home_impressum_eggspots

Scientific News: New Taxa


Collected by Michal Mikšik and Erwin Schraml

update 2010-2#6

2010 latest news (February)
  • 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.
  • 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. 
  • Román–Valencia, C. & Arcila–Mesa, D.K. (2009): Two new species of Hemibrycon (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Magdalena River, Colombia.
  • 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.
  • 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.
2010 latest news (January)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Allen, G.R. & Dudgeon, C.L. (2010): Hemiscyllium michaeli, a new species of Bamboo Shark (Hemiscyllidae) from Papua New Guinea.
    • Hemiscyllium michaeli Allen & Dudgeon, 2010
      • aqua International Journal of Ichthyology, 16 (1): 19-30.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2009): A new species of Damselfish (Pomacentrus: Pomacentridae) from western New Guinea.
    • Pomacentrus fakfakensis Allen & Erdmann, 2009
      • Records of the Western Australian Museum, 25 [2008]: 119-124.
  • Nielsen, J.G. (2009): A revision of the bathyal genus Luciobrotula (Teleostei, Ophidiidae) with two new species. 
    • Luciobrotula brasiliensis Nielsen, 2009
    • Luciobrotula coheni Nielsen, 2009
      • Galathea Report, 22: 141-156.
  • De la Maza Benignos, M. (2009): Los Peces del Río Conchos. Chihuahua. 
    • Cyprinodon julimes De la Maza-Benignos & Vela-Valladores, 2009
      • Los Peces del Río Conchos, Apéndice D, pp. 185-189.
  • Rocha, M.S. & Ribeiro, F.R.V. (2010): A new species of Pimelodus LaCépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from rio Itacaiunas, rio Tocantins basin, Brazil.
  • Parisi, B.M. & Lundberg, J.S. (2009): Pimelabditus moli, a new genus and new species of pimelodid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from the Maroni River basin of northeastern South America. 
    • Pimelabditus moli Parisi & Lundberg, 2009
      • Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia), 480: 1-11.
  • 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).
  • Britz, R. (2010): Species of the Macrognathus aculeatus group in Myanmar with remarks on M. caudiocellatus (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae).
  • 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.
  • Kinziger, A.P. & Wood, R.M. (2010): Cottus immaculatus, a new species of sculpin (Cottidae) from the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas and Missouri, USA.
  • Nielsen, J.G., Schwarzhans, W. & Hadiaty, R.K. (2009): A blind, new species of Diancistrus (Teleostei, Bythitidae) from three caves on Muna Island, southeast of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
  • 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.
  • Reichard, M. (2010): Nothobranchius kadleci (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from central Mozambique.
  • Coad, B.W. (2009): A new species of tooth-carp, Aphanius mesopotamicus, from Iran and Iraq (Actinopterygii, Cyprinodontidae).
2009 latest news (December)
  • Greenfield, D.W. (2009): Eviota randalli, a New Gobiid Fish from Oceania. 
    • Eviota randalli Greenfield, 2009
      • Proceedings of the Colifornia Academy of Sciences, 60 (20): 683-687.
  • Iwamoto, T.,  Ho, H.-C. & Shao, K.-T. (2009): Description of a new Coelorinchus (Macrouridae, Gadiformes, Teleostei) from Taiwan, with notable new records of grenadiers from the South China Sea.
  • Watanabe, S., Aoyama, J. & Tsukamoto, K. (2009): A new species of freshwater eel Anguilla luzonensis (Teleostei: Anguillidae) from Luzon Island of the Philippines.
  • Maxime, E.L. & Albert, J.S. (2009): A new species of Gymnotus (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) from the Fitzcarrald Arch of southeastern Peru.
  • de Carvalho Paixão, A. & Toledo-Piza, M. (2009): Systematics of Lamontichthys Miranda-Ribeiro (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with the description of two new species.
  • Zanata, A.M. & Ohara, W.M. (2009): Jupiaba citrina, a new species from rio Aripuanã, rio Madeira basin, Amazonas and Mato Grosso States, Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Prokofiev, A.M. (2009): Problems of the Classification and Phylogeny of Nemacheiline Loaches of the Group Lacking the Preethmoid I (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae: Nemacheilinae).
    • Afronemacheilus gen. n. Golubtsov and Prokofiev, 2009 
    •  Type species: Nemachilus abyssinicus Boulenger, 1902
    • Iskandaria gen. n. Prokofiev, 2009
    •  Type species: Nemacheilus kuschakewitschi Herzenstein, 1890 
    • Metaschistura gen. n. Prokofiev, 2009
    •  Type species: Nemacheilus cristatus Berg, 1898
    • Paraschistura gen. n. Prokofiev, 2009
    •  Type species: Nemacheilus sargadensis Nikolskii, 1900 
  • Sazonova, Y.I., Williams, A. & Kobyliansky, S.G. (2009): Review of Fish of the Genus Conocara (Alepocephalidae) from the Continental Slope of Australia and Description of a New Species C. paxtoni sp. nova.

    •  
  • Parina, N.V., Belyanina, T.N. & Evseenko, S.A. (2009): Materials to the Revision of the Genus Dolichopteryx and Closely Related Taxa (Ioichthys, Bathylychnops) with the Separation of a New Genus Dolichopteroides and Description of Three New Species (Fam. Opisthoproctidae).
    • Bathylychnops chilensis Parina, Belyanina & Evseenko, 2009
    • Dolichopteroides gen. n. Parina, Belyanina & Evseenko, 2009
    •  Type species: Dolichopteryx binocularis Beebe, 1932
    • Dolichopteryx andriashevi Parina, Belyanina & Evseenko, 2009
    • Dolichopteryx vityazi Parina, Belyanina & Evseenko, 2009
  • Eakin, R.R., Eastman, J.T. & Near, T.J. (2009): A New Species and a Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of the Antarctic Fish Genus Pogonophryne (Notothenioidei: Artedidraconidae).
  • Britto, M.R., Wosiacki, W.B. & Montag, L.F.A. (2009): A New Species of Corydoradinae Catfish (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from Rio Solimões Basin, Brazil.
  • Hoese, D.F. & Motomura, H. (2009): Descriptions of two new genera and species of ptereleotrine fishes from Australia and Japan (Teleostei: Gobioidei) with discussion of possible relationships.
    • Navigobius gen. n. Hoese & Motomura, 2009
    •  Type species: Navigobius dewa Hoese & Motomura, 2009
    • Pterocerdale gen. n. Hoese & Motomura, 2009
    •  Type species: Pterocerdale insolita Hoese & Motomura, 2009
  • Musilová, Z., Schindler, I. & Staeck, W. (2009): Description of Andinoacara stalsbergi sp. n. (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Cichlasomatini) from Pacific coastal rivers in Peru, and annotations on the phylogeny of the genus.
  • Randall, J.E. & Heemstra, E. (2009): Three new goatfishes of the genus Parupeneus from the western Indian Ocean, with resurrection of P. seychellensis.
    • Parupenues angulatus Randall & Heemstra, 2009
    • Parupenues minys Randall & Heemstra, 2009
    • Parupenues nansen Randall & Heemstra, 2009
  • Randall, J.E. & King, D.R. (2009): Parupenues fraserorum, a new species of goatfish (Perciformes: Mullidae) from South Africa and Madagascar.

2010 (alphabetical)


  • Allen, G.R. & Dudgeon, C.L. (2010): Hemiscyllium michaeli, a new species of Bamboo Shark (Hemiscyllidae) from Papua New Guinea.
    • Hemiscyllium michaeli Allen & Dudgeon, 2010
      • aqua International Journal of Ichthyology, 16 (1): 19-30.
  • Britz, R. (2010): Species of the Macrognathus aculeatus group in Myanmar with remarks on M. caudiocellatus (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae).
  • 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. 
  • 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., Wirtz, P. & Brito, A. (2010): A new species of the clingfish genus Apletodon (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Cape Verde Islands, Eastern Central Atlantic.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Kinziger, A.P. & Wood, R.M. (2010): Cottus immaculatus, a new species of sculpin (Cottidae) from the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas and Missouri, USA.
  • 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.
  • Reichard, M. (2010): Nothobranchius kadleci (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from central Mozambique.
  • Rocha, M.S. & Ribeiro, F.R.V. (2010): A new species of Pimelodus LaCépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from rio Itacaiunas, rio Tocantins basin, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
2009
2008
2007