2020 latest news (February)
- Gangan, S.S., Pavan-Kumar, A., Jahageerdar, S. & Jaiswar, A.K. (2020): A new species of Stolephorus (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from the Bay of Bengal, India.
- Stolephorus tamilensis Gangan et al., 2020
- Fujiwara, K., Hagiwara, K. & Motomura, H. (2020): Redescription of Lepadichthys coccinotaenia Regan 1921 and description of Lepadichthys trishula sp. nov. from southern Japan (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae).
- Lepadichthys trishula Fujiwara et al., 2020.
- Birindelli, J.L.O., Britski, H.A. & Ramirez, J.L. (in press): A new Endangered species of Megaleporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the Rio de Contas basin, eastern Brazil.
- Megaleporinus gaiero Birindelli et al., (in press) Note: e-paper with no fixed content. Name not available from this publication.
- Britz, R. & Kottelat, M. (2020): Macrognathus orthosemos, a new species of spiny eel from southern Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae).
- Macrognathus orthosemos Britz & Kottelat, 2020
- Tea, Y.-K., Pyle, R.L. & Rocha, L.A. (2020): A New Species of Fairy Wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae: Cirrhilabrus) from Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of the Verde Island Passage, Philippines.
- Cirrhilabrus briangreenei Tea et al., 2020
- Chakraborty, P., Yardi, K. & Mukherjee, P. (2020): Channa brahmacharyi sp. nov., a new species of dwarf snakehead from Meghalaya, North-East India (Teleostei: Channidae).
- Channa brahmacharyi Chakraborty et al., 2020
- Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Hidayat, N. (2020): Choeroichthys hadiatyae, a new species of pipefish (Syngnathidae) from the Fakfak Peninsula of West Papua Province, Indonesia.
- Choeroichthys hadiatyae Allen et al., 2020
- Roberts, T.R. (2020): Quintabarbates bicolor, a new genus and species of cobitid Fish from the Middle Chindwin Basin in Myanmar.
- Quintabarbates n. gen. Roberts, 2020
- Type species: Quintabarbates bicolor Roberts, 2020
- Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Books, W.M. (2020): Feia seba, a new species of marine goby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea.
- Feia seba Allen et al., 2020
- Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Mongdong, M.U. (2020): Tomiyamichthys eyreae, a new species of shrimpgoby (Gobiidae) from West Papua, Indonesia.
- Tomiyamichthys eyreae Allen et al., 2020
- Vo, Q.V. & Ho, H.-C. (2020): A new species of Atractodenchelys (Synaphobranchidae, Anguilliformes) from Vietnam.
- Atractodenchelys brevitrunca Vo & Ho, 2020
- Fukui, Y. (2020): A new wrasse, Novaculops compressus n. sp. (Perciformes: Labridae), from the western Pacific Ocean.
- Novaculops compressus Fukui, 2020
- Lima, F.C.T. & Britto, M.R. (2020): A new Corydoras (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) with an unusual sexual dimorphism from the rio Juruena basin, Brazil.
- Corydoras rikbaktsa Lima & Britto, 2020
- Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Mondong, M.U. (2020): Heteroconger guttatus, a new species of garden eel (Pisces: Congridae: Heterocongrinae) from West Papua, Indonesia.
- Heteroconger guttatus Allen et al., 2020
- Esguícero, A.L.H., Castro, R.M.C. & Pereira, T.N.A. (2020): Bunocephalus hertzi, a new banjo catfish from the upper Rio Paraná basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae), with the redescription of Bunocephalus larai Ihering, 1930.
- Bunocephalus hertzi Esguícero et al., 2020
- Henschel, E., Bragança, P.H.N., Rangel-Pereira, F. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2020): A new psammophilic species of the catfish genus Ammoglanis (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from the Amazon River basin, northern Brazil.
- Ammoglanis obliquus Henschel et al., 2020
- Uejo, T., Senou, H. & Motomura, H. (2020): Roa haraguchiae, a new species of butterflyfish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Chaetodontidae) from Japan and the Philippines.
- Roa haraguchiae Uejo et al., 2020
- Ortega-Lara, A. & Lujan, N.K. (2020): Panaque nigrolineatus laurafabianae, a new, commercially exploited subspecies of ornamental wood-eating pleco (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) from the Guaviare River basin in Colombia.
- Panaque nigrolineatus laurafabianae Ortega-Lara & Lujan, 2020
- Prokofiev, A.M. (2019): A new genus of Platycephalidae from the western Indian Ocean and a classification of the genus Suggrundus (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes).
- Seychelliceps n. gen. Prokofiev, 2019
- Type species: Platycephalus cooperi Regan, 1908
- Prokofiev, A.M. (2019): [A new fish-shovel species of the genus Halieutaea (Ogcocephalidae) from Vietnam.].
- Halieutaea dromedaria Prokofiev, 2019
- Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 59 (6): 623-629.
- Halieutaea dromedaria Prokofiev, 2019
- Garcia-Ayala, J. & Benine, R.C. (in press): A new amazonian species of Brachychalcinus (Characiformes: Characidae) from Trombetas River basin, Brazil.
- Brachychalcinus signatus Garcia-Ayala & Benine (in press) Note: e-paper with no fixed content. Names not available from this publication.
- DoNascimiento, C. & Prada-Pedreros, S. (in press): A new troglomorphic species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from northeastern Colombia, with proposal of a new Trichomycterus subclade and remarks on some nominal species from Colombia.
- Trichomycterus spectrum DoNascimiento & Prada-Pedreros, (in press) Note: e-paper with no fixed content. Names not available from this publication.
- [update] Costa, W.J.E.M., Vilardo, P. & Katz, A.M. (2020): Sympatric sister species with divergent morphological features of psammophilic catfishes of the south-eastern Brazilian genus Microcambeva (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
- Microcambeva filamentosa Costa et al., 2020
- Microcambeva filamentosa Costa et al., 2020
- Donin, L.M., Ferrer, J. & Carvalho, T.P. (in press): Taxonomical study of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Ribeira de Iguape River basin reveals a new species recorded in the early 20th century.
- Trichomycterus lauryi Donin et al., (in press) Note: e-paper with no fixed content. Names not available from this publication.
- Matsuzaki, K., Mori, T., Kamiunten, M., Yanagimoto, T. & Kai, Y. (2020): A new species of Careproctus (Cottoidei: Liparidae) from the Sea of Okhotsk and a redescription of the blacktip snailfish Careproctus zachirus.
- Careproctus shigemii Matsuzaki et al., 2020
- Fricke, R., Ordines, F. & Williston, A. (2020): Review of the deepwater cardinalfish genus Microichthys Rüppell 1852, with the description of a new species from the Azores Islands (Teleostei: Epigonidae).
- Microichthys atlanticus Fricke et al., 2020
- [update] Bogutskaya, N.G., Jelic, D., Vucic, M., Jelic, M., Diripasko, O.A., Stefanov, T. & Klobucar, G. (2019): Description of a new species of Phoxinus from the upper Krka River (Adriatic Basin) in Croatia (Actinopterygii: Leuciscidae), first discovered as a molecular clade.
- Phoxinus krkae Bogutskaya et al., 2019 Available from early view version in December 2019.
- [update] Reis, R.B., Frota, A., Fabrin, T.M.C. & Graça, W.J. (2019): A new species of Cambeva (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from the Rio Ivaí basin, upper Rio Paraná basin, Paraná State, Brazil.
- Cambeva horacioi Reis et al., 2019 Available from early view version in December 2019.
- Vanegas‐Ríos, J.A., Faustino‐Fuster, D.R., Meza‐Vargas, V. & Ortega, H. (2020): Phylogenetic relationships of a new genus and species of stevardiine fish (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the Río Amazonas basin, Peru.
- Varicharax n. gen. Vanegas‐Ríos et al., 2020
- Type species: Varicharax nigrolineatus Vanegas‐Ríos et al., 2020
2020 latest news (January)
- Lima, F.C.T., Urbano-Bonilla, A. & Prada-Pedreros, S. (in press): A new Hemigrammus from the upper Río Vaupés, Colombia (Characiformes: Characidae), with a discussion on the presence of an enlarged urogenital papilla in the family.
- Hemigrammus xaveriellus Lima et al., (in press) Note: e-paper with no fixed content. Names not available from this publication.
- Mohapatra, A., Ray, D., Mohanty, S.R. & Mishra, S.S. (2020): Ophichthus kailashchandrai sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae): a new species of snake eel from Indian waters, Bay of Bengal.
- Ophichthus kailashchandrai Mohapatra et al., 2020
- Yang, H., Chen, Z. & Li, W. (2020): A New Blind Subterranean Species of the Genus Bibarba from Yunnan, China.
- Bibarba wenliuensis Yang et al., 2020
- Bhakat, S. & Sinha, A.K. (2020): Esomus bengalensis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), a new species of flying barb from West Bengal, India.
- Esomus bengalensis Bhakat & Sinha, 2020
- Güçlü, S.S., Kalayci, G., Küçük, F. & Turan, D. (in press): Barbus xanthos, a new barbel from the south-eastern Aegean basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
- Barbus xanthos Güçlü et al. (in press) Note: e-paper with no fixed content. Names not available from this publication.
- Larson, H.K., Jaafar, Z., Tan, H.H. & Peristiwady, T. (2020): Platygobiopsis hadiatyae, a new species of deepwater gobiid from Indonesia (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiinae).
- Platygobiopsis hadiatyae Larson et al., 2020
- Shangningam, B., Kosygin, L. & Chowdhury, B.R. (2020): Pethia arunachalensis, a new species of small barb (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India.
- Pethia arunachalensis Shangningam et al., 2020
- Englmaier, G.K., Tesfaye, G. & Bogutskaya, N.G. (2020): A new species of Enteromius (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae, Smiliogastrinae) from the Awash River, Ethiopia, and the re-establishment of E. akakianus.
- Enteromius yardiensis Englmaier et al., 2020
- Wada, H., Suzuki, T., Senou, H. & Motomura, H. (2020): Plectranthias ryukyuensis, a new species of perchlet from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with a key to the Japanese species of Plectranthias (Serranidae: Anthiadinae).
- Plectranthias ryukyuensis Wada et al., 2020
- Matsunuma, M., Tan, H.H. & Peristiwady, T. (2020): Chelidoperca flavolineata, a new species of perchlet (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Indonesia and the first Indonesian record of C. maculicauda.
- Chelidoperca flavolineata Matsunuma et al., 2020
- Shangningam, B., Rath, S., Tudu, A.K. & Kosygin, L. (2020): A new species of Osteobrama (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Mahanadi River, India with a note on the validity of O. dayi.
- Osteobrama tikarpadaensis Shangningam et al., 2020
- Moyon, W.A. & Arunkumar, L. (2020): Garra chivaensis, a new labeonin species (Cyprinidae: Labeoninae) from Manipur, North-Eastern India.
- Garra chivaensis Moyon & Arunkumar, 2020
- [update] Rocha, M., Rossoni, F., Akama, A. & Zuanon, J. (2019): A new species of spiny driftwood catfish Spinipterus (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the Amazon basin.
- Spinipterus moijiri Rocha et al., 2019 [available from early view version in December 2019]
- [update] Teixeira, T.F., Dutra, G.M., Penido, I.S., Santos, S.A. & Pessali, T.C. (2019): A new species of Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes, Characidae) from the upper Rio Jequitinhonha basin, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with comments on morphological similarities with Stethaprioninae species from headwater environments.
- Hyphessobrycon veredus Teixeira et al., 2019 [available from early view version in December 2019]
- [update] Huang, J.-Q., Yang, J., Wu, Z.-Q. & Zhao, Y.-H. (2019): Oreonectes guilinensis (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae), a new loach species from Guangxi, China.
- Oreonectes guilinensis Huang et al., 2019 [available from early view version in December 2019]
- [update] Dao, W., Li, X., Yang, H.-F. & Zhou, W. (2020): Pareuchiloglanis (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from the Pearl River, China with description of three new species.
- Pareuchiloglanis arcuata Dao et al., 2020
- Pareuchiloglanis posteranalis Dao et al., 2020
- Pareuchiloglanis salicesbarba Dao et al., 2020
- Vo, Q.V., Hibino, Y. & Ho, H.-C. (2019): A new species of the snake eel genus Ophichthus, with additional records from Viet Nam (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae).
- Ophichthus vietnamensis Vo et al., 2019
- Hata, H., Lavoué, S. & Motomura, H. (2020): Stolephorus babarani, a new species of anchovy (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from Panay Island, central Philippines.
- Stolephorus babarani Hata et al., 2020
- Schedel, F.D.B., Kupriyanov, V.M.S., Katongo, C. & Schliewen, U.K. (2020): Palaeoplex gen. nov. and Lufubuchromis gen. nov., two new monotypic cichlid genera (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from northern Zambia.
- Lufubuchromis n. gen. Schedel et al., 2020
- Type species: Lufubuchromis relictus Schedel et al., 2020
- Palaeoplex n. gen. Schedel et al., 2020
- Type species: Palaeoplex palimpsest Schedel et al., 2020
- Costa, W.J.E.M., Henschel, E. & Katz, A.M. (in press): Multigene phylogeny reveals convergent evolution in small interstitial catfishes from the Amazon and Atlantic forests (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
- Microcambevinae n. subfam. Costa et al., (in press) Note: e-paper with no ZooBank registration. Name not available from this publication.
- Type genus: Microcambeva Costa & Bockmann, 1994
- Dey, A., Choudhury, H., Mazumder, A., Thaosen, S. & Sarma, D. (in press): Psilorhynchus nahlongthai, a new fish species (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from the Brahmaputra drainage, northeast India.
- Psilorhynchus nahlongthai Dey et al., (in press) Note: e-paper with no fixed content. Names not available from this publication.