2025 latest news (June)
- Ho, H.-C. & Yang, T.-Y. 2025. A new barracudina (Aulopiformes, Paralepididae, Stemonosudis) from Somalia, with additional records of S. siliquiventer from the Caribbean Sea.
- Stemonosudis adenensis Ho & Yang, 2025
- Gallo-Cardozo, F., Careaga, M. & Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M. 2025. A New Cryptic Species of Piranha Serrasalmus (Serrasalmidae) from the Bolivian Amazon, Upper Madeira River System.
- Serrasalmus castellonae Gallo-Cardozo et al., 2025
- Glaus, K., White, W.T., O’Neill, H.L., Thurnheer, S. & Appleyard, S.A. 2025. A new blue-spotted Maskray species (Neotrygon, Dasyatidae) from Fiji.
- Neotrygon romeoi Glaus et al., 2025
- Victor, B.C. 2025. Prionotus pictus, a new endemic species of searobin from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (Teleostei: Triglidae).
- Mahulu, A. & Seehausen, O. 2025. Two new cichlid species of the genus Labrochromis from rocky reefs of Lake Victoria, Tanzania (Perciformes, Cichlidae).
- Labrochromis mawe Mahulu & Seehausen, 2025
- Labrochromis mawepili Mahulu & Seehausen, 2025 [It might be more sensible to follow a recommendation by van Oijen (1996:101) and to keep all haplochromine cichlids of the Lake Victoria Basin in Haplochromis until a comprehensive phylogenetic revision]
- Cao, J., Song, S., Yi, W., Xiang, H., Yang, H., Li, J. & Jiang, W. 2025. Two New Cavefish Species of Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from the Karst Subterranean Rivers of Yunnan, China.
- Triplophysa wenshanensis Jiang et al., 2025
- Triplophysa yangi Jiang et al., 2025
- Tan, H.H. & Grinang, J. 2025. Two new species of Hampala from Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
- Hampala katibas Tan & Grinang, 2025
- Hampala lupar Tan & Grinang, 2025
- Abreu, J.M.S., Pedroza, W.S., Oyakawa, O.T., Melo, S.A., Tchaicka, L. & Piorski, N.M. 2025. A new species of Hoplias malabaricus species complex (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) from Northeastern Brazil.
- Hoplias cazumba Abreu et al., 2025
- Kumar, R.G., Ravi, C. & Basheer, V.S. 2025. Identity of Labeo nigrescens Day, 1870 with descriptions of two new Labeo species from the Southern Western Ghats.
- Labeo chekida Kumar et al., 2025
- Labeo uru Kumar et al., 2025 [Note: publication appeared yet only online, without ZooBank-Reg. No; names might not be available till print version]
- Qin, Z.-X., Zhou, J.-J., Du, L.-N. & Lin, F. 2025. Traccatichthys punctulatus sp. nov., a new species of stone loach (Pisces, Nemacheilidae) from Guangxi, southern China.
2025 latest news (May)
- Tang, C.-N., Lai, N.-W. & Ho, H.-C. 2025. Description of a new liopropomine basslet, Liopropoma terecaudum, from northern Taiwan (Perciformes: Epinephelidae).
- Zarei, F., Bragança, P.H.N., Skelton, P.H. & Chakona, A. 2025. Pseudobarbus outeniqua sp. nov., a new redfin species (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) from the Cape Fold Ecoregion of South Africa.
- Pseudobarbus outeniqua Zarei et al., 2025
- Mejia, E., Ferraro, G.A. & Souto-Santos, I.C.A. 2025. A new species of whiptail catfish Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Macaé and São João river basins, southeastern Brazil.
- Rineloricaria buckupi Mejia et al., 2025
- Mukhim, D.K.B., Sarma, K., Choudhury, H., Das, R., Chandran, R., Singh, R.K., Warbah, D.P., Lyngdoh, W., Sarkar, U.K. & Sarma, D. 2025. Description of a new troglophilic loach, Schistura densiclava (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Meghalaya, northeast India.
- Schistura densiclava Mukhim & Sarma, 2025
- Schwarzhans, W., Psomadakis, P.N. & Nielsen, J.G. 2025. Revision of the bathydemersal fish genus Pycnocraspedum (Ophidiidae; Teleostei), with description of two new species.
- Pycnocraspedum africanum Schwarzhans et al., 2025
- Pycnocraspedum rowleyensis Schwarzhans et al., 2025
- Furuhashi, R. & Motomura, H. 2025. A new species of Synodus from southern Japan, with a redescription of Synodus usitatus Cressey 1981 (Teleostei: Aulopiformes: Synodontidae).
- Synodus lautus Furuhashi & Motomura, 2025
- Pastana, M.N.L., Dutra, G.M., Ohara, W.M., Teixeira, T.F. & Menezes, N.A. 2025. Description of a New Species of Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) from Rio Madeira, a Greatly Impacted Region of the Amazon Rainforest, Apuí, Brazil.
- Hyphessobrycon mapinguari Pastana et al., 2025
- Ding, J., Lei, W., Haryono, H., Shi, W. & Zhang, W. 2025. Phylogenetic analysis of Betta coccina complex (Teleostei, Osphronemidae) from Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra Island with descriptions of two new species.
- Betta iaspis Ding et al., 2025
- Betta mulyadii Ding et al., 2025
- Wang, L., Luo, Q. & Zhang, R. 2025. A new species of Sinocyclocheilus (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) from the Beipan-Jiang in Guizhou, China.
- Sinocyclocheilus zhenningensis Wang et al., 2025
- Zhao, L. & Xu, X. 2025. Opsariichthys jishuiensis sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Xenocyprididae), A New Species from Yellow River Basin.
- Opsariichthys jishuiensis Zhao & Xu, 2025 [not yet published in a final version, name not yet available]
- Sichuan Journal of Zoology, [1-10]. (in press).
- Opsariichthys jishuiensis Zhao & Xu, 2025 [not yet published in a final version, name not yet available]
- Luz, A.N., Correia, S.M., Lopes, E.P., Jimenez, J.G., Traore, D., Psomadakis, P.N. 2025. A new species of the genus Mystriophis (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Cabo Verde (Eastern Central Atlantic), with notes on two Mystriophis specimens documented on the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen.
- Mystriophis caboverdensis Luz et al., 2025
- Matsumoto, T. & Motomura, H. 2025. Scorpaenopsis gigas, a new Indo-West Pacific species of scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae).
- Scorpaenopsis gigas Matsumoto, T. & Motomura, H. 2025
- Maile, A.J., Smith, W.L. & Davis, M.P. 2025. A total-evidence phylogenetic approach to understanding the evolution, depth transitions, and body-shape changes in the anglerfishes and allies (Acanthuriformes: Lophioidei).
- Fowlerichthyinae Maile et al., 2025
- Alonso, F., Terán, G.E., Serra Alanís, W.S., Waldbillig, M.M., Montes, M.M., Bugeau, B., Barneche, J.A., Shimabukuro, M.I., Táboas, F.G., Maroli, M. & Almeida, M.J. 2025. The rise of a Titan: a new species of the giant Titanolebias killifishes, and its phylogeny (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae).
- Titanolebias calvinoi Alonso & Terán, 2025 [The publication is currently classified as a manuscript and is therefore not yet considered the final version. The new name is therefore not yet available.]
- Melo, B.F., Gama, S.S. & Sabaj, M.H. 2025. New species of Cyphocharax (Teleostei: Curimatidae) from the upper Rio Jari in the Tumucumaque mountains of northern Brazil.
- [update] Indermaur, A., Schedel, F.D.B. & Ronco, F. 2024. Morphological diversity of the genus Telmatochromis from the Lake Tanganyika drainage with the description of a new riverine species and the generic reassignment of the Malagarasi River lamprologine.
- [update] Turner, G.F. 2024.: Two new species of Mylochromis (Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa.
- [update] Lisher, M.W., Viana, S.T.F.L. & Gon, O. 2024. Chromis tweddlei, a new deep-water species of damselfish (Pomacentridae) from the Cargados Carajos Bank, southwestern Indian Ocean.
- Nielsen, D.T.B., Hoetmer, J.W. & Vandekerckhove, E. 2025. Moema humaita, a new species of annual fish (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the middle rio Madeira, Amazon basin, Brazil.
- Moema humaita Nielsen et al., 2025
2025 latest news (April)
- Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. 2025. Trichomycterus hatoensis sp. nov. (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) una nueva especie de pez, de la parte baja de la cuenca del río Suárez, departamento de Santander – Colombia.
- Trichomycterus hatoensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2025
- Barranquilla, Departamento del Atlántico, 101: 1-20.
- Trichomycterus hatoensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2025
- [update] He, Y., Lundberg, J.G., Yang, J. & Yang, J.-X. 2025. Synchrotron Microtomographic Osteology of the Chinese Subterranean Catfish: Description and Systematic Analysis.
- Proliobagrus gen. n. He et al., 2025
- Type species: Xiurenbagrus dorsalis Xiu et al., 2014
- [update] Chen, Y., Tan, H. & He, D. 2025. Exostoma microadiposa (Sisoridae), a New Glyptosternine Catfish from the Zayul River, South Tibet.
- Exostoma microadiposa Chen et al., 2025
- [update] Torrico-Destre, H., Careaga, M. & Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M. 2025. A New Species of Propimelodus (Pimelodidae) from the Upper Madeira System, Amazon Basin.
- Propimelodus lobatus Torrico-Destre et al., 2025
- Zarei, F., Sithole, Y., Schliewen, U.K., Bills, R. & Chakona, A. 2025. Integrative systematics of the taxonomically complex gobiid genus Glossogobius Gill, 1859 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the south-western Indian Ocean, with a description of a new species.
- Glossogobius hanisii Zarei et al., 2025
- Singh, P. & Kosygin, L. 2025. Glyptothorax palakkadiensis, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Kerala, Western Ghats, India.
- Glyptothorax palakkadiensis Singh & Kosygin, 2025
- [update] Hata, E. & Motomura, H. 2024. Neotrygon yakkoei, a new bluespotted maskray (Dasyatidae) from Japan.
- [update] Utama, I.V., Mokodongan, D.F., Lawelle, S.A., Masengi, K.W.A. & Yamahira, K. 2024. A new ricefish, Oryzias moramoensis (Adrianichthyidae), described from a mountain waterfall in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
- Turbanov, I.S., Bolotovskiy, A.A., Artaev, O.N., Gandlin, A.A., Levina, M.A., Vasil’eva, E.D. & Levin, B.A. 2025. On the border of Europe and Asia: Gobio uralensis, a new species of gudgeons (Cypriniformes, Gobionidae) from the Caspian Sea basin.
- Gobio uralensis Turbanov et al., 2025
- Brownstein, C.D., Kim, D., Wood, J.E., Alley, Z.D., Stokes, M.F. & Near, T.J. 2025. Undescribed and imperiled vertebrate biodiversity near an American urban center.
- Etheostoma birminghamense Brownstein et al., 2025
- Etheostoma gurleyense Brownstein et al., 2025
- Hata, H., Lavoué, S., Psomadakis, P.N., Osmany, H.B. & Motomura, H. 2025. Thrissina mystica sp. nov., a new thryssa (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae: Coiliinae) from the northern Indian Ocean.
- Thrissina mystica Hata et al., 2025
- Liyandja, T.L.D. & Stiassny, M.L.J. 2025. Hidden in plain view: A new Labeo (Cyprinidae: Labeoninae) endemic to the Kouilou-Niari River basin in the Lower Guinea ichthyological province.
- Labeo niariensis Liyandja & Stiassny, 2025
- Bineesh, K.K., Beura, S., Das, M., Nashad, M. & Akhilesh, K.V. 2025. Description of a new species of hound shark of the genus Iago (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae) from the northern Indian Ocean.
- Iago gopalakrishnani Bineesh et al., 2025
- Prokofiev, A.M., Frable, B.W., Emelianova, O.R., Saveleva, S.Y. & Orlov, A.M. 2025. A New Species of the Eel Genus Gnathophis (Congridae, Anguilliformes) from the Seamounts of the Emperor–Hawaiian Chain, Western and Central North Pacific.
- Gnathophis johnsoni Prokofiev et al., 2025
- Ho, H.-C., Smith, D.G. & Pogonoski, J.H. 2025. Species of the Eel Family Colocongridae (Order Anguilliformes), with Description of a New Species.
- Coloconger paucitubus Ho et al., 2025
- Sreenath, K.R., Pradeep, B., Ajui, K.R., Sukumaran, S., Sebastian, W., Anto, A. & George, G. 2025. Discovery of a new species of troglobitic eel loach from southern India.
- Pangio juhuae Sreenath et al., 2025 [Note: Online-Publication, ZooBank Reg. No is missing, ergo: new Taxa is not available from this version of the paper]
- [update] Dierickx, K., Lunkayilakio, S.W., Bills, R. & Vreven, E. 2024. Morphometric synthesis of Pollimyrus (Teleostei, Mormyridae) with the description of four new species.
- Pollimyrus ibalazambai Dierickx et al., 2024
- Pollimyrus krameri Dierickx et al., 2024
- Pollimyrus vanneeri Dierickx et al., 2024
- Pollimyrus weyli Dierickx et al., 2024
- [update] Dann, L., Dahanukar, N. & Raghavan, R. 2024. Oreichthys warjaintia, a new species of cyprinid fish from Meghalaya, India (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).
- [update] Su, Y., Kotlyar, A.N., Lin, H.-C., Kawai, T. & Ho, H.-C. 2024. A new species of Hoplostethus from Sumatra, eastern Indian Ocean, with comments on its most similar congeners (Trachichthyiformes: Trachichthyidae).
- Esmaeili, H.R., Sayyadzadeh, G., Masoumi, A.H., Hashemi, S.H. & Echreshavi, S. 2025. Tariqilabeo iranicus, a new species of labeonine fish from the Makran basin in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
- Tariqilabeo iranicus Esmaeili et al., 2025
- Stabile, B.H.M., Reis, R.B., Oliveira, A.V., Graça, W.J. 2025. A new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Rio Iguaçu basin, Paraná, Brazil.
- Characidium dumonti Stabile et al., 2025
- Tencatt, L.F.C., Ohara, W.M., Carvalho, V., Grant, S. & Britto, M. 2025. Two exquisite new species of Hoplisoma (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the rio Tapajós basin, Brazil, with a discussion on the morphology of the mesethmoid within Corydoradinae.
- Hoplisoma noxium Tencatt et al., 2025
- Hoplisoma tenebrosum Tencatt et al., 2025
- Wada, H., Suzuki, T., Kobayashi, H. & Senou, H. 2025. Two New Jawfishes, Stalix albonotata sp. nov. and S. yanoi sp. nov., from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Perciformes: Opistognathidae).
- Stalix albonotata Wada et al., 2025
- Stalix yanoi Wada et al., 2025
- Serra, S., Scarabino, F., Gobel, N. & Laufer, G. 2025. A new species of the Phalloceros harpagos species complex (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) from the middle and lower Uruguay River floodplains.
- Phalloceros mimbi Serra et al., 2025
- Puebla, O., Aguilar-Perera, A., Helmkampf, M., Robertson, D.R., Estapé, C.J., Estapé, A.M. & Domínguez-Domínguez, O. 2025. Hypoplectrus espinosai sp. nov. (Teleostei: Serranidae), a new hamlet on coral reefs in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
- Hypoplectrus espinosai Puebla et al., 2025
- Teixeira, T.F., Salvador, G.N., Mirande, J.M. & Lima, F.T.C. 2025. A New Species of Psalidodon (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) from the Upper Rio São Francisco Basin, Brazil, with Comments on Hasemania.
- Psalidodon pessalii Teixeira et al., 2025
- Silva, G.S.C., Sabaj, M.H., Carvalho, K.R. & Oliveira, C. 2025. Integrative Taxonomy Reveals a New Species of Imparfinis (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Upper Xingu River Basin.
- Imparfinis arceae Silva et al., 2025
- Mayden, R.L. & Kuhajda, B.R. 2025. Two new species of Etheostoma from the Black Warrior River System (Mobile Basin) of Alabama (Teleostei: Percidae).
- Etheostoma kimberlae Mayden, 2025
- Etheostoma michellae Mayden, 2025
- Htay, K.Y., Song, X.-Y., Oo, T.N. & Chen, X.-Y. 2025. A review of genus Laubuka (Cypriniformes: Danionidae) in Myanmar with description of two new species.
- Laubuka indawgyiana Htay & Chen, 2025
- Laubuka myitthaensis Htay & Chen, 2025
- Souto-Santos, I.C.A., Mejia, E., Arcila, D. & Buckup, P.A. 2025. Dismantling the Phalloceros harpagos species complex (Teleostei: Poeciliidae): description of a new species from Brazilian highlands based on morphological and molecular evidence.
- Phalloceros circummontanus Souto-Santos et al., 2025
2025 latest news (March)
- Volcan, M.V., Garcez, D.K., Robe, L.J., Feltrin, C.R.M., Costa, W.J.E.M. & Lanés, L.E.K. 2025. A new and threatened species of internally inseminating seasonal killifish of Campellolebias (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) endemic to a continental island in the Atlantic Forest, Southern Brazil.
- Campellolebias insularis Volcan et al., 2025
- Vijayakrishnan, B. & Shinde, G.A. 2025. Gangetic Glyptothorax (Siluriformes: Sisoridae): Two new species and revalidation of Glyptothorax dakpathari Tilak & Husain 1976.
- Glyptothorax bhurainu Vijayakrishnan & Shinde, 2025
- Glyptothorax himalaicus Vijayakrishnan & Shinde, 2025
- Praveenraj, J., Moulitharan, N., Pavan-Kumar, A., Naveen, R.S., Thackeray, T., Yumnam, R. & Gurumayum, S.D. 2025. Channa nachi, a new species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Meghalaya, Northeast India.
- Channa nachi Praveenraj et al., 2025
- Lei, H.-T., He, L., Huang, J.-H., Zhou, J.-J. & He, D.-K. 2025. Description of a new cave-dwelling species of Claea (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from the Yangtze River basin in Sichuan, southern China.
- Claea scet Lei et al., 2025
- Cao, L., Liu, Y., Zeng, Z., Yi, W. & Zhang, E 2025. Two new species of the loach genus Homatula Nichols, 1925 (Pisces, Nemacheilidae) from the upper Chang-Jiang Basin in China.
- Homatula shexiang Cao et al., 2025
- Homatula xiangzhi Cao et al., 2025
- Orr, J.W. 2025. Resurrection of the snailfish genus Allinectes (Teleostei: Cottiformes: Liparidae) for seven North Pacific species, including descriptions of three new species from Alaska.
- Allinectes busbyi Orr, 2025
- Allinectes istiophorus Orr, 2025
- Allinectes nanstanorum Orr, 2025
- Silva-Oliveira, C., Vanegas-Ríos, J.A., Canto, A.L.C. & Ribeiro, F.R.V. 2025. Description of a new species of Chrysobrycon (Characiformes: Stevardiidae) from the rio Curuá basin expands the distribution of the genus to the lower Amazon basin, Brazil.
- Chrysobrycon ximango Silva-Oliveira et al., 2025
- Sidlauskas, B.L., Melo, B.F., Birindelli, J.L.O., Burns, M.D., Frable, B.W., Hoekzema, K., Dillman, C.B., Sabaj, M.H., Oliveira, C. 2025. Molecular phylogenetics, a new classification, and a new genus of the Neotropical fish family Anostomidae (Teleostei: Characiformes).
- Brevidens n. gen. Birindelli et al., 2025
- Type species: Leporinus striatus Kner, 1858
- Vo, Q.V., Hibino, Y., Ho, H.-C., Le, T.T.T. & Seah, Y.G. 2025. Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of O. macrochir (Bleeker) and O. rutidoderma (Bleeker).
- Ophichthus cuulongensis Vo et al., 2025
- Ophichthus nguyenorum Vo et al., 2025
- Fast, K.M., Hundt, P.J., Alley, Z.D. & Sandel, M.W. 2025. Phylogenomic species delimitation of studfishes (Fundulidae: Fundulus): evidence for cryptic species in agreement with the central highlands vicariance hypothesis.
- Fundulus (Fundulus) caddo Fast et al., 2025
- Fundulus (Fundulus) cryptocatenatus Fast et al., 2025
- Kodeeswaran, P., Acharya, S., Mohapatra, A. & Kumar, T.T.A. 2025. Ariosoma tamilicum (Anguilliformes: Congridae): a new eel species from the Indian waters.
- Ariosoma tamilicum Kodeeswaran et al., 2025
- Chernova, N.V. & Thiel, R. 2025. A new species of the genus Osteodiscus (Cottoidei: Liparidae) from the Kuril Basin (Sea of Okhotsk, western North Pacific).
- Osteodiscus lindbergi Chernova & Thiel, 2025
- Freyhof, J. 2025. Garra cavernicola, a new species from the Hajar Mountains in Oman (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with a short discussion on monophyly and the description of evolutionarily young species.
- Garra cavernicola Freyhof, 2025
- Cabebe-Barnuevo, R. & Motomura, H. 2025. Sebastapistes monospina, a new species of scorpionfish (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the South Pacific Ocean.
- Sebastapistes monospina Cabebe-Barnuevo & Motomura, 2025
- Chen, T-E., Xu, J.-X., Li, P.-J., Hu, H.-F., Gao, K. & Zhao, H.-P. 2025. A New Species of the Genus Acrossocheilus Oshima, 1919 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the Dabie Mountains.
- Acrossocheilus dabieensis Chen & Zhao, 2025
- Bellstedt, D.U., Nagy, B., van der Merwe, P.d.W., Cotterill, F.P.D., Luke, Q. & Watters, B.R. 2025. The description of a critically endangered new species of seasonal killifish, Nothobranchius sylvaticus (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a relict species from an East African forest refugium in south-eastern Kenya.
- Nothobranchius sylvaticus Bellstedt et al., 2025
- Escamilla Pinilla, C., Cox Fernandes, C. & Alves-Gomes, J.A. 2025. Microsternarchus javieri, a new species of weakly electric fish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae, Microsternarchini) from the Negro River basin, Amazonas, Brazil.
- Microsternarchus javieri Escamilla Pinilla et al., 2025
2025 latest news (February)
- Panitvong, N. & Tan, H.H. 2025. A new species of Hampala (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Lower Tenasserim basin of Thailand.
- Hampala siamensis Panitvong & Tan, 2025
- Liu, M., Lyu, J.-B., Du, L.-N. & Chen, X.-Y. 2025. Description of a new loach species, Yunnanilus triangulus sp. nov. (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae), from Yunnan, China.
- Yunnanilus triangulus Liu et al., 2025
- Kottelat, M. 2025. Barbucca heokhuii, a new species of loach from central Borneo (Teleostei: Barbuccidae).
- Barbucca heokhuii Kottelat, 2025
- Tian, F., Liu, S., Chen, S. & Zhao, K. 2025. Revision of Schizopygopsis chengi Fang 1936 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), with a description of a new subspecies.
- Schizopygopsis chengi duokeheensis Zhao et al., 2025
- Xiao, M.-Y., Wang, J.-J., Luo, T., Zhou, J.-J., Xiao, N. & Zhou, J. 2025. Sinocyclocheilus xingrenensis (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), a new underground fish from Guizhou Province, Southeastern China.
- Wibowo, K., Willyanto, M.I., Dharmayanthi, A.B., Rahmadi, K. & Lumbantobing, D.N. 2025. Barbodes klapanunggalensis, a new species of blind subterranean fish (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) from Klapanunggal karst area, West Java, Indonesia, with notes on its conservation.
- Barbodes klapanunggalensis Wibowo et al., 2025
- Qin, Z.-X., Liu, Y.-W., Zhang, S.-Y., Shi, J.-S., Du, L.-N. & Zhou, J.-J. 2025. A new species of the rib-degenerated loach, genus Protocobitis (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae), from Guangxi, China.
- Protocobitis longibarba Qin et al., 2025
- Araújo, F., Ferreira, M., Monteiro, I. & Wosiacki, W. 2025. A new species of Hypancistrus Isbrücker & Nijssen 1991 (Loricariidae, Siluriformes) from the rapids of the middle Rio Tocantins.
- Möhring, J., Mokodongan, D.F., Gani, A., Wowor, D., Annawaty, Böhne, A. & Herder, F. 2025. A New and Unique Species of Ricefish (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae: Oryzias) from the Lariang River Basin, Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the First Known Sympatric Ricefish Species Pair from Sulawesi Rivers.
- Oryzias polylepis Möhring et al., 2025
- Okamoto, M., Long, D.J., Claro, R. & McCosker, J.E. 2025. A new species of epigonid fish genus Epigonus (Teleostei: Epigonidae) from Cuba and the first records of E. fragilis from the western South Pacific and Taiwan.
- Epigonus zonatus Okamoto et al., 2025
- Mejía-Falla, P.A., Navia, A.F., Cardeñosa, D. & Tavera, J. 2025. New Species of the Genus Hypanus (Dasyatidae) from the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean.
- Hypanus rubioi Mejía-Falla et al., 2025
- Jenkins, R.E., Favrot, S.D., Freeman, B.J., Albanese, B. & Armbruster, J.W. 2025. Description of the Sicklefin Redhorse (Catostomidae: Moxostoma).
- Moxostoma ugidatli Jenkins et al., 2025
- Xiao, G.-B., Guo, Q.-W., Cao, L., Lin, J., Deng, W.-X., Xiao, Q.-Q., Zhou, L., Zhang, H.-R. & Fang, D.-Z. 2025. Homatula gelao (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae), a new nemacheiline species of loach from the upper Yangtze River basin in Guizhou Province, southwestern China.
- Sato, M.C. & Motomura, H. 2025. Tomiyamichthys hyacinthinus, a new species of shrimpgoby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from southern Japan.
- Tomiyamichthys hyacinthinus Sato & Motomura, 2025
- Huang, H., Chen, J., Ke, Z. & Zhang, C. 2025. Branchiostegus sanae, a new species of deepwater tilefish (Eupercaria, Branchiostegidae) from the South China Sea.
- Branchiostegus sanae Huang et al., 2025
- Lima, F.T.C., Silva-Oliveira, C., Oliveira, C. & Faria, T.C. 2025. A new Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) from the Central Amazon basin, Brazil.
- Hyphessobrycon ribeiroi Lima et al., 2025
- Hata, H., Lavoué, S., Appleyard, S.A. & Pogonoski, J.J. 2025. A New Species of Rainbow Sardine in the Genus Dussumieria (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Dussumieriidae) from New Guinea and Australia.
- Dussumieria apollo Hata et al., 2025
- Sousa, L.M., Sousa, E.B., Oliveira, R.R., Sabaj, M.H., Zuanon, J. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L. 2025. Two new species of Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Xingu, Amazon, Brazil.
- Hypancistrus seideli Sousa et al., 2025
- Hypancistrus yudja Sousa et al., 2025
- Tenali, D.R., Adak, M.C., Chandran, R., Singh, R.K., Sarkar, U.K. & Banerjee, D. 2025. Glyptothorax hymavatiae, a New Sisorid Catfish, (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Arunachal Pradesh, North-Eastern India.
- Chowdhury, B.R., Tudu, A.K., Rath, S. & Singh, P. 2025. A New Species of Opsarius (Teleostei: Danionidae) from Mujnai River, West Bengal.
- Opsarius mujnaiensis Chowdhury et al.,2025
- Thiel, R., Knebelsberger, T., Chernova, N. & Eidus, I. 2025. Two new species of eelpout genus Lycenchelys (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, based on morphological and molecular evidence.
- Lycenchelys delanglei Thiel et al., 2025
- Lycenchelys renatae Thiel et al., 2025
- Vasil’eva, E.D. 2024. Species Diversity, Diagnostic Characters, and Distribution of the Tubenose Gobies of Genus Proterorhinus (Gobiidae). I. A New Species of the Tubenose Goby from the Water Bodies of the Eastern Coast of the Black Sea.
- Proterorhinus victori Vasil’eva, 2024
2025 latest news (January)
- Zhang, H.-X., Zhang, Y.-P., Chen, W.-J. & Zhang E 2025. Niwaella tigrina, a new species of spined loach from the Poyang Lake system of Jiangxi Province, East China.
- Niwaella tigrina Zhang et al., 2025
- Mattox, G.M.T., Acosta-Santos, A., Bogotá-Gregory, J.D., Agudelo, E. & Lima, F.C.T. 2025. A new miniature Priocharax from the río Putumayo drainage, Amazonas State, Colombia (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) with an unusual skin flap between pelvic fins.
- Priocharax rex Mattox et al., 2025
- Ng, H.H., Kahar, R. & Tan, H.H. 2025. A new species of catfish, Pterocryptis vorax (Actinopterygii: Siluridae), from northern Borneo.
- Pterocryptis vorax Ng et al., 2025
- Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Putra, M.I.H. 2025. Eviota samota, a new dwarfgoby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Sumbawa, Indonesia.
- Eviota samota Allen et al., 2025
- Lin, Y.-T., Lin, Y.-S. & Han, Y.-S. 2025. Cirrhimuraena taiwanensis sp. nov., a new species of cirri-bearing eel (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) from Yilan, northeastern Taiwan.
- Cirrhimuraena taiwanensis Lin et al., 2025
- Shangningam, B. & Kosygin, L. 2025. Glyptothorax chakpiensis, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Manipur, India.
- Glyptothorax chakpiensis Shangningam, & Kosygin, 2025
- Singh, P., Tudu, A.K. & Gurumayum, S.D. 2025. Garra magnarostrum, a new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Brahmaputra River drainage, Northeastern India.
- Shepherd, B., Pinheiro, H.T., Najeeb, A., Rocha, C.R. & Rocha, L.A. 2025. Plectranthias raki (Teleostei, Serranidae), a new species of perchlet from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Maldives.
- Plectranthias raki Shepherd et al., 2025
- Xavier, T.A.A., Sreeram, M.P., Sukumaran, S., Valappil, A.K., Manikandan, S.K. & George, G. 2025. A new species of eight-gilled hagfish (Myxinidae: Eptatretus) from the deep waters of the Lakshadweep Sea, India.
- Eptatretus gopali Xavier et al., 2025 [Note: Probably is the only a few days older taxon Eptatretus sunilii George & Bineesh, 2025 the valid name for this species]
- Matsumoto, T. & Motomura, H. 2025. Phenacoscorpius trispinis, a new species of scorpionfish (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from Sagami Bay, Japan.
- Phenacoscorpius trispinis Matsumoto & Motomura, 2025
- Hoang, H.D., Jang-Liaw, N.-H., Pham, H.M., Tran, N.T., Durand, J.-D., Nguyen, T.D., Pfeiffer, J. & Page, L.M. 2025. Generic Revision of the Southeast and East Asian Torrent Carp Subfamily Acrossocheilinae (Pisces: Teleostei) With Description of Three New Genera and a New Species From Vietnam.
- Angustistoma gen. n. Hoàng, 2025
- Type species: Crossochilus elongatus Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934
- Hongiastoma gen. n. Hoàng & Nguy?n, 2025
- Types species: Varicorhinus argentatus Nguy?n & Ðoàn, 1969
- Scaphostoma Hoàng & Ph?m, 2025
- Type species: Gymnostomus lepturus Boulenger, 1900
- Scaphostoma annamense Hoàng et al., 2025 [Note: Online-Journal only, ZooBank Reg. Nos. are missing, ergo: new Taxa are not available from this version of the paper]
- Armbruster, J.W. & Lujan, N.K. 2025. New tribe-level classification of Hypostominae (Loricariidae) based on optimization of morphological states on DNA-based relationships, with descriptions of three new tribes and two new genera.
- Peckoltini n. tribus Armbruster & Lujan, 2025
- Type genus: Peckoltia Miranda Ribeiro, 1912
- Pseudancistrini n. tribus Armbruster & Lujan, 2025
- Type genus: Pseudancistrus Bleeker, 1862
- Stellantini n. tribus Armbruster & Lujan, 2025
- Type genus: Stellantia Armbruster & Lujan, 2025
- Colossimystax gen. n. Armbruster & Lujan, 2025
- Type species: Pseudancistrus pectegenitor Lujan et al., 2007
- Stellantia gen. n. Armbruster & Lujan, 2025
- Type species: Pseudancistrus sidereus Armbruster, 2004
- Boaretto, M.P., Ohara, W.M., Souza-Shibatta, L. & Birindelli, J.L.O. 2025. New banded Leporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the Madeira River basin, Brazil, and redescription of L. bleheri, based on integrative taxonomy.
- Leporinus lignator Boaretto et al., 2025
- Carim, K.J., Auringer, G., Docker, M.F., Renaud, C.B., Clemens, B.J., Blanchard, M.R., Parker, C. & Young, M.K. 2024. Species diversity in the new lamprey genus Occidentis, formerly classified as western North American ‘Lampetra’.
- Occidentis gen. n. Carim et al., 2024
- Type species: Petromyzon ayresii Günther, 1870
- Mendes, S.L., Perea, S., Sousa, V.C., Sousa-Santos, C. & Doadrio, I. 2024. A new species of the genus Squalius (Leuciscidae, Actinopterygii) from the Sado River basin in Portugal.
- Squalius caetobrigus Mendes et al., 2024
- George, I.E., Bineesh, K.K., Sharon, E.A., Bhaskar, R., Hashim, M. & Banerjee, D. 2025. A new species of eight-gilled hagfish (Myxinidae: Eptatretus) off Kerala, Western Indian Ocean.
- Eptatretus sunilii George & Bineesh, 2025
- Species, 26: e2s1751.
- Eptatretus sunilii George & Bineesh, 2025
- Zarei, F., Mathebula, X. & Chakona, A. 2025. Pseudobarbus kubhekai sp. nov., a new redfin (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- Pseudobarbus kubhekai Zarei et al., 2024
- Kumar, R.G., Ravi, C., Krishnaprasoon, N.P. & Basheer, V.S. 2024. A new sympatric species of Horabagrus (Siluriformes: Horabagridae) from the Chalakkudy river basin in Kerala, India.
- Horabagrus obscurus Kumar et al., 2024
- Sun, Z.-X., Li, X.-Y., Li, X.-J., Hao, J.-Y., Sheng, D. & Zhao, Y.-H. 2025. Cobitis beijingensis, a new spined loach from northern China (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae).
- Cobitis beijingensis Sun & Zhao, 2025