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.
5 March 2026
Family AKYSIDAE
added Akysis poecilurus, n. sp
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1)
LOBOTIDAE: added Hapalogenys olivaceus, n. sp.
3 March 2026
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily CYPRININAE
added Poropuntius tongnunui and Sinocyclocheilus pingchowensis, n. sp.
2 March 2026
Family LOPHOTIDAE
revised entry for Lophotus lacepede
28 Feb. 2026
Family LORICARIIDAE Subfamily HYPOPTOPOMATINAE
added 4 n. sp.: Pareiorhina aiuruoca, P. isabelae, P. mystica and P. sofiae
Order ATHERINIFORMES (part 1)
ATHERINOPSIDAE: revised etymology of Chirostoma sphyraena
24 Feb. 2026
posted revisions for families TRICHONOTIDAE (Sandivers), RHYACICHTHYIDAE (Loach Gobies), ODONTOBUTIDAE (Freshwater Sleepers), MILYERINGIDAE (Blind Cave Gobies), ELEOTRIDAE (Spinycheek Sleepers), XENISTHMIDAE (Collared Wrigglers), BUTIDAE (Butid Sleepers) and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE (Ocean Sleepers), replacing page for Order GOBIIFORMES (part 1)
23 Feb. 2026
Family PRISTIGASTERIDAE
per Hata et al. (2026), resurrected Pellona hoevenii and P. natalensis from synonymy, moved Pellona ditchela to Ilisha, and deleted Ilisha striatula (=I. ditchela)
21 Feb. 2026
Family AUCHENIPTERIDAE
per Calegari et al. (2025), resurrected Balroglanis from synonymy with 3 sp. (akwe, carolae, macracanthus, schultzi) previously in Centromochlus
18 Feb. 2026
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 5)
SCIAENIDAE: added Odontoscion pepojuba and O. pitassyae, n. sp.
17 Feb. 2026
Family BALITORIDAE
added Balitora tiandengensis, n. sp.
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
added Magnischistura khaokrajom, n. g. and n. sp., and Paranemachilus nonggangensis and Triplophysa nayongensis, n. sp.
15 Feb. 2026
Family ALESTIDAE
added Clavocharax, n. g., with 2 sp. moved from Brachypetersius (gabonensis, notospilus) and 1 sp. from Nannopetersius (mutambuei); per Wang et al. (2025), added 3 sub. families: Alestinae, Clupeocharacinae and Petersiinae
14 Feb. 2026
Family PLOTOSIDAE
added Neosilurus manjandi, n. sp.
12 Feb. 2026
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily SCHIZOPYGOPSINAE
added Schizopygopsis yalongensis, n. sp.
11 Feb. 2026
Order CICHLIFORMES (parts 3 and 5)
CICHLIDAE (PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE): moved Hemichromis angolensis to Serranochromis per Bragança & Skelton (2026)
10 Feb. 2026
posted revisions for families KURTIDAE (Nurseryfishes) and APOGONIDAE (Cardinalfishes), replacing page for Order KURTIFORMES (now part of GOBIIFORMES)
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 8)
AMBASSIDAE: added Parambassis kapuasensis, P. seruyanensis and P. sumatrana, n. sp.; per Ghazali et al. (2026), deleted Parambassis piratica, jr. syn. of P. macrolepis
GRAMMITIDAE: corrected spelling of Lipogramma haberorum to haberi per ICZN 32.5.1
8 Feb. 2026
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE
revised etymology of Enteromius nigrifilis
7 Feb. 2026
Family MURAENIDAE
revised entry for Muraena helena
Family COBITIDAE
revised entry for Misgurnus fossilis
Family CLARIIDAE
revised entry for Clarias batrachus
Family STERNOPYGIDAE
added Sternopygus embera, n. sp.
5 Feb. 2026
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
added Pogonoschistura pawaiensis, n. g. and n. sp.; added Mustura arenaria and Oreonectes jinxiuensis, n. sp.; per Bohlen et al. (2026), resurrected Acoura from synonymy with one sp. (savona) formerly in Schistura, and moved Schistura kohchangensis to Pogonoschistura; moved Mustura shanensis to Schistura and Schistura sijuensis to Mustura per Lyu et al. (2026); moved Nemacheilus arenicolus and N. argyrogaster to Dalistura, and Schistura geisleri and S. isostigma to Zhustura per Endruweit (2025); deleted Schistura conirostris, jr. syn. of Pteronemacheilus meridionalis per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes; revised etymology of Schistura nasifilis
3 Feb. 2026
Family CYPRININAE Subfamily TORINAE
added Labeobarbus kylei, n. sp.; revised etymology of Labeobarbus longifilis
Family SISORIDAE
deleted Pareuchiloglanis phongthoensis, jr. syn. of Chimarrichthys dorsoarcus per Endruweit (2025)
1 Feb. 2026
Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily POGONICHTHYINAE
added 3 n. sp.: Miniellus lucifer, M. multicorniculatus and M. oblitus, all originally described in Notropis; per Pinion et al. (2025), elevated Minnielus stramineus missuriensis to full sp.
Family ANOSTOMIDAE
added Leporinus maxakali, n. sp.
28 Jan. 2026
Order PERCIFORMES (part 22)
LIPARIDAE: added Paraliparis nelsoni and Psednos gulliensis, n. sp.
27 Jan. 2026
Family DASYATIDAE
added Hemitrygon ariakensis, n. sp.
Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily PSEUDASPININAE
emended spellings of Rhynchocypris mantschuricus and R. oxycephalus to mantschurica and oxycephala, respectively
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 7)
CICHLIDAE (CICHLINAE): added Geophagus pirangaensis, n. sp.
Order ATHERINIFORMES (part 1)
ATHERINIDAE: provisionally added Atherina pontica, treated as valid in several references
25 Jan. 2026
Order ACROPOMATIFORMES
EPIGONIDAE: added Epigonus lustrans, n. sp.
Order PERCIFORMES (part 6)
PERCIDAE: added Allohistium anas, n. sp.
24 Jan. 2026
posted revisions for Family BATRACHOIDIDAE (Toadfishes), replacing page for Order BATRACHOIDIFORMES
22 Jan. 2026
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily ACROSSOCHEILINAE
added 3 previously unavailable g. (Angustistoma, Hongiastoma, Scaphostoma) with sp. formerly in Onychostoma and Scaphestes, and 1 previously unavailable sp., Scaphostoma annamense; added Acrossocheilus wuyiensis, overlooked sp. from 1981
21 Jan. 2026
Order LABRIFORMES (part 1)
LABRIDAE: added Decodon erythroleukos, n. sp.
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 4)
LUTJANIDAE: added Lutjanus arakan, n. sp.
19 Jan. 2026
Family ALBULIDAE
revised etymology of Albula vulpes
Family SYNODONTIDAE
revised etymology of Synodus foetens
18 Jan. 2026
Family ALEPOCEPHALIDAE
revised etymology of Talismania longifilis
Family LORICARIIDAE Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE
revised etymology of Ancistrus brevifilis
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 7)
Family GOBIIDAE: added 7 n. sp.: Trimma novemstriatum, T. pamae, T. taipinense (corrected from taipinensis), T. tufiense (corrected from tufiensis), Trimmatom lanyuensis, T. novempunctatus, and T. tetramaculatus
16 Jan. 2026
Family SALMONIDAE
elevated Salmo ischchan aestivalis to full sp. per Turan et al. (2025); deleted Salmo danilewskii, jr. syn. of S. ischchan per Freyhof et al. (2025)
Order BELONIFORMES
Family ADRIANICHTHYIDAE: added Oryzias cabaranensis, n. sp.
15 Jan. 2026
Family ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE
added Psalidodon paiva, P. terezinhae and P. velhochico, n. sp.; added Astyanax altiparanae, A. asuncionensis and A. jacuhiensis, now treated as valid by Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes; per Rodrigues-Oliveira et al. (2025), moved Hyphessobrycon santae (Hyphessobryconinae) to Psalidodon (Acestrorhamphinae) and deleted Astyanax turmalinensis, jr. syn. of P. santae
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 6)
Family GOBIIDAE: added Lepusigobius, n. g. for Gobiosoma pallida, an overlooked sp. from 1934
14 Jan. 2026
Family GASTROMYZONTIDAE
added Pseudogastromyzon putienensis, n. sp.; moved Liniparhomaloptera macrostoma to Vanmanenia per Endruweit (2025)
Family BALITORIDAE
deleted Sinogastromyzon lixianjiangensis, jr. syn. of S. multiocellum per Endruweit (2025)
Order GOBIIFORMES (parts 2 & 3)
Family OXUDERCIDAE: added Eugnathogobius ganuensis, Luciogobius delicatus, Rhinogobius chongkangensis, R. lingjiangensis and R. sexstriatus, n. sp.
13 Jan. 2026
Family SISORIDAE
added Glyptothorax pulcher, G. sulculus and Glaridoglanis verruciloba, n. sp.; deleted Glyptothorax zhujiangensis, jr. syn. of G. pallozonum per Zeng et al. (2026)
12 Jan. 2026
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 1)
added Family XENISTHMIDAE with 6 g. previously in Eleotridae (Allomicrodesmus, Gymnoxenisthmus, Paraxenisthmus, Rotuma, Tyson, Xenisthmus) per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes and other sources; added Xenisthmus aureus, n. sp.
10 Jan. 2026
posted revisions for families BYTHITIDAE (Viviparous or Livebearing Brotulas) and DINEMATICHTHYIDAE (Dwarf Brotulas), replacing page for Order OPHIDIIFORMES (part 2)
5 Jan. 2026
Family ANOMALOPIDAE
corrected entry for Photoblepharon (thank you, Caroline Mason)
Order PERCIFORMES (part 4)
ANTHIADIDAE: per Tang & Chen (2025), split Plectranthias into 7 g., including 2 n. g. (Aepysomanthias, Poroanthias) and 4 g. elevated from synonymy (Pelontrus, Sayonara, Xenanthias, Zalanthias), and deleted Plectranthias normanby, jr. syn. of Pelontrus takasei; added Sayonara flavolineata, n. sp.
3 Jan. 2026
Family CRENUCHIDAE
added Characidium tupi, n. sp.
Order ANABANTIFORMES
CHANNIDAE: added Channa bhoi, n. sp.
2 Jan. 2026
Family PIMELODIDAE
added taxonomic note to Pimelodus platicirris
Family GONOSTOMATIDAE
added taxonomic footnote (PDF only)
1 Jan. 2026
Family STOMIIDAE
added Eustomias (Spilostomias) ansiluminis, n. sp.; expanded footnote for Subfamily STOMIINAE (PDF only)
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 5)
GOBIIDAE: added Eviota bifurca and E. bikiniensis, n. sp.
31 Dec. 2025
Family SALMONIDAE
added Salmo emireae and S. sengulae, n. sp.
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 4)
GOBIIDAE: added Acentrogobius nigromaculatus and Cryptocentrus aureostriatus, n. sp.
Order SYNBRANCHIFORMES
MASTACEMBELIDAE: added Mastacembelus dictyon, n. sp.; added Mastacembelus thacbaensis, resurrected from synonymy per Britz & Kottelat (2025)
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 3)
CEPOLIDAE: added Owstonia smithvanizi, n. sp.
30 Dec. 2025
Family COBITIDAE
added Microcobitis stilaspi, n. sp.
Family LORICARIIDAE Subfamily LORICARIINAE
added Farlowella kirane, n. sp.
Family SILURIDAE
revised etymologies of Silurus and S. asotus
Family DORADIDAE
corrected date of Ossancora punctata from 1855 to 1853
29 Dec. 2025
Family CONGRIDAE
added Gnathophis ajithi, G. anilmohapatrai and G. arabicus, n. sp.
25 Dec. 2025
Family APTERONOTIDAE
added Porotergus maroon, n. sp.
24 Dec. 2025
Family ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE
added Psalidodon canaaensis, n. sp.; deleted Hyphessobrycon nicolasi, jr. syn. of H. meridionalis per Terán et al. 2025
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 4)
POECILIIDAE: added Gambusia echelleorum and G. pyrros, n. sp.; provisionally reinstated Gambusia clarkhubbsi per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes
PROCATOPODIDAE: moved Micropanchax johnstoni and M. katangae to Lacustricola per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes
22 Dec. 2025
Family CATOSTOMIDAE
corrected date of Vexillichthys from 2014 to 2024 (thank you, Thomas Lachenal)
Family BALITORIDAE
corrected spelling of Balitora plethora to plithora (thank you, Thomas Lachenal)
Family DANIONIDAE
added Devario altus, n. sp.; per Sudasinghe et al. (2025), deleted Devario monticola, jr. syn. of D. malabaricus
Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE
added Listrura paranagua, n. sp., inexplicably left out of 6 Dec. update (thank you, Thomas Lachenal); moved Cambeva paloence to Trichomycterus per Reis et al. (2025)
21 Dec. 2025
Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily LAVINIINAE
added Epizon, n. g., with 2 sp. (alvordensis, boraxobius) formerly in Siphateles; per Campbell et al. (2025), elevated 6 sub. sp. of Siphateles bicolor (isolatus, mohavensis, newarkensis, obesus, snyderi, thalassinus) to full sp.; corrected spellings of 3 names in Siphateles: eurychila to eurychilus, isolata to isolatus, and obesa to obesus
20 Dec. 2025
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily ACROSSOCHEILINAE
added taxonomic note to Onychostoma ovale
Family ACHEILOGNATHIDAE
added Acheilognathus guichenoti, resurrected from synonymy by Endruweit (2025)
19 Dec. 2025
Family XENOCYPRIDIDAE
per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, deleted Sinibrama wui (=macrops) and provisionally replaced Aphyocypris kyphus with A. dorsohorizontalis; revised entry for Pseudohemiculter dispar; added conservation note to Anabarilius transmontanus
Family SILURIDAE
added taxonomic note to Penesilurus cucphuongensis; revised etymology of Silurus asotus
18 Dec. 2025
Family KNERIIDAE
added Grasseichthys zamba, n. sp.
Family CYPRININAE Subfamily LABEONINAE
corrected etymology of Garra bicornuta (thank you, Ryan Thoni)
Family PARALEPIDIDAE
added Stemonosudis fumea, n. sp.
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 5)
SCIAENIDAE: corrected etymologies of Sciaena and S. umbra (thank you, Holger Funk)
16 Dec. 2025
Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily LEUCISCINAE
per Levin et al. (2025), resurrected Orthroleucos from synonymy for Rutilus atropatenus; corrected spelling of Acanthalburnus urmianus to urmiana; added footnote Acanthobrama microlepis entry (PDF only)
15 Dec. 2025
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 7)
GOBIIDAE: added Vanderhorstia supersaiyan, n. sp.
12 Dec. 2025
Family BAGRIDAE
added Batasio eugenius and Olyra kolasibensis, n. sp.; per Ng (2025), deleted Batasio flavus, jr. syn. of B. travancoria
Family HEPTAPTERIDAE
added Cetopsorhamdia ramirezi, n. sp.; corrected spellings of Brachyglanis frenatus to frenata and B. microphthalmus to microphthalma
11 Dec. 2025
Order LABRIFORMES (parts 1 & 2)
LABRIDAE: per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, deleted Parodax and Sheardichthys, moving their sp. to Siphonognathus, and deleted Labropsis, moving its sp. to Diproctacanthus
10 Dec. 2025
Family ACIPENSERIDAE
per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, deleted Huso and Sinosturio, moving their species to Acipenser; added taxonomic notes to Acipenser colchicus, A. dauricus and A. huso; added short essay on sturgeon taxonomy
7 Dec. 2025
Family MURAENESOCIDAE
replaced incorrect entry for Oxyconger
6 Dec. 2025
Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE
per Reis et al. (2025), deleted sub. fam. MICROCAMBEVINAE, moving Listrura and Microcambeva to Glanapteryginae and Sarcoglanidinae, respectively, and added POTAMOGLANIDINAE, n. sub. fam., with 1 g. (Potamoglanis) formerly in Glanapteryginae; added Exolistrura, n. sub. g. of Listura with 5 n. sp. (garuva, guaratuba, intermedia, itapocu, paranagua), added 2 n. sp. of Ituglanis (jaguarete, jussariensis), and added 7 n. sp. of Trichomycterus (ariasi, asocolcibios, riosae, suaitaensis, tomarrazonensis, urbanoi, valenciae)
5 Dec. 2025
Family CALLICHTHYIDAE
per Tencatt et al. (2025), deleted Urkumayu, jr. syn. of Hoplisoma, and Hoplisoma microcephalum, jr. syn. of H. paleatum; corrected entry for Aspidoras rochai (thank you, David Kelly)
4 Dec. 2025
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 7)
CICHLIDAE (CICHLINAE): added Mesonauta karipuna, n. sp.
3 Dec. 2025
Family SISORIDAE
added Glyptothorax macropterus, overlooked sp. from 2011; added 13 n. sp.: Glyptothorax ahangkyensis, G. carnatus, G. eurychorus, G. flaccidus, G. helike, G. ngoi, G. othrys, G. parakelis, G. reductus, G. rhadinus, Tremeuchiloglanis homatuloides, T. nereia, and T. zhouweii; added Rhicron rhicron, n. g. and n. sp.; per Ng & Kottelat (2025), deleted Glyptothorax callopterus, jr. syn. of G. fuscus;; per Endruweit (2025), moved Pareuchiloglanis dorsoarcus to Chimarrichthys, moved Pareuchiloglanis brevicaudata, P. namdeensis and P. songdaensis to Tremeuchiloglanis, deleted Sineuchiloglanis, moving its 9 sp. to Tremeuchiloglanis, and deleted Pareuchiloglanis tamduongensis (=Tremeuchiloglanis namdeensis); added nomenclatural note to Glyptothorax interspinalum; added biographical data to entry for Pseudecheneis paviei
Family CRANOGLANIDIDAE
deleted Cranoglanis songhongensis, jr. syn. of C. henrici per Endruweit (2025)
2 Dec. 2025
Family LORICARIIDAE Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE
added Baryancistrus isaaci, B. quilombola, and Lasiancistrus ruitoquensis, n. sp.
1 Dec. 2025
Family STERNOPYGIDAE
added Eigenmannia wazowskii, n. sp.
30 Nov. 2025
Family AMPHILIIDAE
missing from yesterday’s update: added subfamily PARAMPHILIINAE with 1 g. (Paramphilius); per Skelton & Page (2025), deleted Paramphilius goodi, jr, syn. of P. baudoni
29 Nov. 2025
Family COBITIDAE
added taxonomic note to Misgurnus nahangensis
Family AMBLYCIPITIDAE
per Endruweit (2025), deleted Nahangbagrus, moving its 1 sp. (songamensis) to Xiurenbagrus
Family AMPHILIIDAE
per Skelton & Page (2025), resurrected Anoplopterus from synonymy with 15 sp. (athiensis, chalei, cryptobullatus, engelbrechti, grandis, kivuensis, kreffti, lampei, lauticaudatus, leopardus, marshalli, natalensis, uranoscopus, zairensis, zuluorum) formerly in Amphilius, and added Anoplopterus brevidorsalis, A. hargeri and A. leroyi, resurrected from synonymy; added Anoplopterus cubangoensis, overlooked sp.from 1936
27 Nov. 2025
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 2)
OXUDERCIDAE: added Lentipes ptasan, n. sp.; deleted Lentipes adelphizonus, jr. syn. of L. mindanaoensis per Jhuang et al. (2025)
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 5)
SCIAENIDAE: added Johnius javaensis, n. sp.
25 Nov. 2025
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
added Absumbra, n. g., with 2 n. sp. (kongi, nigriventer) and 1 sp. (absumbra) from Schistura; added Dalistura, n. g., with 1 sp. (notasileum) from Schistura; added Haotula, n. g., with 1 sp. (sonlaensis) from Schistura; added Rheostura, n. g., with 7 sp. (albirostris, bannaensis, crabro, kloetzliae, pridii, prolixifasciata, sexnubes) from Schistura; added Smithstura, n. g., with 6 sp. (greenei, hoai, longa, paucicincta, poculi, thavonei) from Schistura; added Styxichthys, n. g., with 2 sp. (gejiuensis, xichouensis) from Triplophysa; added Vurxastroma, n. g., with 2 sp. (grahami, laticeps) from Triplophysa; added Zhustura, n. g., with 1 sp. (shuangjiangensis) from Physoschistura; added 2 n. subg. of Homatula (Litula, Plerotula); added 30 n. sp.: Homatula submarginata, Oreonectes daguishanensis, O. qinae, Schistura bisseti, S. colossoceps, S. crassiceps, S. curta, S. dextra, S. fusa, S. fuscocirrus, S. hemitelis, S. kalousi, S. laohu, S. lepoura, S. maiana, S. nanoceps, S. ngosyvani, S. nigriceps, S. opisthiopteron, S. oresbios, S. paracobitula, S. pigicola, S. porcellus, S. scoupoxylum, S. sinistra, S. stenotaeniata, S. stoicheioda, S. thoracilepidota, S. vexillifera, and Traccatichthys annularis; added Homatula erhaiensis, overlooked sp. from 1988; per Endruweit (2025), raised Schistura humilis and S. phongthoensis from synonymy and deleted Homatula acuticephala (=anguilliodes); added taxonomic notes to Nemacheilus arenicolus and N. argyrogaster; revised entries of Homatula robusta, Karstsinnectes parvus, Triplophysa huapingensis, and Vurxastroma (formerly Triplophysa) laticeps
22 Nov. 2025
Family SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE
added Branchenchelys megacephala, n. g. and n. sp.
21 Nov. 2025
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily CYPRININAE
added Sinocyclocheilus changlensis, n. sp.; revised entries for Cyprinus exophthalmus, C. rubrofuscus, and Sinocyclocheilus robustus; added nomenclatural note to Cyprinus dai
19 Nov. 2025
Family GOBIONIDAE
deleted Platysmacheilus zhenjiangensis, jr. syn. of Oriengobio microstomus per Sun et al. (2025)
Family ANOSTOMIDAE
added Hypomasticus australis, n. sp.
18 Nov. 2025
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily LABEONINAE
added Labeo cafer, resurrected from synonymy by Ramoejane et al. (2025), with a note on their proposed replacement name, Labeo ngqikai
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 2)
RIVULIDAE: added Atlantirivulus peruibensis and A. tupinambas, n. sp.
17 Nov. 2025
Family PERCOPSIDAE
revised etymology of Percopsis
16 Nov. 2025
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE
added Puntius torsai, n. sp.
15 Nov. 2025
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 6)
CICHLIDAE (CICHLINAE): revised authorship of Apistogramma paulmuelleri per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 4)
POECILIIDAE: added Cnesterodon pampeanus, n. sp.
14 Nov. 2025
Order PERCIFORMES (part 22)
LIPARIDAE: added Paraliparis anomalus and Psednos kaganovskii, n. sp.; per Maroni et al. (2025), deleted Notoliparis, moving its 5 sp. to Pseudoliparis
13 Nov. 2025
Family CRENUCHIDAE
added Characidium jivaroi and C. ortegai, n. sp.
Family ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE Subfamily THAYERIINAE
added Inpaichthys luizae, n. sp.
11 Nov. 2025
Family ERYTHRINIDAE
added Hoplias guri, n. sp.
10 Nov. 2025
Family BALITORIDAE
added Balitora plethora, B. scyphus and Sinogastromyzon celatus (originally spelled celatum), n. sp.; per Endruweit (2025), deleted Balitora haithanhi and B. vanlani (both =B. vanlongi), Sinogastromyzon daon and S. hypercorpus (both =S. minutus), and Sinogastromyzon maon (=S. rugocauda); revised entry of Sinogastromyzon rugocauda
9 Nov. 2025
Family SERRASALMIDAE
corrected etymologies of Acnodon and Acnodon oligacanthus (thank you, Donald Taphorn)
8 Nov. 2025
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 5)
GOBIIDAE: added Eviota bella, n. sp.; corrected spelling of third author’s name (from Ishida to Ichida) of Eviota vader
Order SYNBRANCHIFORMES
MASTACEMBELIDAE: added Mastacembelus leucostictus, n. sp.
7 Nov. 2025
posted revisions for families CARAPIDAE (Pearlfishes) and OPHIDIIDAE (Cusk-eels), replacing page for Order OPHIDIIFORMES (part 1)
6 Nov. 2025
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily LABEONINAE
added Placogobio, incorrectly placed in Gobionidae; added Disymphia, n. g., with 1 sp. (molitorella) previously in Cirrhinus; added 4 n. sp.: Ageneiogarra kleini, Discogobio carnatus, Garra nambashiensis, and Placogobio basipunctatus (sr. syn. of the recently described Supradiscus varidiscus); per Endruweit (2025), resurrected Decorus bibarbatus and D. cirrhinoides from synonymy, moved Garra apogon and G. gracilis to Ageneiogarra, Vinagarra elongata and V. findolabium to Garroides, and Vinagarra laichowensis to Discogobio, and deleted Altigena daos and A. loos (both =tonkinensis), Bangana brevirostris (=Cirrhinus mrigala), Discogobio poneventralis and D. propeanalis (both =antethoracalis), Garra cyclostomata and G. poilanei (both =Ageneiogarra imberba), Garroides binhluensis (=elongatus), Vingarra (=Discogobio), Placocheilus bibarbatus and P. imbibarbatus (both =Ageneiogarra apogon), Placocheilus robustus (=caudofasciatus), and Supradiscus (=Placogobio), Vinagarra tamduongensis (=Discogobio laichowensis)
Family GOBIONIDAE
added 3 n. g., Crossocheilogobio, Mesophysogobio and Oriengobio, with most sp. previously placed in Microphysogobio; replaced Gobiocypris (preoccupied) with Gobiocyproides; moved Plagogobio to Cyprinidae: Labeoninae (see above); per Sun et al. (2025), moved Biwia springeri to Microphysogobio, Biwia tama to Sarcocheilichthys, Platysmacheilus obtusirostris and P. wangcangensis to Oriengobio, resurrected Huigobio from synonymy, and replaced Microphysogobio nudiventris Jiang, Gao & Zhang 2012 with Microphysogobio nudiventris (Lo, Yao & Chen 1977), the younger name preoccupied and needing a replacement; per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes and other sources, deleted Microphysogobio labeoides (=Mesophysogobio kachekensis); per Endruweit (2025), resurrected Pseudogobio giganteus and Squalidus vietnamensis from synonymy, and deleted Hemibarbus songloensis (=medius) and H. thacmoensis (=umbrifer)
3 Nov. 2025
Family TANICHTHYIDAE
per Endruweit (2025), deleted Tanichthys thacbaensis, moving it to Family XENOCYPRIDIDAE
Family XENOCYPRIDIDAE
added Alligarina alligarina, n. g. and n. sp, and Anabarilius megalaspis, Aphyocypris robertsi and Nipponocypris weigoldi, all n. sp.; per Chen et al. (2025), deleted Culter oxycephaloides (=Chanodichthys oxycephalus); per Endruweit (2025), resurrected Hemiculter annamiticus, Metzia hainanensis and Parabramis bramula from synonymy, moved Aphyocypris lini and Tanichthys thacbaensis (from TANICHTHYIDAE) to Alligarina, moved Chanodichthys flavipinnis to Culter, deleted Pogobrama, moving its only sp. (barbatula) to Sinibrama, deleted Aphyocypris dorsohorizontalis (=kyphus), deleted Opsariichthys dienbienensis and O. songmaensis (both =hainanensis), deleted Parabramis pekinensis (=bramula), deleted Pseudohemiculter pacboensis (=hainanensis), deleted Hemiculter songhongensis (=annamiticus), and emended spelling of Luciobrama macrocephala to macrocephalus with explanation
29 Oct. 2025
Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily LEUCISCINAE
per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, changed spelling of Telestes savigny to savignyi
28 Oct. 2025
Family GAIDROPSARIDAE
revised etymology of Enchelyopus
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 7)
GOBIIDAE: added Trimma berumeni and Vanneaugobius longignathus, n. sp.; per Kovačić et al. (2025), moved Vanneaugobius canariensis to Wheelerigobius
27 Oct. 2025
Family GASTROMYZONTIDAE
corrected placement of Vanmanenia tetraloba from subgenus Vanmanenia to subgenus Protamaia, and corrected spelling of Protamaia to Protomaia (thank you, Erwin!)
Family SILURIDAE
per Endruweit (2025), resurrected Penesilurus, from synonymy with 1 n. sp. (neglectus) and 6 sp. transferred from Pterocryptis (bokorensis, buccatus, cucphuongensis, indicus, taytayensis, wynaadensis), and deleted Silurus langsonensis (=asotus); per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, corrected date of Pterocryptis anomala from 1934 to 1933
Family PARALEPIDIDAE
revised etymology of Lestidiops ringens
26 Oct. 2025
Family DOROSOMATIDAE
revised etymology of Stolothrissa
25 Oct. 2025
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 3)
SILLAGINIDAE: added Sillago persica, n. sp.
24 Oct. 2025
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE
added Desmopuntius mahakamensis, n. sp.
Family BAGRIDAE
per Endruweit (2025), resurrected Rhinobagrus from synonymy with 5 sp. previously in Tachysurus and 1 sp. (fangi) also resurrected; resurrected Hemibagrus chiemhoaensis and Tachysurus fulvidraco from synonymy; and deleted Tachysurus tonkinensis (=fulvidraco) and T. yeni (=Plicofollis dussumieri in Ariidae)
23 Oct. 2025
Order CARANGIFORMES (part 2)
POLYNEMIDAE: added Filistriatus, n. g., with 4 sp. previously in Polydactylus; revised etymology of Filimanus
TAENIOPSETTIDAE: added common name for family, Sash Flounders
Order SYNGNATHIFORMES (part 1)
SYNGNATHIDAE: added Festucalex rosa, n. sp.
22 Oct. 2025
Family APTERONOTIDAE
added Sternarchorhynchus guayaberensis, n. sp.
20 Oct. 2025
Family PRISTIGASTERIDAE
added Ilisha brachysoma, resurrected fron synonymy by Hata et al. (2025)
Order CARANGIFORMES (part 2)
BOTHIDAE: per Tongboonkua et al. (2025), split the family into 4 families, including GRAMMATOBOTHIDAE (Grammatobothus), MONOLENIDAE (Monolene) and TAENIOPSETTIDAE (Engyophrys, Perissias, Taeniopsetta, Trichopsetta), and elevated 4 g. from synonymy of Arnoglossus: Anticatharus, Caulopsetta, Psettinella and Scidorhombus
PARALICHTHYIDAE: added Pseudorhombus bahudaensis, n. sp.
18 Oct. 2025
Family CATOSTOMIDAE
added Moxostoma antelunare, n. sp.
Family GASTROMYZONTIDAE
added Kibizon kibizon, n. g. and n. sp.; added Protomaia, n. subg. of Vanmanenia and Ptychofortia, n. subg. of Beaufortia; added the following n. sp.: Liniparhomaloptera gracilis, L. vittata, Vanmanenia alta, V. deficiens, V. dimidiata, V. kunfengae, and V. zhangei; per Endruweit (2025), deleted Beaufortia cyclica (=elongata) and Vanmanenia trifasciodorsala (=monofasciodorsala), and moved Vanmanenia nahangensis and V. ventrosquamata to Liniparhomaloptera; revised entries for Beaufortia buas, B. daon, B. elongata, B. loos, and B. zebroida
16 Oct. 2025
Family COBITIDAE
added Cobitis austiumensis, C. monorus, C. petrtyli, and C. pulchra, n. sp.; per Endruweit (2025), resurrected Misgurnus psammismus from synonymy and moved Cobitis guttatus (correctly spelled guttata) to Microcobitis; revised entry for Microcobitis nuicocensis
Family DANIONIDAE
added Esomus hypothrix, Devaria perisseia and D. xanthella, n. sp.; added Raiamas harmandi, resurrected from synonymy by Liu et al. (2025)
15 Oct. 2025
Family ACHEILOGNATHIDAE
added Rhodeus tugbae, n. sp.; per Endruweit (2025), moved Acheilognathus kyphus to Rhodeus and replaced Acheilognathus elongatoides with Rhodeus elongatus; revised entries for Acheilognathus and Rhodeus meridionalis
14 Oct. 2025
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily ACROSSOCHEILINAE
deleted Lissochilichthys, sub. g. of Acrossocheilus, no longer used in current studies; made the following provisional changes based on an attempt to reconcile two conflicting revisionary studies (Hoàng et al., 2025; Endruweit, 2025): (A) resurrected 2 g. from synonymy, Scaphesthes and Masticbarbus, with several sp. reassigned from Acrossocheilus and Onychostoma, (B), resurrected 3 sp. from synonymy, Folifer bonvaloti, Scaphestes argentata (now Hongiastoma argentatum) and S. (now Scaphostoma) erythrogenys, (C) moved Acrossocheilus monticola and A. yunnanensis to Onychostoma; and (D) deleted Acrossocheilus lamus and A. laocaiensis (both =Masticbarbus microstoma), Acrossocheilus malacopterus (=Angustistoma barbatum), Onychostoma babeense (=Scaphostoma lepturus), Onychostoma dongnaiensis (=Scaphostoma meridionale), and Onychostoma fangi, O. uniforme and O. virgulatum (all 3 =Scaphesthes barbata)
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily SPINIBARBINAE
per Endruweit, 2025), elevated Spinibarbichthys nammauensis from synonymy, and deleted Spinibarbus babeensis (=caldwelli) and Spinibarbichthys nigriventralis and S. ovalius (both =nammauensis)
12 Oct. 2025
Family LORICARIIDAE Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE
added Peckoltia amjikin, n. sp.; deleted Hypancistrus parkateje, an unavailable name (at least for now)
11 Oct. 2025
Family MORIDAE
emended spellings of Lepidion ensiferum and L. microcephalum to ensiferus and microcephalus, respectively, per ICZN 31.2.2
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 1)
CICHLIDAE (ETROPLINAE): added Paretroplus risengi, n. sp.
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 5)
SCIAENIDAE: added Johnius medidentatus, n. sp.
10 Oct. 2025
Order PERCIFORMES (part 14)
ZOARCIDAE: added Lycenchelys hexapora and Ophthalmolycus lacrimegalos, n. sp.
9 Oct. 2025
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
added 6 n. sp.: Indoreonectes mahadeoensis, Oreonectes guidongensis, Oxynoemacheilus sarali, Triplophysa baishuijiangensis, T. xiuwenensis, Yunnanilus mentibarbatus
7 Oct. 2025
Family SISORIDAE
added Exostoma hajiense (emended from hajiensis) and Glyptothorax dihangensis, n. sp.
6 Oct. 2025
Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily POGONICHTHYINAE
revised etymology of Stypodon
5 Oct. 2025
Family LEUCISCIDAE Subfamily LEUCISCINAE
added Pseudophoxinus galilaeus, n. sp.
4 Oct. 2025
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 2)
RIVULIDAE: added Xenurolebias tupinikin, n. sp.
3 Oct. 2025
Family OPHICHTHIDAE
added Apterichtus kanniyakumari, n. sp.; revised etymology of Phyllophichthus xenodontus
Family ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE
added 5 n. sp.: Hyphessobrycon mamuruensis (Hyphessobryconinae), Moenkhausia solaris (Stichonodontinae), and Poptella abathes, P. magnuspina and P. spinula (Stepthaprioninae)
1 Oct. 2025
Family MOCHOKIDAE
added Chiloglanis kinsuka and C. wagenia, n. sp.
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 9)
added Pseudoplesiops occasus and P. umbrosus, n. sp.
30 Sept. 2025
Family BALITORIDAE
added Balitora dehouensis, n. sp.
29 Sept. 2025
Family MORMYRIDAE
added 6 n. sp.: Heteromormyrus angusticaudatus (emended from angusticaudata), H. chilembwei, H. dolichorhynchus, H. ndauorum, H. tangwenai, H. xanekweorum
28 Sept. 2025
Family MELAMPHAIDAE
revised etymology of Melamphaes xestoachidus
26 Sept. 2025
Family ETMOPTERIDAE
added Etmopterus westraliensis, n. sp.
25 Sept. 2025
Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE
added Hyaloglanis, n. g. (Glanapteryginae), with 4 sp. (natgeorum, nheengatu, obliquus, pulex) formerly in Ammoglanis (Sarcoglanidinae); added Salpynx (Glanapteryginae), n. g., with 2 n. sp. (ephebus, trombetensis), 1 sp. (amapensis) formerly in Ammoglanis (Sarcoglanidinae), and 1 sp. (ix) formerly in Stenolicmus; added Oreiadoglanis (Trichomycterinae) with 2 sp. (chapadensis, jatobensis) formerly in Trichomycterus; added Trichomycterus ruficaudatus, n. sp.; revised entry for Trichomycterus heterodontus
24 Sept. 2025
Family MURAENIDAE
revised etymology of Uropterygius xenodontus
23 Sept. 2025
Family CHLOPSIDAE
revised etymology of Kaupichthys diodontus
22 Sept. 2025
Family MACROURIDAE
revised entries for Coelorinchus paraboliceps, Coryphaenoides ariommus and C. longifilis
21 Sept. 2025
Family CURIMATIDAE
revised entries for Cyphocharax mestomyllon and Psectrogaster
19 Sept. 2025
Family CLUPEIDAE
revised entries for Clupea harengus membras and Strangomera
18 Sept. 2025
Family ASPREDINIDAE
added Ernstichthys casalinuovoi, n. sp.
17 Sept. 2025
Family ANGUILLIDAE
deleted Anguilla nebulosa, jr. syn. of A. bengalensis per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes
Family STEVARDIIDAE Subfamily DIAPOMINAE
per Ferreira & Lima (2025), deleted Knodus tiquiensis, replaced by K. macrophthalmus, moved from Bryconamericus
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 6)
GOBIIDAE: added Pascua marecoralliensis, n. sp.
16 Sept. 2025
Order SYNGNATHIFORMES (part 2)
MULLIDAE: added Upeneus alama and U. brevianalis, n. sp.
15 Sept. 2025
posted revisions for families GIBBERICHTHYIDAE (Gibberfishes), STEPHANOBERYCIDAE (Pricklefishes), HISPIDOBERYCIDAE (Bristlyskin or Spiny-scaled Pricklefish), RONDELETIIDAE (Redmouth Whalefishes), BARBOURISIIDAE (Redvelvet Whalefish), CETOMIMIDAE (Whalefishes), MELAMPHAIDAE (Bigscales), and BERYCIDAE (Alfonsinos), replacing page for Order BERYCIFORMES
14 Sept. 2025
Family LORICARIIDAE Subfamily LORICARIINAE
deleted Farlowella colombiensis, jr. syn. of F. acus per Melo-Ortiz et al. (2025); revised etymology of Limatulichthys nasarcus
13 Sept. 2025
Family SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE
added Dysommina pygmaea, n. sp.
Family COBITIDAE
corrected etymology of Cobitis elongatoides (thank you, Erwin!); added footnotes to entries for Cobitis hugowolfeldi, C. koreensis, C. longicorpus, C. pacifica, C. pumila, and C. yongdokensis indicating that some workers places these sp. in their own genus, Iksookimia
Family ERYTHRINIDAE
added Hoplias maranhensis, n. sp.
12 Sept. 2025
Family CALLICHTHYIDAE
added Osteogaster oharai, n. sp.
Family ICTALURIDAE
added Ictalurus nazas, n. sp.
11 Sept. 2025
updated essay, “Changing Scientific Names on Ethical Grounds: Six Reasons to Say ‘No’” [this replaces a version uploaded yesterday that was missing an update]
8 Sept. 2025
Order PERCIFORMES (part 22)
LIPARIDAE: added Careproctus colliculi, C. yanceyi and Paraliparis em, n. sp.
7 Sept. 2025
Order BLENNIIFORMES (part 1)
TRIPTERYGIIDAE: added Helcogramma flammata, n. sp.
Order PERCIFORMES (part 11)
PLATYCEPHALIDAE: added Rogadius azizahae, n. sp.
6 Sept. 2025
Family BRYCONIDAE
revised etymology of Henochilus