[Focus on fish systematic, phylogeny, synonymy and genetics]
2025 latest news (July)
- Vu, Q.D.H., Bird, C.E., Truong, O.T., Tran, S.Q., Biesack, E.E., Ackiss, A.S., Carpenter, K.E. & Dang, B.T. 2025. Genome-wide SNP Analyses Reveal High Gene Flow of Endemic Smallscale Croaker (Boesemania microlepis) in the Lower Mekong Basin.
- Johari, A., Kocsis, L., Roslim, A. & Haziq, I. 2025. Otolith morphometric analysis of North Bornean Ariidae (Siluriformes): new insights and taxonomic implications.
- Lei, H., Pu, X., Geng, Y., Zeng, Y., Liu, S. & Chen, X. 2025. Re-description of Balitora yingjiangensis (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Balitoridae) from the upper Irrawaddy River, south-western China.
- Higuchi, J. & Kawai , T. 2025. Lepidotrigla smithii Regan 1905, a senior synonym of Lepidotrigla kishinouyi Snyder 1911 (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Triglidae).
- Sudasinghe, H., Kottelat, M. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2025. The collection of Sri Lankan freshwater fishes reported on by Pieter Bleeker (1863) (Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae, Danionidae, Nemacheilidae).
- Tangjitjaroen, W., Randall, Z.S., Yang, L., Grudpan, C. & Page, L.M. 2025. Taxonomic revision of Paralaubuca (Cypriniformes, Xenocyprididae), a taxon seemingly in decline.
- Huang, R., Chen, J., Zhang, R. & Chen, W. 2025. Phylogeography and demography of Pterocryptis cochinchinensis (Siluriformes: Siluridae) in Southern China.
- Marubayashi, N., Yasugi, M. & Takeuchi, Y. 2025. Phenotypic plasticity drives the development of laterality in the scale-eating cichlid fish Perissodus microlepis.
- Yang, H., Li, Y.-L-, Xing, T.-F., Wu, T.-H., Wang, T., Zhu, M.-S. & Liu, J.-X. 2025. Genome-wide Parallelism Underlies Rapid Freshwater Adaptation Fueled by Standing Genetic Variation in a Wild Fish.
- Cruz Agüero, J., García-Rodríguez, F.J. & Chollet-Villalpando, J.G. 2025. Type specimen matters: Authorship, validity and neotypification of the Atlantic yellowfin mojarra Gerres cinereus (Teleostei: Gerreidae).
- Crampton, W.G., Pathak, L.B., Janzen, F.H., Waddell, J.C. & Lovejoy, N.R. 2025. Gill evolution in Neotropical electric fishes: Comparative phylogenetic evidence for hypoxia-driven adaptation.
- Melendez-Vazquez, F., Lucaci, A.G., Selberg, A., Clavel, J., Rincon-Sandoval, M., Santaquiteria, A., White, W.T., Drabeck, D., Carnevale, G., Duarte-Ribeiro, E., Miya, M., Westneat, M.W., Baldwin, C.C., Hughes, L.C., Ortí, G. & Kosakovsky Pond, S.L., Betancur-R, R. & Arcila, D. 2025. Ecological interactions and genomic innovation fueled the evolution of ray-finned fish endothermy.
- Peoples, N., Mihalitsis, M. & Wainwright, P.C. 2025. Incompatibility between two major innovations shaped the diversification of fish feeding mechanisms.
- Doğdu, S.A. 2025. Biological and genetic structure of Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878) population in Iskenderun Bay, eastern Mediterranean Sea.
- Oliveira, C. 2025. Biodiversity, Systematics, and Taxonomy of Ostariophysi (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii): What We Know Today After Three Decades of Integration of Morphological and Molecular Data.
- Arbour, J.H. 2025. Hitting rock bottom: exaptation, ecological filtering and the benthopelagic divergence of Percid fishes.
- Choi, D.-S., Kim, H.-J., Ko, M.-H., Myung, R.-Y. & Won, Y.-J. 2025. Population genetics of two endemic loach species, Iksookimia hugowolfeldi and I. longicorpa (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae), illuminate taxonomy, paleo-drainages, and river capture in the southern Korean Peninsula.
- Arroyave, J., Mar‐Silva, A.F., Melo, B.F., Hernández-Ávila, S.G., López-Vila, J.M., Silva, G.S.C. & Díaz-Jáimes, P. 2025. Evolutionary history of Middle American Rhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) inferred from comparative mitogenomic data: insights on historical biogeography and cave colonization in the group.
2025 latest news (June)
- Reilly, J.R., MacPherson, L.M., Ryan, B.J., Bumstead, S.A., Gifford, C.M., Wakeling, K.M., Monk, K., Bull, J.K. & Miller, J.M. 2025. Morphological diversity of two phylogeographic lineages of Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in Alberta.
- Duba, S.E. & Collar, D.C. 2025. Cryptic anatomical adaptive peak shifts and transitions along the body elongation continuum in zoarcoid fishes.
- Behrens, K.A., Jailwala, S., Clark, F.E., Meyer, A.C., Kumar, N.M., Konings, A.F., Roberts, R.B., Conte, M.A., Streelman, J.T., McGrath, P.T. & Kocher, T.D. 2025. A Chromosome Inversion Creates a Supergene for Sex and Colour in Lake Malawi Cichlids.
- Sowmiya, M.S., Bhavadharani, P., Felix, A. & Kannan, K. 2025. Unravelling Taxonomic Ambiguity of the Devario neilgherriensis (Teleostei: Danionidae) from the Southern Western Ghats, India through DNA Barcoding and Morphological Approach.
- Ferrante, C. & Cavin, L. 2025. A deep dive into the coelacanth phylogeny.
- Riera, J., Tudurí, A., Guijarro, B., Ordines, F., Picornell, A., & Ramírez-Amaro, S. 2025. Genetic Diversity, Connectivity and Demographic History of the Small Red Scorpionfish Scorpaena notata at a Small Scale in the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean).
- Araújo, M.V.G., Rosa, R.S. & Silva, J.P.C.B. 2025. Distribution and taxonomic identity of the species of Narcine (Toperdiniformes: Narcinidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.
- Lin, C.-H., Tseng, Y.-C., Ho, H.-C., Mediodia, D.P., Lee, C.-H., Yang, S.-H. & Chang, C.-H. 2025. Taxonomic Review of the Sea Catfish Family Ariidae in Taiwan.
- Kerniske, F.F., Dalcin, R.H., Sousa, L.M. & Artoni, R.F. 2025. Geometric morphometrics reveal a potential hybridization zone in endemic species of Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the lower and middle rio Xingu.
- Santiago, E.F. & Soares, K.D.A. 2025. Taxonomy and morphology of three species of Psammobatis distributed in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) with notes on intraspecific variation.
- Woods, M., Zgliczynski, B.J., Sandin, S.A., Betz, D. & Burton, R.S. 2025. Phylogeography of reef fishes across the line Islands: uncovering population structure in a data deficient region.
- Limbu, J.H., Rajbanshi, O., Hu, J., Khanal, L. & Li, C. 2025. Resolving taxonomic uncertainties in ailiid catfishes (Siluriformes: Ailiidae) using Genome-Scale data.
- Takada, Y., Morosawa, T., Asano, M., Tabata, R., Kubota, H. & Watanabe, K. 2025. The genetic population structure and diversity of the endangered bittering Pseudorhodeus tanago revealed by SNP markers.
- Fainburg, L.A., Sabadin, D.E., Díaz de Astarloa, J.M. & Iriarte, P.F. 2025. Demographic and genetic diversity of the genus Paralichthys in the Buenos Aires Coastal Ecosystem of the southwestern Atlantic.
- Lokeshwor Singh, Y. & Basumatary, B. 2025. Diversity of Sisorid catfish of the genus Pseudolaguvia (Teleostei: Siluriformes) in Northeastern India.
- Taylor, E.B., Geraldes, A. & Shen, J. 2025. History of speciation inferred from genomic analysis of a species complex of north temperate fishes.
2025 latest news (May)
- Prakash, A.P., Raghavan, R., Dahanukar, N., Anoop, V.K., Thampy, D.R., Britz, R. & Ali, A. 2025. Pristolepis pentacantha Plamoottil 2015, and Catopra tetracanthus Günther 1862: two junior synonyms of Pristolepis marginata Jerdon 1849.
- Sun, W., Wang, Y. & Zhang, H. 2025. Genetic Characteristics and Phylogenetic Relationships of 18 Anchovy Species Based on Mitochondrial Genomes in the Seas Around China.
- Marques, R.S., Ohara, I. & Shibatta, O.A. 2025. Cephalic Musculature of the Pacman Catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri Steindachner, 1876 (Siluriformes, Pseudopimelodidae).
- Alda, F., Alter, S.E., Kurata, N.P., Chakrabarty, P. & Stiassny, M.L.J. 2025. Phylogenomic and Population Genomic Analyses of Ultraconserved Elements Reveal Deep Coalescence and Introgression Shaped Diversification Patterns in Lamprologine Cichlids of the Congo River.
- Silva, T.J., Machado, V.N., Soares, E.C., Hrbek, T. & Farias, I.P. 2025. Genetic variability and population structure of Osteoglossum bicirrhosum (Osteoglossiformes: Osteoglossidae) in the Amazon basin.
- Laskar, B.A., Adimalla, H., Banerjee, D., Song, S.H., Kang, H.-E., Kim, H.-W. & Kundu, S. 2025. Integrative morphometric and phylogenetic insights into Eastern Ghats channids (Teleostei: Channidae) unveil the transboundary dispersal of the Dwarf Snakehead (Channa kelaartii) across India and Sri Lanka.
- Carr, E.M., Martin, R.P., Thurman, M.A., Cohen, K.E., Huie, J.M., Gruber, D.F. & Sparks, J.S. 2025. Repeated and widespread evolution of biofluorescence in marine fishes.
- Moghaddam, F.Y., Damadi, E., Hassan, N.H. & Gharehsou, A.J. 2025. An Integrative Insight Into the Taxonomic Validity and Morphological Variation in the Malay Puntius Complex (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).
- Chen, H., Xu, W., Liu, B. & Li, L. 2025. Comparative Mitochondrial Features Across Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi) and Mitogenomic Architecture of Nematobrycon lacortei.
- Kubicek, K.M., Britz, R. & Conway, K.W. 2025. Heterochrony leads to evolutionary novelty: the catfish pectoral-fin spine (Teleostei: Siluriformes).
- González, K., Gomez-Uchida, D. & Harrod, C. 2025. Unexpected trophic diversity in the endemic fish Orestias chungarensis in a high-altitude freshwater ecosystem, Lake Chungará (4520 m), northern Chile.
- Mukherjee, N., Kumar, R.G., Narayanan, S. & Ananthram, A.N.2025. Rediscovery and phylogenetic position of Moringua hodgarti Chaudhuri, 1913 (Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) from the Siang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh, India.
- Hu, S.-H., Zhou, Z.-X., Yang, J.-Y., Jiang, Z., Pu, F., Qu, Q.-M., Zhou, T. & Xu, P.. 2025. Evolutionary balance between genomic conservation and coral reef adaptation in the yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus).
- Maldonado-Sánchez, D., Rios-Cardenas, O., Morris, M.R. & Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, C. 2025. Phylogeography and demographic history of the swordtail fish Xiphophorus multilineatus.
- Hodge, J.R., Adams, D.S., Williams, K.L., Alencar, L.R.V., Camper, B., Larouche, O., Thurman, M.A., Zapfe, K. & Price, S.A. 2025. Unravelling the Effects of Ecology and Evolutionary History in the Phenotypic Convergence of Fishes.
- Brownstein, C.D., Harrington, R.C., Radchenko, O. & Near, T.J. 2025. The many origins of extremophile fishes.
- Shao, W., Cai, X., Wu, X. & Zhang, E 2025. Deep divergence and phenotypic stasis of a Paleogene relic species complex of Bullhead Catfish within Eastern China.
- Erk, C.P., Concha, F.J., Awruch. C., Finucci, B., Cristiani, F., Guzmán-Castellanos, A.B., Silva, C. & Veríssimo, A. 2025. Genetic diversity in the American elephantfish (Chimaeriformes: Callorhinchus callorynchus) and among its congeners.
- Zarei, F., Al Jufaili, S.M., Béarez, P., Ponton, D., Pruvost, P. & Chakona, A. 2025. Beyond Oman’s shores: records of Oxyurichthys omanensis (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the central and southern regions of the Western Indian Ocean.
- Matsumoto, T. & Motomura, H. 2025. Redescription of the poorly known Japanese scorpionfish Scorpaena brevispina (Perciformes: Scorpaenidae).
- Ju, Y.-M., Kuo, P.-H., Wu, J.-H. & Hsu, K.-C. 2025. Cryptic diversity of Rhinogobius rubromaculatus species complex (Gobiidae) in Taiwan: mitogenomes reveal their evolutionary history.
- Dinh. Q.M., Lam, T.T.H., Phan, G.H. & Nguyen, T.H.D. 2025. Phylogenetic Variation of Periophthalmus Species Living in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Using Cytb Sequence.
- Matsumoto, T. & Motomura, H. 2025. Re-establishment of the monotypic genus Neoscorpaena Mandrytsa 2001 (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae), with a range extension of N. nielseni (Smith 1964) to the eastern Indian Ocean.
- Brownstein, C.D., Harrington, R.C., Alencar, L.R.V., Bellwood, D.R., Choat, J.H., Rocha, L.A., Wainwright, P.C., Tavera, J., Burress, E.D., Muñoz, M.M., Cowman, P.F. & Near, T.J. 2025. Phylogenomics establishes an Early Miocene reconstruction of reef vertebrate diversity.
- Murienne, J., Condachou, C., Cuenot, Y., Covain, R. & Brosse, S. 2025. Phylogenomics of the critically endangered Harttiella (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) based on complete mitochondrial genomes.
- Mabragaña. E., Gabbanelli, V., Matusevich, F., Vazquez, D.M., Delpiani, S.M., Lenain, V.M., Rosso, J.R., González-Castro, M., Hanner, R. & Díaz de Astarloa, J.M. 2025. DNA Barcoding Southwestern Atlantic Skates: A 20-Year Effort in Building a Species Identification Library.
- Huang, R., Chen, J., Li, H., Cheng, H. & Zhang, R. 2025. Genetic Structure of the Cave-Dwelling Catfish Pterocryptis anomala (Siluriformes: Siluridae) in Southwest China.
- Lucena, C.A.S., Kullander, S.O., Norén, M. & Calegari, B. 2025. Correction: Conjectures and refutations: Species diversity and phylogeny of Australoheros from coastal rivers of southern South America (Teleostei: Cichlidae). PLoS One. 2022; 17 (12): e0261027. pmid:36490238.
- Bartáková, V., Bryjová, A., Polačik, M., Alila, D.O., Nagy, B., Watters, B., Bellstedt, D., Blažek, R., Žák, J. & Reichard, M. 2025. Phylogenomics and population genomics of Nothobranchius in lowland Tanzania: species delimitation and comparative genetic structure.
- Figueiredo, P.I.C.C., Hashimoto, D.T., Ariede, R.B., Zani, A.L.S., Varal, M., Malabarba, L.R. & Fagundes, N.J.R. 2025. Population genomics of Gymnogeophagus labiatus and G. lacustris reinforces the role of hydrographic isolation between evolutionary lineages (Cichlidae: Geophagini).
- Liu, W., Zhao, Y. & Huan, J. 2025. Taxonomic Revision and Conservation Review of Sinocyclocheilus grahami (Regan, 1904), the Only Known Cavefish Applied Both in the Traditional Medicine and Aquaculture.
- Hasan, M., Kambayashi, C., Anik, Z.H. & Islam, M.S: 2025. Cryptic biodiversity of freshwater fish species in Bangladesh.
2025 latest news (April)
- Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Zhang, Z., Qin, G., Qu, M. & Lin, Q. 2025. Phylogenetic diversifications linked to the morphological traits and global phylogeographic pattern of closed pouch fishes in Syngnathidae.
- Su, Y., Cheng, Y.-N. & Shyu, J.-F. 2025. First record of Engyprosopon hureaui (Actinopterygii, Pleuronectiformes, Bothidae) from Taiwan, with a revised key to Engyprosopon in Taiwan.
- Brownstein, C.D. & Near, T.J. 2025. Toward a Phylogenetic Taxonomy of Sturgeons (Acipenseriformes: Acipenseridae).
- Sinosturio Jaekel, 1929 (resurrected)
- [update] Kurihara, H., Shirai, S.M., Fujiwara, K. & Ikeda. M. 2024. Indel variation in the mitochondrial ND5 region supports monophyly of the tribe Hippoglossoidini (sensu Vinnikov et al. 2018) within the family Pleuronectidae.
- [update] Cabebe-Barnuevo, R., Mochizuki, K. & Motomura, H. 2024. Monophyly and re-definition of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish genus Parascorpaena Bleeker 1876 (Scorpaenidae).
- [update] Aguilar-Medrano, R. & Vega-Cendejas, M.E. 2024. Ecomorphological diversification of the Cyprinodon species complex from Lake Chichankanab, Yucatan, Mexico.
- Woodford, D.J., Magoro, M., Kadye, W.T., Scheepers, M., Sithole, Y., Mutizwa, T.I., Ntokoane, T. & Chakona, A. 2025. Freshwater fishes of the Waterberg aquatic ecoregion,South Africa: Diversity, taxonomic conflicts and conservation concerns.
- Griffiths, D. 2025. Speciation Rates of Freshwater Fish Across the Americas Vary With Environmental Heterogeneity and Dispersal Ability.
- Nishida, K., Koizumi, N., Minagawa, A., Mori, A., Watabe, K. & Takemura. T. 2025. Phylogeographic pattern of Rhynchocypris lagowskii (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes) with evidence of large-scale introduction in Japan, revealed by mitochondrial DNA D-loop analysis.
- Bignotto, T.S., Souza,, H.B., Silva Bronzim, R.C., Maniglia, T.C. & Baumgartner, D. 2025. Integrative morphometric and molecular analyses reveal possible genetic contamination of silver catfish populations of the genus Rhamdia in Neotropical River basins.
- Corush, J.B., Cucalón, R.B., Metzke, B.A., Tan, M. & Davis, M.A. 2025. Pleistocene glaciation and Anthropocene fragmentation influence genetic variation in the Illinois state–listed mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii).
- [update] Eaton, K.M., Samenuk, J.E., Thaxton, L., Chaves, V. & Bernal, M.A. 2024. Broad thermal tolerance and high mitochondrial genetic connectivity in the pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides).
- [update] Dye, K.R., Fields, A.T., Bean, M.G., Robertson, S.M., Hollenbeck, C.M., Conway, K.W. & Portnoy, D.S. 2024. Assessment of genomic diversity within and between two cryptic shiners, the West Texas shiner (Notropis megalops) and the Texas shiner (Notropis amabilis).
- [update] Martin, M.B., Chakona, A., Kadye, W.T. & Scheepers, M. 2024. Revalidation of Enteromius karkensis (Gilchrist and Thompson 1913) (Cypriniformes: Smiliogastrinae) from the southern temperate freshwater ecoregion, South Africa.
- [update] Scheepers, M., Bragança, P.H.N. & Chakona, A. 2024. Revalidation of Enteromius crocodilensis (Fowler, 1934) from synonymy with the disjunctly distributed Enteromius argenteus (Günther, 1868) based on molecular and morphological evidence.
- Scharpf, C. 2025. Scantily clad but not naked: an analysis of the Metriaclima vs. Maylandia (Teleostei: Cichlidae) debate.
- Petrosino, G., Tancioni, L., Talarico, L., Milana, V., Ricci, A., Polinori, C. & Rossi, A.R. 2025. Genetic insight into diversity and population structure provides hints for the conservation of the vulnerable South European roach Sarmarutilus rubilio (Leuciscidae).
- Bohlen Šlechtová, V., Dvořák, T., Freyhof, J., Kottelat, M., Levin, B., Golubtsov, A., Šlechta, V. & Bohlen, J. 2024. Reconstructing the phylogeny and evolutionary history of freshwater fishes (Nemacheilidae) across Eurasia since early Eocene.
- Freyhof, J., Segherloo, I.H., Vatandoust, S., Abdollahi-Mousavi, S.A., Normandeau, E., Geiger, M.F. & Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. 2025. Resolving a 182-year-old taxonomic puzzle: Luciobarbus in the Persian Gulf basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
- [update] Bernal-Hernández, M.E., Beltrán-López, R.G., Robertson, D.R., Baldwin, C.C., Espinoza, E., Martínez-Gómez, J.E., Barraza, E., Angulo, A., Valdiviezo-Rivera, J., González Acosta, A.F. & Domínguez-Domínguez, O. 2024. Cryptic Diversity in Scorpaenodes xyris (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) Throughout the Tropical Eastern Pacific.
- [update] Bondar, E.I., Oleinik, A.G., Kukhlevsky, A.D., Skurikhina, L.A., Batishcheva, N.M. & Kirillov, A.F. 2024. Multiple secondary contacts and historic hybridization between glacial lineages of charr (Salvelinus, Salmonidae) in northeastern Asia.
- [update] Baggio, R.A., Abilhoa, V., Menezes, G.H.F., Razzolini, E., Rego, A.C.L., Araújo, Á.R., Carvalho, M.M. & Godinho, A.L. 2024. Morphology and genetics of non-topotypes Pimelodus platicirris catfish suggest synonymy with P. maculatus.
- Amini, S.R., Adams, M., Hammer, M.P., Briggs, G., Donaldson, J.A., Ebner, B.C. & Unmack, P.J. 2025. Cryptic species, biogeography, and patterns of introgression in the fish genus Mogurnda (Eleotridae) from the Australian wet tropics: A purple patch for purple-spots.
- McCraney, W.T., Thacker, C.E., Faircloth, B.C., Harrington, R.C., Near, T.J. & Alfaro, M.E. 2025. Explosion of goby fish diversity at the Eocene-Oligocene transition.
- Wang, T.-Y., Wu, Y.-W., Lu, H.-J., Liao, T.-Y., Tai, J.-H., Huang, S.-P., Wang, F.-Y., Yu, T.-H., Ting, C.-T., Chaw, S.-M., Wang, H.-Y. 2025. Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Loach Goby Rhyacichthys aspro Offers Insights Into Gobioidei Evolution.
- Conde-Saldaña, C.C., Melo, B.F., Roxo, F.F., Tagliacollo, V.A., Oliveira, C. & Albert, J.S. 2025. Landscape Evolution Drives Continental Diversification in Neotropical Freshwater Fishes of the Family Erythrinidae (Teleostei, Characiformes).
- Matoso, D.A., Silva, H.C.M., Ferreira Júnior, A.L., Porto-Foresti, F., Utsunomia, R., Prado, F.D. & Artoni, R.F. 2025. Is there hidden genetic variability in the species of Steindachneridion Garavello, 2005 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)?
- Esin, E.V. 2025. A New Hotspot of Salmonid Adaptive Radiation Revealed: Multiple Diversifications of Salvelinus malma (Salmonidae) Sharing Freshwater Habitats in Kamchatka.
- Matsunuma, M., Kanai, S., Seah, Y.G., Tashiro, F. & Motomura, H. 2025. Resurrection of the five-ocellated left-eye flounder Pseudorhombus ocellifer Regan 1905 (Paralichthyidae), with redescriptions of Pseudorhombus pentophthalmus Günther 1862 and Pseudorhombus oculocirris Amaoka 1969.
- Clardy, T.A., Gopalan, J. & Rabaoui, L.J. 2025. Morphology of photophores in juvenile Vinciguerria mabahiss (Stomiiformes: Phosichthyidae).
- Prokofiev, A.M., Rajakrishnan, R. & Cubelio, S.S. 2025. Morphological variation and worldwide distribution of the lightfish genus Woodsia Grey, 1959 (Teleostei: Stomiiformes: Phosichthyidae).
- Elías, D.J., Betancourt-Resendes, I., Díaz-Flores, A., Camak, D.T., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Artigas-Azas, J.M., Piller, K.R. & McMahan, C.D. 2025. Evolutionary history of the polymorphic Coatzacoalcos River endemic Thorichthys panchovillai (Cichliformes: Cichlidae).
2025 latest news (March)
- Song, S., Cao, J., Xinag, H., Liu, Z. & Jaing, W. 2025. Comparative mitogenomic analysis of Chinese cavefish Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae): novel gene tandem duplication and evolutionary implications.
- Vaz, D.F.B., Goatley, C.H.R. & Tornabene, L. 2025. Osteology of Dwarfgobies Eviota and Sueviota (Gobiidae: Gobiomorpharia), With Phylogenetic Inferences Within Coral Gobies.
- Oliveira, R.C., Britzke, R., Oliveira, C. & Graça, W.J. 2025. Species delimitation in Neotropical fishes of Mesonauta Günther 1862 (Cichliformes: Cichlidae).
- Guo, D., Gong, X., Yi, W., Cao, L. & Zhang E 2025. Cryptic diversity, phenotypic congruence, and evolutionary history of the Leptobotia citrauratea complex (Pisces: Botiidae) within subtropical eastern China.
- Fang, Y., Sun, Z. & Zhao, Y. 2025. Taxonomic revision on the Gobio group in the Yellow River drainage, with discussion on the validity of the genus Acanthogobio (Cypriniformes, Gobionidae).
- Liu, Q., Mao, W., Wang, Y., Xiao, J., Saha, S., Gao, T. & Liu, F. 2025. Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic analyses of the Sillaginidae family fish.
- Eckert, L., Miller, J.S., Fitzpatrick, J.L., Balshine, S. & Bolker, B.M. 2025. Parental care drives the evolution of male reproductive accessory glands across ray-finned fishes.
- Ng, S.-L., Straube, N., Liu, K.-M. & Joung, S.-J. 2025. Confusions across the hemispheres: Taxonomic re-evaluation of two lanternshark species, Etmopterus lucifer and E. molleri (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae).
- Wang, Y., Yang, Y., Liu, Y., Wu, Y., Liang, H., Zhou, A., Cui, F., Peng, J., Jiang, Z. & Mu, X. 2025. Mitogenomic insights into the population structure and demographic history of zig-zag eels (Mastacembelus armatus) in southern China.
- Cavalcante, R.L.D., Silva, C.S., Vidal, A.F., Pires, É.S., Nunes, G.L., Assis Montag, L.F., Oliveira, G.,Ribeiro-dos-Santos, A., Santos, S., Souza, S.J., Souza, J.E.S. & Sakamoto, T. 2025. The complete mitogenome of Amazonian Brachyplatystoma filamentosum and the evolutionary history of body size in the order Siluriformes.
- Cheng, H., Huang, R., Li, H., Qiu, Z., Xiong, S. & Zhang, R. 2025. Mitochondrial Genomes of Six Discogobio Species (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) and Their Phylogenetic Analysis.
- Markevich, A.I. & Kukhlevskiy, A.D. 2025. Neozoarces pulcher Steindachner, 1880 vs Neozoarces steindachneri Jordan and Snyder, 1902 (Perciformes: Neozoarcidae): which species is valid, evidence on morphological and molecular-genetic data.
- Yoshigou, H. 2025. Morphological comparison within the glass perchlets genus Ambassis (Osteichthyes: Ovalentalia: Ambassidae), with reference to the comparison of some characters shared with other related genera.
- Thacker, C.E. & Near, T.J. 2025. Phylogeny, biology, and evolution of acanthopterygian fish clades.
- Möhring, J., Hüllen, S., Martin, S., Mokodongan, D.F., Wowor, D., Schwarzer, J. & Herder, F. 2025. Increased phenotypic diversity as a consequence of ecological opportunity in the island radiation of Sulawesi ricefishes (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae).
- Oleinik, A:G., Kukhlevsky, A.D. & Skurikhina, L.A. 2025. Divergence of Palearctic and Nearctic Charrs (Salvelinus, Salmonidae) within the Arctic phylogenetic lineage: inferences based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers.
- Kumari, K., Sinha, A., Kumari, S., Bhakta, D. & Das, B.K. 2024. Unraveling the Mystery of Pethia ambassis: First Documentation in Jharkhand and Taxonomic Clarification.
- Moreva, I.N., Radchenko, O.A. & Petrovskaya, A.V. 2025. Differentiation of the Arctic Sculpin Myoxocephalus scorpioides (Fabricius, 1780) and its position among species of the genus Myoxocephalus (Cottidae).
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2024. Opinion 2502 (Case 3555) – Chilodontidae Bronn, 1859 (Ciliophora), Chilodontinae Eigenmann, 1910 (Pisces, Characiformes) and Chilodontinae Wenz, 1938 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): homonymy between family-group names resolved.
- Ríos, N., Pardo, B.G., Fernández, C., Alvarez-Dios, J.A., Martínez, P., Bouza, C. & García, G. 2025. Transcriptomic Divergence and Associated Markers Between Genomic Lineages of Silver Catfish (Rhamdia quelen).
- Chen, Y., Xiao, H., Yue, Z., Wu, X., Zan, R. & Chen, S. 2025. Molecular Phylogeny and Evolutionary History of the Genus Cyprinus (Teleostei: Cypriniformes).
- Aluwihare, Y.C., Fernando, S., Gunasinghe, M.S., Ranasinghe, C., Ranjula, M.A.S., Weerakoon, T., Haputhantri, S.S.K,, Jayasinghe, P.K., Lisher, M.W. & Psomadakis, P.N. 2025. First confirmed record of adult Pacific squaretail, Tetragonurus pacificus (Teleostei: Perciformes: Stromateoidei) from the Indian Ocean, with an expanded description.
- Serra, W., Scarabino, F., Méttola, E., Montes, M. M., Terán, G., Moncada, M., Sanguinetti, G., Duarte, A. & García, M. 2025. Characidium serrano Buckup & Reis, 1997 (Characiformes, Crenuchidae): nuevos conocimientos sobre sus relaciones filogenéticas y distribución.
- Choi, H.-k. & Lee, H.J. 2025. Genetic diversity and phylogeographic structure of the endangered Korean Bitterling (Tanakia signifer) and its symbiotic mussel (Nodularia breviconcha), based on mitochondrial DNA variation: implications for conservation.
- Yoder, E.B., Parker, E., Frédérich, B., Tew, A., Jones, C.B. & Dornburg, A. 2025. Multiple Pathways of Visual Adaptations for Water Column Usage in an Antarctic Adaptive Radiation.
- Zavala, E., Britzke, R., Siccha-Ramírez, Z. & Ramirez, J.L. 2025. DNA barcoding of marine rocky reef fishes from northern Perusuggests a parapatric speciation in the Tropical Eastern Pacific.
- Xu, H., Fang, C., Xu, W., Wang, C., Song, Y., Zhu, C., Fang, W., Fan, G., Lv, W., Bo, J., Zeng, H., Sha, Z., Liu, H., Jing, H., Liu, H., Wei, T., Li, J., He, L., Cai, S., Gan, X., Chen, Y., Zhang, H., Wang, K. & He, S. 2025. Evolution and genetic adaptation of fishes to the deep sea.
- Marion, A.F.P., Condamine, F.L. & Guinot, G. 2025. Bioluminescence and repeated deep-sea colonization shaped the diversification and body size evolution of squaliform sharks.
- Sruthi, M.V., Raj, S., Kumar, A.B. & Raghavan, R. 2025. Gobioid fishes of Ashtamudi Ramsar Lake, India: 40 years of misidentification of Oxyurichthys tentacularis, a new country record of O. omanensis, and three new records to the Southwest coast (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae).
- Delrieu-Trottin, E., Chehida, S.B., Sukmono, T., Dahruddin, H., Sholihah, A., Kustiati, K., Fitriana, Y., Muchlisin, Z.A., Elvyra, R., Wibowo, A., Utama, I.V., Nurhaman, U., Sauri, S., Risdawati, R., Zein, M.S.A., Pouzadoux, J., Agnèse, J.-F., Tilak, M.-K., Page, L.M., von Rintelen, T., Wowor, D., Steinke, D., Mona, S., Rüber, L., Hebert, P.D.N. & Hubert, N. 2025. Aquatic biotas of Sundaland are fragmented but not refugial.
- Baraf, L.M., Hung, J.Y. & Cowman, P.F. 2025. Phylogenomics of marine angelfishes: diagnosing sources of systematic discordance for an iconic reef fish family (F: Pomacanthidae).
- Sharma, N., Haridy, Y. & Shubin, N. 2025. Synovial joints were present in the common ancestor of jawed fish but lacking in jawless fish.
- Alfonso-González, M., Galván-Magaña, F., Sotil, G., Domínguez Domínguez, O., Espinoza Herrera, E., Díaz-Jaimes, P. 2025. Phylogeography of the Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) in the Eastern Pacific.
- Chen, S., Xiao, Y., Xiao, Z., Li, J. & Herrera-Ulloa, A. 2025. Molecular Discrimination of morphologically similar fishery species: The Case of Tridentiger bifasciatus and T. trigonocephalus.
- [update] Thieme, P., Reisser, C., Bouvier, C., Rieuvillneuve, F., Béarez, P., Coleman, R.R., Volanandiana, J.J.A., Pereira, E., Nirchio–Tursellino, M., Roldán, M.I., Heras, S., Tirado-Sánchez, N., Pulis, E., Leprieur, F. & Durand, J.-D. 2025. Historical biogeography of the Mugil cephalus species complex and its rapid global colonization.
2025 latest news (February)
- Lima, F.T.C., Rodríguez-Olarte, D. & García-Alzate, C.A. 2025. A tale of false origins: Hyphessobrycon scholzei Ahl, 1937 and its junior synonym, Hyphessobrycon fernandezi Fernández-Yépez, 1972 (Teleostei: Characifomes: Acestrorhamphidae).
- Kim, J.-K. & Lee, Y.-J. 2025. Genome-wide SNP discovery and phylogeography of sandlances (Ammodytes japonicus and Ammodytes heian) in the Northwest pacific by MIG-Seq with evolutionary implications.
- Johnson, G.D., Collins, R.A. & Brothers, E.B. 2025. Putative Batesian mimicry of gelatinous zooplankton by larvae of marine fishes: a closer look based on in-situ images by blackwater photographers.
- Torrico-Destre, H., Careaga, M., Maldonado, M. & Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M. 2024. Revision of the catfish family Pimelodidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) of Bolivia.
- Luo, T., Lan, C.-T., Yu, J., Song, L.-X., Fan, C., Wang, J.-J., Zhou, J.-J., Xiao, N. & Zhou, J. 2025. Rapid speciation of Chinese hypogean fishes driven by paleogeoclimatic and morphological adaptations.
- Donati, G.F.A., Albouy, C., Claverie, T., Mouillot, D., Govinden, R., Hagen, O., Ibrahim, S., Pagu, J., Zareer, I., Leprieur, F. & Pellissier, L. 2025. Continuity in morphological disparity in tropical reef fishes across evolutionary scales.
- [update] Ntokoane, T., Vreven, E.J.W.M., Bragança, P.H.N., Kadye, W.T. & Chakona, A. 2024. Taxonomic diversity, distribution, and ecology of the freshwater fishes of the Zambezian Lowveld Ecoregion in southern Africa: A systematic review.
- Thomas, A., Sylvain, F.-E., Normandeau, E., Leroux, N., Holland, A., Val, A.L. & Derome, N. 2025. Low Genetic Diversity and Complex Population Structure in Black Piranha (Serrasalmus rhombeus), a Key Amazonian Predator.
- Fernandes, M.B., Bitencourt, J.A., Silva, A.T., Vicari, M.R., Azambuja, M. & Mello Affonso, P.R.A. 2025. Small Fishes, Big Issues: Species Delimitation in Hemigrammus marginatus, Gill, 1958 (Acestrorhamphidae: Pristellinae) from Brazilian Coastal Basins Based on Integrative Genetics.
- Chen, Y., Luo, Z., Zhang, Z., Luo, Z., Ren, M., He, X., Lin, H.-D. & Yan, Y. 2025. Genetic Pattern and Demographic History of Orange-Spotted Grouper (Epinephelus coioides) in the South China Sea by the Influence of Pleistocene Climatic Oscillations.
- Horaud, M., Raventós, N., Præbel, K., Galià-Camps, C., Pegueroles, C., Carreras, C., Pascual, M., Tuset, V.M., Bhat, S. & Lynghammar, A. 2025. Allochrony in Atlantic Lumpfish: Genomic and Otolith Shape Divergence Between Spring and Autumn Spawners.
- Hsu, L.-L., Borsa, P. & Chen, W.-J. 2025. Successive cycles of allopatric differentiation and secondary contact shape phylogeographical structure in an Indo-West Pacific reef fish.
- Zarei, F., Esmaeili, H.R., Sayyadzadeh, G., Masoumi, A.H. & Hashemi, S.H. 2025. Hidden goby diversity of the Western Indian Ocean region: Glossogobius laticeps (De Vis, 1884) (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
- Smith, W.L., Girard, M.G., Walker, H.J., Jr. & Davis, M.P. 2024. The phylogeny of bristlemouths, lightfishes, and portholefishes with a revised family-level classification of the dragonfishes (Teleostei: Stomiiformes).
- Khoshnamvand, H., Azimi, M., Ahmadzadeh, F., Abdoli, A. & Janko, K. 2025. Integrating Historical biogeography and Pliocene climate fluctuation to Unraveling the evolution of Tigris-Euphrates drainage basin through widespread freshwater Barbinae (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Evolution of the Tigris-Euphrates drainage by the biogeography of Barbinae.
- Hoeflich, J.C. & Liu, J. 2025. Small fish, large variation: Morphological diversity of Weberian apparatus in Noturus catfishes and ecological implications.
- Kotlyar, A.N. 2025. Genus Sio.
- Kotlyar, A.N. 2025. Genus Scopelogadus.
- Kotlyar, A.N. 2025. Genus Scopeloberyx.
- Kotlyar, A.N. 2025. Genus Poromitra.
- Kotlyar, A.N. 2025. Genus Melamphaes. Oligo-Raker Species.
- Kotlyar, A.N. 2025. Family Melamphaidae. Genus Melamphaes. Multi-Raker Species.
- Esmaeili, H.R., Zarei, F., Sadeghi, R., Sholeh, V., Sadeghi, Y. & Hashemi, S.H. 2025. Hidden in plain sight: new morpho-molecular data on the cryptic tropical sand goby, Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker, 1854) (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean.
2025 latest news (January)
- Beltrán-López, R.G., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Pérez-Ponce de León, G., Mar-Silva, A.F., Perea, S., Pérez-Rodríguez, R., Piller, K.R., Mejía-Mojica, H. & Doadrio, I. 2025. Cryptic diversity and evolutionary history of the fish species Xenotoca variata (Cyprinodontiformes: Goodeidae) in the Mexican Plateau: Implications for taxonomy and conservation.
- Praveenraj, J., Thackeray, T., Moulitharan, N., Vijayakrishnan, B. & Nanda, G.K. 2025. Lost for more than 85 years—rediscovery of Channa amphibeus (McClelland, 1845), the world’s most elusive snakehead species (Teleostei, Labyrinthici, Channidae).
- Xu, R., Liu, S., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Xie, B. & Peng, Z. 2025. Origin and evolution of botiid loaches (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Botiidae).
- Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Teeple, J., Liao, J.C., Paig-Tran, E.W.M. & Strother, J.A. 2025. Filter feeding in devil rays is highly sensitive to morphology.
- Chaumel, J. & Lauder, G.V. 2025. A hydrodynamic antenna: novel lateral line system in the tail of myliobatid stingrays.
- Henderson, A.C., Reeve, A.J., Jabado, R.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2025. A molecular-assisted taxonomic assessment of elasmobranch fishes (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from south-eastern Arabia revisited.
- Bogorodsky, S.V., Muto, N., Hata, H., Motomura, H. & Alpermann, T.J. 2025. Review of the Mackerel Genus Rastrelliger (Teleostei: Scombridae) with Redescription of R. chrysozonus (Rüppell, 1836) and R. kanagurta (Cuvier, 1816).
- Watters, B.R. & Nagy, B. 2025. A review and redefinition of the subgenus Aphyobranchius Wildekamp, 1977, in the seasonal killifish genus Nothobranchius Peters, 1868 (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae), from ephemeral wetlands of eastern Tanzania.
- Rozimov, A., Wang, Y., Wang, M., Zou, M., Sobirovm J., Karimov, E., Kholmatov, B., Freyhof, J., Namozov, S., Wang, C., Li, X. & Guo. B. 2025. Mitochondrial genome insights into the phylogenetics and biogeographic evolution of snow trout (Cyprinidae, Schizothorax) in the Tien Shan Mountains.
- Hughes, L.C., Bloom, D.D., Piller, K.R., Lang, N. & Mayden, R.L. 2025. Phylogenomic resolution of lampreys reveals the recent evolution of an ancient vertebrate lineage.
- Chernova, N., Kai, Y. & Zorina, A. 2025. Validation of Icelus crassus Andriashev (Cottiformes: Cottidae), described from the Sea of Okhotsk.
- Silva, P.C., Bonato, K.O., Bertaco, V.A., Malabarba, L.R. 2025. Integrative diagnosis and review of the conservation status of a Near Threatened species of the “Psalidodon scabripinnis complex”.
- Ghezelayagh, A., Simmons, J.W., Wood, J.E., Yamashita, T., Thomas, M.E., Blanton, R.E., Orr, O.D., MacGuigan, D.J., Kim, D., Benavides, E., Keck, B.P., Harrington, R.C. & Near, T.J. 2024. Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon.
- Mowatt-Larssen, T., Thys, T.M., Hildering, J., Caldera, E.J., Biesack, E.E., McDowellm J.R. & Nyegaard, M. 2025. Hook, line, and social media: crowd-sourced images reveal size and species patterns of ocean sunfishes (Tetraodontiformes, Molidae) from California to Alaska.
- Parveen P.S., F., Arjunan, J.K., Venu, S., Eranhottu,S., Ummath, A., Kalita, S., Ramees P.V.. M. & Sadaka, S. 2025. Taxonomic redescription and molecular confirmation of Lutjanus rufolineatus (Acanthuriformes: Lutjanidae) from the Andaman Islands, India.