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.
30 July 2026
Family PIMELODIDAE
moved Pimelodus atrobrunneus and P. paranaensis to Bagropsis per Rocha et al. (2025)
29 July 2026
Family CETOMIMIDAE
added Cetomimus papilio, n. sp.
28 July 2026
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily LABEONINAE
added Labeo kaage, n. sp.; reinstated Placogobio varidiscus per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Species
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 5):
SCIAENIDAE: revised etymologies of Atractoscion, Cynoscion, Odontoscion, Pentheroscion, Plagioscion, Pteroscion, Robaloscion, Sciaena and S. umbra, and Umbrina (thank you, Holger Funk)
26 July 2026
Order CARANGIFORMES (part 3):
SAMARIDAE: added Samariscus musorstomi, n. sp.; per Obata et al. (2026), deleted Samariscus asanoi (=S. luzonensis), S. filipectoralis (=S. latus) and S. macrognathos (=S. huysmani)
24 July 2026
Order SCOMBRIFORMES (part 1):
moved Lepidocybium flavobrunneum from GEMPLYIDAE and placed into its own family, LEPIDOCYBIIDAE, per Wang et al. (2026)
23 July 2026
Family AMBLYOPSIDAE
added Demogorgonichthys arcanus, n. g. and n. sp.
22 July 2026
Family ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE: Subfamily ACESTRORHAMPHINAE
added Astyanax pintacuia, n. sp.
21 July 2026
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 2):
RIVULIDAE: added Cynolebias penaforte and Spectrolebias pantanalensis, n. sp.
20 July 2026
Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily ACROSSOCHEILINAE
added Acrossocheilus zhangjiajiensis, n. sp.
Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily CHEIRODONTINAE
added Serrapinnus mansoensis, n. sp.
19 July 2026
Family OPHICHTHIDAE: Subfamily OPHICHTHINAE
corrected etymology of Ophichthus brachynotopterus
Family PARAZENIDAE
added Cyttopsis indica, n. sp.
18 July 2026
Family DOROSOMATIDAE
corrected etymology of Herklotsichthys dispilonotus
Family BAGRIDAE
deleted Mystus armatus, jr. syn. of M. oculatus per Yijayakrishnan & Shinde (2026)
Family SALMONIDAE
corrected etymology of Prosopium spilonotus
17 July 2026
Family HEXANCHIDAE
corrected etymology of Notorynchus
Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOPTOPOMATINAE
added Neoplecostomus azevedosantosi, n. sp.
Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE
added Lasiancistrus diazi, n. sp
Family MACROURIDAE
corrected etymology of Coelorinchus spilonotus
Order PERCIFORMES (part 7)
BOVICHTIDAE: added Bovichtus balushkini, n. sp.
16 July 2026
Family POTAMOTRYGONIDAE
revised authorship of Potamotrygon boesemani
Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily CYPRININAE
added Sinocyclocheilus pairuensis, n. sp. per Luo et al. (2026), added Anchicyclocheilus and Gibbibarbus as sub.g. of Sinocyclocheilus and demoted Pseudosinocyclocheilus to sub. g., also of Sinocyclocheilus (3 newly proposed subgenera are unavailable); corrected date of Carassius gibelio from 1782 to 1780 and added nomenclatural note
Family APTERONOTIDAE
revised authorship of Porotergus maroon
Family MOCHOKIDAE
revised etymology of Synodontis
13 July 2026
Family SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE
added Dysommina castanea, n. sp.
Family SYNODONTIDAE
revised etymology of Synodus synodus
11 July 2026
Family NETTASTOMATIDAE
added Facciolella bicolor and F. punctata, n. sp.; revised etymology of Facciolella oxyrhynchus
10 July 2026
Order BLENNIIFORMES (part 2)
BLENNIIDAE: added Ecsenius markalleni, n. sp.
8 July 2026
Family OXUDERCIDAE: Subfamily GOBIONELLINAE
added Brachygobius jennie and Oxyurichthys jiwaniensis, n. sp.
4 July 2026
Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE
added Hemiscyllium dudgeonae, n. sp.
Family CRENUCHIDAE
added Characidium koerberi, C. lilloi, C. mariposita and C. oblivium, n. sp.
2 July 2026
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 1)
NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE: added Nothobranchius poppi, n. sp.
1 July 2026
Family RHINOCHIMAERIDAE
added Rhinochimaera costaricana, n. sp.
Family PENTANCHIDAE
added Apristurus drona, n. sp.
Family APTERONOTIDAE
added Apteronotus aguaruna and A. pachamama, n. sp.; corrected spelling of Platyurosternarchus macrostomus to macrostoma
30 June 2026
Order PERCIFORMES (part 11)
PLATYCEPHALIDAE: added Elates saranganiensis, n. sp.
29 June 2026
Family STOMIIDAE
added Eustomias clarkei and E. oshoromaru, n. sp.
Family OPHIDIIDAE
added Sirembo quinquefasciatus, n. sp.; corrected spelling of Sirembo amaculata to amaculatus
28 June 2026
Family OPHICHTHIDAE
added Bascanichthys chepakakiensis, n. sp.
27 June 2026
Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE
added Garra jiulongi, n. sp.; added Garra longchuanensis, resurrected from synonymy per Liu et al. (2026)
26 June 2026
Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily BARBINAE
deleted Barbus thessalus, jr. syn. of B. macedonicus per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes and other sources
23 June 2026
Family CYPRINIDAE
moved Eechathalakenda from SMILIOGASTRINAE to TORINAE per Chandra et al. (2026), added E. incognita, n. sp., and revised etymology of E. ophicephalus
22 June 2026
Family BYTHITIDAE
added Diplacanthopoma kovacsi, n. sp.
20 June 2026
Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE
added Diamantiglanis, n. g. (SARCOGLANIDINAE), with 1 sp. (multidentatus) formerly in Ammoglanis; reinstated MICROCAMBEVINAE per Costa et al. (2026), moving Listrura from GLANAPTERYGINAE and Microcambeva from SARCOGLANIDINAE
18 June 2026
Order PERCIFORMES (parts 20 and 21)
per current classification, moved 54 genera from COTTIDAE to PSYCHROLUTIDAE and deleted all subfamilies from both; COTTIDAE: deleted Cottus ferrugineus, jr. syn. of C. gobio per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes; PSYCHROLUTIDAE: added Antipodocottus novaecaledonicus, n. sp. and changed family name from “Fathead Sculpins” to “Marine Sculpins”
16 June 2026
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
added Oreonectes weii, Triplophysa dafangensis and T. zhijinensis, n. sp.; revised etymology of Schistura caudofurca
15 June 2026
Family HEPTAPTERIDAE
added Imparfinis melanopterus, I. nigropunctatus and I. tesselatus, n. sp.
Family ELEOTRIDAE
revised etymology of Allomogurnda multicincta
14 June 2026
Family SISORIDAE
added Pseudecheneis likimroensis, n. sp.; per Grant (2026), validated Glyptothorax platespogon and deleted its jr. syn., G. kashmirensis
Family AUCHENIPTERIDAE
moved Tatia simplex to Duringlanis per Calegari et al. (2025)
13 June 2026
Order PERCIFORMES (part 12)
TRIGLIDAE: deleted Pterygotrigla cajorarori, jr. syn. of P. guezei per Samucidine et al. (2026)
12 June 2026
Family XENOCYPRIDIDAE
added taxonomic notes to Hemiculter bleekeri and H. tchangi
11 June 2026
Family MURAENIDAE
added Echidna awa and E. sagamiensis, n. sp.
10 June 2026
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 3)
PRIACANTHIDAE: added Priacanthus starnesi, n. sp.
Order PERCIFORMES (part 16)
GASTEROSTEIDAE: added Pungitius nakamurai, n. sp.
8 June 2026
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 6)
GERRIDAE: revised etymology of Gerres
Order CENTRARCHIFORMES
GIRELLIDAE: revised etymology of Girella
7 June 2026
Family OXUDERCIDAE Subfamily GOBIONELLINAE
added Oligolepis goni, Pseudogobius youtabae, Rhinogobius koreensis and R. mengyangensis, n. sp.; added Tridentiger microsquamis, resurrected from synonymy by Wei et al. (2025); per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, deleted Hyrcanogobius, moving its one sp. (bergi) to Knipowitschia; revised etymology of Schismatogobius fuligimentus; added taxonomic note to Triaenopogon radiatus
4 June 2026
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE
added Oreodaimon, resurrected from synonymy by Zarei et al. (2026) with 2 sp. (kubhekai, quathlambae), formerly in Pseudobarbus; deleted Pethia khugae, jr. syn. of P. atra per Singh et al. (2026)
3 June 2026
Family COBITIDAE
added Cobitis haasi, overlooked sp. from 1955 (thank you, Erwin!)
1 June 2026
Family ANOSTOMIDAE
deleted Megaleporinus, moving its 11 sp. to Arhinolemur, a sr. syn. per Panzeri et al. (2026); deleted Megaleporinus pachyurus, a sp. inq. that is no longer supported
31 May 2026
Family GOBIONIDAE
added Saurogobio rarus, n. sp.; per Sun et al. (2026), moved Abbottina lalinensis to Microphysogobio and A. binhi to Oriengobio; corrected Gobiocyrpis rarus to Gobiocyproides rarus (PDF only)
30 May 2026
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily TORINAE
added Tor sattalensis, n. sp.; revised entry for Labeobarbus platydorsus
29 May 2026
Order LABRIFORMES (part 2)
LABRIDAE: added Labroides flammulatus and L. inopinatus, n. sp.; per Tea et al. (2026), deleted Larabicus, moving its one sp. to Labroides
Order PERCIFORMES (part 22)
LIPARIDAE: added Paraliparis bathypelagicus, n. sp.
28 May 2026
Family DANIONIDAE Subfamily DANIONINAE
added Chela kaladanensis and Laubuka sittaungensis, n. sp.
26 May 2026
Family CETOMIMIDAE
added Gyrinomimus alepis, G. amaokai, G. johnpaxtoni and G. johnsoni, n. sp.
Family BUTIDAE
moved Oxyeleotris urophthalmus to Odonteleotris per Larson & Murugan (2026)
Order ACROPOMATIFORMES
HEMEROCOETIDAE: deleted Acanthopsaron striatum, g. & sp., jr. syn. of Parapercis fuscollineata (Labriformes: Pinguipedidae) per Ho & Su (2026)
25 May 2026
Family NETTASTOMATIDAE
deleted Hoplunnis pacifica, jr. syn. of H. sicarius per Ramírez Segura et al. (2026)
Family CONGRIDAE
moved Gnathophis musteliceps to Japonoconger per Kodeeswaran et al. (2026)
24 May 2026
Order PERCIFORMES (part 19)
AGONIDAE: per Vandenberg et al. (2026), made the following revisions: elevated subfamilies NAUTICHTHYINAE, HEMILEPIDOTINAE and HEMITRIPTERINAE to full families; moved Agonopsis from AGONINAE to a new subfamily, AGONOPSINAE; moved Freemanichthys, Leptagonus and Podothecus from AGONINAE to an expanded PODOTHECINAE; and deleted Sarritor, jr. syn. of Leptagonus, and Xeretmus, jr. syn. of Bathyagonus
23 May 2026
Family GADIDAE
revised entry for Trisopterus luscus
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 4)
ANAPLEPIDAE: added Jenynsia aurea, n. sp.
22 May 2026
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily LABEONINAE
added Discogobio acutusirostris, n. sp.
21 May 2026
Family RHINOPTERIDAE
added Rhinoptera lalandii, resurrected from synonymy by Cunha et al. (2026)
20 May 2026
Family ATELOMYCTERIDAE
corrected authorship of Schroederichthys bivius from Müller & Henle to Smith with explanation
Family TRIAKIDAE
corrected authorship Iago garricki from Fourmanoir & Rivaton 1979 to Fourmanoir 1979 (earlier publication) and revised entry
Family CARCHARHINIDAE
revised entry for Rhizoprionodon lalandii
Family RHINOBATIDAE
corrected authorship of Acroteriobatus annulatus from Müller & Henle to Smith with explanation
Family DASYATIDAE
corrected authorships of Hemitrygon akajei and Telatrygon zugei from Müller & Henle to Bürger with explanations
Order PERCIFORMES (part 6)
PERCIDAE: added Percina campestria, P. hesperia, P. obscura and P. versicolor, n. sp.
18 May 2026
Order SYNGNATHIFORMES (part 1)
SOLENOSTOMIDAE: added Solenostomus snuffleupagus, n. sp.
SYNGNATHIDAE: added Fustaclex bifasciatus, n. sp.
17 May 2026
Family POTAMOTRYGONIDAE
added Paratrygon araguaia, P. lucindai, P. munduruku, P. raonii and Potamotrygon siponinmorok, n. sp.
Family HEPTAPTERIDAE
added Leptorhamdia kamilai and Phenacorhamdia bermejo, n. sp.
16 May 2026
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 2)
RIVULIDAE: added Hypsolebias guararug and H. negobispoi, n. sp.
14 May 2026
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily ACROSSOCHEILINAE
added Scaphesthes zhejiangensis, n. sp.
Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOPTOPOMATINAE
revised etymology of Parotocinclus jumbo (thank you, David Kelly)
13 May 2026
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 5)
GOBIIDAE: added Hazeus atrispinalis, n. sp.
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 7)
GOBIIDAE: added Valenciennea schlieweni and V. zaboae, n. sp.
7 May 2026
Family ASPREDINIDAE
added Pterobunocephalus carvalhoi, n. sp.
5 May 2026
Family ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE: Subfamily HYPHESSOBRYCONINAE
added Hyphessobrycon plumbellus, n. sp.
3 May 2026
Family SISORIDAE
added Glyptothorax intonsus, n. sp.
2 May 2026
Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE: Subfamily VANDELLIINAE
added Paracanthopoma jiparanaensis and P.ventuarensis, n. sp.
1 May 2026
Family OPHICHTHIDAE
added Ophichthus acutidens, n. sp.; revised entry for Scytalichthys miurus
Family STEVARDIIDAE: Subfamily HEMIBRYCONINAE
updated biographical data for Hemibrycon galvisi
Family APTERONOTIDAE
updated biographical data for Apteronotus galvisi
29 April 2026
Family STERNOPYGIDAE
added Pararcholaemus, n. g. for Eigenmannia guchereauae
28 April 2026
Family AUCHENIPTERIDAE
added Tympanopleura personata, n. sp.
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 3)
SILLAGINIDAE: emended authorship of Sillago persica, changing Barani to Khandan Barani
Order CENTRARCHIFORMES
TERAPONTIDAE: added Terapon prolixus (corrected from prolixa), n. sp.
27 April 2026
Order CARANGIFORMES (part 2)
POLYNEMIDAE: added Filistriatus arabicus, n. sp.
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 5)
SCIAENIDAE: moved Bahaba polykladiskos to Boesemania per Lin et al. (2026)
26 April 2026
Family NEMACHEILIDAE
added Claea dafangensis and Triplophysa xingyiensis, n. sp.
Order PERCIFORMES (part 22)
LIPARIDAE: deleted Careproctus moskalevi, jr. syn. of C. micropus per Christensen et al. (2026); moved Menziesichthys alaid to Paraliparis per Kai et al. (2026)
25 April 2026
Family XENOCYPRIDIDAE
deleted Siniichthys, moving its 3 sp. to Hemiculter per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes and other sources; revised entry for Metzia formosae
24 April 2026
Family LORICARIIDAE Subfamily LORICARIINAE
added Loricaria catirina and L. teteae, n. sp.
Family PARALEPIDIDAE
added Stemonosudis dianea, n. sp.
23 April 2026
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 2)
CICHLIDAE (PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE): added Petrotilapia kitrinos, n. sp.
22 April 2026
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 2)
CICHLIDAE (PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE): added taxonomic notes to Coptodon polycentra and C. guineensis
21 April 2026
Order PERCIFORMES (part 10)
SYNANCEIIDAE: added Cocotropus kanding, n. sp.
Order PERCIFORMES (part 20)
COTTIDAE: reinstated Cottus kuznetzovi, now in Alpinocottus, per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes
19 April 2026
posted revisions for family OXUDERCIDAE (Mudskippers and allies), now recognizing 4 subfamilies (AMBLYOPINAE, GONIONELLINAE, OXUDERCINAE, SICYDIINAE), replacing pages for Order GOBIIFORMES (parts 2 & 3)
18 April 2026
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 4)
POECILIIDAE: added Poecilia marconii, n. sp.
17 April 2026
Family CRENUCHIDAE
added Characidium noelkempffi and C. urucum, n. sp.
16 April 2026
Family STERNOPTYCHIDAE
deleted Subfamily MAUROLICINAE per May et al. (2026)
15 April 2026
Family MORMYRIDAE
added Gnathonemus marqueti, n. sp.; resurrected Gnathonemus brevicaudatus from synonymy per Mulelenu et al. (2026)
14 April 2026
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 6)
NEMIPTERIDAE: added Parascolopsis flavimarginatus, n. sp.
13 April 2026
Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE
added Arhinoglanis relictus, n. g. and n. sp., and Trichomycterus pinedai, n. sp.
12 April 2026
Family MYCTOPHIDAE
added Lampanyctus mendeleevi, n. sp.
11 April 2026
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 5)
GOBIIDAE: added Gobiodon limmoni, n. sp.
9 April 2026
Family CYPRININAE Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE
changed status of Enteromius bieensis and E. ruacanaensis from unavailable to available, now dated to 2026
Family ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE Subfamily PRISTELLINAE
added Hemigrammus serrazul, n. sp.
6 April 2026
Order PERCIFORMES (part 14)
ZOARCIDAE: added Lycenchelys cyanosoma, n. sp.
3 April 2026
Family MURAENIDAE
revised etymology of Enchelycore schismatorhynchus
Family COBITIDAE
revised etymology of Pangio cuneovirgata
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily LABEONINAE
revised etymology of Schismatorhynchos
Family DISTICHODONTIDAE
revised etymology of Eugnathichthys virgatus
Family BAGRIDAE
revised etymology of Tachysurus virgatus
31 March 2026
Order PERCIFORMES (part 22)
LIPARIDAE: added Careproctus argosgeorgiae, n. sp.
30 March 2026
Family STOMIIDAE
per DeArmon et al. (2026), deleted subfamilies ASTRONESTHINAE, IDIACANTHINAE, MALACOSTEINAE and MELANOSTOMIINAE, subsuming them into STOMIINAE
29 March 2026
Family COBITIDAE
updated conservation note for Cobitis kellei
Family GASTROMYZONTIDAE
added Formosania tangi, n. sp.
28 March 2026
Family AMBLYCIPITIDAE
added Amblyceps vayavy, n. sp.
Order CARANGIFORMES (part 2)
BOTHIDAE: added Crossorhombus pescadores, n. sp.
27 March 2026
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 5)
GOBIIDAE: added Eviota kathyae, n. sp.
26 March 2026
Family ENGRAULIDAE
added Stolephorus falco, n. sp.
Family AMBLYOPSIDAE
updated biographical data for Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni
Family CYTTIDAE
revised etymology of Cyttus; added essay (PDF only)
Family BUTIDAE
added Butis bargabhimae, n. sp.
22 March 2026
Family CYPRINIDAE Subfamily LABEONINAE
added Hongshuia boulobos, H. wangi and Tariqilabeo kaladanensis, n. sp.; per Zeng et al. (2026), deleted Hongshuia paoli, jr. syn. of H. megalophthalmus; per Patel et al. (2026), deleted Parapsilorhynchus alluriensis and P. swaini, both jr. syn. of P. odishaensis
21 March 2026
Family COBITIDAE
added Gitchak nakana, n. g. and n. sp., and Cobitis tosaensis, n. sp.
Family LORICARIIDAE Subfamily LORICARIINAE
added Rhadinoloricaria yanomami, R. yekuana, and Rineloricaria harenae, n. sp.
20 March 2026
Family CATOSTOMIDAE
added Moxostoma carolina, n. sp.
19 March 2026
Family CALLICHTHYIDAE
added Hoplisoma tenharim, n. sp.
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 2)
CICHLIDAE (PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE): corrected spelling of Lobochilotes labiata to labiatus
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 1)
NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE: added Aphyosemion izyarae (originally in Mesoaphyosemion), n. sp.
15 March 2026
Family MYXINIDAE
added Myxine floyd, n. sp.
14 March 2026
Family CYPRININAE Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE
added Oreichthys elianae, n. sp.
Family SISORIDAE
added Glyptothorax sentimereni, n. sp.
13 March 2026
Family ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE Subfamily HYPHESSOBRYCONINAE
added Hyphessobrycon pastanai, n. sp.
Family LEBIASINIDAE
added Pyrrhulina punctata, n. sp.
Family OPHIDIIDAE
added Neobythites nanhaiensis, n. sp.
12 March 2026
Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE
added Microcambeva caissara, n. sp.; per Costa (2026), added 5 n. g. (Eremoglanis, Mauri, Parascleronema, Pericambeva, Pseudocambeva) with sp. previously in Cambeva, Scleronema and Trichomycterus, and elevated Plesioscleronema to full genus
11 March 2026
Family SISORIDAE
added Tremeuchiloglanis baishuiensis and T. chishuiensis, n. sp. (both originally in Sineuchiloglanis)
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.