This log tracks additions, updates and changes to the ETYFish Project site, e.g., new pages, new taxa, generic reassignments, revised etymologies. (Correction of minor typos will not be recorded.) The log is presented in reverse chronological order. Items will be deleted after six (6) months.
25 April 2024
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 5)
GOBIIDAE: added Hazeus paucisquamatus, n. sp.; deleted Gobius strictus, jr. syn. of G. cruentatus per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes
Order SYNGNATHIFORMES (part 1)
SYNGNATHIDAE: reinstated Acentronura mossambica from synonymy per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes
24 April 2024
Family GASTROMYZONTIDAE
added Bashimyzon cheni, n. g. and n. sp., and, per that description, moved Erromyzon damingshanensis to Bashimyzon
17 April 2024
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
added Kapuasia, n. g., with 1 sp. (maculiceps) moved from Schistura; added Oreonectes andongensis and Yunnanilus yangi, n. sp.; revised entry for Paracanthocobitis mooreh
16 April 2024
Family MORMYRIDAE
corrected authorship of Mormyrus kannume from Forsskål 1775 to Fabricius 1775
Family ENGRAULIDAE
corrected authorship of Thryssa baelama from (Forsskål 1775) to (Fabricius 1775)
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily TORINAE
corrected authorship of Labeobarbus bynni from (Forsskål 1775) to (Fabricius 1775)
Order PERCIFORMES (part 9)
SCORPAENIDAE: added Neomerinthe ornithoptera, n. sp.
15 April 2024
posted revisions for families RITIDAE (Ritas and Nanobagrids), AILIIDAE (Asian Butter Catfishes), HORABAGRIDAE (Sun or Imperial Catfishes), and BAGRIDAE (Naked or Bagrid Catfishes), replacing pages for Order SILURIFORMES (part 6)
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE
deleted Astyanax paranahybae, jr. syn. of Piabina argentea per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes
11 April 2024
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily STEVARDIINAE
added Monotocheirodon duda, n. sp.
Family LEBIASINIDAE
added Pyrrhulina rachoviana, overlooked sp. from 1929; per Toledo-Piza et al. (2024), deleted Lebiasina pleurotaenia (=erythrinoides)
9 April 2024
Family COBITIDAE
added Protocobitis longicostatus, n. sp.
8 April 2024
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily ACROSSOCHEILINAE
added Acrossocheilus furongjiangensis, n. sp.
Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily PHOXININAE
added Phoxinus adagumicus, n. sp.
Order PERCIFORMES (part 4)
SERRANIDAE: added Chelidoperca pollux and C. pulchella, n. sp.
ANTHIADIDAE: added Plectranthias clavatus, n. sp.
7 April 2024
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily BARBINAE
deleted Luciobarbus kottelati and L. lydianus, both jr. syn. of L. graecus per Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu (2024)
Family SERRASALMIDAE
added Serrasalmus magallanesi, n. sp.; per Toledo-Piza et al. (2024), resurrected Metynnis anisurus from synonymy and replaced Serrasalmus striolatus with S. scapularis, a senior synonym; added taxonomic notes to Myleus pacu and Serrasalmus auriventris
5 April 2024
Family ENGRAULIDAE
added Thryssa porava and T. valenciennesi, both resurrected from synonymy by Hata & Lavoué (2024); revised entry for Thryssa purava (not to be confused with T. porava)
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (parts 3 & 4)
EMMELICHTHYIDAE: added Emmelichthys papillatus, n. sp.; moved Emmelichthys marisrubri to Dipterygonotus (LUTJANIDAE) per Girard (2024)
4 April 2024
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 8)
AMBASSIDAE: per Ghazili et al. (2023b), deleted Ambassis gymnocephalus (=ambassis); per Ghazili et al. (2023a), made the following changes: deleted Paradoxodacna, moving its one sp. to Parambassis; reinstated Pseudambassis from synonymy with one sp. (lala) previously in Parambassis; reinstated Pseudoambassis (not to be confused with Pseudambassis) from synonymy with 5 sp. formerly in Ambassis (agassizii, agrammus, elongata, jacksoniensis, macleayi); moved the following sp. from Parambassis to Chanda (baculis, pulcinella, ranga, siamensis)
OPISTOGNATHIDAE: added Opistognathus abei, n. sp.
3 April 2024
Family DASYATIDAE
moved Fontitrygon geijskesi to Hypanus per Petean et al. (2024)
Order KURTIFORMES
APOGONIDAE: added taxonomic note to Jaydia tchefouensis
31 March 2024
Family ANOSTOMIDAE
per Toledo-Piza et al. (2024), deleted Leporellus retropinnis (=pictus) and moved Leporinus pachyurus to Megaleporinus (with taxonomic comment); added taxonomic comments to Laemolyta fasciata, Leporinus bimaculatus and Schizodon corti
Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE Subfamily TRICHOMYCTERINAE
added Trichomycterus (Psammocambeva) diamantinensis, n. sp.
30 March 2024
Family NOTACANTHIDAE
added Notacanthus arrontei, n. sp.; revised entries of Tilurus and T. gegenbauri
29 March 2024
posted revisions for families SILURIDAE (Sheatfishes), KRYPTOGLANIDAE (Indian Cave Catfish), AUSTROGLANIDIDAE (Rock Catfishes), PANGASIIDAE (Shark Catfishes), CHACIDAE (Frogmouth Catfishes) and PLOTOSIDAE (Eeltail Catfishes), replacing pages for Order SILURIFORMES (part 5)
28 March 2024
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily TETRAGONOPTERINAE
added taxonomic note to Tetragonopterus signatus
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily CHEIRODONTINAE
per Toledo-Piza et al. (2024), deleted Saccoderma robusta (specimens identifiable as S. hastata and Odontostilbe dialeptura) and moved Odontostilbe littoris to Serrapinnus
26 March 2024
Family CHIMAERIDAE
added Chimaera supapae, n. sp.
21 March 2024
per Toledo-Piza et al. (2024), deleted Priocharax from CHARACIDAE: CHARACINAE and moved it to ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE: HETEROCHARACINAE
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 5)
GOBIIDAE: added Gobiodon spadix, n. sp.
Order LABRIFORMES (part 1)
LABRIDAE: added Halichoeres sanchezi, n. sp.
Order ACROPOMATIFORMES
EPIGONIDAE: added Epigonus gemma and E. hexacanthus, n. sp.
20 March 2024
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 2)
RIVULIDAE: elevated Argolebias, subgenus of Austrolebias, now recognized as a full genus by Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, with a n. sp., A. adrianae
19 March 2024
Family LORICARIIDAE Subfamily HYPOPTOPOMATINAE
added Curculionichthys monolechis and Pareiorhaphis torrenticola, n. sp.
18 March 2024
posted revisions of entries for Family LORICARIIDAE: subfamilies HYPOSTOMINAE (Suckermouth Catfishes or Plecos), RHINELEPINAE (Rhinelepine Plecos) and DELTURINAE (Primitive Suckermouth Catfishes), replacing pages for Order SILURIFORMES (part 4)
16 March 2024
Order SALMONIFORMES
SALMONIDAE: in entry for Salmo brunoi, corrected guinan to guinand (thanks, Erwin!)
15 March 2024
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
added Triplophysa shannanensis, n. sp.
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily BARBINAE
added Cyprinion muscatense, overlooked sp. from 1888 (thanks, Erwin!)
14 March 2024
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily CYPRININAE
added Sinocyclocheilus xingyiensis, n. sp.
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily LABEONINAE
added Garra hexagonarostris, n. sp.; per Nebeshwar et al. (2024), deleted Garra alticaputus and G. kimini (both =birostris), G. minima (=quadratirostris), and G. nigricauda (=arunachalensis)
13 March 2024
Order CICHLIFORMES (parts 2 & 3)
PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE: added Jabarichromis, n. g., with one sp. (pfefferi) formerly in Gnathochromis; deleted Chalinochromis per Ronco et al. (2021) and Konings (2023), moving its 3 sp. to Julidochromis
10 March 2024
Family ALEPOCEPHALIDAE
added biographical data to entry for Narcetes lloydi (thank you, David Kelly!)
Family DISTICHODONTIDAE
per Toledo-Piza et al. (2024), provisionally reinstated Nannocharax gobioides from synonymy, deleted Nannocharax niloticus tchadensis (referable in part to both N. occidentalis and N. lineomaculatus), and moved Nannaethiops gracilis back to its original genus Neolebias
9 March 2024
Family ALESTIDAE
per Toledo-Piza et al. (2024), reinstated Brycinus batesii from synonymy, deleted Virilia, moving its one sp. to Micralestes, deleted Rhabdalestes leleupi (=tangensis), and moved Phenacogrammus bleheri and P. taeniatus to Alestopetersius
8 March 2024
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily STEVARDIINAE
added Bryconamericus misei, n. sp.; added Knodus caquetae, overlooked sp. from 1945; added taxonomic or nomenclatural notes to Bryconamericus caldasi, Eretmobrycon gonzalezoi and Knodus septentrionalis; and, per Toledo-Piza et al. (2024), deleted Bryconamericus megalepis (=Compsura heterura in Cheirodontinae), deleted Bryconamericus zeteki (=emperador), deleted Knodus jacunda (=smithi), and moved Bryconamericus ichoensis to Eretmobrycon, Bryconamericus cinarucoense and B. macarenae to Knodus, and Bryconamericus cristiani to Hemibrycon
7 March 2024
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE
added Brachychalcinus sabaji and Inpaichthys parauapiranga, n. sp.; added Hyphessobrycon troemneri, overlooked sp. from 1942; moved Hasemania nambiquara to Inpaichthys per Ferreira et al. (2024); added taxonomic notes to Astyanax moori, A. multidens, A. yariguies, Ctenobrycon hauxwellianus, C. multiradiatus, Hemigrammus aereus, H. matei, Hyphessobrycon maculicauda, H. robustulus, and H. heteresthes; changed spelling of Hyphessobrycon albolineatus to albolineatum with explanation; and, per Toledo-Piza et al. (2024), deleted Hyphessobrycon iheringi and H. latus (both =Serrapinnus piaba in Cheirodontinae), and Hyphessobrycon milleri (=compressus)
6 March 2024
Order PERCIFORMES (part 22)
LIPARIDAE: added Careproctus rhomboides, n. sp.
27 Feb. 2024
Order POLYMIXIIFORMES
POLYMIXIIDAE: added Polymixia carmenae, n. sp.
26 Feb. 2024
Family CALLICHTHYIDAE
added Corydoras caramater, n. sp.
22 Feb. 2024
posted revisions of entries for Family LORICARIIDAE: subfamilies LITHOGENINAE (Climbing Armored Catfishes), HYPOPTOPOMATINAE (Cascudinhos) and LORICARIINAE (Suckermouth Armored Catfishes), replacing pages for Order SILURIFORMES (part 3)
Family ASTROBLEPIDAE: revised entry for Astroblepus phelpsi
20 Feb. 2024
Order PERCOPSIFORMES
APHREDODERIDAE: per Muller & Simons (2024), added Aphredoderus ornatus and A. retrodorsalis, n. sp.; promoted A. sayanus gibbosus to full sp., and resurrected A. mesotremia from synonymy
19 Feb. 2024
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE
revised entry for Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE
added Moenkhausia aurora, n. sp.
15 Feb. 2024
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 6)
GOBIIDAE: added Istigobius maleta, n. sp.
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 7)
GOBIIDAE: added Valenciennea papuensis and Vanderhorstia pattiseery, n. sp.
14 Feb. 2024
Family DANIONIDAE Subfamily CHEDRINAE
added Opsarius siangi, n. sp.
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 5)
GOBIIDAE: added Discordipinna vibrissa, Drombus flavimentus, Grallenia cinnamea, G. emarginata, G. nigrifasciata, G. nigrimarginata, G. ornata, G. sundaensis, and G. wandammenensis, n. sp.
13 Feb. 2024
Order BLENNIIFORMES (part 2)
BLENNIIDAE: added Ecsenius similis, Laiphognathus albifrons, Meiacanthus fakfakensis and M. flavivittatus, n. sp.
12 Feb. 2024
Order SALMONIFORMES
SALMONIDAE: added Salmo brunoi, n. sp.
11 Feb. 2024
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 10)
POMACENTRIDAE: added Pomacentrus mandacani, P. variegatus, Neopomacentrus australicus, and N. simulatus, n. sp.; deleted Pomacentrus armillatus, jr. syn. of P. opisthostigma, per Allen & Erdmann (Reef Fishes of the East Indies, 2nd ed., 2024); deleted Lepidopomacentrus, sub. g. of Pomacentrus, per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes
10 Feb. 2024
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 4)
HAEMULIDAE: added Haemulon boschmae castroaguirrei, n. sub. sp.
9 Feb. 2024
Family ETMOPTERIDAE
added Etmopterus lii, n. sp.
Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily PHOXININAE
added Phoxinus radeki, n. sp.
Order CARANGIFORMES (part 4)
CYNOGLOSSIDAE: added Cynoglossus papuensis, n. sp.
Order LABRIFORMES (part 1)
LABRIDAE: added Cirrhilabrus xanthozonus, n. sp.
Order LABRIFORMES (part 3)
PINGUIPEDIDAE: added Parapercis lembehensis, n. sp.
8 Feb. 2024
Family CONGRIDAE
added Ariosoma gracile and A. kannani, n. sp.
Order BLENNIIFORMES (part 1)
TRIPTERYGIIDAE: added Enneapterygius frickei and E. sericus, n. sp.
Order TETRAODONTIFORMES (part 2)
ARACANIDAE: added Kentrocapros flavimaculatus, n. sp.; changed spelling of Kentrocapros spilonota to spilonotus and revised entry accordingly
7 Feb. 2024
Family CURIMATIDAE
added Cyphocharax albiventris, n. sp.; moved Steindachnerina corumbae to Cyphocharax per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes; changed spelling of Curimatopsis crypticus to cryptica with explanation
Order ANABANTIFORMES
HELOSTOMATIDAE: revised etymology of Helostoma
CHANNIDAE: deleted Channa torsaensis, jr. syn. of C. quinquefasciata per Britz et al. (2024)
Order SYNGNATHIFORMES (part 2)
DRACONETTIDAE: per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, deleted Centrodraco nigrocentonis (=C. gegonipa) and C. otohime (=C. ornatus)
Order PERCIFORMES (part 6)
PERCIDAE: deleted Etheostoma occidentale (=E. atripinne) and E. tennesseense (=E. simoterum) per Page et al. (2023)
6 Feb. 2024
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 2)
LEIOGNATHIDAE: added Equulites macrolepis and E. ryukyuensis, n. sp.; per Suzuki & Kimura (2023), moved Leiognathus berbis to Equulites, deleted Equulites absconditus and E. klunzingeri (both jr. syn. of E. berbis), and deleted Equulites lineolatus (a nomen dubium)
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 6)
LETHRININDAE: revised etymology of Lethrinus
5 Feb. 2024
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 5)
PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE: added Pseudotropheus likomae, n. sp.
2 Feb. 2024
Family NEMACHEILIDAE (part 10)
added Homatula tigris, overlooked n. sp. from 2023
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily LABEONINAE
corrected spelling of Garra deccaensis to deccanensis
1 Feb. 2024
Order SILURIFORMES (part 10)
ICTALURIDAE: added taxonomic notes to Ictalurus australis, I. meridionalis and I. ochoterenai
Order ANABANTIFORMES
CHANNIDAE: added Channa coccinea, C. pyrophthalmus, C. rakhinica and C. rubora, n. sp.
30 Jan. 2024
posted revisions of entries for families Callichthyidae (Armored Catfishes), Scoloplacidae (Spiny Dwarf Catfishes) and Astroblepidae (Climbing Catfishes), replacing pages for Order SILURIFORMES (part 2)
25 Jan. 2024
Family COBITIDAE
added Sabanejewia aralensis, resurrected from synonymy by Vasil’eva et al. (2022)
Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamily LEUCISCINAE
added Chondrostoma ohridanum, resurrected from synonymy by Shumka et al. (2023)
Order SALMONIFORMES
SALMONIDAE: deleted Salvelinus colii, S. fimbriatus, S. grayi, S. obtusus, S. scharffi and S. trevelyani, all jr. syn. of S. alpinus per Barthelemy et al. (2023)
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 10)
POMACENTRIDAE: elevated Stegastes fuscus trindadensis to full sp. per Carvalho-Filho (2023); changed dates of Pomacentrus novaeguineae, P. umbratilus and P. xanthocercus from 2022 to 2023 with explanation
24 Jan. 2024
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 6)
SPARIDAE: in entry for Diplodus cervinus, corrected “Canary Islands” to “Madeira” (thank you, David Kelly!)
23 Jan. 2024
posted revisions of entries for families Diplomystidae (Velvet Catfishes), Cetopsidae (Whale and Marbled Catfishes), Trichomycteridae (Pencil and Parasitic Catfishes) and Nematogenyidae (Mountain Catfishes), replacing pages for Order SILURIFORMES (part 1)
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
added Turcinoemacheilus inexpectatus, n. sp.
18 Jan. 2024
Order CARANGIFORMES (part 4)
CYNOGLOSSIDAE: added Cynoglossus glotta, n. sp.
16 Jan. 2024
Family SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE
added Dysomma intermedium and Dysommina brevis, n. sp.
12 Jan. 2024
per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes and Near & Thacker (in press), made the following classificatory changes: (1) assigned “Incertae sedis” families in Series Eupercaria to the following orders: Callanthiidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Malacanthidae, Monodactlyidae, Moronidae, Sciaenidae and Sillaginidae to Acanthuriformes, Centrogenyidae to Labriformes, and Parascorpididae to Centrarchiformes; (2) transferred Caesioscorpididae from Perciformes to Centrarchiformes; (3) transferred Leptoscopidae from Perciformes to Labriformes; (3) subsumed Uranoscopiformes into Labriformes; (4) subsumed Priacanthiformes, Lutjaniformes, Gerreiformes and Spariformes into Acanthuriformes
Order CENTRARCHIFORMES
KUHLIIDAE: added Kuhlia splendens, raised from synonymy per Heemstra (2022); deleted Parakuhlia, inadvertently retained after having transferred the genus to Haemulidae (Acanthuriformes part 4)
KYPHOSIDAE: deleted Kyphosus lutescens, jr. syn. of K. sectatrix per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes
Order LABRIFORMES (part 3)
CENTROGENYIDAE: added Centrogenys algrahami and C. pogonoskii, n. sp.
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 5)
SCIAENIDAE : per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, moved Paralonchurus elegans to Lonchurus
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 6)
NEMIPTERIDAE: raised Scolopsis regina from synonymy per Ishihara et al. (2023)
10 Jan. 2024
Order OSMERIFORMES
SALANGIDAE: added Salanx chinensis and Neosalanx taihuensis, overlooked taxa from 1765 and 1956, respectively; revised entry for Salanx
Order GOBIESOCIFORMES
GOBIESOCIDAE: deleted Briggsia, moving its one sp. to Lissonanchus per Fujiwara et al. (2023)
Order TETRAODONTIFORMES (part 2)
MOLIDAE: revised entry for Mola alexandrini, deleting comments about the validity of its name per evidence provided by Sawai & Nyegaard (2023)
4 Jan. 2024
Order ATHERINIFORMES (part 2)
MELANOTAENIIDAE: added Melanotaenia jakora, n. sp.
3 Jan. 2024
posted revisions of entries for families Iguanodectidae, Triportheidae, Bryconidae, Chalceidae and Gasteropelecidae, replacing pages for Order CHARACIFORMES (part 8)
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
added Turcinoemacheilus ansari, T. christofferi and T. moghbeli, n. sp.
31 Dec. 2023
Order SILURIFORMES (part 7)
SISORIDAE: added Glyptothorax heokheei, G. motbungensis and G. primusplicae, n. sp.
Order GYMNOTIFORMES
RHAMPHICHTHYIDAE: per Carvalho & Albert (2023), deleted Rhamphichthys marmoratus, replaced by R. pantherinus, a sr. syn., and deleted R. atlanticus and R. longior, both jr. syn. of R. pantherinus
STERNOPYGIDAE: added Eigenmannia catira, n. sp.
29 Dec. 2023
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 2)
RIVULIDAE: added Moema beltramonorum, Hypsolebias bonita and H. gongobira, n. sp.
28 Dec. 2023
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE
corrected spelling of Petitella rhodostomus to rhodostoma
Order GOBIIFORMES (parts 5 and 6)
GOBIIDAE: added Marcelogobius, n. g., with 3 sp. formerly in Didogobius; Peter, n. g., with 2 sp. formerly in Didogobius; and Didogobius lanceolatus, n. sp.
27 Dec. 2023
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily LABEONINAE
added Garra irangensis, n. sp.
Order BLENNIIFORMES (part 1)
TRIPTERYGIIDAE: added Enneapterygius olivaceus, n. sp.; per Dewa et al. (2023), resurrected Enneapterygius cerasinus, E. fuligicauda and E. minutus from synonymy, and deleted Enneapterygius similis (jr. syn. of E. fulgicauda) and E. unimaculatus (jr. syn. of E. cerasinus)
26 Dec. 2023
Family COBITIDAE
added nomenclatural note to Pangio mariarum
Family BALITORIDAE
per Luo et al. (2023), returned Hemimyzon elongatus and H. tchangi to Balitora
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, elevated Oxynoemacheilus frenatus afrenatus to full species
Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily LEUCISCINAE
added Squalius gaditanus and S. tartessicus, n. sp.; per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, reinstated Alburnus atropatenae as Petroleuciscus atropatenae
24 Dec. 2023
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 4)
GOBIIDAE: changed spelling of Callogobius clarkae to clarki with explanation
22 Dec. 2023
Order AULOPIFORMES
PARALEPIDIDAE: changed spelling of Notolepis coatsorum to coatsi with explanation
Order GOBIESOCIFORMES
GOBIESOCIDAE: changed spelling of Lissonanchus lusherae to lusheri with explanation
Order CARANGIFORMES (part 2)
BOTHIDAE: changed spelling of Monolene mertensae to mertensi with explanation
Order SPARIFORMES
SPARIDAE: changed spelling of Acanthopagrus morrisonae to morrisoni with explanation
20 Dec. 2023
added ETY-torial essay: Changing Names on Ethical Grounds: Six Reasons to Say “No”
Order ACROPOMATIFORMES
MALAKICHTHYIDAE: added Malakichthys formosus, n. sp.
19 Dec. 2023
Family ENGRAULIDAE
added Thryssa (as Thrissina) aurora, n. sp.; per Hata et al. (2023), resurrected Thryssa cuvierii from synonymy and deleted T. hamiltonii, jr. syn. of T. malabarica
Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily PLAGOPTERINAE
revised entries for Semotilus and S. atromaculatus
17 Dec. 2023
Order STOMIIFORMES
STOMIIDAE: added 4 n. sp.: Eustomias antea, E. bertrandi, E. lucenae and E. ophioglossa
16 Dec. 2023
Family DASYATIDAE
added Brevitrygon manjajiae, n. sp.
14 Dec. 2023
posted revisions of entries for family Characidae, subfamily Stevardiinae and subfamily Incertae sedis, replacing pages for Order CHARACIFORMES (part 7)
13 Dec. 2023
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE
per Esguícero & Mendonça (2023), added Axelrodia and its 2 sp., previously in Characidae subfamily Incertae sedis
8 Dec. 2023
Family OPHICHTHIDAE
added Ophichthus naevius, n. sp.
Order SILURIFORMES (part 6)
BAGRIDAE: added Mystus celator, n. sp.
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 2)
RIVULIDAE: added Hypsolebias lulai, n. sp.
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 3)
FUNDULIDAE: changed spelling of Fundulus herminiamatildarum to herminiamatildae with explanation
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 4)
APHANIIDAE: added Anatolichthys chantrei, provisionally considered as valid by Çiçek et al. (2023)
7 Dec. 2023
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 1)
added Aphyosemion lorai, n. sp., and Caeruleamsemion, n. sub. g. with 9 sp. formerly in Mesoaphyosemion; changed spelling of Aphyosemion lambertorum to lamberti with explanation; added nomenclatural note to Callopanchax sidibeorum
6 Dec. 2023
Family ALESTIDAE
two corrigenda to 1 Dec. entry, below: added Brycinus schoutedeni (inadvertently left out) and corrected placement of Brycinus tessmanni into Bryconalestes
4 Dec. 2023
Family BALITORIDAE
added Balitora anlongensis, n. sp.
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
added 5 n. sp.: Physoschistura mango, Triplophysa anlongensis, T. cehengensis, T. panzhouensis and T. rongduensis
Family DANIONIDAE Subfamily CHEDRINAE
added Cabdio occidentalis, n. sp.
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE
added biographical data to entry for Astyanax jordani
3 Dec. 2023
Family XENOCYPRIDIDAE
corrected spelling of Megalobrama mantschuricus to mantschurica; changed spelling of Sinibrama melroseae to melrosei with explanation; added taxonomic note to Megalobrama skolkovii
Family GOBIONIDAE
added Gobia latus, resurrected by Vasil’eva et al. (2023)
Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily LAVINIINAE
added taxonomic notes to Gila intermedia and G. nigra
1 Dec. 2023
Family ALESTIDAE
added Brachyalestes, resurrected by Stiassny et al. (2023), with 20 sp. formerly in Brycinus and one n. sp., B. jackiae; added Phenacogrammus concolor and P. flexus, overlooked sp. from 2021 [see also 6 Dec. entry, above]
30 Nov. 2023
Order GYMNOTIFORMES
RHAMPHICHTHYIDAE: changed spelling of Gymnorhamphichthys bogardusae to bogardusi with explanation
Order OPHIDIIFORMES (part 1)
OPHIDIIDAE: added Spectrunculus stenostio, n. sp., and S. radcliffei, elevated from synonymy per Uiblein et al. (2023)
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 2)
OXUDERCIDAE: added Awaous motla and Luciogobius griseus, n. sp.; per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, added Awaous gutum (overlooked sp. from 1822), and deleted Awaous hypselosoma (=aeneofuscus) and A. pallidus (=commersoni)
Order SCOMBRIFORMES (part 1)
SCOMBRIDAE: added Scomberomorus avirostrus, n. sp.
26 Nov. 2023
posted revisions of entries for family Characidae, subfamilies Spintherbolinae (Piquiras), Exodontinae (Toothy Characins), Tetragonopterinae (no common name), Characinae (Characines), Aphyocharacinae (Glass Characins) and Cheirodontinae (Cheirodontines), replacing pages for Order CHARACIFORMES (part 6)
21 Nov. 2023
revised essay, “A Fish-centric Guide to Zoological Nomenclature”
20 Nov. 2023
Family OPHICHTHIDAE Subfamily MYROPHINAE
added Muraenichthys hibinoi, n. sp.
17 Nov. 2023
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 1)
BUTIDAE: added Butis abdoui, B. audebertae and B. huberti, n. sp., and B. delagoensis, resurrected from synonymy per Keith & Mennesson (2023); corrected spelling of B. prismatica to prismaticus
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 5)
GOBIIDAE: added Eviota atauroensis, n. sp.; changed dates of Hazeus ammophilus and H. profusus from 2021 to 2023 with explanations; added nomenclatural note to Gobiodon howsoni
14 Nov. 2023
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 7)
GOBIIDAE: added Schindleria squirei, n. sp.
13 Nov. 2023
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE
slightly revised entries for Hemigrammus ulreyi, Hyphessobrycon scholzei, Jupiaba polylepis and Psalidodon marionae
12 Nov. 2023
Order PERCIFORMES (part 9)
SCORPAENIDAE: added Neomerinthe harenartis and N. ignea, n. sp.; per Matsumoto & Motomura 2023, deleted Neomerinthe procurva, jr. syn. of N. bucephalus; revised etymology of N. bucephalus
10 Nov. 2023
Order SALMONIFORMES
SALMONIDAE: added Salmo duhani, n. sp.
9 Nov. 2023
Order SILURIFORMES (part 7)
AMBLYCIPITIDAE: added Liobagrus geumgangensis, n. sp.
SISORIDAE: added Glyptothorax prionotos, and G. siangensis, n. sp.; per Sayyadzadeh et al. (2022), deleted Glyptothorax alidaeii, G. galaxias, G. hosseinpanahii and G. shapuri, all jr. syn. of G. silviae; per Ng & Kottelat (2023), deleted G. chavomensis, an unavailable name that would also be a jr. syn. of G. ngapang
8 Nov. 2023
Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily LEUCISCINAE
added Leuciscus oxianus, resurrected from synonymy per Kozhara et al. (2023)
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE
revised entries for Aphyodite, Hemigrammus analis, Hyphessobrycon notidanos, H. scutulatus and Jupiaba scologaster
6 Nov. 2023
Order PERCIFORMES (part 12)
TRIGLIDAE: added Pterygotrigla intermedica, n. sp.; changed spelling of Lepidotrigla larsonae to larsoni with explanation
4 Nov. 2023
Family ANOSTOMIDAE
added Leporinus oliveirai, n. sp.
Order GADIFORMES (part 1)
BREGMACEROTIDAE: added Bregmaceros moseri, n. sp.
1 Nov. 2023
posted revisions of entries for family Characidae/subfamily Stethoprioninae (American Tetras), replacing pages for Order CHARACIFORMES (parts 4 and 5)
30 Oct. 2023
Order ATHERINIFORMES (part 2)
PHALLOSTETHIDAE: added Phenacostethus sikat, n. sp.
29 Oct. 2023
Family GOBIONIDAE
added Gobio multipunctatus, n. sp.
28 Oct. 2023
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
added 10 n. sp.: Oreonectes damingshanensis, Oxynoemacheilus melenicus, O. sakaryaensis, Schistura ataranensis, S. hartli, S. kuehnei, S. myaekanbawensis, S. palma, S. peninsulae and Turcinoemacheilus ekmekciae; added taxonomic note to Barbatula vardarensis; added nomenclatural notes to Oxynoemacheilus veyselorum and Physoschistura raoi; changed spellings of Mesonoemacheilus remadeviae to remadevii, Paracobitis abrishamchianum to abrishamchiani, Paraschistura susianorum to susiani, and Schistura rosammae to rosammai, with explanations
27 Oct. 2023
Family KNERIIDAE
added Kneria luansaensis and K. maxi, n. sp.; changed spelling of Parakneria alytogrammus to alytogramma with explanation; corrected etymology of Kneria paucisquamata