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Collected by Michal Mikšik and Erwin Schraml

update 2010-9#2
note: taxa stated as "at present published only online" count as "not published" acc. to the ICZN and are therefore "not available" until their printed publication appeared! 

2010 latest news (September)

  • Römer, U., Hahn, I.J. & Vergara, P.M. (2010): Description of Dicrossus foirni sp. n. and Dicrossus warzeli sp. n. (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae), two new cichlid species from the Rio Negro and the Rio Tapajós, Amazonas drainage, Brazil.
  • Román-Valencia, C., Garcia-Alzate, C.A., Ruiz-C., R.I. & Taphorn, D.C. (2010): A new species of Hemibrycon (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) from the Roble River, Alto Cauca, Colombia, with a key to species known from the Magdalena-Cauca River Basin. 
  • Lavoué, S., Sullivan, J.P.  & Arnegard, M.E. (2010): African weakly electric fishes of the genus Petrocephalus (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) of Odzala National Park, Republic of the Congo (Lékoli River, Congo River basin) with description of five new species.
    • Petrocephalus mbossou Lavoué, Sullivan  & Arnegard, 2010
    • Petrocephalus odzalaensis Lavoué, Sullivan  & Arnegard, 2010
    • Petrocephalus pulsivertens Lavoué, Sullivan  & Arnegard, 2010
    • Petrocephalus valentini Lavoué, Sullivan  & Arnegard, 2010
    • Petrocephalus zakoni Lavoué, Sullivan  & Arnegard, 2010
2010 latest news (August)
  • Randall, J.E. & Allen, G.R. (2010): Two new labrid fished of the genus Halichoeres from the East Indies. 
  • Herder, F. & Chapuis, S. (2010): Oryzias hadiatyae, a new species of ricefish (Atherinomorpha: Beloniformes: Adrianichthyidae) endemic to Lake Masapi, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. 
  • Conway, K.W. & Kottelat, M. (2010): Two new species of Torrent Minnow (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae) from western Myanmar. 
  • Rema Devi, K., Indra, T.J. & Knight, J.D.M. (2010): Puntius rohani (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of barb in the Puntius filamentosus group from the southern Western Ghats of India.
  • Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2010): New species of Indo-Pacific jawfishes (Opistognathus: Opistognathidae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea.
    • Opistognathus adelus Smith-Vaniz, 2010
    • Opistognathus afer Smith-Vaniz, 2010
    • Opistognathus crassus Smith-Vaniz, 2010
    • Opistognathus dipharus Smith-Vaniz, 2010
    • Opistognathus longinaris Smith-Vaniz, 2010
    • Opistognathus simus Smith-Vaniz, 2010
      • Smithinana Bulletin, 12: 39-54.
  • Kulongowski, C. (2010): Revision of the ariid catfish genus Galeichthys Valenciennes (subfamily Galeichthyinae), with description of a new species from South Africa and designation of a neotype for G. ater Castelnau.
    • Galeichthys trowi Kulongowski, 2010
      • Smithinana Bulletin, 12: 9-23.
  • Williams, J.T. (2010): A new species of blenny, Cirripectes heemstraorum, from Cape Vidal, South Africa (Family Blenniidae).
    • Cirripectes heemstraorum Williams, 2010
      • Smithinana Bulletin, 12: 3-7.
  • Marinho, M.M.F. & Langeani, F. (2010): A new species of Moenkhausia from the rio Amazonas and rio Orinoco basins (Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Balushkin, A.V. & Prirodina, V.P. (2010): A New Species of Muraenolepididae (Gadiformes) Muraenolepis evseenkoi sp. nova from Continental Seas of Antarctica.
  • Britz, R. (2010): A new earthworm eel of the genus Chaudhuria from the Ayeyarwaddy River Drainage, Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Chaudhuriidae).
  • An, L., Liu, B.-S., Zhao, Y.-H. & Zhang, C.-G. (2010): Protolabeo protolabeo, a new genus and a new species of labeonine fishes from southwest China (Teleostei, Cyprinindae).
  • Mincarone, M.M. & Fernholm, B. (2010): Review of the Australian hagfishes with description of two new species of Eptatretus (Myxinidae).
  • Zarske, A. (2010): Der Kolibrisalmler - Trochilocharax ornatus gen. et spec. nov. - ein neuer Salmler aus Peru (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Zupancic, P., Maric, D., Naseka, A.M. & Bogutskaya, N.G. (2010): Squalius platyceps, a new species of fish (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) from the Skadar Lake basin.
  • Guimarães, R.Z.P., Nunan, G.W. & Gasparini, J.L. (2010): Malacoctenus brunoi sp. n. (Blennioidei: Labrisomidae), a new scaled-blenny from Trindade Island, off Brazil.
  • Nielsen, J.G. (2010): Revision of the bathyal fish genus Benthocometes (Teleostei: Ophidiidae) with a new species from off NW Australia.
  • Ng, H.H. & Lalramliana (2010): Pseudolaguvia spicula, a new sisorid catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Bangladesh and northeastern India.
  • Hadiaty, R.K. & Kottelat, M. (2010): Nemacheilus marang, a new loach (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Sangkulirang karst, eastern Borneo.
  • Chakrabarty, P. (2010): Status and phylogeny of Milyeringidae (Teleostei: Gobiiformes), with the description of a new blind cave-fish from Australia, Milyeringa brooksi, n. sp.
    • Milyeringa brooksi Chakrabarty, 2010
  • Havird, J.C., Page, L.M., Tangjitjaroen, W., Vidthayanon, C., Grudpan, C. & Udduang, S. (2010): A new species of Lepidocephalichthys (Teleostei: Cobitidae) with distinctive sexual dimorphism and comments on relationships in southern lineages of Cobitidae.

2010 (alphabetical)


  • An, L., Liu, B.-S., Zhao, Y.-H. & Zhang, C.-G. (2010): Protolabeo protolabeo, a new genus and a new species of labeonine fishes from southwest China (Teleostei, Cyprinindae).
  • Aquino, A.E. & Schaefer, S.A. (2010): Systematics of the Genus Hypoptopoma Günther, 1868 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae).
  • Balushkin, A.V. & Prirodina, V.P. (2010): A New Species of Muraenolepididae (Gadiformes) Muraenolepis evseenkoi sp. nova from Continental Seas of Antarctica.
  • Balushkin, A.V. & Prirodina, V.P. (2010): Notomuraenobathys gen. nov.—a New Genus of Eel Cods (Muraenolepididae: Gadiformes) from the Southern Ocean.
  • Barbosa, M.A. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2010): Seven new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Southeastern Brazil and redescription of T. brasiliensis.
    • Trichomycterus brunoi Barbosa & Costa, 2010
    • Trichomycterus claudiae Barbosa & Costa, 2010
    • Trichomycterus fuliginosus Barbosa & Costa, 2010
    • Trichomycterus mariamole Barbosa & Costa, 2010
    • Trichomycterus novalimensis Barbosa & Costa, 2010
    • Trichomycterus rubiginosus Barbosa & Costa, 2010
    • Trichomycterus macrotrichopterus Barbosa & Costa, 2010
  • Bertaco, V.A. & Carvalho, F.R. (2010): New species of Hasemania (Characiformes: Characidae) from Central Brazil, with comments on the endemism of upper rio Tocantins basin, Goiás State.
  • Bertaco, V.A., Carvalho, F.R. & Jerep, F.C. (2010): Astyanax goyanensis (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1944), new combination and Astyanax courensis, new species (Ostariophysi: Characiformes): two Characidae from the upper rio Tocantins basin, Central Brazil.
  • Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sousa, L.M. (2010): New Species of the Thorny Catfish Genus Leptodoras (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from Rio Fresco, Xingu Basin, Brazil.
  • Bogutskaya, N.G. & Zupancic, P. (2010): Squalius janae, a new species of fish from the Adriatic Sea basin in Slovenia  (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae).
  • Borsa, P., Béarez, P. & Chen, W.-J. (2010): Gymnocranius oblongus, a new large-eye bream species from New Caledonia (Teleostei: Lethrinidae) / Gymnocranius oblongus, une nouvelle espèce de bossu blanc de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (Teleostei : Lethrinidae).
  • Britz, R. (2010): A new earthworm eel of the genus Chaudhuria from the Ayeyarwaddy River Drainage, Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Chaudhuriidae).
  • Britz, R. (2010): Macrognathus aureus, a new spiny eel of the M. aculeatus species group from the Upper Ayeyarwaddy River Drainage, Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae).
  • Britz, R. (2010): Species of the Macrognathus aculeatus group in Myanmar with remarks on M. caudiocellatus (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae).
  • Buj, I., Vukic, J., Šanda, R., Perea, S., Caleta, M., Marcic, Z., Bogut, I., Povz, M. & Mrakovcic, M. (2010): Morphological comparison of bleaks (Alburnus, Cyprinidae) from the Adriatic Basin with the description of a new species.
    • Alburnus neretvae Buj, Šanda & Perea, 2010
      • Folia Zoologica, 59 (2): 129-141.
  • Calviño, P.A. & Alonso, F. (2010): Two new species of the genus Corydoras (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from northwestern Argentina, and redescription of C. micracanthus Regan, 1912.
  • Carvalho, F.R., Bertaco, V.A. & Jerep, F.C. (2010): Hemigrammus tocantinsi: a new species from the upper rio Tocantins basin, Central Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Carvalho, P.H., Lima, F.C.T. & Zawadzki, C.H. (2010): Two new species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Negro basin in Brazil.
  • Chakrabarty, P. (2010): Status and phylogeny of Milyeringidae (Teleostei: Gobiiformes), with the description of a new blind cave-fish from Australia, Milyeringa brooksi, n. sp.
    • Milyeringa brooksi Chakrabarty, 2010
  • Chakrabarty, P., Chu, J., Nahar, L. & Sparks, J.S. (2010): Geometric morphometrics uncovers a new species of ponyfish (Teleostei: Leiognathidae: Equulites), with comments on the taxonomic status of Equula berbis Valenciennes.
  • Chen, W.-J., Lheknim, V. & Mayden, R.L. (2010): Molecular phylogeny of the Cobitoidea (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) revisited: position of enigmatic loach Ellopostoma resolved with six nuclear genes. 
  • Coad, B.W. & Bogutskaya, N.G. (2010): Petroleuciscus esfahani, a new species of fish from central Iran (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae).
  • Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. (2010): A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus springeri (Rhynchobatoidei, Rhynchobatidae), from the Western Pacific. Pp. 77-88 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Sharks and Rays from Borneo.
  • Compagno, L.J.V., White, W.T. & Cavanagh, R.D. (2010): Glyphis fowlerae sp. nov., a new species of river shark (Carcharhiniformes; Carcharhinidae) from northeastern Borneo. Pp. 29-44 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Sharks and Rays from Borneo.
  • Conway, K.W. & Kottelat, M. (2010): Two new species of Torrent Minnow (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae) from western Myanmar. 
  • Costa, W.J.E.M. (2010): Two new species of the Rivulus urophthalmus group from the Tocantins and Xingu river drainages, eastern Brazilian Amazon (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae).
     
  • Costa, W.J.E.M., Ramos, T.P.A., Alexandre, L.C. & Ramos, R.T.C. (2010): Cynolebias parnaibensis, a new seasonal killifish from the Caatinga, Parnaíba River basin, northeastern Brazil, with notes on sound producing courtship behavior (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae).
  • de Lucena, Z.M.S. & Malabarba, L.R. (2010): Descrição de nove espécies novas de Phenacogaster (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae) e comentários sobre as demais espécies do gênero.
    • Phenacogaster capitulatus de Lucena & Malabarba, 2010
    • Phenacogaster maculoblongus de Lucena & Malabarba, 2010
    • Phenacogaster napoatilis de Lucena & Malabarba, 2010
    • Phenacogaster ojitatus de Lucena & Malabarba, 2010
    • Phenacogaster prolatus de Lucena & Malabarba, 2010
    • Phenacogaster retropinnus de Lucena & Malabarba, 2010
    • Phenacogaster simulatus de Lucena & Malabarba, 2010
    • Phenacogaster wayampi Le Bail & de Lucena, 2010
    • Phenacogaster wayana Le Bail & de Lucena, 2010
  • de Oliveira, R.R, Zuanon, J., Rapp Py-Daniel, L. & Rocha, M.S. (2010): Peckoltia compta, a new species of catfish from the Brazilian Amazon, rio Tapajós basin (Siluriformes: Loricariidae).
  • de Santana, C.D. & Crampton, W.G.R. (2010): A Review of the South American Electric Fish Genus Porotergus (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) with the Description of a New Species.

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  • de Santana, C.D. & Vari, R.P. (2010): Electric fishes of the genus Sternarchorhynchus  (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes); phylogenetic and revisionary studies.
    • Sternarchorhynchus axelrodi de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus chaoi de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus cramptoni de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus freemani de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus galibi de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus goeldii de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus hagedornae de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus higuchii de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus inpai de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus jaimei de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus kokraimoro de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus mareikeae de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus marreroi de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus mendesi de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus montanus de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus retzeri de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus schwassmanni de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus starksi de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus stewarti de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus taphorni de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus villasboasi de Santana & Vari, 2010
    • Sternarchorhynchus yepezi de Santana & Vari, 2010
  • de Santana, C.D. & Vari, R.P. (2010): New Rheophilic Species of Electric Knifefish from the Rapids and Waterfalls of the Lower Rio Xingu, Brazil (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae).
  • Dunz, A.R. & Schliewen, U.K. (2010): Description of a new species of Tilapia Smith, 1840 (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Ghana.
  • Endo, H. & Nashida, K. (2010): Glossanodon kotakamaru, a New Argentine Fish from Southern Japan (Protacanthopterygii: Argentinidae).
    • Glossanodon kotakamaru Endo & Nashida, 2010
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A), Suppl. 4: 119–127.
  • Figueiredo, C.A. & Britto, M.R. (2010): A new species of Xyliphius, a rarely sampled banjo catfish (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the rio Tocantins-Araguaia system.
  • Fraser, T.H. & Allen, G.R. (2010): Cardinalfish of the genus Apogonichthyoides Smith, 1949 (Apogonidae) with a description of a new species from the West-Pacific region.
  • Freyhof, J. & Özulug, M. (2010): Pseudophoxinus evliyae, a new species of spring minnow from Western Anatolia with remarks on the distribution of P. ninae and the systematic position of P. fahirae (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
  • Fricke, R. (2010): Centrodraco atrifilum, a new deepwater dragonet species from eastern Australia (Teleostei: Draconettidae).
    • Centrodraco atrifilum Fricke, 2010
      • Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, A, Neue Serie, 3: 341–346.
  • Fricke, R., Wirtz, P. & Brito, A. (2010): A new species of the clingfish genus Apletodon (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Cape Verde Islands, Eastern Central Atlantic.
     
    • Garafino, S. & Roscalo, P.I. (2010): A new species of Pempheridae from the Southwest Pacific. 
      • Parapriacanthus pseudelongatus Garafino & Roscalo, 2010
        • J. Fish Syst., 12 (1): 12-18.
    • Fake message - ignore it! Journal does not exist - species was not described.
  • García-Alzate, C.A., Román-Valencia, C. & Taphorn, D.C. (2010): A new species of Hyphessobrycon (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) from the San Juan River drainage, Pacific versant of Colombia.
  • García-Alzate, C.A., Román-Valencia, C. & Taphorn, D.C. (2010): Two new species of Hyphessobrycon (Pisces: Characiformes: Characidae) from Putumayo River, with keys to the Colombian Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus-group species.
    • Hyphessobrycon amaronensis García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn 2010
    • Hyphessobrycon taguae García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn 2010
  • Geiger, M.F. & Schliewen, U.K. (2010): Gymnocephalus ambriaelacus, a new species of ruffe from Lake Ammersee, southern Germany (Teleostei, Perciformes, Percidae).
  • Greenfield, D.W. & Randall, J.E. (2010): Four New Gobiid Fishes of the Genus Eviota from the Western Pacific, with Clarification of Eviota guttata and Eviota albolineata (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
    • Eviota rubrisparsa Greenfield & Randall, 2010
    • Eviota shimandai Greenfield & Randall, 2010
    • Eviota toshiyuki Greenfield & Randall, 2010
    • Eviota winterbottomi Greenfield & Randall, 2010
      • Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 61 (3): 269-289.
  • Gopi, K.C. (2010): Glyptothorax malabarensis, a new catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from the Western Ghats of Kerala, India.
  • Guimarães, R.Z.P., Nunan, G.W. & Gasparini, J.L. (2010): Malacoctenus brunoi sp. n. (Blennioidei: Labrisomidae), a new scaled-blenny from Trindade Island, off Brazil.
  • Habteselassie, R., Mikschi, E., Ahnelt, H. & Waidbacher, H. (2010): Garra chebera, a new species of cyprinid fish from an isolated basin in Ethiopia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). 
    • Garra chebera Habteselassie, Mikschi, Ahnelt & Waidbacher, 2010
      • Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B, 111: 43–53.
  • Hadiaty, R.K. & Kottelat, M. (2010): Nemacheilus marang, a new loach (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Sangkulirang karst, eastern Borneo.
  • Havird, J.C. & Page, L.M. (2010): A Revision of Lepidocephalichthys (Teleostei: Cobitidae) with Descriptions of Two New Species from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar.
  • Havird, J.C., Page, L.M., Tangjitjaroen, W., Vidthayanon, C., Grudpan, C. & Udduang, S. (2010): A new species of Lepidocephalichthys (Teleostei: Cobitidae) with distinctive sexual dimorphism and comments on relationships in southern lineages of Cobitidae.
  • Heemstra, P.C. (2010): Taxonomic Review of the perciform fish genus Acanthistius from the east coast of southern Africa, with description of a new species and designation of a neotype for Serranus sebastoides Castelnau, 1861.
  • Herder, F. & Chapuis, S. (2010): Oryzias hadiatyae, a new species of ricefish (Atherinomorpha: Beloniformes: Adrianichthyidae) endemic to Lake Masapi, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. 
  • Ho, H.-C., Chakrabarty, P. & Sparks, J.S. (2010): Review of the Halieutichthys aculeatus species complex (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae), with descriptions of two new species.
  • Ho, H.-C., Prokofiev, A.M. & Shao, K.-T. (2010): Synodus cresseyi Prokofiev, 2008, an unnecessary replacement forS. macrocephalus Cressey, 1981, and a description of a new species from the Western Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Synodontidae).
  • Ho, H.-C. & Shao, K.-T. (2010): A new species of Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the western South Pacific, with comment on C. latipunctatus.
  • Ho, H.-C. & Shao, K.-T. (2010): A Review of Malthopsis jordani Gilbert, 1905, with Description of a New Congener from Indo-Pacific Ocean (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae).
    • Malthopsis gigas Ho & Shao, 2010
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A), Suppl. 4: 8-20?
  • Imamura, H. (2010): A New Species of the Flathead Genus Inegocia (Teleostei: Platycephalidae) from East Asia.
    • Inegocia ochiaii Imamura, 2010
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A), Suppl. 4: 21–29.
  • Imamura, H., Aizawa, M. & Shinohara, G. (2010): Cocotropus izuensis, a New Species of Velvetfish (Teleostei: Aploactinidae) from Japan.
    • Cocotropus izuensis Imamura, Aizawa & Shinohara, 2010
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A), Suppl. 4: 1–7.
  • Iwatsuki, Y. & Heemstra, P.C. (2010): Taxonomic Review of the Western Indian Ocean Species of the Genus Acanthopagrus Peters, 1855 (Perciformes: Sparidae), with Description of a New Species from Oman.
  • Jones, C.C., Smith, L.L. & Sparks, J.S. (2010): A New Species of Rainbowfish (Teleostei: Melanotaenioidei: Bedotiidae) from the Makira Region of Northeastern Madagascar.
  • Kadarusman, Sudarto, Paradis, E. & Pouyaud, L. (2010): Description of Melanotaenia fasinensis, a new species of rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae) from West Papua, Indonesia with comments on the rediscovery of M. ajamaruensis and the endangered status of M. parva.
  • Kawai, T., Amaoka, K. & Séret, B. (2010): A new righteye flounder, Poecilopsetta multiradiata (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes: Poecilopsettidae), from New Zealand and New Caledonia (South-West Pacific).
  • Keith, P., Feunteun, E. & Vigneux, E. (2010):Stiphodon oatea, a new species of freshwater goby (Gobioidei: Sicydiinae) from Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia / Stiphodon oatea, une espèce nouvelle de gobie d’eau douce des îles Marquises, Polynésie française (Gobioidei: Sicydiinae).
  • Kemper, J.M., Ebert, D.A., Compagno, L.J.V. & Didier, D.A. (2010): Chimaera notafricana sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), a new species of chimaera from southern Africa.
  • Kemper, J.M., Ebert, D.A., Didier, D.A. & Compagno, L.J.V. (2010): Description of a new species of chimaerid, Chimaera bahamaensis from the Bahamas (Holocephali: Chimaeridae).
  • Kinziger, A.P. & Wood, R.M. (2010): Cottus immaculatus, a new species of sculpin (Cottidae) from the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas and Missouri, USA.
     
  • Kulongowski, C. (2010): Revision of the ariid catfish genus Galeichthys Valenciennes (subfamily Galeichthyinae), with description of a new species from South Africa and designation of a neotype for G. ater Castelnau.
    • Galeichthys trowi Kulongowski, 2010
      • Smithinana Bulletin, 12: 9-23.
  • Last, P.R., Fahmi & Ishihara, H. (2010): Okamejei cairae sp. nov. (Rajoidei: Rajidae), a new skate from the South China Sea. Pp. 89-100 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Sharks and Rays from Borneo.
  • Last, P.R., Fahmi & Naylor, G.J.P. (2010): Pastinachus stellurostris sp. nov., a new stingray (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes) from Indonesian Borneo. Pp. 129-140 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Sharks and Rays from Borneo.
  • Last, P.R. & Lim, A.P.K. (2010): A new species of skate Okamejei jensenae sp. nov. (Rajoidei: Rajidae) from the seas off Borneo, with a redescription of the Kwangtung Skate, Dipturus kwangtungensis (Chu). Pp. 101-114 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Sharks and Rays from Borneo.
  • Last, P.R. & Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. (2010): Description of a new stingray, Pastinachus gracilicaudus sp. nov. (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes), based on material from the Indo–Malay Archipelago. Pp. 115-128 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Sharks and Rays from Borneo.
  • Last, P.R., Pogonoski, J.J. & White, W.T. (2010): A new wobbegong shark, Orectolobus leptolineatus sp. nov. (Orectolobiformes: Orectolobidae), from the Western Central Pacific. Pp. 1-16 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Sharks and Rays from Borneo.
  • Lavoué, S., Sullivan, J.P.  & Arnegard, M.E. (2010): African weakly electric fishes of the genus Petrocephalus (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) of Odzala National Park, Republic of the Congo (Lékoli River, Congo River basin) with description of five new species.
    • Petrocephalus mbossou Lavoué, Sullivan  & Arnegard, 2010
    • Petrocephalus odzalaensis Lavoué, Sullivan  & Arnegard, 2010
    • Petrocephalus pulsivertens Lavoué, Sullivan  & Arnegard, 2010
    • Petrocephalus valentini Lavoué, Sullivan  & Arnegard, 2010
    • Petrocephalus zakoni Lavoué, Sullivan  & Arnegard, 2010
  • Liao, T.Y., Kullander, S.O. & Fang, F. (2010): Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Rasbora (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
    • Brevibora, n. gen. Liao, Kullander & Fang, 2010 (online pre-publication in 2009)
    •   Type species: Rasbora dorsiocellata Duncker, 1904
    • Kottelatia, n, gen. Liao, Kullander & Fang, 2010 (online pre-publication in 2009)
    •   Type species: Rasbora brittani Axelrod, 1976
    • Rasbosoma, n. gen. Liao, Kullander & Fang, 2010 (online pre-publication in 2009)
    •   Type species: Rasbora spilocerca Rainboth & Kottelat, 1987
    • Trigonopoma, n. gen. Liao, Kullander & Fang, 2010 (online pre-publication in 2009)
    •   Type species: Rasbora pauciperforata Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
  • Lim, P.K.A., Motomura, H. & Gambang, A.C. (2010): Polydactylus luparensis, a new species of threadfin (Perciformes: Polynemidae) from the Batang Lupar River, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia.
  • Lin, H.-C. & Galland, G.R. (2010): Molecular analysis of Acanthemblemaria macrospilus (Teleostei: Chaenopsidae) with description of a new species from the Gulf of California, Mexico.
  • Lucinda, P.H.F., Lucena, C.A.S. & Assis, N.C. (2010): Two new species of cichlid fish genus Geophagus Heckel from the Rio Tocantins drainage (Perciformes: Cichlidae). 
    • Geophagus neambi Lucinda, Lucena & Assis, 2010
    • Geophagus sveni Lucinda, Lucena & Assis, 2010
  • Magtoon, W. (2010): Oryzias songkhramensis, A New Species of Ricefish (Beloniformes; Adrianichthyidae) from Northeast Thailand and Central Laos.
  • Marinho, M.M.F. & Langeani, F. (2010): A new species of Moenkhausia from the rio Amazonas and rio Orinoco basins (Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Matallanas, J. (2010): Description of two new genera, Santelmoa and Bentartia and two new species of Zoarcidae (Teleostei, Perciformes) from the Southern Ocean.
    • Bentartia gen. n. Matallanas, 2010 (online pre-publication in 2009)
    •  Type species: Bentartia cinerea Matallanas, 2010 (online pre-publication in 2009)
    • Santelmoa gen. n. Matallanas, 2010 (online pre-publication in 2009)
    •  Type species: Santelmoa carmenae Matallanas, 2010 (online pre-publication in 2009)
  • Matamoros, W.A. & Schaefer, J.F. (2010): A new species of Profundulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Profundulidae) from the Honduran central highlands.
  • Mayden, R.L. & Chen, W.-J. (2010): The world’s smallest vertebrate species of the Genus Paedocypris: A new family of freshwater fishes and the sister group to the world’s most diverse clade of freshwater fishes (Teleostei: Cypriniformes). 
    • Paedocyprinoidea n. suborder Mayden & Chen, 2010
    • Acheilognathidae [elevated to family rank, but preoccupied by Bleeker, 1863]
    • Gobionidae [elevated to family rank, 2010, but preoccupied by Bleeker, 1863]
    • Leptobarbidae [recognized as family, first erected by Günther, 1868]
    • Leuciscidae [elevated to family rank, but preoccupied by Bonaparte, 1845]
    • Paedocyprinidae n. fam. Mayden & Chen, 2010
    • Sundadanionidae [recognized as family, first erected ?]
    • Tanichthyidae [recognized as family, first erected by Chen & Mayden, 2009]
    • Tincidae [recognized as family, first erected by Kryzanovskij, 1947]
  • McBride, R.S., Rocha, C.R., Ruiz-Carus, R. & Bowen, B.W. (2010): A new species of ladyfish, of the genus Elops (Elopiformes: Elopidae), from the western Atlantic Ocean.
  • McCosker, J.E. (2010): Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species.
    • Ophichthus alleni McCosker, 2010
    • Ophichthus aniptocheilos McCosker, 2010
    • Ophichthus congroides McCosker, 2010
    • Ophichthus hirritus McCosker, 2010
    • Ophichthus humanni McCosker, 2010
    • Ophichthus ishiyamorum McCosker, 2010
    • Ophichthus lentiginosus McCosker, 2010
    • Ophichthus microstictus McCosker, 2010
    • Ophichthus tomioi McCosker, 2010
  • Meyer, M.K., Schories, S. & Schartl, M. (2010): Description of Gambusia zarskei sp. n. – a new poeciliid fish from the upper Rio Conchos system, Chihuahua, Mexico (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae).
  • Mincarone, M.M. & Fernholm, B. (2010): Review of the Australian hagfishes with description of two new species of Eptatretus (Myxinidae).
  • Miquelarena, A.M. & López, H.L. (2010): Hyphessobrycon nicolasi (Teleostei: Characidae) a new species from the Uruguay River basin in the Mesopotamian Region, Argentina.
  • Ng, H.H. & Lalramliana (2010): Pseudolaguvia spicula, a new sisorid catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Bangladesh and northeastern India.
  • Ng, H.H. & Lalramliana (2010): Pseudolaguvia virgulata, a new sisorid catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Mizoram, northeastern India.
  • Nielsen, D.T.B., Shibata, O.A., Suzart, R.D.R. & Martín, A.F. (2010): A new species of Simpsonichthys (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the rio São Francisco basin, northeastern Brazil.
  • Nielsen, J.G. (2010): Revision of the bathyal fish genus Benthocometes (Teleostei: Ophidiidae) with a new species from off NW Australia.
  • Nielsen, J.G. & Prokofiev, A.M. (2010): A new, dwarf species of Grammonus (Teleostei: Bythitidae) found off Vietnam.
  • Ottoni, F.P. (2010): Australoheros capixaba, a new species of Australoheros from south-eastern Brazil (Labroidei: Cichlidae: Cichlasomatinae).
  • Parenti, L.R. & Hadiaty, R.K. (2010): A New, Remarkably Colorful, Small Ricefish of the Genus Oryzias (Beloniformes, Adrianichthyidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia.
  • Peixoto, L.A.W. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2010): Description of a new species of Tetranematichthys (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the lower Amazon basin, Brazil.
  • Pereira, E.H.L., Vieira, F. & Reis, R.E. (2010): Pareiorhaphis scutula, a new species of neoplecostomine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Doce basin, Southeastern Brazil.
  • Piálek, L., Rican, O., Casciotta, J. & Almirón, A. (2010): Crenicichla hu, a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Paraná basin in Misiones, Argentina.
  • Pinheiro, H.T., Gasparini, J.L. & Sazima, I. (2010): Sparisoma rocha, a new species of parrotfish (Actinopterygii: Labridae) from Trindade Island, South-western Atlantic.
  • Poss, S.G., McCosker, J.E. & Baldwin, C.C. (2010): A New Species of Scorpaenodes (Pisces: Scorpaenidae) from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands with Discussions of the Limits of Scorpaenodes and Thysanichthys.
    • Scorpaenodes rubrivinctus Poss, McCosker & Baldwin, 2010
      • Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 61 (2): 235-267.
  • Pramod, P.K., Fang F., Rema Devi, K., Liao, T.-Y., Indra, T.J., Jameela Beevi, K.S. & Kullander, S.O. (2010): Betadevario ramachandrani, a new danionine genus and species from the Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Danioninae).
    • Betadevario n. gen. Pramod, Fang, Rema Devi, Liao, Indra, Jameela Beevi & Kullander, 2010
    •  Type species: Betadevario ramachandrani Pramod, Fang, Rema Devi, Liao, Indra, Jameela Beevi & Kullander, 2010
  • Quéro, J.-C., Spitz, J. & Vayne, J.-J. (2010): Chromis durvillei: une nouvelle espèce de Pomacentridae de l’île de la Réunion (France, océan Indien) et premier signalement pour l’île de Chromis axillaris / Chromis durvillei a new species of Pomacentridae from Reunion Island and first record of Chromis axillaris.
  • Randall, J.E. & Allen, G.R. (2010): Two new labrid fished of the genus Halichoeres from the East Indies. 
  • Randall, J.E. & King, D.R. (2010): Halichoeres zulu, a new labrid fish from South Africa.
    • Halichoeres zulu Randall & King, 2010
      • Smithiana Bulletin, 11: 17-23.
  • Reichard, M. (2010): Nothobranchius kadleci (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from central Mozambique.
  • Rema Devi, K., Indra, T.J. & Knight, J.D.M. (2010): Puntius rohani (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of barb in the Puntius filamentosus group from the southern Western Ghats of India.
  • Renaud, C.B. & Economidis, P.S. (2010): Eudontomyzon graecus, a new nonparasitic lamprey species from Greece (Petromyzontiformes: Petromyzontidae).
  • Ribeiro, F.R.V. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. (2010): Ageneiosus uranophthalmus, a new species of auchenipterid catfish (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes) from river channels of the central Amazon basin, Brazil.
  • Rocha, L.A., Pinheiro, H.T. & Gasparini, J.L. (2010): Description of Halichoeres rubrovirens, a new species of wrasse (Labridae: Perciformes) from the Trindade and Martin Vaz Island group, southeastern Brazil, with a preliminary mtDNA molecular phylogeny of New World Halichoeres.
  • Rocha, M.S. & Ribeiro, F.R.V. (2010): A new species of Pimelodus LaCépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from rio Itacaiunas, rio Tocantins basin, Brazil.
  • Römer, U., Hahn, I.J. & Vergara, P.M. (2010): Description of Dicrossus foirni sp. n. and Dicrossus warzeli sp. n. (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae), two new cichlid species from the Rio Negro and the Rio Tapajós, Amazonas drainage, Brazil.
  • Román–Valencia, C. & Arcila–Mesa, D.K. (2010): Five new species of Hemibrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Río Magdalena basin, Colombia.
  • Román-Valencia, C., García-Alzate, C.A., Ruiz-C., R.I. & Taphorn B., D.C. (2010): A new species of Creagrutus from the Güejar River, Orinoco Basin, Colombia (Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Román-Valencia, C., Garcia-Alzate, C.A., Ruiz-C., R.I. & Taphorn, D.C. (2010): A new species of Hemibrycon (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) from the Roble River, Alto Cauca, Colombia, with a key to species known from the Magdalena-Cauca River Basin. 
  • Sato, T., Gomon, M.F. & Nakabo, T. (2010): Two new Australian species of the Paraulopus nigripinnis complex (Aulopiformes: Paraulopidae).
  • Shibukawa, K. (2010): Gobiopsis namnas, a New Deep-dwelling Goby (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from Japan.
    • Gobiopsis namnas Shibukawa, 2010
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A), Suppl. 4: 97–106.
  • Shibukawa, K. (2010): Hetereleotris exilis, a New Goby (Teleostei, Perciformes, Gobiidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
    • Hetereleotris exilis Shibukawa, 2010
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A), Suppl. 4: 89–95.
  • Shibukawa, K. (2010): Myopsaron nelsoni, a New Genus and Species of Sandburrowers (Perciformes: Trichonotidae: Creediinae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan.
    • Myopsaron n. gen. Shibukawa, 2010
    •  Type and new species: Myopsaron nelsoni Shibukawa, 2010
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A), Suppl. 4: 49–66.
  • Shibukawa, K., Suzuki, T. & Senou, H. (2010): Phoxacromion kaneharai, a New Genus and Species of Gobiid Fish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
    • Phoxacromion kaneharai Shibukawa, Suzuki & Senou, 2010
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A), Suppl. 4: 107–117.
  • Shibukawa, K., Yoshino, T. & Allen, G.R. (2010): Ancistrogobius, a New Cheek-spine Goby Genus from the West Pacific and Red Sea, with Descriptions of Four New Species (Perciformes: Gobiidae: Gobiinae).
    • Ancistrogobius n. gen. Shibukawa, Yoshino & Allen, 2010
    •  Type and new species: Ancistrogobius dipus Shibukawa, Yoshino & Allen, 2010
    • Ancistrogobius squamiceps Shibukawa, Yoshino & Allen, 2010
    • Ancistrogobius yanoi Shibukawa, Yoshino & Allen, 2010
    • Ancistrogobius yoshigoui Shibukawa, Yoshino & Allen, 2010
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A), Suppl. 4: 67–87.
  • Silva, A., Maduwage, K. & Pethiyagoda, R. (2010): A review of the genus Rasbora in Sri Lanka, with description of two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
  • Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2010): New species of Indo-Pacific jawfishes (Opistognathus: Opistognathidae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea.
    • Opistognathus adelus Smith-Vaniz, 2010
    • Opistognathus afer Smith-Vaniz, 2010
    • Opistognathus crassus Smith-Vaniz, 2010
    • Opistognathus dipharus Smith-Vaniz, 2010
    • Opistognathus longinaris Smith-Vaniz, 2010
    • Opistognathus simus Smith-Vaniz, 2010
      • Smithinana Bulletin, 12: 39-54.
  • Sonnenberg, R. & Busch, E. (2010): Description of Callopanchax sidibei (Nothobranchiidae: Epiplateinae), a new species of killifish from southwestern Guinea, West Africa.
  • Sousa, L.M., Netto-Ferreira, A.L. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2010): Two new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from Serra do Cachimbo, Pará, Northern Brazil.
  • Sparks, J.S. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2010): A new species of Ptychochromis from northeastern Madagascar (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with an updated phylogeny and revised diagnosis for the genus.
  • Suzuki, T., Yonezawa, T. & Sakaue, J. (2010): Three New Species of the Ptereleotrid Fish Genus Parioglossus (Perciformes: Gobioidei) from Japan, Palau and India.
    • Parioglossus caeruleolineatus Suzuki, Yonezawa & Sakaue, 2010
    • Parioglossus senoui Suzuki, Yonezawa & Sakaue, 2010
    • Parioglossus winterbottomi Suzuki, Yonezawa & Sakaue, 2010
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A), Suppl. 4: 31–48.
  • Taphorn, D.C., Armbruster, J.W. & Rodríguezolarte, D. (2010): Ancistrus falconensis n. sp. and A. gymnorhynchus Kner (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from central Venezuelan Caribbean coastal streams.
  • Thomas, M.R. & Sabaj Pérez, M.H. (2010): A New Species of Whiptail Catfish, Genus Loricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), from the Rio Curuá (Xingu Basin), Brazil.
  • Uiblein, F. & Heemstra, P.C. (2010): A taxonomic review of the Western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus Upeneus (Family Mullidae), with description of four new species. 
    • Upeneus indicus Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010
    • Upeneus margarethae Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010
    • Upeneus suahelicus Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010
    • Upeneus supravittatus Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010
      • Smithiana Bulletin, 11: 35-71.
  • Victor, B.C. (2010): The Redcheek Paradox: the mismatch between genetic and phenotypic divergence among deeply-divided mtDNA lineages in a coral-reef goby, with the description of two new cryptic species from the Caribbean Sea. 
  • Williams, J.T. (2010): A new species of blenny, Cirripectes heemstraorum, from Cape Vidal, South Africa (Family Blenniidae).
    • Cirripectes heemstraorum Williams, 2010
      • Smithinana Bulletin, 12: 3-7.
  • Williams, J.T. & Bogorodsky, S.V. (2010): Entomacrodus solus, a new species of blenny (Perciformes, Blenniidae) from the Red Sea.
  • Willink, P.W., Mol, J.H. & Chernoff, B. (2010): A new species of suckermouth armored catfish, Pseudancistrus kwinti (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Coppename River drainage, Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname.
  • Zanata, A.M., Birindelli, J.L.O. & Moreira, C.R. (2010): New species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from Rio Xingu and Rio Tapaj´os basins, Brazil, with comments on a putative case of polymorphic Batesian mimicry.
  • Zanata, A.M. & Serra, J.P. (2010): Hasemania piatan, a new characid species (Characiformes: Characidae) from headwaters of rio de Contas, Bahia, Brazil.
  • Zarske, A. (2010): Der Kolibrisalmler - Trochilocharax ornatus gen. et spec. nov. - ein neuer Salmler aus Peru (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Zarske, A., Le Bail, P.-Y. & Géry, J. (2010): New and poorly known Characiform fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) from French Guyana. A new Tetra of the genus Bryconamericus.
  • Zupancic, P., Maric, D., Naseka, A.M. & Bogutskaya, N.G. (2010): Squalius platyceps, a new species of fish (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) from the Skadar Lake basin.
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