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.
16 Nov. 2024
Family GOBIONIDAE
added Microphysogobio punctatus, n. sp.; deleted Microphysogobio elongatus (=tungtingensis) per Sun et al. (2024)
15 Nov. 2024
Family XENOCYPRIDIDAE
added 4 n. sp.: Opsariichthys iridescens, O. rubriventris, Parachela melanosticta and P. microlepis; per Page et al. (2024), added Parachela johorensis (removed from synonymy of P. oxygastroides), and deleted P. maculicauda (=johorensis), P. siamensis (=oxygastroides), and Oxygaster pointoni (=Parachela oxygastroides)
13 Nov. 2024
Family LORICARIIDAE Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE
added Chaetostoma sacramento and Pseudacanthicus nyktos, n. sp.; deleted Chaetostoma breve, jr. syn. of C. branickii per Meza-Vargas et al. (2024)
12 Nov. 2024
Family ANOSTOMIDAE
added Schizodon unimaculatus, n. sp.
11 Nov. 2024
Order SYNGNATHIFORMES (part 1)
NEROPHINAE: per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, reinstated (at least provisionally) Belonichthys, Coelonotus and Lophocampus, all previously regarded as synonyms of Microphis, and deleted Microphis platyrhynchus, jr. syn. of Coelonotus argulus; added Lophocampus (originally Microphis) arrakisae, n. sp.
10 Nov. 2024
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
added 13 n. sp.: Dzihunia pseudoamudarjensis, Indoreonectes amrabad, I. kalsubai, I. radhanagari, Karstsinnectes daxinensis, Lefua nishimurai, Oreonectes yuedongensis, O. zhangi, Paranemachilus luegvetensis, P. liui, Schistura sonarengaensis, Triplophysa yaluwang and T. ziyunensis; revised etymology of Homatula laxiclathra (thank you, Ernie Spencer)
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily CYPRININAE
added Sinocyclocheilus xiejiahuai, n. sp.
Order ATHERINIFORMES (part 2)
PSEUDOMUGILIDAE: added Kiunga auromarginata, K. filamentosa, K. leucozona and Pseudomugil halophilus, n. sp.
8 Nov. 2024
Family SPHYRNIDAE
added Sphyrna alleni, n. sp.
Family CENTROPHORIDAE
deleted Deania hystricosa, jr. syn. of D. calceus per Marrero et al. (2023)
3 Nov. 2024
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily SPINTHEROBOLINAE
per Melo et al. (2024), elevated Spintherobolinae to full family and moved Atopomesus (previously in Spintherobolinae) to Characidae: Characinae
2 Nov. 2024
Family OPHICHTHIDAE
corrected entry for Phaenomonas cooperae (thank you, Ernie Spencer)
1 Nov. 2024
Family ANOSTOMIDAE
added Leporinus inexpectatus, n. sp.
Order PERCIFORMES (part 6)
PERCIDAE: replaced Percina nigrofasciata raneyi with P. westfalli per Hayes & Piller (2018) (thank you, Thomas Lachenal)
Order PERCIFORMES (part 20)
COTTIDAE: added Procottus bicolor and P. minor per Bogdanov (2023); deleted Cottus scaturigo, jr. syn. of C. metae per Bravničar et al. (2021) (thank you, Thomas Lachenal, for all 3 revisions)
31 Oct. 2024
Order PERCIFORMES (part 6)
PERCIDAE: corrected entry for Etheostoma corona (thank you, Ernie Spencer)
29 Oct. 2024
Family DOROSOMATIDAE
revised entry for Nematalosa come
28 Oct. 2024
Family ETMOPTERIDAE
added Aculeola and A. nigra, inadvertently dropped from HTML and searchable database versions (thank you, Thomas Lachenal)
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE
added Enteromius cerinus, E. gamo, E. nzigidaherai and E. ruforum, n. sp.
Ordr MYCTOPHIFORMES
MYCTOPHIDAE: revised entry for Diaphus kora (thank you, Ernie Spencer)
26 Oct. 2024
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 8)
AMBASSIDAE: revised etymologies of Chanda baculis and C. ranga
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 10)
POMACENTRIDAE: added Amphiprion annamensis, overlooked sp. from 1932
25 Oct. 2024
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily LABEONINAE
added Garra dohjei and G. zubzaensis, n. sp.; revised etymologies of Cirrhinus reba and Labeo rohita
Family DANIONIDAE Subfamily CHEDRINAE
revised etymology of Salmostoma bacaila
Family DANIONIDAE Subfamily DANIONINAE
added Danio dichromatus, n. sp.
Order LABRIFORMES (part 2)
LABRIDAE: revised entry for Pseudocheilinus citrinus
24 Oct. 2024
posted revisions for family SALMONIDAE (Salmonids)
22 Oct. 2024
Family MEGALOPIDAE
revised entry of Megalops cyprinoides
20 Oct. 2024
Order GADIFORMES (part 1)
LOTIDAE: revised etymology of Lota lota (thank you, Holger Funk)
19 Oct. 2024
Order CARANGIFORMES (part 2)
PLEURONECTIDAE: relegated Platichthys luscus to a sub. sp. of P. flesus per prevailing usage; revised etymology of Clidoderma
18 Oct. 2024
Family SOMNIOSIDAE
revised etymology of Centroscymnus (thank you, Ernie Spencer)
Order CARANGIFORMES (part 1)
TRACHINOTIDAE: corrected entry of Lichia amia (thank you, Holger Funk)
Order CARANGIFORMES (part 3)
ACHIRIDAE: revised entry of Achirus declivis
17 Oct. 2024
Family HYPOPOMIDAE
added Microsternarchus schonmanni, n. sp.
15 Oct. 2024
Family NOTOPTERIDAE
revised etymology of Chitala chitala; added taxonomic note to Chitala hypselonotus
Family CRENUCHIDAE
added Characidium varii, n. sp.; revised etymology of Characidium heirmostigmata
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily CHEIRODONTINAE
revised etymology of Aphyocheirodon hemigrammus
14 Oct. 2024
Order SYNBRANCHIFORMES
SYNBRANCHIDAE: added Ophisternon berlini, n. sp.
11 Oct. 2024
Family ESOCIDAE
revised etymology of Esox lucius (thank you, Holger Funk)
Order GOBIIFORMES (parts 4 and 6)
GOBIIDAE: moved Chriolepis atrimelum to Pinnichthys per Tornabene et al. (2016) and Fuentes et al. (2023) (thank you, Thomas Lachenal)
Order CICHLIFORMES (parts 3, 4 and 5)
CICHLIDAE: PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE: added Haplochromis paludinosus, overlooked sp. from 1980; per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, moved Hemichromis exsul to Rubricatochromis and reinstated Neolamprolongus brichardi; revised entry for Oreochromis niloticus cancellatus
10 Oct. 2024
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 1)
BUTIDAE: added Bostrychus donghaiensis, n. sp.
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 7)
GOBIIDAE: added Sueviota aethon, n. sp.
9 Oct. 2024
Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE Subfamily TRICHOMYCTERINAE
added 5 n. sp.: Cambeva atrobrunnea, C. galactica, C. luteoreticulata, C. perobana and C. rotundipinna
Family SISORIDAE
added 2 n. sp.: Glyptothorax pongoensis and Oreoglanis brevicula
Order BERYCIFORMES
Family MELAMPHIDAE: added Melamphaes uniformis, overlooked sp. from 2013 and corrected spelling of Melamphaes succedanaus to succedaneus (thank you, Thomas Lachenal)
8 Oct. 2024
Order OPHIDIIFORMES (part 1)
OPHIDIIDAE: inadvertently placed Porogadus melanocephalus in Tenuicephalichthys and Tenuicephalichthys melampeplus in Porogadus; now corrected (thank you, Thomas Lachenal)
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 2)
OXUDERCIDAE: added 3 overlooked sp.: Gymnogobius nakamurae, Hemigobius crassus and H. mingi; deleted Awaous fluviatilis, jr. syn. of A. litturatus per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes
Order PERCIFORMES (part 7)
BATHYDRACONIDAE: added Akarotaxis gouldae, n. sp.
5 Oct. 2024
Family ENGRAULIDAE
added Stolephorus taurus, overlooked sp. from 2022 (thank you, Thomas Lachenal)
Order PERCIFORMES (part 9)
SCORPAENIDAE: added Neochirus, n. g. from 2023, with 5 sp. formerly in Dendrochirus; per Chou et al. (2023), elevated Pteropterus from synonymy, with 7 sp. formerly in Pterois, and elevated Nemapterois (subgenus of Dendrochirus) to full genus; deleted Parascorpaena bandanensis, jr. syn. of Sebastapistes strongia per Cabebe-Barnuevo et al. (2024)
4 Oct. 2024
posted revisions for family ESOCIDAE (Pikes and Mudminnows), replacing pages for Order ESOCIFORMES (now placed in Salmoniformes) and combining families Esocidae and Umbridae into one per Near and Thacker (2024)
3 Oct. 2024
Family SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE
added Ilyophis maclainei, n. sp.
1 Oct. 2024
posted revisions for family LEPIDOGALAXIIDAE (Salamanderfish), replacing pages for Order LEPIDOGALAXIIFORMES
30 Sept. 2024
posted revisions for families GYMNOTIDAE (Nakedback Knifefishes and Electric Eels), RHAMPHICHTHYIDAE (Sand Knifefishes), HYPOPOMIDAE (Bluntnose Knifefishes), STERNOPYGIDAE (Glass Knifefishes) and APTERONOTIDAE (Ghost Knifefishes), replacing pages for Order GYMNOTIFORMES
29 Sept. 2024
Order BLENNIIFORMES (part 2)
BLENNIIDAE: added Antennablennius persicus, resurrected from synonymy per Estekani et al. (2024)
28 Sept. 2024
Family BAGRIDAE
added Pseudomystus tuberosus, n. sp.; deleted Pseudomystus carnosus, jr. syn. of P. moeschii per Ng & Tan (2024)
27 Sept. 2024
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 2)
RIVULIDAE: added Melanorivulus melanopterus and M. terena, n. sp.
26 Sept. 2024
Family PSILORHYNCHIDAE
added Psilorhynchus kosygini, n. sp.
25 Sept. 2024
Order GADIFORMES (part 1)
GAIDROPSARIDAE: added Gaidropsarus mauritanicus, n. sp.
24 Sept. 2024
Family MURAENIDAE
added Gymnothorax arabicus, n. sp.
Family LORICARIIDAE Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE
revised etymology of Exastilithoxus
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 3)
OXUDERCIDAE: added Rhinogobius lithopolychroma, R. nami, R. rong and R. sudoccidentalis, n. sp.
23 Sept. 2024
Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE Subfamily MICROCAMBEVINAE
added Listrura bernunssa, n. sp.
21 Sept. 2024
Family CETOPSIDAE
revised entry of Helogenes
20 Sept. 2024
Family CRENUCHIDAE
added Characidium itarare, n. sp.
19 Sept. 2024
Order BERYCIFORMES
MELAMPHAIDAE: added Scopeloberyx shakhovskoyi, n. sp.
17 Sept. 2024
Order GADIFORMES (part 2)
MACROURIDAE: revised entries for Coelorinchus and Coelorinchus caelorhincus caelorhincus
16 Sept. 2024
posted revisions for families HEPTAPTERIDAE (Three-barbeled Catfishes), PIMELODIDAE (Long-whiskered Catfishes), PHREATOBIIDAE (Cistern Catfishes), and PSEUDOPIMELODIDAE (Bumblebee Catfishes), replacing pages for Order SILURIFORMES (part 11)
15 Sept. 2024
Family GYMNURIDAE
added Gymnura afuerae, resurrected from synonymy by Ehemann et al. (2024)
14 Sept. 2024
Family ALESTIDAE
deleted Brycinus luteus, jr. syn. of B. leuciscus per Lederoun et al. (2024)
Order PERCIFORMES (part 22)
LIPARIDAE: added Careproctus barbatulus, C. longibarbatus, C. spinulosus and Crystallichthys longirostris, n. sp.
13 Sept. 2024
Family MORINGUIDAE
added Neoconger hygomi, n. sp.; added Neoconger anaelisae and N. torrei, resurrected from synonymy by Smith et al. (2024)
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 9)
PSEUDOCHROMIDAE: revised entry for Pseudochromis caudalis
Order LABRIFORMES (parts 1 & 2)
LABRIDAE: deleted Clepticus and Semicossyphus, transferring their sp. to Bodianus per Santini et al. (2016); deleted Choerodon japonicus, replaced by C. albofasciatus with explanation; revised entries for Bodianus (Pseudolepidaplois), Bodianus (Euhypsocara) and Choerodon cauteroma
12 Sept. 2024
Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (part 1)
MYCTOPHIDAE: revised entry for Notoscopelus caudispinosus (thank you, Ernie Spencer)
11 Sept. 2024
Order SYNGNATHIFORMES (part 1)
SYNGNATHIDAE: added Cylix nkosi, n. sp.; added Hippocampus alatus and H. multispinus, resurrected from synonymy by Allen & Erdmann (2024) and other references
10 Sept. 2024
Family COBITIDAE
added Lepidocephalichthys balios, n. sp.
Family TRIPORTHEIDAE
added Triportheus claudiae, n. sp.
9 Sept. 2024
Family GASTROMYZONTIDAE
revised etymology of Formosania stigmata
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
revised entry for Triplophysa microphysus
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 7)
GOBIIDAE: added Trimma cavicapum, n. sp.
8 Sept. 2024
Order PERCIFORMES (part 15)
STICHAEIDAE and CEBIDICHTHYIDAE: moved Dictysoma and Esselenichthys from Stichaaeidae to Cebidichthyidae per Near and Thacker (2024); revised etymology of Cebidichthys (thank you, Ernie Spencer)
7 Sept. 2024
Family GOBIONIDAE
added Microphysogobio heterocheilus, overlooked sp. from 2021; added Pseudogobio longirostris (missing from PDF only); corrected spelling of Gobiobotia incarinatus to incarinata with explanation; corrected authorship of Gobiobotia bouommatos and G. incarinata from Man, Chen & Zhang 2024 to Wang, Chen & Zhang 2024; demoted Microphysogobio nikolskii to an unavailable name per Endruweit (2024)
6 Sept. 2024
Family DANIONIDAE Subfamilies RASBORINAE and DANIONINAE
changed spellings of Rasbora microcephalus to microcephala and Microdevario microphthalma to microphthalmus per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes; revised etymology of Laubuka caeruleostigmata; revised entries for Rasbora armitagei and R. baliensis (thank you, Ernie Spencer)
Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily POGONICHTHYINAE
added nomemclatural footnote to Lythrurus
5 Sept. 2024
Order OPHIDIIFORMES (part 1)
OPHIDIIDAE and CARAPIDAE: per Wong & Chen (2024), moved Hypopleuron caninum from Ophidiidae to Carapidae, placing it in its own subfamily (per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes), Hyperpleuroninae
OPHIDIIDAE: added Ophidion galapagensis, n. sp.; per Girard et al. (2024), deleted Tauredophidium and Xyelacyba, moving their species to Acanthonus; moved Monomitopus americanus to its original genus, Selachophidium (spelling revised to americanum) per Girard & Johnson (2024); replaced Tenuicephalus Schwarzhans & Møller 2021, preoccupied in fossil spiders, with Tenuicephalichthys Schwarzhans & Møller 2024
Order TETRAODONTIFORMES (part 1)
TETRAODONTIDAE: revised taxonomic note for Takifugu
4 Sept. 2024
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily SPINIBARBINAE
changed date from 2001 to 2002 for Spinibarbichthys ovalius and Spinibarbus babeensis
Family ACHEILOGNATHIDAE
changed date from 2001 to 2002 for Acheilognathus fasciodorsalis and A. imfasciodorsalis
Family TANICHTHYIDAE
changed date from 2001 to 2002 for Tanichthys thacbaensis
Family AMBLYCIPITIDAE
changed date from 2005 to 2006 for Nahangbagrus and N. songamensis
3 Sept. 2024
Family ENGRAULIDAE
corrected etymology of Anchoa januaria
Family BOTIIDAE
changed date from 2005 to 2006 for Parabotia kimluani and P. vancuongi
2 Sept. 2024
Family BALITORIDAE
changed date from 2005 to 2006 for Balitora haithanhi, B. vanlani, B. vanlongi, Sinogastromyzon daon, S. hypercorpus, S. maon, S. hagiangensis, S. multiocellum and S. namnaensis
Order KURTIFORMES
APOGONIDAE: revised entry for Ostorhinchus cavitensis
31 Aug. 2024
Family RHINOCHIMAERIDAE
added Harriotta avia, n. sp.
Family SQUALIDAE
added Squalus hima, n. sp.
Family DASYATIDAE
added Neotrygon yakkoei, n. sp.; deleted Neotrygon vali, jr. syn. of N. kuhlii per Allen & Erdmann (2024); revised entry for for N. annotata
Family AUCHENOGLANIDIDAE
added Parauchenoglanis stiassnyae, n. sp.
30 Aug. 2024
Order LOPHIIFORMES (part 1)
LOPHIIDAE: added Lophiomus carusoi, L. immaculioralis and L. nigriventris, n. sp.; resurrected Lophiomus laticeps from synonymy per Chen et al. (2024)
ANTENNARIIDAE: revised entry for Lophicharon (thank you, Ernie Spencer)
Order ACROPOMATIFORMES
CHAMPSODONTIDAE: revised etymology of Champsodon
CREEDIIDAE: revised entry of Chalixodytes tauensis
SYNAGROPIDAE: added Synagrops atrumoris, n. sp.; deleted Synagrops bellus, jr. syn. of S. japonicus per Mediodia et al. (2024)
27 Aug. 2024
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE
revised etymology of Hemigrammus erythrozonus
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily STEVARDIINAE
revised etymologies of Ceratobranchia and Creagrutus melanzonus
Order TETRAODONTIFORMES (part 1)
TETRAODONTIDAE: deleted taxonomic note from Takifugu guttulatus
26 Aug. 2024
Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE Subfamily TRICHOMYCTERINAE
added Cambeva damnata, Trichomycterus choroloensis, T. galvisi, T. macareguaensis, T. santuarioensis and T. simacotaensis, n. sp.
Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE Subfamily TRIDENTINAE
added Rhinotridens britskii, n. sp.
21 Aug. 2024
Order TETRAODONTIFORMES (part 1)
TETRAODONTIDAE: added Torquigener heemstrai, n. sp.; deleted Torquigener balteus, jr. syn. of T. marleyi per Matsuura (2024); changed authorship of Takifugu from Marshall & Palmer 1950 to Abe 1949 with explanation
Order TETRAODONTIFORMES (part 2)
MONACANTHIDAE: changed date of Cantherhines macrocerus from 1853 to 1843 with explanation
OSTRACIIDAE: revised etymology of Lactophrys bicaudalis
20 Aug. 2024
Family OPHICHTHIDAE Subfamily OPHICHTHINAE
added Ophichthus suryai, n. sp.
18 Aug. 2024
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 1)
ODONTOBUTIDAE: added Microdous hanlini, n. sp.
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 2)
OXUDERCIDAE: added Luciogobius opisthoproctus, n. sp.
17 Aug. 2024
Order GADIFORMES (part 2)
MACROURIDAE: revised entries for Cetonurus and C. crassiceps; changed spelling of Coelorinchus celaenostoma to celaenostomus with explanation
16 Aug. 2024
Family GASTROMYZONTIDAE
added Beaufortia granulopinna, B. viridis and Vanmanenia duci, n. sp.; deleted provisional status comments from Vanmanenia microlepis, V. monofasciodorsala, V. multiloba, V. nahangensis, V. trifasciodorsalata and V. ventrosquamata; changed dates of Annamia thuathienensis, Sewellia analis, S. media, S. monolabiata, S. trakhucensis, Vanmanenia caobangensis and V. nahangensis from 2005 to 2006
Family LORICARIIDAE Subfamily LORICARIINAE
added Rhadinoloricaria andaki, n. sp.
15 Aug. 2024
Order HOLOCENTRIFORMES
HOLOCENTRIDAE: changed date of Plectrypops retrospinis from 1853 to 1843 with explanation
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 10)
POMACENTRIDAE: changed date of Azurina multilineata from 1853 to 1843 with explanation
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 4)
LUTJANIDAE: changed date of Apsilus dentatus from 1853 to 1843 with explanation
14 Aug. 2024
Family LORICARIIDAE Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE
added Hypostomus cari, H. caudofasciatus, Panaqolus orcesi and P. pantostiktos, n. sp.; deleted Hypostomus carvalhoi, H. jaguribensis, H. nudiventris, H. papariae, and H. salgadae, all jr. syn. of H. pusarum per Lustosa-Costa et al. (2024)
Order CICHLIFORMES (parts 6 & 7)
CICHLINAE: added Aequidens pirilampo, n. sp.; reinstated Kihnichthys per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, moving its one sp. from Cincelichthys
13 Aug. 2024
Family XENOCYPRIDIDAE
per Deng et al. (2024), resurrected Siniichthys from synonymy with 3 sp. (bleeker, lucidus, varpachovskii) formerly in Hemiculter, resurrected Hemiculter tchangi from synonymy, and deleted H. nigromarginis (=tchangi) and H. clupeoides (=Siniichthys bleekeri); changed date of Hemiculterella and H. sauvagei from 1888 to 1887; changed dates of Hemiculter elongatus, Pseudohemiculter pacboensis and Hemiculter songhongensis from 2001 to 2002
12 Aug. 2024
posted revisions for families ASPREDINIDAE (Banjo Catfishes), DORADIDAE (Thorny Catfishes), AUCHENIPTERIDAE (Driftwood Catfishes), CRANOGLANIDIDAE (Armorhead Catfishes), and ICTALURIDAE (North American Freshwater Catfishes), replacing pages for Order SILURIFORMES (part 10)
9 Aug. 2024
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 2)
RIVULIDAE: added Atlantirivulus enigmaticus and Austrolebias ayoreode, n. sp.; raised 9 sub. g. of Austrolebias (Acantholebias, Acrolebias, Amatolebias, Cypholebias, Garcialebias, Gymnolebias, Matilebias, Megalebias, Titanolebias) to full genera per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 4)
POECILIIDAE: changed date of Poecilia vittata from 1853 to 1843 with explanation
4 Aug. 2024
Family UROTRYGONIDAE
added Urotrygon asterias, resurrected from synonymy by Ehemann et al. (2024)
3 Aug. 2024
Order BELONIFORMES
ADRIANICHTHYIDAE: added Oryzias moramoensis, n. sp.
EXOCOETIDAE: added Cypselurus persimilis, and Cypselurus angusticeps folletti, C. naresii albitaenia, C. n. ordinarius and C. n. septentrionalis, n. ssp.; per Shakhovskoy & Parin (2024), resurrected Cypselurus naresii socotranus and Cypselurus opisthopus crockeri from synonymy
BELONIDAE: deleted Belone acus, jr. syn. of B. belone per Ozturk (2024)
2 Aug. 2024
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 3)
OXUDERCIDAE: added Stiphodon chlorestes, n. sp.; revised etymology of Rhinogobius cervicosquamus
1 Aug. 2024
Order SYNBRANCHIFORMES
MASTACEMBELIDAE: added Sinobdella longitubulus, n. sp.; corrected second mention of Mastacembelus pani Endruweit 2024 to Mastacembelus truttoides Endruweit 2024 (p. 8, PDF only)
31 July 2024
Order PERCIFORMES (part 2)
BEMBROPIDAE: changed spelling of Bembrops filiferus to filifer with explanation
Order PERCIFORMES (part 7)
CHANNICHTHYIDAE: revised etymology of Champsocephalus
Order PERCIFORMES (part 9)
SCORPAENIDAE: added Neomerinthe costata and N. parallelaspina, n. sp.; changed spellings of Parapterois heterurus to heterura and Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus to oxycephala
Order PERCIFORMES (part 20)
COTTIDAE: changed spelling of Radulinopsis derjavini to derzhavini with explanation
30 July 2024
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE
added Enteromius niggie, n. sp., and Systomus rubripinnis, now treated as valid by Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes; revised entries for Enteromius erythrozonus and Systomus orphoides
29 July 2024
Family CALLICHTHYIDAE
per Dias et al. (2024), split Corydoras into 5 genera, with 4 genera resurrected from synonymy: Brochis, Gastrodermus, Hoplisoma and Osteogaster (with many revisions to the spellings of adjectival names), and moved Corydoras lacerdai to Scleromystax; added Corydoras iiap, n. sp.
26 July 2024
Order PERCIFORMES (part 5)
EPINEPHELIDAE: deleted Mycteroperca profundorum, jr. syn. of M. bonaci per Craig & Robertson (2023); revised entry for Epinephelus caninus
24 July 2024
Family RAJIDAE
added Leucoraja longirostris, n. sp.
Family CONGRIDAE
added Ariosoma thoothukudiense, n. sp.; corrected spelling of Ariosoma howensis to howense to agree with neuter genus
Family PRISTIGASTERIDAE
revised etymology of Chirocentrodon
23 July 2024
Order MUGILIFORMES
MUGILIDAE: per Bogorodsky et al. (2024), deleted Crenimugil, jr. syn. of the resurrected Moolgarda, resurrected Moolgarda cirrhostoma (sp. inq.) and M. delicata from synonymy, moved Osteomugil cunnesius and Planiliza tade to Moolgarda, and deleted Crenimugil buchanani and C. pedaraki (both = Moolgarda tade); per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, changed author of Moolgarda sehel and M. tade from Forsskål to Fabricius
21 July 2024
Family ENGRAULIDAE
added Stolephorus astrum and S. brevis, n. sp.
19 July 2024
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily LABEONINAE
added 2 n. g., Pseudoplacocheilus with 1 sp. (cryptonemus) formerly in Placocheilus, and Supradiscus with 2 sp. (incisorbis, micropulvinus) formerly in Ageneiogarra; added Placocheilus robustus, resurrected from synonymy by Li et al. (2024); moved Garra theunensis to Ageneiogarra per Tangjitjaroen et al. (2023); changed dates from 2001 to 2002 for Altigena binhluensis, A.daos, A. loos, Bangana xanthogenys songloensis, Discogobio caobangi, D. pacboensis, Mekongina bibarba, Placocheilus bibarbatus and P. imbarbatus
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily STEVARDIINAE
added Chrysobrycon calamar, n. sp.
Order BLENNIIFORMES (part 1)
TRIPTERYGIIDAE: added Enneapterygius rubrimarginatus and E. viridicauda, n. sp.; reinstated Enneapterygius similis from synonymy per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes
Order BLENNIIFORMES (part 2)
BLENNIIDAE: changed authorship of Salaria from Forsskål 1775 to Bath 1977 with explanation
18 July 2024
Order GADIFORMES (part 1)
MORIDAE: corrected spellings of Lepidion ensiferus to ensiferum, L. capensis to capense, L. microcephalus to microcephalum, and L. natalensis to natalense
17 July 2024
Order LABRIFORMES (part 1)
LABRIDAE: added Coris schroederii, overlooked sp. from 1858
Order LABRIFORMES (part 3)
CHEIMARRICHTHYIDAE: changed spelling of Cheimarrichthys fosterae to fosteri with explanation
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 5)
SCIAENIDAE: corrected spelling of Pennahia macrocephalus to macrocephala and revised entry; revised entry for Nibea acuta
16 July 2024
Family COBITIDAE
added Cobitis feroniae, n. sp.; added Cobitis osurgeticus, resurrected from obscurity by Vasil’eva et al. 2024; changed date of Cobitis guttatus from 2005 to 2006
Order CARANGIFORMES (part 2)
PLEURONECTIDAE: corrected spelling of Pleuronichthys macrocephala to macrocephalus
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 4)
LUTJANIDAE: deleted Pterocaesio flavifasciata, jr. syn. of P. (Squamosicaesio) marri per Kar et al. (2024)
5 July 2024
Order SYNGNATHIFORMES (part 2)
MULLIDAE: added Upeneus andamanensis, U. aurorae, U. brevignathus and U. huan, n. sp.; added Mullus argentinae africanus, overlooked sub. sp. from 2011; per Uiblein et al. (2024), deleted Upeneus xanthogrammus, jr. syn. of Mulloidichthys dentatus, and provisionally demoted Mullus ponticus to a sub. sp. of M. barbatus; added taxonomic note to Upeneichthys porosus
3 July 2024
Order PERCIFORMES (part 4)
ANTHIADIDAE: added Compsanthias, n. g., with 2 sp. (hawaiiensis, ventralis) formerly in Pseudanthias; in HTML version only, moved Pyronotanthias bimaculatus to Pseudanthias and Pseudanthias bimarginatus to Pyronotanthias, inadvertently placed there by us (thank you, Anthony Gill, for the corrections)
2 July 2024
Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE Subfamily VANDELLIINAE
added Paravandellia brooksi, P. luna and P. oscarleoni, n. sp.; per Henschel et al. (2024), moved Paracanthopoma alleynei and P. vampyra to Paravandellia
30 June 2024
posted revisions for families CLARIIDAE (Airbreating Catfishes), HETEROPNEUSTIDAE (Airsac Catfishes), ANCHARIIDAE (Malagasy Catfishes), and ARIIDAE (Sea Catfishes), replacing pages for Order SILURIFORMES (part 9)
Family BAGRIDAE
revised etymology of Bagrus
28 June 2024
Family MYXINIDAE
added Eptatretus bahamensis, n. sp.
Family CHIMAERIDAE
added Chimaera stellata, n. sp.
Order CARANGIFORMES (part 4)
SOLEIDAE: revised entry for Zebrias cancellatus (thank you, Ernie Spencer!)
27 June 2024
Family GOBIONIDAE
added Gobiobotia bouommatos and G. incarnatus, n. sp.; per Man et al. (2024), resurrected Gobiobotia fukiensis and G. intermedia from synonymy; per Chen et al. (2022), deleted Progobiobotia, unwarranted sub. g. of Gobiobotia; revised entries of Abbotina lalinensis and Gobiobotia; changed dates of Abbottina binhi, Hemibarbus songloensis, H. thacmoensis, Placogobio, Placogobio bacmeensis, P. nahangensis, Pseudogobio banggiangensis and Sarcocheilichthys caobangensis from 2001 to 2002
Order STOMIIFORMES
STOMIIDAE: added Eustomias robertsi, n. sp.
Order AULOPIFORMES
AULOPIDAE: added Aulopus chirichignoae, n. sp.
26 June 2024
Family CONGRIDAE
revised entry of Diploconger polystigmatus
Family DISTICHODONTIDAE
added Nannocharax skeltoni, n. sp.
25 June 2024
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
added Karstsinnectes longzhouensis, Oxynoemacheilus fatmae, Physoschistura longibulla and Yunnanilus polylepis, n. sp.; deleted Lefua hoffmani, jr. syn. of Oreonectes platycephalus per Ito (2024); revised entry of Triplophysa siluroides; changed dates of Schistura hoai and Traccatichthys bacmeensis from 2005 to 2006
24 June 2024
Family MYLIOBATIDAE
corrected spellings of Myliobatis peruvianus and M. tenuicaudatus to peruviana and tenuicaudata, respectively
Family MORINGUIDAE
corrected spelling of Moringua macrocephalus to macrocephala
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily CYPRININAE
added Poropuntius anlaoensis and Sinocyclocheilus guiyang, n. sp.; per Hoàng et al. (2024), deleted Hypsibarbus annamensis and H. macrosquamatus (both = Poropuntius krempfi), deleted Poropuntius angustus (=huangchuchieni), deleted Poropuntius aluoiensis and P. bantamensis (both =laoensis), deleted Poropuntius baolacensis, P. brevispinis and P. rhomboides (all =alloiopleurus), deleted Poropuntius bolovenensis, P. consternans and P. normani (all =deauratus), and deleted Poropuntius yalyensis (=kontumensis); per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, deleted Poropuntius susanae (=cogginii)
Family CYPRININAE Subfamily ACROSSOCHEILINAE
per Hoàng et al. (2024), deleted Acrossocheilus macrophthalmus and A. xamensis, both jr. syn. of Poropuntius alloiopleurus in Subfamily CYPRININAE; changed date of Onychostoma babeense from 2001 to 2002 and added taxonomic note
Family CYPRININAE Subfamily SCHIZOPYGOPSINAE
corrected spellings of Schizopygopsis eckloni scoliostomus to scoliostoma and S. microcephalus to microcephala
22 June 2024
Family LORICARIIDAE Subfamily LORICARIINAE
added Rineloricaria paraibensis, n. sp.
21 June 2024
Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE Subfamily TRICHOMYCTERINAE
added Cambeva difficilis, Trichomycterus antiquus, T. curitiensis and T. sanchezi, n. sp.
Order TETRAODONTIFORMES (part 2)
MONACANTHIDAE: revised entry for Cantherhines and corrected entry for Cantheschenia (thank you, Ernie Spencer, for both!)
20 June 2024
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE
added Enteromius quinquepunctatus, sp. inq.
Family CURIMATIDAE
added Cyphocharax orion, n. sp.
19 June 2024
Family CHARACIDAE Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE
added Hyphessobrycon citrus, n. sp.; revised entry for Hyphessobrycon cachimbensis
18 June 2024
Order GYMNOTIFORMES
HYPOPOMIDAE: added Microsternarchus longicaudatus, n. sp.
STERNOPYGIDAE: added Eigenmannia macuxi, n. sp.
16 June 2024
Family SERRASALMIDAE
added Myloplus aylan and M. sauron, n. sp.
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (parts 3 and 4)
PANTANODONTIDAE: added Eremodon, n. g. with 2 n. sp. (cochlear, kifuani), Aliteranodon effusorium, n. sp., and Malagodon honahona, n. sp.; per Huber & Meinema (2024), moved Lacustricola jeanneli from PROCATOPODIDAE to Eremodon
15 June 2024
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 6)
LETHRINIDAE: added Gymnocranius indicus, n. sp.
Order PERCIFORMES (part 20)
COTTIDAE: added Cottus dorofeevi, n. sp.
14 June 2024
Order GOBIIFORMES (parts 2 and 4)
per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, moved Oligolepis dasi (OXUDERCIDAE) to Acentrogobius (GOBIIDAE) with note about species inquirenda status
Order GOBIIFORMES (parts 5 and 6)
GOBIIDAE: added Eviota bacata, Glossogobius biorbitalis and G. quindecimradiatus, n. sp.; per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes and other sources, deleted Opua, moving its one sp. (nephodes) to Hazeus; added taxonomic notes to Glossogobius circumspectus and G. sandakanensis; corrected spelling of Myersina papuanus to papuana
Order ANABANTIFORMES (part 3)
ANABANTIDAE: deleted Anabas tongtruongensis, jr. syn. of A. testudineus per Endruweit (2024)
CHANNIDAE: per Endruweit (2024), deleted Channa ninhbinhensis, jr. syn. of C. hoaluensis, and replaced C. cocnhayia with the newly elevated C. longistomata; added taxonomic notes to Channa maculata and C. hoaluensis
Order PERCIFORMES (part 6)
PERCIDAE: elevated Allohistium, subgenus of Etheostoma, to full g. per Page et al. (2023); corrected spelling of Nothonotus rubrus to ruber
12 June 2024
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 3)
OXUDERCIDAE: added the following n. sp.: Redigobius fotuno, Rhinogobius (as Sinogobius) allornatus, R. (as Pseudorhinobobius) amoniceps, R. bufonius, R. (as Sinogobius) epikalymma, R. (as Zhuquella) fasciatus, R. (as Pseudorhinobobius) gladius, R. (as Zhuquella) instabilis, R. (as Zhuquella) jingae, R. (as Pseudorhinobobius) juno, R. (as Tukugobius) macroura, R. (as Pseudorhinogobius) mangificus, R. (as Zhuquella) margaritatus, R. (as Sinogobius) occidentalis, R. (as Pseudorhinobobius) pulcher, R. (as Sinogobius) qilin, R. (as Pseudorhinobobius) retigena, R. (as Zhuquella) splendens, R. (as Pseudorhinobobius) valentulus and R. (as Zhuquella) zhuquella; added Tomiyama, n. g., with 1 sp. (nudicervica ) formerly in Tridentiger; per Endruweit (2024), made the following sets of changes: (A) elevated 3 sp. from synonymy, Rhinogobius (as Sinogobius) cervicosquamus, R. longipinnis, R. (as Zhuquella) wui, and Taenioides tonkinensis; (B) elevated Triaenopogon from synonymy with 2 sp. (barbatus, radiatus) formerly in Tridentiger; and (C) deleted Rhinogobius aporus, syn. of R. (as Pseudorhinogobius) lentiginis, R. bedfordi, syn of. Tridentiger obscurus, R. longyanensis, syn. of R. (as Zhuquella) changtinensis, and R. ponkouensis, syn. of R. (as Zhuquella) lungwoensis; corrected date of Rhinogobius imfasciocaudatus from 2005 to 2006
9 June 2024
Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily LAVINIINAE
corrected entry of Gila coerulea (thank you, Ernie Spencer!)
7 June 2024
Family SISORIDAE
added Pareuchiloglanis brevicaudata, overlooked sp. inq. from 2006; corrected dates of Pareuchiloglanis dorsoarcus, P. namdeensis, P. phongthoensis and P. tamduongensis from 2005 to 2006
6 June 2024
Family LORICARIIDAE Subfamily LORICARIINAE
added Loricaria thomasi, n. sp.
Order OPHIDIIFORMES (part 2)
DINEMATICHTHYIDAE: revised etymology of Alionematichthys piger
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 4)
GOBIIDAE: added Cryptocentrus venustus, elevated from synonymy by Endruweit (2024)
5 June 2024
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 2)
OXUDERCIDAE: added Ilogton ilogton, n. g. and n. sp.; deleted Mugilogobius nuicocensis, jr. syn. of M. myxodermus per Endruweit (2024)
4 June 2024
Family PLOTOSIDAE
revised entry for Neosilurus
3 June 2024
Family BAGRIDAE
corrected dates of Tachysurus brevirostris, T. longispinalis, T. tonkinensis and T. yeni from 2005 to 2006
Order LOPHIIFORMES (part 1)
OGCOCEPHALIDAE: corrected entry for Halieutopsis murrayi (thank you, David Kelly!)
Order LOPHIIFORMES (part 2)
GIGANTACTINIDAE: added Gigantactis paresca, n. sp.
2 June 2024
Order LABRIFORMES (part 2)
LABRIDAE: changed spelling of Pseudocoris heteropterus to heteroptera with explanation
Order ACROPOMATIFORMES
LATEOLABRACIDAE: per Endruweit (2024), deleted Lateolabrax lyiuy (=japonicus) and added L. spilonotus, elevated from synonymy
Order TETRAODONTIFORMES (part 1)
TETRAODONTIDAE: added Takifugu guttulatus, elevated from synonymy by Endruweit (2024); added taxonomic note to Takifugu plagiocellatus
1 June 2024
Order CENTRARCHIFORMES
SINIPERCIDAE: added Siniperca robusta, replacing S. vietnamensis, a nomen nudum
31 May 2024
Order SYNBRANCHIFORMES
SYNBRANCHIDAE: corrected dates of Monopterus bicolor and M. dienbienensis from 2005 to 2006
MASTACEMBELIDAE: added Mastacembelus pani, M. truttoides and Sinobdella magnificus, n. sp.; per Endruweit (2024), resurrected Sinobdella anguillaris from synonymy of S. sinensis, elevated Sinobdella sinensis kobayashii to full sp., and deleted Mastacembelus liemphuensis (=undulatus); revised entry for Sinobdella sinensis; corrected date of Mastacembelus dienbienensis from 2005 to 2006
Order ANABANTIFORMES
OSPHRONEMIDAE: corrected dates of Macropodus lineatus, M. oligolepis and M. phongnhaensis from 2005 to 2006
CHANNIDAE: added Channa kachina, n. sp.
30 May 2024
added new Family DICHICHTHYIDAE (Bristle Sharks), with one new. g. and sp., Dichichthys satoi, and 4 sp. transferred from Family PENTANCHIDAE (Parmaturus albimarginatus, P. bigus, P. melanobranchus and P. nigripalatum)
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 2)
SCATOPHAGIDAE: added Scatophagus (originally Prenes) magnus, n. sp.
29 May 2024
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 1)
NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE: per Huber (2024), elevated all Epiplatys sub. sp. to full sp.; added Kulonplatys and Xerosplatys, n. sub. g. of Epiplatys, with 18 and 3 sp., respectively, most formerly in Parepiplatys; elevated Epiplatys zimiensis from synonymy; added Epiplatys lokoensis as a sp. inq.; deleted Epiplatys bifasciatus taeniatus (=nominate form); revised entry for Lycocyprinus
27 May 2024
Family NOTACANTHIDAE
added Lipogenys hyalinumvelum, n. sp.
23 May 2024
posted revisions for families MALAPTERURIDAE (Electric Catfishes), MOCHOKIDAE (Squeakers or Upside-down Catfishes), SCHILBEIDAE (African Butter Catfishes), AUCHENOGLANIDIDAE (Giraffe Catfishes), CLAROTEIDAE (Grunter Catfishes) and LACANTUNIIDAE (Chiapas Catfish), replacing pages for Order SILURIFORMES (part 8)
Family BAGRIDAE
added Tachysurus wuyueensis, n. sp., and T. similis and T. truncatus, overlooked sp. from 1926 and 1913, respectively; per Korean ichthyologists, deleted Coreobagrus, moving its 2 sp. (brevicorpus, ichikawai) to Tachysurus
20 May 2024
Family AMBLYCIPITIDAE
added Liobagrus chenhaojuni, n. sp.
18 May 2024
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
added Karstsinnectes cehengensis, Oxynoemacheilus chaboras and O. kottelati, n. sp.; added 3 unavailable names (see 30 April, below): Guinemachilus, G. pseudopulcherrimus and Paranemachilus chongzuo; per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes. deleted Heminoemacheilus, moving its 2 sp. (bailianensis, longibarbatus) to Micronemacheilus