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    2018 latest news (November)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    • Zanata, A.M., Ramos, T.P.A. & Oliveira-Silva, L. (2018): A new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the rio Parnaíba basin, northeastern Brazil.

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

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

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

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

    2018 latest news (October)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    • Wilkinson, C.L. & Tan, H.H. (2018): Fishes of the Brantian drainage, Sabah, Malaysia, with description of a new Rasbora species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).

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

    • [update] Wibowo, K., Koeda, K., Muto, N. & Motomura, H. (2018): Abudefduf nigrimargo, a new species of damselfish (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) from Taiwan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    2018 latest news (September)

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

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

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

    • [update] Wu, W.-J., He, A.-Y., Yang, J.-X. & Du, L.-N. (2018): Description of a new species of Triplophysa (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Guizhou Province, China.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    • (overlooked) Zhang, C. & Zhao, Y.-H. (2016): Species Diversity and Distribution of Inland Fishes in China (transl.).
      • Troglonectes gen. n. Zhang, Zhao & Tang, 2016
      • Type species: Oreonectes furcocaudalis Zhu & Cao, 1987
        • Species Diversity and Distribution of Inland Fishes in China, 296 pages [ISBN: 9787030472106].

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

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

    • Wu, Q., Deng, X., Wang, Y. & Liu, Y. (2018): Rhinogobius maculagenys, A new species of freshwater goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Hunan, China.

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

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

    • Zheng, L.-P., Qin, T. & Chen, X.-Y. (2018): Altigena malihkaia, a new species of Labeonini (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Irrawaddy River basin in Myanmar.

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

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

    • Vreven, E.J.W.M.N., Musschoot, T., Decru, E., Lunkayilakio, S.W., Obiero, K., Cerwenka, A.F. & Schliewen, U.K. (2018): The complex origins of mouth polymorphism in the Labeobarbus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) of the Inkisi River basin (Lower Congo, DRC, Africa): insights from an integrative approach.

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

      • Vranken, N., Van Steenberge, M. & Snoeks, J. (2018): Grasping ecological opportunities: not one but five paedophagous species of Haplochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in the Lake Edward system.
        • Haplochromis gracilifur Vranken et al., (in press)
        • Haplochromis molossus Vranken et al., (in press)
        • Haplochromis relictidens Vranken et al., (in press) Note: no ZooBank registration in this online article, names not available from this version

      • Yao, M., He, Y. & Peng, Z.-G. (2018): Lanlabeo duanensis, a new genus and species of labeonin fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from southern China.

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

      • (overlooked) Zareian, H. & Esmaeili, H.R. (2017): Mitochondrial phylogeny and taxonomic status of the Capoeta damascina species group (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) in Iran with description of a new species.

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

      2018 latest news (August)

      • Voskoboinikova, O.S. (2018): The Multituberculate Lumpsucker Eumicrotremus multituberculatus sp. nova (Cottoidei, Cyclopteridae) from the Bering Sea.

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

      • Vanegas‐Ríos, J.A., Azpelicueta, M.M. & Malabarba, L.R. (2018): A new species of Diapoma (Characiformes, Characidae, Stevardiinae) from the Rio Paraná basin, with an identification key to the species of the genus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      2018 latest news (July)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      • Winterbottom, R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2018): Two new species of blue-eyed Trimma (Pisces; Gobiidae) from New Guinea.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      • (overlooked) Luo, F.-g., Huang, J., Liu, X., Luo, T. & Wen, Y.-h. (2016): Sinocyclocheilus ronganensis Luo, Hunag et Wen sp. nov., a new species belonging to Sinocyclocheilus Fang from Guangxi (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).

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

      2018 latest news (June)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      • Zanata, A.M., Burger, R. & Camelier, P. (2018): Two new species of Astyanax Baird & Girard (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Paraguaçu basin, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil.

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

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

      • [update] Tomiyama, S., Takami, M. & Fukui, A. (2018): A new deepwater assfish, Bassozetus nielseni sp. nov. (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), from the North Atlantic and West Indian oceans.

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

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

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

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

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

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

      • Urbanski, B.Q., Melo, B.F., Silva, G.S.C. & Benine, R.C. (2018): A new species of Tetragonopterus (Characiformes: Characidae) from Central Amazon lowlands, Brazil.

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

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

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

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

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

      2018 latest news (May)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      • Zawadzki, C.H., Silva, H.P. & Troy, W.P. (2018): Redescription of Hypostomus latirostris (Regan, 1904) with the recognition of a new species of Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraguay basin, Brazil.

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

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

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

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

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

      • Wingert, J.M., Chuctaya, J. & Malabarba, L.R. (2018): A new species of Bryconops (Characiformes: Iguanodectidae) from the Rio Tapajós basin, Brazil.

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

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

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

      • [overlooked] Yang, H., Li, C., Liu, T. & Li, W. (2017): A Report on a New Species of Homatula from Yunnan (Cypriniformes: Noemacheilidae).
        • Homatula wenshanensis Li et al., 2017
          • Journal of Yunnan Agricultural University, 32 (6): 1140-1144.

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

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

      2018 latest news (April)

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

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

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

      • Underkoffler, K.E., Luers, M.A., Hyde, J.R. & Craig, M.T. (2018): A taxonomic review of Lampris guttatus (Brünnich 1788) Lampridiformes; Lampridae) with descriptions of three new species.
        • Lampris australensis Underkoffler et al., 2018
        • Lampris incognitus Underkoffler et al., 2018
        • Lampris megalopsis Underkoffler et al., 2018

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

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

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

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

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

      • Volcan, M.V., Severo-Neto, F. & Lanés, L.E.K. (2018): Unrecognized biodiversity in a world’s hotspot: three new species of Melanorivulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from tributaries of the right bank of the Rio Paraná basin, Brazilian Cerrado.

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

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

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

      • Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. & Freyhof, J. (2018): Aphanius irregularis, a new killifish from south-western Anatolia (Cyprinodontiformes: Aphaniidae).

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

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

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

      • Xia, J.-H., Wu, H.-L., Li, C.-H., Wu, Y.-Q. & Liu, S.-H. (2018): A new species of Rhinogobius (Pisces: Gobiidae), with analyses of its DNA barcode.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      2018 latest news (March)

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

      • Waltz, B.T. & Albert, J.S. (2018): New species of glass knifefish Eigenmannia loretana (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from the Western Amazon.

      • Wu, T.-J., Wei, M.-L., Lan, J.H. & Du, L.-N. (2018): Triplophysa anshuiensis, a new species of blind loach from the Xijiang River, China (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae).

      • [update] Motomura, H., Yoshida, T. & Vilasri, V. (2017): New species of the anthiadin genus Sacura (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Andaman Sea.

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

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

      • Vinnikov, K.A., Thomson, R.C. & Munroe, T.A. (in press): Revised Classification of the Righteye Flounders (Teleostei: Pleuronectidae) Based on Multilocus Phylogeny with Complete Taxon Sampling.
        • Atherestinae subfam. n. Vinnikov et al., (in press)
        • Type genus: Atheresthes Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
        • Pleuronichthyinae subfam. n. Vinnikov et al., (in press)
        • Type genus: Pleuronichthys Girard, 1854
        • Microstomini Cooper & Chapleau, 1998 raised to subfamily level, now Microstominae
        • Hippoglossinae Gill, 1864 re-validated and released from synonymy

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

      • Mattsson, C. (2018): A morphological and molecular analysis of the species diversity of the cichlid genus Petrochromis from Lake Tanganyika (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
        • Petrochromis calliris Mattsson, (preprint)
        • Petrochromis daidali Mattsson, (preprint)
        • Petrochromis heffalumpus Mattsson, (preprint)
        • Petrochromis lisachisme Mattsson, (preprint)
        • Petrochromis paucispinis Mattsson, (preprint)
        • [Taxa not available from this preprint e-publication]

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

      • [update] Zhukov, M.Y. & Balushkin, A.V. (2018): Описание Нового Подвида Zanclorhynchus spinifer heracleus subsp. nov. (Zanclorhynchinae: Congiopodidae) С Хребта Геракл (Антарктическо-Южнотихоокеанское Поднятие). / Description of a New Subspecies Zanclorhynchus spinifer heracleus subsp. nov. from the Ridge of Hercules (Pacific–Antarctic Ridge)

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

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

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

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

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

      • Vaz, D.F.B. & Carvalho, M.R. (2018): New Species of Squatina (Squatiniformes: Squatinidae) from Brazil, with Comments on the Taxonomy of Angel Sharks from the Central and Northwestern Atlantic.

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

      2018 latest news (February)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      • Tomiyama, S., Takami, M. & Fukui, A. (2018): A new deepwater assfish, Bassozetus nielseni sp. nov. (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), from the North Atlantic and West Indian oceans.

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

      • [overlooked] Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2017): Dos nuevas especies de peces Trichomycterus para el departamento de Santander Colombia.
        • Trichomycterus betuliaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2017
        • Trichomycterus mogotensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2017
          • Barranquilla, Departamento del Atlántico, No. 10 [15 Dec 2017]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      • Varella, H.R., Loeb, M.V., Lima, F.C.T. & Kullander, S.O. (2018): Crenicichla ploegi, a new species of pike-cichlid of the C. saxatilis group from the Rio Juruena and upper Rio Paraguai basins in Brazil, with an updated diagnosis and biogeographical comments on the group (Teleostei: Cichlidae).

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

      • [overlooked] Arunkumar, L. & Moyon, W.A. (2017): Opsarius kanaensis a new species of bariliine fish (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Manipur, Northeastern India.

      2018 latest news (January)

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

      • [overlooked] Arunkumar, L. (2016): Macrognathus siangensis, a new spiny eel from Brahmaputra basin, Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes).
        • Macrognathus siangensis Arunkumar, 2016
          • Journal of Research in Biology, 6 (3): 2003-2012.

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

      • [update #2] Calegari, B.B. & Reis, R.E. (2016): New species of the miniature genus Gelanoglanis (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the Tocantins River basin (Brazil) and osteological description of G. nanonocticolus.

      • [update] Rich, M., Sullivan, J.P. & Hopkins, C.D. (2017): Rediscovery and description of Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879) and a new cryptic Paramormyrops (Mormyridae: Osteoglossiformes) from the Ogooué River of Gabon using morphometrics, DNA sequencing and electrophysiology.

      • [update] Schmitter-Soto, J.J. (2017): A revision of Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) in Central and North America, with the description of nine new species.
        • Astyanax acatlanensis Schmitter-Soto, 2017
        • Astyanax bacalarensis Schmitter-Soto, 2017
        • Astyanax cubilhuitz Schmitter-Soto, 2017
        • Astyanax macal Schmitter-Soto, 2017
        • Astyanax ocotal Valdez-Moreno et al., 2017
        • Astyanax rioverde Lozano-Vilano & Schmitter-Soto, 2017
        • Astyanax salvatoris Valdez-Moreno et al., 2017
        • Astyanax tamiahua Schmitter-Soto, 2017
        • Astyanax tehuacanensis Schmitter-Soto, 2017

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

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

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

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

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

      • Sungur, S., Jalili, P. & Eagderi, S. (2017): Oxynoemacheilus ciceki, new nemacheilid species (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae) from the Sultan Marsh, Kayseri Province, Turkey.

      • Baldwin, C.C., Tornabene, L., Robertson, D.R., Nonaka, A. & Gilmore, G. (2018): More new deep-reef basslets (Teleostei, Grammatidae, Lipogramma), with updates on the eco-evolutionary relationships within the genus.

      • [overlooked] Baliarsingh, B.K. & Kosygin, L. (2017): A new species of Parapsilorhynchus Hora, 1921 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) from Mahanadi River basin of Odisha, India.

      • [overlooked] Barbosa, J.M., Silva, A.G.G., Rocha Araújo, A.R. & Carvalho, M.F. (2017): A new species of Anchoviella Fowler, 1911 (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from the mouth of the São Francisco River, Brazil. / Uma nova espécie de Anchoviella Fowler, 1911 (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) da foz do rio São Francisco, Brasil.

      • Winterbottom, R. (2018): A new species of Trimma (Pisces; Gobiidae) from the South-West Islands of Palau, western Pacific Ocean.

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

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

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

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

      • Van der Zee, J.R., Walsh, G., Boukaka Mikembi, V.N., Jonker, M.N., Alexandre, M.P. & Sonnenberg, R. (2018): Three new endemic Aphyosemion species (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from the Massif du Chaillu in the upper Louessé River system, Republic of the Congo.
        • Aphyosemion cryptum Van der Zee et al., 2018
        • Aphyosemion cyanoflavum Van der Zee et al., 2018
        • Aphyosemion mandoroense Van der Zee et al., 2018

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

      • Casciotta, J., Almirón, A., Piálek, L. & Říčan, O. (2017): Gymnogeophagus taroba (Teleostei: Cichlidae), a new species from the río Iguazú basin, Misiones, Argentina.

      2017 latest news (December 2017)

      • Prokofiev, A. M. (2017): New findings of rare fish species in Indian and Pacific oceans with the description of two new species from the families Gobiidae and Platycephalidae.

      • Shelley, J.J., Delaval, A. & Le Feuvre, M.C. (2017): A revision of the grunter genus Syncomistes (Teleostei, Terapontidae, Syncomistes) with descriptions of seven new species from the Kimberley region, northwestern Australia.
        • Syncomistes bonapartensis Shelley et al., 2017
        • Syncomistes carcharus Shelley et al., 2017
        • Syncomistes dilliensis Shelley et al., 2017
        • Syncomistes holsworth Shelley et al., 2017
        • Syncomistes moranensis Shelley et al., 2017
        • Syncomistes versicolor Shelley et al., 2017
        • Syncomistes wunambal Shelley et al., 2017

      • Tornabene, L., Deis, B. & Erdmann, M.V. (2017): Evaluating the phylogenetic position of the goby genus Kelloggella (Teleostei: Gobiidae), with notes on osteology of the genus and description of a new species from Niue in the South Central Pacific Ocean.

      • [overlooked]: Chen, Y., Sui, X., He, X. & Chen, Y. (2015): Three new species of cobitid fish genus Cobitis (Teleostei, Cobitidae) from the River Pearl basin of China.

      • Ho, H.-C., Motomura, H., Hata, H. & Jiang, W.-C. (2017): Review of the fish genus Epinnula Poey (Perciformes: Gempylidae), with description of a new species from the Pacific Ocean.

      • Garcia-Ayala, J.R., Ohara, W.M., Pastana, M.N.L. & Benine, R.C. (2017): A new species of Brachychalcinus (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Xingu basin, Serra do Cachimbo, Brazil.

      • Esguícero, A.L.H. & Castro, R.M.C. (2017): Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Aphyodite, with Description of Two New Species (Teleostei: Characidae).