2021 latest news (March)
- Dutra, G.M., Peixoto, L.A.W., Ochoa, L.E., Ohara, W.M., Santana, C.D., Menezes, N.A. & Datovo, A. (2021): A new species of Amazonian bluntnose knifefish Brachyhypopomus (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae), with comments on ist phylogenetic position.
- Brachyhypopomus degy Dutra et al., 2021
- [overlooked] Imamura, H. & Aungtonya, C. (2020): A new species of the genus Cociella Whitley, 1940 (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) from the Andaman Sea.
- Cociella martingomoni Imamura & Aungtonya, 2020
- Costa, W.J.E.M., Feltrin, C.R.M. & Katz, A.M. (2021): Filling distribution gaps: Two new species of the catfish genus Cambeva from southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae).
- Cambeva barbosae Costa et al., 2021
- Cambeva botuvera Costa et al., 2021
- Kaya, C., Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. & Freyhof, J. (2021): Oxynoemacheilus amanos, a new nemacheilid loach from the Orontes River drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
- Oxynoemacheilus amanos Kaya et al., 2021
- Uiblein, F. & Motomura, H. (2021): Three new goatfishes of the genus Upeneus from the Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific, with an updated taxonomic account for U. itoui (Mullidae: japonicus-species group).
- Upeneus dimipavlov Uiblein & Motomura, 2021
- Upeneus elongatus Uiblein & Motomura, 2021
- Upeneus willwhite Uiblein & Motomura, 2021
2021 latest news (February)
- Mazungula, D.N. & Chakona, A. (in press): An integrative taxonomic review of the Natal mountain catfish, Amphilius natalensis Boulenger 1917 (Siluriformes, Amphiliidae), with description of four new species.
- Amphilius engelbrechti Mazungula & Chakona, (in press)
- Amphilius leopardus Mazungula & Chakona, (in press)
- Amphilius marshalli Mazungula & Chakona, (in press)
- Amphilius zuluorum Mazungula & Chakona, (in press)
- [overlooked] Alves, R.M., Oliveira, I.H.R., Pasa, R. & Kavalco, K.F. (2020): A new species of genus Psalidodon Eigenmann, 1911 related to the P. paranae complex (Characiformes Characidae) from Upper Paranaíba river basin, Brazil, supported by genetic and morphometric data.
- Psalidodon rioparanaibanus Alves et al., 2020
- Okamoto, M., Randall, J.E. & Motomura, H. (2021): Acropoma musorstom, a new lanternbelly (Acropomatidae) from the South Pacific and the first record of Acropoma splendens from the Andaman Sea off southwestern Thailand.
- Acropoma musorstom Okamoto et al., 2021
- Hata, H., Lavoué, S. & Motomura, H. (2021): Taxonomic status of nominal species of the anchovy genus Stolephorus previously regarded as synonyms of Stolephorus commersonnii Lacepède 1803 and Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt 1823), and descriptions of three new species (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae).
- Stolephorus belaerius Hata et al., 2021
- Stolephorus mercurius Hata et al., 2021
- Stolephorus zephyrus Hata et al., 2021
- Wada, H., Kai, Y. & Motomura, H. (2021): Revision of the resurrected deepwater scorpionfish genus Lythrichthys Jordan and Starks 1904 (Setarchidae), with descriptions of two new species.
- Lythrichthys dentatus Wada et al., 2021
- Lythrichthys grahami Wada et al., 2021
- Kottelat, M. (2021): ‘Nemacheilus’ argyrogaster, a new species of loach from southern Laos (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
- Nemacheilus argyrogaster Kottelat, 2021
- Characidium iaquira Zanata et al., 2020
Zanata, A.M., Ohara, W.M., Oyakawa, O.T. & Dagosta, F.C.P. (2020): 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.
- Gouania adriatica Wagner et al., 2020
- Gouania hofrichteri Wagner et al., 2020
- Gouania orientalis Wagner et al., 2020
Wagner, M., Kovacic, M. & Koblmüller, S. (2020): Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of Gouania (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of G. willdenowi and G. pigra.
- Varicharax n. gen. Vanegas‐Ríos et al., 2020
- Type species: Varicharax nigrolineatus Vanegas‐Ríos et al., 2020
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.
- Corumbataia acanthodela Thimotheo et al., 2020
Thimotheo, M.G.R., Benine, R.C., Oliveira, C. & Silva, G.S.C. (2020): New species of the Corumbataia cuestae group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Tocantins basin, with comments on its phylogenetic relationships.
- 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
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).
- Aspidoras azaghal Tencatt et al., 2020
Tencatt, L.F.C., Muriel-Cunha, J., Zuanon, J., Ferreira, M.F.C. & Britto, M.R. (2020): A journey through the Amazon Middle Earth reveals Aspidoras azaghal (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae), a new species of armored catfish from the rio Xingu basin, Brazil.
- Characidium pumarinri Teixeira & Melo, 2020
Teixeira, T.F., & Melo, M.R.S. (2020): A new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Río Huallaga, central Peruvian Amazon, with a review on secondary sexual characters in the genus.
- Rasbora adisi Sudasinghe 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.
- Hypanus berthalutzae Petean et al., 2020
Petean, F.F., Naylor, G.J.P. & Lima, S.M.Q. (2020): Integrative taxonomy identifies a new stingray species of the genus Hypanus Rafinesque, 1818 (Dasyatidae, Myliobatiformes) from the Tropical Southwestern Atlantic.
- Loricaria cuffyi Londoño-Burbano et al., 2020
Londoño-Burbano, A., Urbano-Bonilla, A. & Thomas, M.R. (2020): Loricaria cuffyi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new species of loricariin catfish from the Guiana Shield.
- Somniosus (Rhinoscymnus) cheni Hsu et al., 2020
Hsu, H.-H., Lin, C.-Y. & Joung, S.-J. (2020): Somniosus (Rhinoscymnus) cheni sp. nov., A New Species of Sleeper Shark (Squaliformes: Somniosidae) from Eastern Taiwan, with Aspects of Embryo Biology.
- Strophidon tetraporus Huang et al., 2020
Huang, W.-C., Mohapatra, A., Thu, P.T., Chen, H.-M. & Liao, T.-Y. (2020): A review of the genus Strophidon (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae), with description of a new species.
- Ammoglanis natgeorum Henschel et al., 2020
Henschel, E., Lujan, N.K. & Baskin, J.N. (2020): Ammoglanis natgeorum, a new miniature pencil catfish (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the lower Atabapo River, Amazonas, Venezuela.
- Triplophysa weiheensis Feng et al., 2020
Feng, C.-G., Zhang, Y., Tong, C., Zhou, B.-Z., Li, X.-H., Tang, Y.-T., Song, W.-Z. & Zhao, L. (2020): A new species of Triplophysa (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from Weihe River in Gansu Province, China.
- Trichomycterus quintus Costa, 2020
Costa, W.J.E.M., Mattos, J.L.O., Amorim, P.F., Vilardo, P.J. & Katz, A.M. (2020): Relationships of a new species support multiple origin of melanism in Trichomycterus from the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
- Zawadzki, C.H., Nardi, G. & Tencatt, L.F.C. (2021): The crystalline waters of the Bodoquena Plateau revealed Hypostomus froehlichi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new armored catfish from the rio Paraguay basin in Brazil.
- Hypostomus froehlichi Zawadzki et al., 2021
- Guo, D.-M. & Zhang, E (2021): Re-description of the loach species Leptobotia citrauratea (Teleostei, Botiidae), with the description of L. brachycephala from southern Zhejiang Province, China.
- Leptobotia brachycephala Guo & Zhang, 2021
- Psomadakis, P.N., Gon, O. & Htut, T. (2021): Two new species of the genus Chelidoperca (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Andaman Sea, eastern Indian Ocean.
- Chelidoperca flavimacula Psomadakis et al., 2021
- Chelidoperca myathantuni Psomadakis et al., 2021
- Ho, H.-C. & Last, P. (2021): Review of the batfish genus Malthopsis from Australia (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae), with descriptions of five new species.
- Malthopsis apis Ho & Last, 2021
- Malthopsis bulla Ho & Last, 2021
- Malthopsis mcgroutheri Ho & Last, 2021
- Malthopsis oculata Ho & Last, 2021
- Malthopsis tetrabulla Ho & Last, 2021
- Iglésias, S.P., Vukic, J., Sellos, D.Y., Soukupová, T. & Šanda, R. (2021): Gobius xoriguer, a new offshore Mediterranean goby (Gobiidae), and phylogenetic relationships within the genus Gobius.
- Gobius xoriguer Iglésias et al., 2021
- Hastings, P.A. (2021): The Pandemic Blenny, Coralliozetus clausus, a new species of tube blenny endemic to Isla del Coco, Costa Rica (Teleostei: Chaenopsidae).
- Coralliozetus clausus Hastings, 2021
- Ng, H.H. & Kottelat, M. (2021): Description of Bagarius vegrandis, a new species of sisorid catfish from Indochina (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes), with notes on the identity of Bagarius bagarius.
- Bagarius vegrandis Ng & Kottelat, 2021
- Uiblein, F. (2021): Taxonomic review of the “posteli-species group” of goatfishes (genus Parupeneus, Mullidae), with description of a new species from the northern Red Sea.
- Parupeneus sinai Uiblein, 2021
- Keith, P., Delrieu-Trottin, E., Utama, I.V., Sauri, S., Busson, F., Nurjirana, Wowor, D., Dahruddin, H. & Hubert, N. (2021): A new species of Schismatogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Sulawesi (Indonesia).
- Schismatogobius limmoni Keith & Hubert, 2021
- Jiang, W.-S., Zhao, Y.-P., Du, L.-N. & Wang, M. (2021): Yunnanilus chuanheensis, a new loach species (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from the upper Lixianjiang River in Yunnan, China.
- Yunnanilus chuanheensis Jiang et al., 2021
- Melo, M.R.S., Brito Ribeiro, M.C.L. & Lima, F.C.T. (in press): A new, narrowly distributed, and critically endangered species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Distrito Federal, Central Brazil.
- Characidium onca Melo et al., (in press)
- Mincarone, M.M., Plachetzki, D., McCord, C.L., Winegard, T.M., Fernholm, B., Gonzalez, C.J. & Fudge, D.S. (2021): Review of the hagfishes (Myxinidae) from the Galapagos Islands, with descriptions of four new species and their phylogenetic relationships.
- Eptatretus goslinei Mincarone et al., 2021
- Myxine greggi Mincarone et al., 2021
- Myxine martinii Mincarone et al., 2021
- Myxine phantasma Mincarone et al., 2021
2021 latest news (January)
- Bitja-Nyom, A.R., Agnèse, J.F., Pariselle, A., Bilong-Bilong, C.F., Gilles, A. & Snoeks, J. (in press): A systematic revision of the five-spotted Hemichromis complex (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) from West Africa and Lower Guinea, with the description of a new species from Cameroon.
- Hemichromis camerounensis Bitja-Nyom et al., (in press)
- Fujiwara, Y., Kawato, M., Poulsen, J.Y., Ida, H., Chikaraishi, Y., Ohkouchi, N., Oguri, K., Gotoh, S., Ozawa, G., Tanaka, S., Miya, M., Sado, T., Kimoto, K., Toyofuku, T. & Tsuchida, S. (2021): Discovery of a colossal slickhead (Alepocephaliformes: Alepocephalidae): an active-swimming top predator in the deep waters of Suruga Bay, Japan.
- Narcetes shonanmaruae Poulsen et al., 2021
- Gill, A.C., Pogonoski, J.J., Moore, G.I. & Johnson, J.W. (2021): Review of Australian species of Plectranthias Bleeker and Selenanthias Tanaka (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with descriptions of four new species.
- Plectranthias ferrugineus Gill et al., 2021
- Plectranthias grahami Gill et al., 2021
- Plectranthias mcgroutheri Gill et al., 2021
- Plectranthias moretonensis Gill et al., 2021
- Cirrhimuraena indica Mohapatra et al., (in press)
Mohapatra, A., Mohanty, S.R., Ray, D., Mishra, S.S. & Seth, J.K. (in press): A new species of the genus Cirrhimuraena (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Bay of Bengal, India.
- Lorenzoni, M., Carosi, A., Quadroni, S., De Santis, V., Vanetti, I., Delmastro, G.B. & Zaccara, S. (in press): Cryptic diversity within endemic Italian barbels: revalidation and description of new Barbus species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
- Barbus samniticus Lorenzoni et al., (in press)
- Saraiva, A.C.S., Abreu, J.M.S., Ottoni, F.P. & Piorski, N.M. (2021): A new species of Loricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Turiaçu River basin, Eastern Amazon region, Brazil.
- Loricaria turi Saraiva et al., 2021
- Winterbottom, R. (2021): A new species of Trimma (Pisces: Gobiidae) from western Thailand, north-eastern Indian Ocean.
- Trimma ukkriti Winterbottom, 2021
- Oliveira, R.R., Zuanon, J., Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sousa, L.M. (2021): Taxonomic revision of Hopliancistrus Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) with redescription of Hopliancistrus tricornis and description of four new species.
- Hopliancistrus munduruku Oliveira et al., 2021
- Hopliancistrus wolverine Oliveira et al., 2021
- Hopliancistrus xavante Oliveira et al., 2021
- Hopliancistrus xikrin Oliveira et al., 2021
- Poptella fuscata Garcia-Ayala & Benine, 2021
Garcia-Ayala, J.R. & Benine, R. C. (2021): Poptella fuscata, a new Stethaprionini from the Upper Amazon basin, Peru (Characiformes: Characidae).
- Zamani-Faradonbe, M., Keivany, Y., Dorafshan, S. & Zhang, E (2021): Two new species of Garra (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from western Iran.
- Garra meymehensis Zamani-Faradonbe et al., 2021
- Garra tiam Zamani-Faradonbe et al., 2021
- Nagy, B. (2021): Nothobranchius elucens, a new species of seasonal killifish from the upper Nile drainage in Uganda (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae).
- Nothobranchius elucens Nagy, 2021
- Roberts, T.R. (2020): The first two species of South American freshwater stingrays of the genus Potamotrygon, reported from the Orinoco Basin of Colombia by François Roulin in 1829.
- Potamotrygon roulini Roberts, 2020
- Roberts, T.R. (2020): Nasutoryzias ataranensis new genus and species, a Slender Adrianichthyid Fish with specialized oral and pharyngeal teeth and pectoral fins covered with Melanophores from the lower Salween basin, Myanmar.
- Nasutoryzias n. gen. Roberts, 2020
- Type species: Nasutoryzias ataranensis Roberts, 2020
- Pezold, F., Ford, K. & Schmidt, R.C. (2020): Epiplatys cashneri, A New Species of Killifish (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from Liberia, West Africa
- Epiplatys cashneri Pezold et al., 2020
- Roberts, T.R. (2020): Two new species of the spiny percheel genus Mastacembelus (Synbranchiformes, Mastacembelidae) with low numbers of dorsal fin spines from the Congo basin.
- Mastacembelus kadeiensis Roberts, 2020
- Mastacembelus ubangipaucispinis Roberts, 2020
- Xiao, J.-G., Yu, Z.-S., Song, N. & Gao, T.-X. (2021): Description of a new species, Sillago nigrofasciata sp. nov. (Perciformes, Sillaginidae) from the southern coast of China.
- Sillago nigrofasciata Xiao et al., 2021
- Doboatherina palauensis Kimura 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.
- Elassodiscus nyctereutes Kai 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.
- Parupeneus williamsi Shibuya & Motomura, 2020
Shibuya, S. & Motomura, H. (2020): Parupeneus williamsi, a new species of goatfish (Perciformes: Mullidae) endemic to the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- Freyhof, J. & Geiger, M.F. (2021): Oxynoemacheilus shehabi, a new nemacheilid loach from the upper Orontes in southern Syria (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
- Oxynoemacheilus shehabi Freyhof & Geiger, 2021
- Chaetostoma chimu Urbano-Bonilla. & Ballen, 2021
Urbano-Bonilla, A. & Ballen, G.A. (2021): A new species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Orinoco basin with comments on Amazonian species of the genus in Colombia.
- Vieira, L.S. & Netto-Ferreira, A.L. (2021): A new species of Microcharacidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Central Amazon, Brazil.
- Microcharacidium bombioides Vieira & Netto-Ferreira, 2021
- Nakamura, J. & Motomura, H. (2021): Epinephelus insularis, a new species of grouper from the western Pacific Ocean, and validity of E. japonicus (Temminck and Schlegel 1843), a senior synonym of Serranus reevesii Richardson 1846 and E. tankahkeei Wu et al. 2020 (Perciformes: Epinephelidae).
- Epinephelus insularis Nakamura & Motomura, 2021
- Penido, I.S., Pessali, T.C. & Zawadzki, C.H. (in press): When destruction comes first: two new species of Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from a ripped river in the Rio São Francisco Basin in Brazil.
- Hypostomus freirei Penido et al., (in press)
- Hypostomus guajupia Penido et al., (in press)
- Stauffer, J.R. Jr, Bills, R. & Skelton, P.H. (2021): Four new species of Serranochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Cuanza and Okavango river systems in Angola, including a preliminary key for the genus.
- Serranochromis alvum Stauffer et al., 2021
- Serranochromis cacuchi Stauffer et al., 2021
- Serranochromis cuanza Stauffer et al., 2021
- Serranochromis swartzi Stauffer et al., 2021
- Munroe, T.A. (2021): Systematic revision of the flatfish genus Peltorhamphus Günther, 1862 (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes: Rhombosoleidae), including description of a new species from Southeastern New Zealand, with biological and ecological summaries for the species.
- Peltorhamphus kryptostomus Munroe, 2021
- Fricke, R. (2021): Cynoglossus quadriocellatus, a new species of tonguesole from Western Australia (Teleostei: Cynoglossidae).
- Cynoglossus quadriocellatus Fricke, 2021
- Psomadakis, P.N., Yoshinaga, T., Wah, Z.Z. & Ida, H. (2021): Description of two new species of sandlances, genus Bleekeria (Perciformes, Ammodytidae) from the Andaman Sea (northeastern Indian Ocean).
- Bleekeria albicauda Psomadakis et al., 2021
- Bleekeria nigrilinea Psomadakis et al., 2021
- Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Ningsih, E.Y. (2020): Pomacentrus andamanensis, a new species of damselfish (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) from the Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean.
- Pomacentrus andamanensis Allen et al., 2020
- Greenfield D.W. & Erdmann, M.V. (2020): Eviota angustifascia, a new dwarfgoby from Fiji and New Guinea (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
- Eviota angustifascia Greenfield & Erdmann, 2020
- Alavi-Yeganeh, M.S., Khajavi, M. & Kimura, S. (2021): A new ponyfish, Deveximentum mekranensis (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), from the Gulf of Oman.
- Deveximentum mekranensis Alavi-Yeganeh et al., 2021
- Stauffer, J.R., Jr. & Konings, A.F. (2021): A new species of Diplotaxodon (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi.
- Diplotaxodon dentatus Stauffer & Konings, 2021
- Voskoboinikova, O.S. & Orlov, A.M. (2020): Proeumicrotremus gen. nov. – a New Genus for Eumicrotremus soldatovi (Cyclopteridae).
- Proeumicrotremus n. gen. Voskoboinikova & Orlov, 2020
- Type species: Eumicrotremus soldatovi Popov, 1930
- Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2020, 60 (6): 741–744./ Journal of Ichthyology, 60 (6): 943–946.
- Orlovskaya, M.V. & Balushkin, A.V. (2020): Melanostigma bellingshauseni sp. n. (Zoarcidae): a New Pelagic Eelpout from Large Depths in the Central Part of the Kerguelen Plateau (Southern Ocean).
- Melanostigma bellingshauseni Orlovskaya & Balushkin, 2020
- Prokofiev, A.M. (2020): A New Species of Batfish of the Genus Halicmetus from Vietnam and New Morphological Data for H. ruber (Ogcocephalidae).
- Halicmetus odysseus Prokofiev, 2020