, W. (in press): Type locality and species identity of Pareuchiloglanis sinensis (Hora & Silas), with a description of a new species of the genus from the upper Yangtze River basin in Southern China.
- Pareuchiloglanis chui Li et al., (in press) Note: e-paper with no fixed content. Name not available from this publication.
- Luo, Z. & Chen, X. (2020): Exostoma dulongensis, a new glyptosternine catfish from the Irrawaddy basin, Yunnan, China (Siluriformes: Sisoridae).
- Exostoma dulongensis Luo & Chen, 2020 Note: genus is of neuter grammatical gender, species name therefore is E. dulongense.
- Winterbottom, R. & Greenfield, D.W. (2020): Eviota pseudaprica, a new dwarfgoby from the Western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
- Eviota pseudaprica Winterbottom & Greenfield, 2020
- [ovelooked] Yang, P.-h. (2011): A New Fish Subspecies Description of China Carp Subfamily — Carassius.
- Carassius auratus indigentiaus Yang, 2011
- Journal of Anhui Agricultural Sciences, 39 (8): 4747-4748.
- Carassius auratus indigentiaus Yang, 2011
- Ho, H.-S., Endo, H. Lee, C.-L. & Chu, T.-W. (2020): Bregmaceros anchovia sp. nov., a new codlet species from the western Pacific Ocean (Gadiformes: Bregmacerotidae).
- Bregmaceros anchovia Ho et al., 2020
- Shepherd, B., Phelps, T.A.Y., Pinheiro, H.T., Rocha, C.R. & Rocha, L.A. (2020): Two new species of Plectranthias (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems in the tropical Central Pacific.
- Plectranthias hinano Shepherd et al., 2020
- Plectranthias polygonius Shepherd et al., 2020
- Fraser, T.H. (2020): A review of Indian Ocean Foa cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae: Apogonichthyini), with a new species from Chagos Archipelago and the Maldives.
- Foa winterbottomi Fraser, 2020
- Feng, C.-G., Zhang, Y., Tong, C., Zhou, B.-Z., Li, X.-H., Tang, Y.-T., Song, W.-Z. & Zhao, L. (in press): A new species of Triplophysa (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from Weihe River in Gansu Province, China.
- Triplophysa weiheensis Feng et al., (in press) Note: e-paper with no fixed content. Name not available from this publication.
- Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2020): Hemibrycon clausen sp. nov. y H. gutierrezi (Characiformes, Characidae, Stevardiinae) dos nuevas especies de la cuenca alta del río Lebrija, Departamento de Santander – Colombia.
- Hemibrycon clausen Ardila Rodríguez, 2020
- Hemibrycon gutierrezi Ardila Rodríguez, 2020 [Note: species name must be madatorily changed to gutierrezorum]
- Zanata, A.M., Ribeiro, T.C., Araújo-Porto, F.A., Pessali, T.C. & Oliveira-Silva, L. (2020): A new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the upper rio São Francisco basin, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
- Characidium cacah Zanata et al., 2020
- Li, F., Arai, R. & Liao, T.-Y. (2020): Rhodeus flaviventris, a new bitterling (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Acheilognathinae) from China.
- Rhodeus flaviventris Li et al., 2020
- [update] Lujan, N.K., Armbruster, J.W., Werneke, D.C., Teixeira, T.F. & Lovejoy, N.R. (2019): Phylogeny and biogeography of the Brazilian–Guiana Shield endemic Corymbophanes clade of armoured catfishes (Loricariidae).
- Corymbophanes ameliae Lujan et al., 2019
- Yaluwak n. gen. Lujan & Armbruster, 2019
- Type species: Yaluwak primus Lujan et al., 2019
- Viana, S.T.F.L. & Carvalho, M.R. (2020): Squalus shiraii sp. nov. (Squaliformes, Squalidae), a new species of dogfish shark from Japan with regional nominal species revisited.
- Squalus shiraii Viana & Carvalho, 2020
- Mateussi, N.T.B., Melo, B.F. & Oliveira, C. (2020): Molecular delimitation and taxonomic revision of the wimple piranha Catoprion (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) with the description of a new species.
- Catoprion absconditus Mateussi et al., 2020 Note: e-paper with no fixed content. Name not available from this publication.
- Ho, H.-C., Endo, H. & Chu, T.-W. (2020): A new species of the codlet genus Bregmaceros from the western Pacific Ocean (Gadiformes: Bregmacerotidae).
- Bregmaceros retrodorsalis Ho & Endo, 2020
- Yosuva, M., Ho, H.-C., Jeyapragash, D. & Saravanakumar, A. (2020): Parapercis annamalai sp. nov., a new sandperch from southwestern India (Family Pinguipedidiae).
- Parapercis annamalai Yosuva et al., 2020
- Faria, T.C., Lima, F.C.T. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2020): A New Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Guiana Shield in Northern Brazil.
- Hyphessobrycon zoe Faria et al., 2020
- Tan, H.H. (2020): Trigonostigma truncata, a new species of harlequin rasbora from Malay Peninsula (Teleostei: Danionidae).
- Trigonostigma truncata Tan, 2020
2020 latest news (May)
- Page, L.M., Pfeiffer, J.M., Suksri, S., Randall, Z.S. & Boyd, D.A. (2020): Variation in the Arrow Loach, Nemacheilus masyae (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), in Mainland Southeast Asia with Description of a New Species.
- Nemacheilus zonatus Page et al., 2020
- Carvalho, T.P. & Reis, R.E. (2020): A New Miniature Species of Acanthobunocephalus (Silurifomes: Aspredinidae) from the Lower Purus River Basin, Amazon Basin, Brazil.
- Acanthobunocephalus scruggsi Carvalho & Reis, 2020
- [overlooked] Vanarajan, A. & Arunachalam, M. (2018): Description of a new species of Mystus Scopoli (Siluriformes: Bagridae) from Vaigai reservoir, peninsular India.
- Mystus rubripinnis Vanarajan & Arunachalam, 2018
- Tang, C,-N., Lai, N.-W. & Ho, H.-C. (2020): Plectranthias purpuralepis sp. nov., a new anthiadine perchlet from northern Taiwan (Perciformes: Serranidae).
- Plectranthias purpuralepis Tang et al., 2020
- Plamoottil, M. (2020): Puntius sanctus, a new fish (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) species from Tamil Nadu, India.
- Puntius sanctus Plamoottil, 2020
- [update] Kosygin, L., Singh, P. & Mitra, S. (2020): Glyptothorax kailashi, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Mizoram, India.
- Glyptothorax kailashi Kosygin et al., 2020
- [update] Britz, R. & Kottelat, M. (2020): Macrognathus orthosemos, a new species of spiny eel from southern Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae).
- Macrognathus orthosemos Britz & Kottelat, 2020
- [update] Nagy, B., Watters, B.R., van der Merwe, P.D.W., Cotterill, F.P.D. & Bellstedt, D.U. (2020): Review of the Nothobranchius ugandensis species group from the inland plateau of eastern Africa with descriptions of six new species (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae).
- Nothobranchius albertinensis Nagy et al., 2020
- Nothobranchius attenboroughi Nagy et al., 2020
- Nothobranchius hoermanni Nagy et al., 2020
- Nothobranchius itigiensis Nagy et al., 2020
- Nothobranchius moameensis Nagy et al., 2020
- Nothobranchius venustus Nagy et al., 2020
- Provenzano-Rizzi, F., & Barriga-Salazar, R. (2020): New finding of Rhadinoloricaria macromystax (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): redescription of the genus and description of a new species from Ecuador.
- Rhadinoloricaria stewarti Provenzano-Rizzi & Barriga-Salazar, 2020
- Short, F., Claassens, L., Smith, R., De Brauwer, M., Hamilton, H., Stat, M. & Harasti, D. (2020): Hippocampus nalu, a new species of pygmy seahorse from South Africa, and the first record of a pygmy seahorse from the Indian Ocean (Teleostei, Syngnathidae).
- Hippocampus nalu Short et al., 2020
- Wu, H., Qu, M., Lin, H., Tang, W. & Ding, S. (2020): Epinephelus tankahkeei, a new species of grouper (Teleostei, Perciformes, Epinephelidae) from the South China Sea.
- Epinephelus tankahkeei Wu et al., 2020
- [update] Mipounga, H.K., Cutler, J., Mve Beh, J.H., Adam, B. & Sidlauskas, B.L. (2019): Enteromius pinnimaculatus sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from southern Gabon.
- Enteromius pinnimaculatus Mipounga et al., 2019
- [update] Walsh, G., Lamboj, A. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2019): Review of the cichlid genus Thysochromis (Teleostei: Ovalentaria) with the description of a new species from the Kouilou Province in the Republic of Congo, west–central Africa.
- Thysochromis emili Walsh et al., 2019
- [update] Manda, B.K., Snoeks, J., Decru, R., Bills, R & Vreven, E. (2019): Enteromius thespesios (Teleostei: Cyprinidae): a new minnow species with a remarkable sexual dimorphism from the south‐eastern part of the Upper Congo River.
- Enteromius thespesios Manda et al., 2019
- [update] Kasongo Ilunga, M., Abwe, E., Decru, E., Chocha Manda, A. & Vreven, E. (2019): Description of a new small‐sized Synodontis species (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) that is important for local subsistence fisheries in the middle Lufira (upper Congo River, DR Congo).
- Synodontis denticulatus Kasongo Ilunga et al., 2019
- [update] Mukweze Mulelenu, C., Katemo Manda, B., Decru, E., Chocha Manda, A. & Vreven, E. (2020): The Cyphomyrus Myers 1960 (Osteoglossiformes: Mormyridae) of the Lufira Basin (Upper Lualaba: DR Congo): a generic reassignment and the description of a new species.
- Cyphomyrus lufirae Mukweze Mulelenu et al., 2020
- [update] Mambo Baba, T., Kisekelwa, T., Danadu Mizani, C., Decru, E. & Vreven, E. (2020): Hidden species diversity in Marcusenius moorii (Teleostei: Mormyridae) from the Congo Basin.
- Marcusenius verheyenorum Mambo Baba et al., 2020
- Shepherd, B., Pinheiro, H.T., Phelps, T.A.Y., Easton, E.E., Pérez-Matus, A. & Rocha, L.A. (2020): A New Species of Chromis (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) from Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Salas y Gómez, Chile.
- Chromis mamatapara Shepherd et al., 2020
- Kosygin, L., Singh, P. & Gurumayum, S.D. (2020): Glyptothorax distichus, a New Species of Catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Mizoram, North-Eastern India.
- Glyptothorax distichus Kosygin et al., 2020
- Prokofiev, A.M. (2020): New Eustomias Species (Melanostomiidae) from New Caledonia.
- Eustomias (Dinematochirus) natalisa Prokofiev, 2020
- Vasil’eva, E.D., Solovyeva, E.N., Levin, B.A. & Vasil’ev, V.P. (2020): Cobitis derzhavini sp. nova — a New Spined Loach Species (Teleostei: Cobitidae) Discovered in the Transcaucasia.
- Cobitis derzhavini Vasil’eva et al., 2020
- Prokofiev, A.M. (2020): New Moray Eel Species of Strophidon genus (Muraenidae) from Vietnam.
- Strophidon dawydoffi Prokofiev, 2020
- Shibuya, S. & Motomura, H. (2020): Parupeneus williamsi, a new species of goatfish (Perciformes: Mullidae) endemic to the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- Parupeneus williamsi Shibuya & Motomura, 2020
- Girard, M.G., Davis, M.P. & Smith, W.L. (2020): The Phylogeny of Carangiform Fishes: Morphological and Genomic Investigations of a New Fish Clade.
- Centropomoidei n. subord. Girard et al., 2020
- Menoidei n. subord. Girard et al., 2020
- Nematistioidei n. subord. Girard et al., 2020
- Polynemoidei Regan, 1909
- Pleuronectoideo n. infraord. Girard et al., 2020
- Toxotoidei n. subord. Girard et al., 2020
- [update] Zhu, L., Yu, D. & Liu, H. (2020): Zacco sinensis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), a New Fish Species from Northern China.
- Zacco sinensis Zhu et al., 2020
- Morishita, S. & Motomura, H. (2020): Sphyraena stellata, a new barracuda from the Indo-Pacific, with redescriptions of S. helleri Jenkins, 1901 and S. novaehollandiae Günther, 1860 (Perciformes: Sphyraenidae)
- Sphyraena stellata Morishita & Motomura, 2020
- Katwate, U., Knight, J.D.M., Anoop, V.K., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2020): Three new species of filament barbs of the genus Dawkinsia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Western Ghats of India.
- Dawkinsia apsara Katwate et al., 2020
- Dawkinsia austellus Katwate et al., 2020
- Dawkinsia crassa Katwate et al., 2020
- Ahnelt, H. (2020): A new species of Schindleria (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Tahiti (French Polynesia) with a unique lower jaw dentition.
- Schindleria multidentata Ahnelt, 2020
- [update] Çiçek, E. (2020): Seminemacheilus dursunavsari, a new nemachelid species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Turkey.
- Seminemacheilus dursunavsari Çiçek, 2020
- Rodriguez-Silva, R., Torres-Pineda, P. & Josaphat, J. (2020): Limia mandibularis, a new livebearing fish (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) from Lake Miragoane, Haiti.
- Limia mandibularis Rodriguez-Silva et al., 2020
- [update] Bernt, M.J., Fronk, A.H., Evans, K.M. & Albert, J.S. (2020): A redescription of deep-channel ghost knifefish, Sternarchogiton preto (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae), with assignment to a new genus.
- Tenebrosternarchus n. gen. Bernt et al., 2020
- Type species: Sternarchogiton preto Santana & Crampton, 2007
- [update] Ota, R.P., Machado, V.N., Andrade, M.C., Collins, R.A., Farias, I.P. & Hrbek, T. (2020): Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of pacu (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae: Myloplus) from the Brazilian Amazon.
- Myloplus nigrolineatus Ota et al., 2020
- [update] Souza, J.S., Sarmento-Soares, L.M., Canto, A.L.C. & Ribeiro, F.R.V. (2020): Description of a new species of Tatia from rio Tocantins drainage, central Brazil, with notes on Tatia simplex Mees, 1974 (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae).
- Tatia akroa Souza et al., 2020
- [update] Bifi, A.G. & Ortega, H. (2020): Redescription of Ancistrus greeni (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), and description of a new species from the río Madre de Dios basin, Peru.
- Ancistrus maldonadoi Bifi & Ortega, 2020
- [update] Herrera-Collazos, E.E., Galindo-Cuervo, A.M., Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A. & Rincón-Sandoval, M. (2020): Three new species of the Eigenmannia trilineata species group (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from northwestern South America.
- Eigenmannia camposi Herrera-Collazos et al., 2020
- Eigenmannia magoi Herrera-Collazos et al., 2020
- Eigenmannia zenuensis Herrera-Collazos et al., 2020
- Agudelo-Zamora, H.D., Ortega-Lara, A. & Taphorn B., D.C. (2020): Characidium chancoense, a new species of South American darter from the Río Cauca drainage, Colombia (Characiformes: Crenuchidae).
- Characidium chancoense Agudelo-Zamora et al., 2020
- An, C.-T., Zhang, E & Shen, J.-Z. (2020): Sarcocheilichthys vittatus, a new species of gudgeon (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Poyang lake basin in Jiangxi Province, South China.
- Sarcocheilichthys vittatus An et al., 2020
2020 latest news (April)
- Yoshida, T. & Motomura, H. (2020): Apogon soloriens, a new species of cardinalfish (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from the Bonin Islands, Japan.
- Apogon soloriens Yoshida & Motomura, 2020
- [update] Costa, W.J.E.M., Henschel, E. & Katz, A.M. (2020): Multigene phylogeny reveals convergent evolution in small interstitial catfishes from the Amazon and Atlantic forests (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
- Microcambevinae n. subfam. Costa et al., 2020
- Type genus: Microcambeva Costa & Bockmann, 1994
- [update] Matsunuma, M., Tan, H.H. & Peristiwady, T. (2020): Chelidoperca flavolineata, a new species of perchlet (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Indonesia and the first Indonesian record of C. maculicauda.
- Chelidoperca flavolineata Matsunuma et al., 2020
- [update] Wada, H., Suzuki, T., Senou, H. & Motomura, H. (2020): Plectranthias ryukyuensis, a new species of perchlet from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with a key to the Japanese species of Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiadinae).
- Plectranthias ryukyuensis Wada et al., 2020
- [update] Takahashi, Y., Kimura, S. & Motomura, H. (2019): A new sea catfish, Netuma patriciae (Siluriformes: Ariidae), from the Philippines.
- Netuma patriciae Takahashi et al., 2019
- [update] Sasaki, D. & Kimura, S. (2019): A new atherinomorine genus Doboatherina (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae) with a review of included species.
- Doboatherina iwatsukii Sasaki & Kimura, 2019
- Doboatherina magnidentata Sasaki & Kimura, 2019
- Doboatherina salangensis Sasaki & Kimura, 2019
- Doboatherina yoshinoi Sasaki & Kimura, 2019
- [update] Ho, H.-C., Graham, K. & Russell, B. (2020): Three new species of the barracudina genus Lestidium (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from the Indo-West Pacific.
- [Lestidium australis Ho et al., 2020 nomen nudum]
- Lestidium longilucifer Ho et al., 2020
- Lestidium nigrirostrum Ho et al., 2020
- Lestidium rofeni Ho et al., 2020
- de Pinna, M., Reis, V. & Britski, H. (2020): A New Species of Trichogenes (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae), with a Discussion on the Homologies of the Anterior Orbital Bones in Trichomycterids and Other Loricarioids.
- Trichogenes beagle de Pinna et al., 2020
- Sithole, Y., Smith, D.G., Mwale, M. & Gouws, G. (2020): A taxonomic revision of Gymnothorax undulatus (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) in the Western Indian Ocean, with description of a new species.
- Gymnothorax elaineheemstrae Sithole et al., 2020
- Esmaeili, H.R., Teimori, A., Zarei, F. & Sayyadzadeh, G. (2020): DNA barcoding and species delimitation of the Old World tooth-carps, family Aphaniidae Hoedeman, 1949 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes).
- Paraphanius n. gen. Esmaeili et al., 2020
- Type species: Lebias mento Heckel, 1843
- [update] DoNascimiento, C. & Prada-Pedreros, S. (2020): A new troglomorphic species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from northeastern Colombia, with proposal of a new Trichomycterus subclade and remarks on some nominal species from Colombia.
- Trichomycterus spectrum DoNascimiento & Prada-Pedreros, 2020
- [update] Garcia-Ayala, J. & Benine, R.C. (2020): A new amazonian species of Brachychalcinus (Characiformes: Characidae) from Trombetas River basin, Brazil.
- Brachychalcinus signatus Garcia-Ayala & Benine, 2020
- [update] Donin, L.M., Ferrer, J. & Carvalho, T.P. (2020): Taxonomical study of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Ribeira de Iguape River basin reveals a new species recorded in the early 20th century.
- Trichomycterus lauryi Donin et al., 2020
- [update] Lima, F.C.T., Urbano-Bonilla, A. & Prada-Pedreros, S. (2020): A new Hemigrammus from the upper Río Vaupés, Colombia (Characiformes: Characidae), with a discussion on the presence of an enlarged urogenital papilla in the family.
- Hemigrammus xaveriellus Lima et al., 2020
- Song, Y.S. & Kim, J.-K. (2020): A new species of hagfish, Eptatretus wandoensis sp. nov. (Agnatha, Myxinidae), from the southwestern Sea of Korea.
- Eptatretus wandoensis Song & Kim, 2020
- Kaya, C. (2020): Spirlins of the southern Black Sea basin, with the description of a new species (Teleostei: Leuciscidae).
- Alburnoides turani Kaya, 2020
- Hata, H., Quan, N.V., Ha, T.M. & Motomura, H. (2020): Thrissina belvedere, a new thryssa from Ha Long Bay, northern Vietnam and redescription of Thrissina chefuensis (Günther 1874) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae).
- Thrissina belvedere Hata et al., 2020
- Terán, G.E., Benitez, M.F. & Mirande, J.M. (2020): Opening the Trojan horse: phylogeny of Astyanax, two new genera and resurrection of Psalidodon (Teleostei: Characidae).
- Andromakhe n. gen. Terán et al., 2020
- Type species: Astyanax latens Mirande et al., 2004
- Makunaima n. gen. Terán et al., 2020
- Type species: Astyanax guaporensis Eigenmann, 1911
- Prokofiev, A.M., Psomadakis, P.N. & Gon, O. (2020): A new deep-bodied species of Antigonia (Teleostei, Antigoniidae) from the Andaman Sea (northeastern Indian Ocean).
- Antigonia emanuela Prokofiev et al., 2020
- Kottelat, M. & Grego, J. (2020): Kayahschistura lokalayensis, a new genus and species of cave fish from Myanmar (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
- Kayahschistura n. gen. Kottelat & Grego, 2020
- Type species: Kayahschistura lokalayensis Kottelat & Grego, 2020
- Kottelat, M. (2020): Ceratogarra, a genus name for Garra cambodgiensis and G. fasciacauda and comments on the oral and gular soft anatomy in labeonine fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
- Ceratogarra n. gen. Kottelat, 2020
- Type species: Cirrhina cambodgiensis Tirant, 1884
- [update] Dey, A., Choudhury, H., Mazumder, A., Thaosen, S. & Sarma, D. (2020): Psilorhynchus nahlongthai, a new fish species (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from the Brahmaputra drainage, northeast India.
- Psilorhynchus nahlongthai Dey et al., 2020
- Dey, A., Choudhury, H., Mazumder, A., Bharali, R.C., Thaosen, S. & Sarma, D. (2020): Psilorhynchus kamengensis, a new species of fish Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from northeast India.
- Psilorhynchus kamengensis Dey et al., 2020
2020 latest news (March)
- Suzuki, T., Oseko, N., Kimura, S. & Shibukawa, K. (2020): Two New Species of Torrential Gobies of the Genus Rhinogobius from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
- Rhinogobius yaima Suzuki et al., 2020
- Rhinogobius yonezawai Suzuki et al., 2020
- Hoban, M.L. & Williams, J.T. (2020): Cirripectes matatakaro, a new species of combtooth blenny from the Central Pacific, illuminates the origins of the Hawaiian fish fauna.
- Cirripectes matatakaro Hoban & Williams, 2020
- Last, P.R. & Pogonoski, J.J. (2020): Revision of the fish family Euclichthyidae (Pisces: Gadiformes) with the description of two new species from the Western Pacific.
- Euclichthys microdorsalis Last & Pogonoski, 2020
- Euclichthys robertsi Last & Pogonoski, 2020
- Albornoz-Garzón, J.G., Acosta-Santos, A., Bogotá-Gregory, J.D. & Agudelo-Córdoba, E. (2020): A new species of Creagrutus Günther (Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the Amazonian Piedmont of Colombia.
- Creagrutus andaki Albornoz-Garzón et al., 2020
- Nakayama, N., Prokofiev, A.M. & Kawai, T. (2020): Coelorinchus posteromaculatus (Actinopterygii, Gadiformes, Macrouridae), a new species of grenadier from the eastern Indian Ocean.
- Coelorinchus posteromaculatus Nakayama et al., 2020
- [update] Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. (2020): An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Serranidae of the world with description of two new related families of fishes.
- Caesioscorpididae n. fam. Parenti & Randall, 2020
- Type genus: Caesioscorpis Whitley 1945
- Hemilutjanidae n. fam. Parenti & Randall, 2020
- Type genus: Hemilutjanus Bleeker, 1876
- Sabaj, M.H., López-Fernández, H., Willis, S.C., Hemraj, D.D., Taphorn B., D.C. & Winemiller, K.O. (2020): Cichla cataractae (Cichliformes: Cichlidae), new species of peacock bass from the Essequibo Basin, Guyana and Venezuela.
- Cichla cataractae Sabaj et al., 2020
- Weigmann, S., Gon, O., Leeney, R.H., Barrowclift, E., Berggren, P., Jiddawi, N. & Temple, A.J. (2020): Revision of the sixgill sawsharks, genus Pliotrema (Chondrichthyes, Pristiophoriformes), with descriptions of two new species and a redescription of P. warreni Regan.
- Pliotrema kajae Weigmann et al., 2020
- Pliotrema annae Weigmann et al., 2020
- Katz, A.M. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2020): A new species of the catfish genus Cambeva from the Paranapanema river drainage, southeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
- Cambeva guareiensis Katz & Costa, 2020
- Schwarzhans, W.W., Mincarone, M.M. & Villarins, B.T. (2020): A new species of the genus Verilus (Teleostei, Percomorpha, Acropomatidae) from Brazil.
- Verilus costai Schwarzhans et al., 2020
- Jadhav, S., Karuthapandi, M., Chandra, K., Jaiswal, D., Dinesh, K.P. & Narahari, A. (2020): Parapsilorhynchus alluriensis, a new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Eastern Ghats, of India.
- Parapsilorhynchus alluriensis Jadhav et al., 2020
- Kirchner, S., Kruckenhauser, L., Pichler, A., Borkenhagen, K. & Freyhof, J. (2020): Revision of the Garra species of the Hajar Mountains in Oman and the United Arab Emirates with the description of two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
- Garra shamal Kirchner et al., 2020
- Garra sharq Kirchner et al., 2020
- Ota, R.R., Carvalho, F.R. & Pavanelli, C.S. (2020): Taxonomic review of the Hyphessobrycon panamensis species-group (Characiformes: Characidae).
- Hyphessobrycon bussingi Ota et al., 2020
- Silveira Silva, I., Nogueira, A.F., Netto-Ferreira, A.L., Akama, A. & Dutra, G.M. (2020): A new species of Hemiodus Müller (Characiformes: Hemiodontidae) from the lower Rio Xingu, Brazil.
- Hemiodus tucupi Silveira Silva et al., 2020
- Gill, A.C. & Roberts, C.D. (2020): Plectranthias cruentus, a new species of anthiadine perchlet (Teleostei: Serranidae) from the Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea.
- Plectranthias cruentus Gill & Roberts, 2020
- Zhu, L., Yu, D. & Liu, H. (in press): Zacco sinensis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), a New Fish Species from Northern China.
- Zacco sinensis Zhu et al., (in press) Note: e-paper with no ZooBank registration. Name not available from this publication.
- Hata, H. & Motomura, H. (2020): A new species of anchovy, Encrasicholina sigma (Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae), from Sulawesi, Indonesia.
- Encrasicholina sigma Hata & Motomura, 2020
- Li, F., Liao, T.-Y. & Arai, R. (2020): Two new species of Rhodeus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Acheilognathinae) from the River Yangtze, China.
- Rhodeus cyanorostris Li et al., 2020
- Rhodeus nigrodorsalis Li et al., 2020
- Kovačić, M., Sadeghi, R. & Esmaeili, H.R. (2020): New species of Silhouettea (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Qeshm Island, Iran and the DNA barcoding of the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea gobies.
- Silhouettea ghazalae Kovačić et al., 2020
- McCosker, J.E., Bogorodsky, S.V., Mal, A.O. & Alpermann, T.J. (2020): Description of a new snake eel Ophichthus olivaceus (Teleostei: Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) from the Red Sea.
- Ophichthus olivaceus McCosker et al., 2020
- Dos Anjos de Sousa, D.J., Silva-Oliveira, C., Canto, A.L.C. & Ribeiro, F.R.V. (2020): A new species of Knodus (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Rio Cupari drainage, lower Rio Tapajós basin, Brazil.
- Knodus cupariensis Sousa et al., 2020
- Fricke, R. & Zhukov, M.Y. (2020): Scorpaena nasicornua sp. nov. (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the Gulf of Aden, northwestern Indian Ocean.
- Scorpaena nasicornua Fricke & Zhukov, 2020
2020 latest news (February)
- Gangan, S.S., Pavan-Kumar, A., Jahageerdar, S. & Jaiswar, A.K. (2020): A new species of Stolephorus (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from the Bay of Bengal, India.
- Stolephorus tamilensis Gangan et al., 2020
- Tea, Y.-K., Pyle, R.L. & Rocha, L.A. (2020): A New Species of Fairy Wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae: Cirrhilabrus) from Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of the Verde Island Passage, Philippines.
- Cirrhilabrus briangreenei Tea et al., 2020
- Chakraborty, P., Yardi, K. & Mukherjee, P. (2020): Channa brahmacharyi sp. nov., a new species of dwarf snakehead from Meghalaya, North-East India (Teleostei: Channidae).
- Channa brahmacharyi Chakraborty et al., 2020
- Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Hidayat, N. (2020): Choeroichthys hadiatyae, a new species of pipefish (Syngnathidae) from the Fakfak Peninsula of West Papua Province, Indonesia.
- Choeroichthys hadiatyae Allen et al., 2020
- Roberts, T.R. (2020): Quintabarbates bicolor, a new genus and species of cobitid Fish from the Middle Chindwin Basin in Myanmar.
- Quintabarbates n. gen. Roberts, 2020
- Type species: Quintabarbates bicolor Roberts, 2020
- Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Brooks, W.M. (2020): Feia seba, a new species of marine goby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea.
- Feia seba Allen et al., 2020
- Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Mongdong, M.U. (2020): Tomiyamichthys eyreae, a new species of shrimpgoby (Gobiidae) from West Papua, Indonesia.
- Tomiyamichthys eyreae Allen et al., 2020
- Vo, Q.V. & Ho, H.-C. (2020): A new species of Atractodenchelys (Synaphobranchidae, Anguilliformes) from Vietnam.
- Atractodenchelys brevitrunca Vo & Ho, 2020
- Fukui, Y. (2020): A new wrasse, Novaculops compressus n. sp. (Perciformes: Labridae), from the western Pacific Ocean.
- Novaculops compressus Fukui, 2020
- Lima, F.C.T. & Britto, M.R. (2020): A new Corydoras (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) with an unusual sexual dimorphism from the rio Juruena basin, Brazil.
- Corydoras rikbaktsa Lima & Britto, 2020
- Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Mondong, M.U. (2020): Heteroconger guttatus, a new species of garden eel (Pisces: Congridae: Heterocongrinae) from West Papua, Indonesia.
- Heteroconger guttatus Allen et al., 2020
- Esguícero, A.L.H., Castro, R.M.C. & Pereira, T.N.A. (2020): Bunocephalus hertzi, a new banjo catfish from the upper Rio Paraná basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae), with the redescription of Bunocephalus larai Ihering, 1930.
- Bunocephalus hertzi Esguícero et al., 2020
- Henschel, E., Bragança, P.H.N., Rangel-Pereira, F. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2020): A new psammophilic species of the catfish genus Ammoglanis (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from the Amazon River basin, northern Brazil.
- Ammoglanis obliquus Henschel et al., 2020
- Ortega-Lara, A. & Lujan, N.K. (2020): Panaque nigrolineatus laurafabianae, a new, commercially exploited subspecies of ornamental wood-eating pleco (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) from the Guaviare River basin in Colombia.
- Panaque nigrolineatus laurafabianae Ortega-Lara & Lujan, 2020
- Prokofiev, A.M. (2019): A new genus of Platycephalidae from the western Indian Ocean and a classification of the genus Suggrundus (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes).
- Seychelliceps n. gen. Prokofiev, 2019
- Type species: Platycephalus cooperi Regan, 1908
- Prokofiev, A.M. (2019): [A new fish-shovel species of the genus Halieutaea (Ogcocephalidae) from Vietnam.].
- Halieutaea dromedaria Prokofiev, 2019
- Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 59 (6): 623-629.
- Halieutaea dromedaria Prokofiev, 2019
- [update] Costa, W.J.E.M., Vilardo, P. & Katz, A.M. (2020): Sympatric sister species with divergent morphological features of psammophilic catfishes of the south-eastern Brazilian genus Microcambeva (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
- Microcambeva filamentosa Costa et al., 2020
- Microcambeva filamentosa Costa et al., 2020
- [update] Bogutskaya, N.G., Jelic, D., Vucic, M., Jelic, M., Diripasko, O.A., Stefanov, T. & Klobucar, G. (2019): Description of a new species of Phoxinus from the upper Krka River (Adriatic Basin) in Croatia (Actinopterygii: Leuciscidae), first discovered as a molecular clade.
- Phoxinus krkae Bogutskaya et al., 2019 Available from early view version in December 2019.
- [update] Reis, R.B., Frota, A., Fabrin, T.M.C. & Graça, W.J. (2019): A new species of Cambeva (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from the Rio Ivaí basin, upper Rio Paraná basin, Paraná State, Brazil.
- Cambeva horacioi Reis et al., 2019 Available from early view version in December 2019.
- Vanegas‐Ríos, J.A., Faustino‐Fuster, D.R., Meza‐Vargas, V. & Ortega, H. (2020): Phylogenetic relationships of a new genus and species of stevardiine fish (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the Río Amazonas basin, Peru.
- Varicharax n. gen. Vanegas‐Ríos et al., 2020
- Type species: Varicharax nigrolineatus Vanegas‐Ríos et al., 2020
2020 latest news (January)
- Mohapatra, A., Ray, D., Mohanty, S.R. & Mishra, S.S. (2020): Ophichthus kailashchandrai sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae): a new species of snake eel from Indian waters, Bay of Bengal.
- Ophichthus kailashchandrai Mohapatra et al., 2020
- Yang, H., Chen, Z. & Li, W. (2020): A New Blind Subterranean Species of the Genus Bibarba from Yunnan, China.
- Bibarba wenliuensis Yang et al., 2020
- Bhakat, S. & Sinha, A.K. (2020): Esomus bengalensis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), a new species of flying barb from West Bengal, India.
- Esomus bengalensis Bhakat & Sinha, 2020
- Larson, H.K., Jaafar, Z., Tan, H.H. & Peristiwady, T. (2020): Platygobiopsis hadiatyae, a new species of deepwater gobiid from Indonesia (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiinae).
- Platygobiopsis hadiatyae Larson et al., 2020
- Shangningam, B., Kosygin, L. & Chowdhury, B.R. (2020): Pethia arunachalensis, a new species of small barb (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India.
- Pethia arunachalensis Shangningam et al., 2020
- Englmaier, G.K., Tesfaye, G. & Bogutskaya, N.G. (2020): A new species of Enteromius (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae, Smiliogastrinae) from the Awash River, Ethiopia, and the re-establishment of E. akakianus.
- Enteromius yardiensis Englmaier et al., 2020
- Shangningam, B., Rath, S., Tudu, A.K. & Kosygin, L. (2020): A new species of Osteobrama (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Mahanadi River, India with a note on the validity of O. dayi.
- Osteobrama tikarpadaensis Shangningam et al., 2020
- Moyon, W.A. & Arunkumar, L. (2020): Garra chivaensis, a new labeonin species (Cyprinidae: Labeoninae) from Manipur, North-Eastern India.
- Garra chivaensis Moyon & Arunkumar, 2020
- [update] Rocha, M., Rossoni, F., Akama, A. & Zuanon, J. (2019): A new species of spiny driftwood catfish Spinipterus (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the Amazon basin.
- Spinipterus moijiri Rocha et al., 2019 [available from early view version in December 2019]
- [update] Teixeira, T.F., Dutra, G.M., Penido, I.S., Santos, S.A. & Pessali, T.C. (2019): A new species of Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes, Characidae) from the upper Rio Jequitinhonha basin, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with comments on morphological similarities with Stethaprioninae species from headwater environments.
- Hyphessobrycon veredus Teixeira et al., 2019 [available from early view version in December 2019]
- [update] Huang, J.-Q., Yang, J., Wu, Z.-Q. & Zhao, Y.-H. (2019): Oreonectes guilinensis (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae), a new loach species from Guangxi, China.
- Oreonectes guilinensis Huang et al., 2019 [available from early view version in December 2019]
- [update] Dao, W., Li, X., Yang, H.-F. & Zhou, W. (2020): Pareuchiloglanis (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from the Pearl River, China with description of three new species.
- Pareuchiloglanis arcuata Dao et al., 2020
- Pareuchiloglanis posteranalis Dao et al., 2020
- Pareuchiloglanis salicesbarba Dao et al., 2020
- Vo, Q.V., Hibino, Y. & Ho, H.-C. (2019): A new species of the snake eel genus Ophichthus, with additional records from Viet Nam (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae).
- Ophichthus vietnamensis Vo et al., 2019
- Hata, H., Lavoué, S. & Motomura, H. (2020): Stolephorus babarani, a new species of anchovy (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from Panay Island, central Philippines.
- Stolephorus babarani Hata et al., 2020
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- Schedel, F.D.B., Kupriyanov, V.M.S., Katongo, C. & Schliewen, U.K. (2020): Palaeoplex gen. nov. and Lufubuchromis gen. nov., two new monotypic cichlid genera (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from northern Zambia.
- Lufubuchromis n. gen. Schedel et al., 2020
- Type species: Lufubuchromis relictus Schedel et al., 2020
- Palaeoplex n. gen. Schedel et al., 2020
- Type species: Palaeoplex palimpsest Schedel et al., 2020
- Schedel, F.D.B., Kupriyanov, V.M.S., Katongo, C. & Schliewen, U.K. (2020): Palaeoplex gen. nov. and Lufubuchromis gen. nov., two new monotypic cichlid genera (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from northern Zambia.