Welt der Fische

2008

Scientific News: New Taxa


Collected by Michal Miksik and Erwin Schraml


2008 (alphabetical)


  • Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2008): Paracheilinus nursalim, a new species of flasher wrasse (Perciformes: Labridae) from the Bird’s Head Peninsula of western New Guinea with a key to the species of Paracheilinus.
     
  • Allen, G.R., Unmack, P.J. & Hadiaty, R.K. (2008): Two new species of rainbowfishes (Melanotaenia: Melanotaeniidae), from western New Guinea (Papua Barat Province, Indonesia).
     
  • Anderson, M.E. (2008): A new genus with two new species of live-bearing brotulas (Teleostei: Ophidiiformes: Bythitidae) from southern Australia.
    • Anacanthobythites gen. n. Anderson, 2008
    • Anacanthobythites platycephalus Anderson, 2008
    • Anacanthobythites tasmaninensis Anderson, 2008
      • Species Diversity, 13 (2-3): 149-156.
  • Armbruster, J.W. (2008): The genus Peckoltia with the description of two new species and a reanalysis of the phylogeny of the genera of the Hypostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae).
  • Armbruster, J.W. & Taphorn, D.C. (2008): A new species of Pseudancistrus from the Rio Caroni Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae).
  • Arunachalam, M. & Muralidharan, M. (2008): Description of a new species of the genus Psilorhynchus (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from a Western Ghat stream in Southern India. 
  • Balushkin, A.V. & Voskoboinikova, O.S. (2008): Revision of the Genus Genioliparis Andriashev et Neelov (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) with Description of a New Species G. kafanovi sp. n. from the Ross Sea (Antractica).
  • Barbosa, M.A. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2008): Description of a new species of catfish from the upper rio Paraíba do Sul basin, south-eastern Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) and re-description of Trichomycterus itatiayae.
  • Benine, R.C. & Lopes, G.A.M. (2008): A new species of Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from rio Portuguesa, rio Orinoco basin, Venezuela.
  • Bichuette, M.E., de Pinna, M.C.C. & Trajano, E. (2008): A new species of Glaphyropoma: the first subterranean copionodontine catfish and the first occurrence of opercular odontodes in the subfamily (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
  • Bichuette, M.E. & Trajano, E. (2008): Ituglanis mambai, a new subterranean catfish from a karst area of Central Brazil, rio Tocantins basin (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
  • Birindelli, J.L.O., Sousa, L.M. & Sabaj Pérez, M.H. (2008): New species of thorny catfish, genus Leptodoras Boulenger (Siluriformes: Doradidae), from Tapajós and Xingu basins, Brazil.
  • Blanton, R.E. & Jenkins, R.E. (2008): Three new darter species of the Etheostoma percnurum species complex (Percidae, subgenus Catonotus) from the Tennessee and Cumberland river drainages.
    • Etheostoma lemniscatum Blanton & Jenkins, 2008
    • Etheostoma marmorpinnum Blanton, 2008
    • Etheostoma sitikuense Blanton, 2008
  • Bockmann, F.A. & Miquelarena, A.M. (2008): Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of a new catfish species from northeastern Argentina with comments on the phylogenetic relationships of the genus Rhamdella Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1888 (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae).
  • Britski, H.A. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2008): Description of a new species of the genus Leporinus Spix (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the rio Araguaia, Brazil, with comments on the taxonomy and distribution of L. parae and L. lacustris.
  • Britski, H.A. & Lima, F.C.T. (2008): A New Species of Hemigrammus from the Upper Rio Tapajós Basin in Brazil (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Bührnheim, C.M., Carvalho, T.P., Malabarba, L.R. & Weitzman, S.H. (2008): A new genus and species of characid fish from the Amazon basin - the recognition of a relictual lineage of characid fishes (Ostariophysi: Cheirodontinae: Cheirodontini).
  • Cao, L. & Zhang, E (2008): Triplophysa waisihani, a new species of nemacheiline loach from Northwest China (Pisces: Balitoridae).
  • Carlson, B.A., Randall, J.E. & Dawson, M.N. (2008):  A New Species of Epibulus (Perciformes: Labridae) from the West Pacific.
  • Carvalho, F.R., Langeani, F., Miyazawa, C.S. & Troy, W.P. (2008): Hyphessobrycon rutiliflavidus n. sp., a new characid fish from the upper rio Paraguai, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). 
  • Carvalho, M.R. de (2008): New species of numbfishes from Australia, with a key to Australian electric rays of the genus Narcine Henle, 1834 (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae). Pp. 241-260 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Carvalho, T.P. (2008): A New Species of Corumbataia (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from Upper Rio Tocantins Basin, Central Brazil.
  • Carvalho, T.P., Lehmann A., P., Pereira, E.H.L. & Reis, R.E. (2008): A New Species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Laguna dos Patos Basin, Southern Brazil.
  • Carvalho, T.P., Lehmann A., P. & Reis, R.E. (2008): Gymnotocinclus anosteos, a new uniquely-plated genus and species of loricariid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from the upper rio Tocantins basin, central Brazil.
  • Castellanos-Morales, C.A. (2008): Trichomycterus uisae: a new species of hypogean catfish (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the northeastern Andean Cordillera of Colombia.
  • Chakrabarty, P. & Sparks, J.S. (2008): Diagnoses for Leiognathus Lacepède 1802, Equula Cuvier 1815, Equulites Fowler 1904, Eubleekeria Fowler 1904, and a New Ponyfish Genus (Teleostei: Leiognathidae).
  • Chen, I-S., Cheng, Y.-H. & Shao, K.-T. (2008): A new species of Rhinogobius  (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Julongjiang Basin in Fujian Province, China.
  • Chen, I-S., Suzuki, T. & Senou, H. (2008): A nes species of gobiid fish, Luciogobius from Ryukyus, Japan (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
    • Luciogobius ryukyuensis Chen, Suzuki & Senou, 2008
      • Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 16 (4): 248-252.
  • Cheng, J.-L.,  Ishihara, H. & Zhang, E. (2008): Pseudobagrus brachyrhabdion, a new catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) from the middle Yangtze River drainage, South China.
  • Chernova, N.V. & Møller, P.R. (2008): A new snailfish, Paraliparis nigellus sp. nov. (Scorpaeniformes, Liparidae), from the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge - with notes on occurence of Psednos in the area.
  • Chiachio, M.C., Oliveira, C. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I. (2008): Molecular systematic and historical biogeography of the armored Neotropical catfishes Hypoptopomatinae and Neoplecostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae).
    • Otothyrinae subfam. nov. Chiachio, Oliveira & Montoya-Burgos, 2008
  • Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. (2008): A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus palpebratus sp. nov. (Rhynchobatoidei: Rhynchobatidae), from the Indo–West Pacific. Pp. 227-240 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
     
  • Conway, K. & Mayden, R.L. (2008): Description of two new species of Psilorhynchus (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae) and redescription of P. balitora.
  • Costa, W.J.E.M. (2008): Atlantirivulus, a new subgenus of the killifish genus Rivulus from the eastern Brazilian coastal plaines (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae).
  • Costa, W.J.E.M. (2008): Catalog of aplocheiloid killifishes of the world. 
    • Acantholebias n. subgen. Costa, 2008 [of genus Austrolebias; type species Cynolebias luteoflammulatus Vaz-Ferreira, Sierra de Soriano & Scaglia de Paulete, 1964]
    • Acrolebias n. subgen. Costa, 2008 [of genus Austrolebias; type species Cynolebias carvalhoi Myers, 1947]
    • Argolebias n. subgen. Costa, 2008 [of genus Austrolebias; type species Cynolebias nigripinnis Regan, 1912]
    • Bathylebias n. subgen. Costa, 2008 [of genus Cynolebias; type species Cynolebias griseus Costa, Lacerda & Brasil, 1990]
    • Cypholebias n. subgen. Costa, 2008 [of genus Austrolebias; type species Cynolebias robustus Günther, 1883]
    • Gymnolebias n. subgen. Costa, 2008 [of genus Austrolebias; type species Cynolebias gymnoventris Amato, 1986]
      • Catalog of aplocheiloid killifishes of the world. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Departmento de Zoologia, Rio de Janeiro, 120 pp. 
  • Costa, W.J.E.M. (2008): Monophyly and taxonomy of the Neotropical seasonal killifish genus Leptolebias (Teleostei: Aplocheiloidei: Rivulidae), with the description of a new genus.
  • Costa, W.J.E.M. & Brasil, G.C. (2008): A New Pelvicless Killifish Species of the Genus Rivulus, Subgenus Melanorivulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), from the Upper Tocantins River Basin, Central Brazil.
  • Craig, M.T. & Randall, J.E. (2008): Two New Species of the Indo-Pacific Clingfish Genus Discotrema (Gobiesocidae).
     
  • da Graça, W.J. & Pavanelli, C.S. (2008):Characidium heirmostigmata, a new characidiin fish (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil.
  • da Graça, W.J., Pavanelli, C.S. & Buckup, P.A. (2008):  Two New Species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from Paraguay and Xingu River Basins, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
    • Characidium nupelia da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008
    • Characidium xavante da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008
  • de Chambrier, S. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I. (2008): Pseudancistrus corantijniensis, a new species from the Guyana Shield (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with a molecular and morphological description of the Pseudancistrus barbatus group.
  • de Souza, L.S., Melo, M.R.S., Chamon, C.C. & Armbruster, J.W. (2008): A new species of Hemiancistrus from the rio Araguaia basin, Goiás state, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae).
  • Díaz de Astarloa, J.M.D., Mabragaña, E., Hanner, R. & Figueroa, D.E. (2008): Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species of longnose skate (Rajiformes: Rajidae: Dipturus) from Argentinean waters based on DNA barcoding.
  • Didier, D.A. (2008): Two new species of the genus Hydrolagus Gill (Holocephali: Chimaeridae) from Australia. Pp. 349-356 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Didier, D.A., Last, P.R. & White, W.T. (2008): Three new species of the genus Chimaera Linnaeus (Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae) from Australia. Pp. 327-339 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Pérez-Rodríguez, R. & Doadrio, I. (2008): Morphological and genetic comparative analyses of populations of Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis (Cyprinodontiformes:Goodeidae) from Central Mexico, with description of a new species.
    • Zoogoneticus purhepechus Domínguez-Domínguez, Pérez-Rodríguez & Doadrio, 2008
      • Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 79: 373- 383.
  • DoNascimiento, C. & Milani, N. (2008): The Venezuelan species of Phenacorhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae), with the description of two new species and a remarkable new tooth morphology for siluriforms.
  • Dos Santos, G.M. & Zuanon, J. (2008): Leporinus amazonicus, a new anostomid species from the Amazon lowlands, Brazil (Osteichthyes: Characiformes).
  • Du, L.-N., Chen, X.-Y. & Yang, J.-X. (2008): A review of the Nemacheilinae genus Oreonectes Günther with descriptions of two new species (Teleostei: Balitoridae).
    • Oreonectes microphthalmus Du, Chen & Yang, 2008
    • Oreonectes polystigmus Du, Chen & Yang, 2008
  • Eakin, R.R., Eastman, J.T. & Matallanas, J. (2008): New species of Pogonophryne (Pisces, Artedidraconidae) from the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica.
  • Erk'akan, F., Özeren, S.C. & Nalbant, T.T. (2008): Two New Species of Stone Loaches from Turkey (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
  • Fernholm, B. & Quattrini, A.M. (2008): A New Species of Hagfish (Myxinidae: Eptatretus) Associated with Deep-Sea Coral Habitat in the Western North Atlantic.
  • Ferrer dos Santos, J., Malabarba, L.R. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2008): Austrolebias paucisquama (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), a new species of annual killifish from southern Brazil.
  • Fichberg, I. & Chamon, C.C. (2008): Rineloricaria osvaldoi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a new species of armored catfish from rio Vermelho, Araguaia basin, Brazil.
  • Figueiredo, C.A. (2008): A new Pamphorichthys (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliini) from central Brazil.
  • Fraser, T.H. (2008): Cardinalfishes of the genus Nectamia (Apogonidae, Perciformes) from the Indo-Pacific region with descriptions of four new species.
    • Nectamia ignitops Fraser, 2008
    • Nectamia luxuria Fraser, 2008
    • Nectamia similis Fraser, 2008
    • Nectamia viria Fraser, 2008
  • Freeman, M.C., Freeman, B.J., Burkhead, N.M. & Straight, C.A. (2008): A new species of Percina (Perciformes: Percidae) from the Apalachicola River drainage, southeastern United States.
  • Friel, J.P. (2008): Pseudobunocephalus, a new genus of banjo catfish with the description of a new species from the Orinoco River system of Colombia and Venezuela (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae).
  • Fukui, A., Kitagawa, Y. & Parin, N.V. (2008): Dolichopteryx pseudolongipes, a new species of spookfish (Argentinoidei: Opisthoproctidae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean.
  • García-Alzate, C.A. & Román-Valencia, C. (2008): Hyphessobrycon ocasoensis sp. n. (Teleostei, Characidae) una nueva especie para el Alto Cauca, Colombia.
  • García-Alzate, C.A., Román-Valencia, C. & Taphorn, D.C. (2008): Hyphessobrycon oritoensis (Characiformes: Characidae), a new species from the Putumayo River drainage, Colombian Amazon.
  • García-Alzate, C.A., Román-Valencia, C. & Taphorn, D.C. (2008): Revision of the Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus-group (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae), with description of two new species from Venezuela.
    • Hyphessobrycon paucilepis García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2008
    • Hyphessobrycon tuyensis García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2008
  • Garrido, O.H. & Varela, C. (2008): Sobre la especie Acanthemblemaria chaplini (Pisces: Chaenopsidae) en Cuba, con la descripción de una especie nueva. 
  • Ghazzi, M.S. (2008): Nine new species of the genus Rineloricaria(Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from Uruguay river, southern Brazil.
    • Rineloricaria anhaguapitan Ghazzi, 2008
    • Rineloricaria anitae Ghazzi, 2008
    • Rineloricaria capitonia Ghazzi, 2008
    • Rineloricaria reisi Ghazzi, 2008
    • Rineloricaria sanga Ghazzi, 2008
    • Rineloricaria setepovos Ghazzi, 2008
    • Rineloricaria stellata Ghazzi, 2008
    • Rineloricaria tropeira Ghazzi, 2008
    • Rineloricaria zaina Ghazzi, 2008
  • Giora, J., Malabarba, L.R. & Crampton, W. (2008): Brachyhypopomus draco, a new sexually dimorphic species of Neotropical electric fish from southern South America (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae).
  • Gledhill, D.C., Last, P.R. & White, W.T. (2008): Resurrection of the genus Figaro Whitley (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) with the description of a new species from northeastern Australia. Pp. 179-187 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Hardman, M. (2008): A New Species of Catfish Genus Chrysichthys from Lake Tanganyika (Siluriformes: Claroteidae).
  • He, C.-L., Song, Z.-B. & Zhang, E. (2008): Triplophysa lixianensis, a new nemacheiline loach species (Pisces: Balitoridae) from the upper Yangtze River drainage in Sichuan Province, South China. 
  • Hidaka, K., Iwatsuki, Y. & Randall, J.E. (2008):  A review of the Indo-Pacific bonefishes of the Albula argentea complex, with a description of a new species.
     
  • Ho, H.-C., Endo, H. & Sakamaki, K. (2008): A New Species of Halicmetus (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Pacific, with Comments on Congeners.
  • Hrbek, T. & Taphorn, D.C. (2008): Description of a new annual rivulid killifish genus from Venezuela.
     
  • Ingenito, L.F.S., Ghazzi, M.S., Duboc, L.F. & Abilhoa, V. (2008): Two new species of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Iguaçu basin, southern Brazil.
     
  • Jaafar, Z. & Larson, H.K. (2008): A New Species of Mudskipper, Periophthalmus takita (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae), from Australia, with a Key to the Genus.
    • Periophthalmus takita Jaafar & Larson, 2008
      • Zoological Science, 25: 946–952.
  • Karmovskaya, E.S. & Smith, D.G. (2008): Bathycongrus trimaculatus, a new congrid eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes) from the southwestern Pacific, with a redescription of Bathycongrus bleekeri Fowler.
  • Kawai, T., Amaoka, K. & Séret, B. (2008): Samariscus multiradiatus, a new dextral flounder (Pleuronectiformes: Samaridae) from New Caledonia.
  • Kawai, T., Nakaya, K. & Séret, B. (2008): A new armored searobin Paraheminodus longirostralis (Teleostei: Peristediidae) from New Caledonia.
  • Keith, P., Marquet, G. & Watson, R.E. (2008): Akihito futuna, a new species of freshwater goby from the South Pacific (Gobioidei: Sicydiinae). 
    • Akihito futuna Keith, Marquet & Watson, 2008
      • Cybium, 31 (4) [2007]: 471-476.
  • Kimura, S., Kimura, R. & Ikejima, K. (2008):  Revision of the genus Nuchequula  with descriptions of three new species (Perciformes: Leiognathidae).
    • Nuchequula flavaxilla Kimura, Kimura & Ikejima, 2008
    • Nuchequula glenysae Kimura, Kimura & Ikejima, 2008
    • Nuchequula longicornis Kimura, Kimura & Ikejima, 2008
  • Knudsen, S.W. & Møller, P.R. (2008): Careproctus kidoi, a new Arctic species of snailfish (Teleostei: Liparidae) from Baffin Bay.
  • Kottelat, M. & Tan, H.H. (2008): A synopsis of the genus Lobocheilos in Java, Sumatra and Borneo, with descriptions of six new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
    • Lobocheilos erinaceus Kottelat & Tan, 2008
    • Lobocheilos ixocheilos Kottelat & Tan, 2008
    • Lobocheilos ovalis Kottelat & Tan, 2008
    • Lobocheilos tenura Kottelat & Tan, 2008
    • Lobocheilos terminalis Kottelat & Tan, 2008
    • Lobocheilos unicornis Kottelat & Tan, 2008
  • Kottelat, M. & Tan, H.H. (2008): Kottelatlimia hipporhynchos, a new species of loach from southern Borneo (Teleostei: Cobitidae).
  • Kotlyar, A.N. (2008): Revision of the Genus Poromitra (Melamphaidae): Part 2. New Species of the Group P. crassiceps.
    • Poromitra curilensis Kotlyar, 2008
    • Poromitra decipiens Kotlyar, 2008
    • Poromitra glochidiata Kotlyar, 2008
    • Poromitra indooceanica Kotlyar, 2008
    • Poromitra kukuevi Kotlyar, 2008
  • Kovacic, M. & Engín, S. (2008): Two new species of Neogobius (Gobiidae) from northeastern Turkey.
  • Kovacic, M. & Schliewen, U.K. (2008): A new species of Gorogobius (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Sao Tomé Islands.
  • Kullander, S.O. (2008): Five new species of Puntius from Myanmar (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
  • Larson, H.K. (2008): A new species of the gudgeon Bostrychus (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Eleotidae), from Peninsular Malaysia.
    • Bostrychus scalaris Larson, 2008
      • The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, 2008, 24: 147-150.
  • Last, P.R. (2008): New short-snout members of the skate genus Dipturus (Rajoidei: Rajidae) from Australian seas. Pp. 53-98 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T., Pogonoski, J.J. & Gledhill, D.C. (eds.): Descriptions of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei).
  • Last, P.R. & Chidlow, J.A. (2008): Two new wobbegong sharks, Orectolobus floridus sp. nov. and O. parvimaculatus sp. nov. (Orectolobiformes: Orectolobidae), from southwestern Australia.
    • Orectolobus floridus Last & Chidlow, 2008
    • Orectolobus parvimaculatus Last & Chidlow, 2008
  • Last, P.R. & Gledhill, D.C. (2008): A new species of round skate, Irolita westraliensis sp. nov. (Rajoidei: Arhynchobatidae), from northern Western Australia. Pp. 173-181 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T., Pogonoski, J.J. & Gledhill, D.C. (eds.): Descriptions of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei).
  • Last, P.R. & Gledhill, D.C. (2008): A new skate of the genus Dentiraja (Rajoidei: Rajidae) from southern Australia. Pp. 109-118 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T., Pogonoski, J.J. & Gledhill, D.C. (eds.): Descriptions of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei).
  • Last, P.R. & Gledhill, D.C. (2008): Two new skates of the genus Okamejei (Rajoidei: Rajidae) from the south-east Indian Ocean. Pp. 119-134 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T., Pogonoski, J.J. & Gledhill, D.C. (eds.): Descriptions of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei).
     
  • Last, P.R., Mallick, S. & Yearsley, G.K. (2008): A review of the Australian skate genus Pavoraja Whitley (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae).
    • Pavoraja arenaria Last, Mallick & Yearsley, 2008
    • Pavoraja mosaica Last, Mallick & Yearsley, 2008
    • Pavoraja pseudonitida Last, Mallick & Yearsley, 2008
    • Pavoraja umbrosa Last, Mallick & Yearsley, 2008
  • Last, P.R. & Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. (2008): Himantura dalyensis sp. nov., a new estuarine whipray (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) from northern Australia. Pp. 283-291 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Last, P.R., Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. & Pogonoski, J.J. (2008): Himantura astra sp. nov., a new whipray (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) from northern Australia. Pp. 303-314 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Last, P.R., Motomura, H. & White, W.T. (2008):Cephaloscyllium albipinnum sp. nov., a new swellshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from southeastern Australia. Pp. 147-157 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Last, P.R., Pogonoski, J.J. & White, W.T. (2008): Orectolobus reticulatus sp. nov., a new wobbegong shark (Orectolobiformes: Orectolobidae) from the continental shelf of northwestern Australia. Pp. 39-47 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Last, P.R. & Séret, B. (2008): Three new legskates of the genus Sinobatis (Rajoidei: Anacanthobatidae) from the Indo–West Pacific.
    • Sinobatis bulbicauda Last & Séret, 2008
    • Sinobatis caerulea Last & Séret, 2008
    • Sinobatis filicauda Last & Séret, 2008
     
  • Last, P.R., Séret, B. & White, W.T. (2008): New swellsharks (Cephaloscyllium: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo–Australian region. Pp. 129-146 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
    • Cephaloscyllium cooki Last, Séret & White, 2008
    • Cephaloscyllium pictum Last, Séret & White, 2008
    • Cephaloscyllium signourum Last, Séret & White, 2008
    • Cephaloscyllium speccum Last, Séret & White, 2008
  • Last, P.R. & Stehmann, M.F.W. (2008): Rajella challengeri sp. nov., a new deepwater skate from southern Australia. Pp. 135-144 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T., Pogonoski, J.J. & Gledhill, D.C. (eds.): Descriptions of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei).
  • Last, P.R., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Séret, B. (2008): Leucoraja pristispina sp. nov., a new deepwater skate from Western Australia. Pp. 145-154 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T., Pogonoski, J.J. & Gledhill, D.C. (eds.): Descriptions of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei).
  • Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. (2008): Bythaelurus incanus sp. nov., a new deepwater catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from northwestern Australia. Pp. 123-127 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. (2008): Parascyllium elongatum sp. nov., a new collared carpetshark (Orectolobiformes: Parascylliidae) from southwestern Australia. Pp. 35-38 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Last, P.R. & White, W.T. (2008): Dasyatis parvonigra sp. nov., a new species of stingray (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) from the tropical eastern Indian Ocean. Pp. 275-282 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Last, P.R. & White, W.T. (2008): Resurrection of the genus Neotrygon Castelnau (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) with the description of Neotrygon picta sp. nov., a new species from northern Australia. Pp. 315-325 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Last, P.R. & White, W.T. (2008): Three new angel sharks (Chondrichthyes: Squatinidae) from the Indo-Australian region.
    • Squatina albipunctata Last & White, 2008
    • Squatina legnota Last & White, 2008
    • Squatina pseudocellata Last & White, 2008
  • Last, P.R. & White, W.T. (2008): Two new saddled swellsharks (Cephaloscyllium: Scyliorhinidae) from eastern Australia. Pp. 159-170 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (2008): Chimaera argiloba sp. nov., a new species of chimaerid (Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae) from northwestern Australia. Pp. 341-348 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (2008): New skates of the genus Dipturus (Rajoidei: Rajidae) from Australian Seas. Pp. 9-51 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T., Pogonoski, J.J. & Gledhill, D.C. (eds.): Descriptions of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei). 
    • Dipturus acrobelus Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008
    • Dipturus apricus Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008
    • Dipturus healdi Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008
    • Dipturus melanospilus Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008
    • Dipturus queenslandicus Last, White & Pogonoski, 2008
  • Last, P.R. & Yearsley, G.K. (2008): Trygonoptera galba sp. nov., a new stingaree (Myliobatoidei: Urolophidae) from southwestern Australia. Pp. 269-274 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Li, F.-L., Zhou, W. & Fu, Q. (2008): Garra findolabium, a new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from the Red River drainage in Yunnan, China. 
  • Li, J., Li, X.-H. & Chen, X.-L. (2008): A new species of the genus Leptobotia from Guangxi, China (Cypriniformes Cobitidae). 
    • Leptobotia punctatus [sic! wrong gender of species name > ] puncatata Li, Li & Chen, 2008
      • Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 33 (3): 630-633.
  • Li, W.-x., Yang, H.-f., Chen, H., Tao, C.-p., Qi, S.-q. & Han, F. (2008): A New Blind Underground Species of the Genus Triplophysa (Balitoridae) from Yunnan, China.
  • Lim, K.K.P. & Ng, H.H. (2008): Pseudomystus heokhuii, a new species of bagrid catfish from Sumatra (Teleostei: Bagridae). 
     
  • Lima, S.M.Q., Lazzarotto, H. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2008): A new species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from lagoa Feia drainage, southeastern Brazil.
  • Linthoingambi, I. & Vishwanath, W. (2008): Two new catfish species of the genus Amblyceps from Manipur, India (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae).
  • Lourie, S.A. & Kuiter, R.H. (2008): Three new pygmy seahorse species from Indonesia (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus).
    • Hippocampus pontohi Lourie & Kuiter, 2008
    • Hippocampus satomiae Lourie & Kuiter, 2008
    • Hippocampus severnsi Lourie & Kuiter, 2008
  • Lucinda, P.H.F. (2008): Systematics and biogeography of the genus Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), with the description of twenty-one new species.
    • Phalloceros alessandrae Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros anisophallos Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros aspilos Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros buckupi Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros elachistos Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros enneaktinos Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros harpagos Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros heptaktinos Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros leptokeras Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros leticiae Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros lucenorum Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros malabarbai Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros megapolos Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros mikrommatos Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros ocellatus Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros pellos Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros reisi Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros spiloura Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros titthos Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros tupinamba Lucinda, 2008
    • Phalloceros uai Lucinda, 2008
  • Lujan, N.K. (2008): Description of a new Lithoxus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Guayana Highlands with a discussion of Guiana Shield biogeography.
     
  • Lujan, N.K. & Chamon, C.C. (2008): Two new species of Loricariidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from main channels of the upper and middle Amazon Basin, with discussion of deep water specialization in loricariids.
  • Lundberg, J.G. & Dahdul, W.M. (2008): Two new cis-Andean species of the South American catfish genus Megalonema allied to trans-Andean Megalonema xanthum, with description of a new subgenus (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae).
  • Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. & Last, P.R. (2008): Himantura leoparda sp. nov., a new whipray (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) from the Indo–Pacific. Pp. 292-301 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Marceniuk, A.P. & Betancur-R., R. (2008): Revision of the species of the genus Cathorops (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from Mesoamerica and the Central American Caribbean, with description of three new species.
    • Cathorops belizensis Marceniuk,  & Betancur-R., 2008
    • Cathorops higuchii Marceniuk,  & Betancur-R., 2008
    • Cathorops kailolae Marceniuk,  & Betancur-R., 2008
  • Marinho, M.M.F., Carvalho, F.R., Langeani, F. & Tatsumi, F.L. (2008): A new Hemigrammus Gill from upper rio Parana system, Southeastern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Matallanas, J. (2008): Description of Gosztonyia antarctica, a new genus and species of Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) from the Antarctic Ocean.
  • McEachran, J.D. & Dewitt, T.J. (2008): A new livebearing fish, Heterandria tuxtlaensis, from Lake Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae).
  • McEachran, J.D. & Last, P.R. (2008): New deepwater skates of the genus Notoraja (Rajoidei: Arhynchobatidae) from southern Australia and the eastern Indian Ocean. Pp. 155-172 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T., Pogonoski, J.J. & Gledhill, D.C. (eds.): Descriptions of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei).
  • Melo, M.R.S. (2008): The genus Kali Lloyd (Chiasmodontidae: Teleostei) with description of new two species, and the revalidation of K. kerberti Weber.
  • Mendel, J., Lusk, S., Vasil’eva, E.D., Vasil’ev, V.P., Lusková, V., Ekmekci, F.G., Erk’akan, F., Ruchin, A., Košco, J., Vetešník, L., Halacka, K., Šanda, R., Pashkov, A.N. & Reshetnikov, S.I. (2008): Molecular phylogeny of the genus Gobio Cuvier, 1816 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) and its contribution to taxonomy.
  • Mincarone, M.M. & Anderson, M.E. (2008): A new genus and species of eelpout (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) from Brazil.
    • Leucogrammolycus n. gen. Mincarone & Anderson, 2008
    • Leucogrammolycus brychios Mincarone & Anderson, 2008
  • Møller, P.R. & Schwarzhans, W. (2008): Review of the Dinematichthyini (Teleostei: Bythitidae) of the Indo-west Pacific. Part IV. Dinematichthys and two new genera with descriptions of nine new species.
    • Alionematichthys gen. nov. Møller & Schwarzhans, 2008 [Type species: Dinematichthys riukiuensis Aoyagi, 1954]
    • Alionematichthys ceylonensis Møller & Schwarzhans, 2008
    • Alionematichthys crassiceps Møller & Schwarzhans, 2008
    • Alionematichthys phuketensis Møller & Schwarzhans, 2008
    • Alionematichthys plicatosurculus Møller & Schwarzhans, 2008
    • Alionematichthys samoaensis Møller & Schwarzhans, 2008
    • Alionematichthys shinoharai Møller & Schwarzhans, 2008
    • Alionematichthys suluensis Møller & Schwarzhans, 2008
    • Alionematichthys winterbottomi Møller & Schwarzhans, 2008
    • Dinematichthys trilobatus Møller & Schwarzhans, 2008
    • Porocephalichthys gen. nov. Møller & Schwarzhans, 2008 [Type species: Porocephalichthys dasyrhynchus (Cohen and Hutchins, 1982)]
      • The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, 24: 87–146.
  • Montana, C.G., López-Fernández, H. & Taphorn, D.C. (2008): A new species of Crenicichla (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the Ventuari River, Upper Orinoco River Basin, Amazonas State, Venezuela. 
  • Motomura, H. & Senou, H. (2008): A new species of the scorpionfish genus Scorpaena (Scorpaenidae) from Izu Peninsula, Pacific coast of Japan.
  • Munroe, T.A. & Hashimoto, J. (2008): A new Western Pacific Tonguefish (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae): The first Pleuronectiform discovered at active Hydrothermal Vents.
  • Murdy, E.O. (2008): Paratrypauchen, a new genus for Trypauchen microcephalus Bleeker, 1860, (Perciformes: Gobiidae: Amblyopinae) with a redescription of Ctenotrypauchen chinensis Steindachner, 1867, and a key to 'Trypauchen' group genera. 
  • Musschoot, T. & Lalèyè, P. (2008): Designation of a neotype for Synodontis schall (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) and description of two new species of Synodontis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae).
  • Mustafic, P., Marcic, Z., Duplic, A., Mrakovcic, M., Caleta, M., Zanella, D., Buj, I., Podnar, M. & Dolenec, Z. (2008): A new loach species of the genus Cobitis in Croatia. 
    • Cobitis jadovaensis Mustafic & Mrakovcic, 2008 in Mustafic et al. 2008
      • Folia Zoologica, 57 (1-2): 4-9.
  • Ng, H.H. (2008): A New Species of Nanobagrus (Teleostei: Bagridae) from Southern Borneo.
  • Ng, H.H. (2008): Nandus mercatus (Teleostei: Perciformes: Nandidae), a new leaf fish from Sumatra.
  • Ng, H.H. (2008): Ompok supernus, a new catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from Borneo.
  • Ng, H.H. & Freyhof, J. (2008): Two new species of Glyptothorax (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from central Vietnam.
    • Glyptothorax filicatus Ng & Freyhof, 2008
    • Glyptothorax strabonis Ng & Freyhof, 2008
  • Ng, H.H. & Jaafar, Z. (2008): A new species of leaf fish, Nandus andrewi (Teleostei: Perciformes: Nandidae) from northeastern India.
  • Ng, H.H. & Rainboth, W.J. (2008): Glyptothorax coracinus, a new species of hillstream catfish from Cambodia (Teleostei: Sisoridae). 
  • Ng, H.H., Sparks, J.S. & Loiselle, P.V. (2008):  A New Species of Catfish of the Genus Gogo from Northeastern Madagascar (Siluriformes: Anchariidae).
  • Ngô, S.V. (2008): Three new species belonging to the genus Cobitis discovered in Phong Nha Ke Bàng limestone mountains, Quang Binh province. 
    • Cobitis longitaeniatus Ngô, 2008
    • Cobitis phongnhaensis Ngô, 2008
    • Cobitis squataeniatus Ngô, 2008
      • Science and Technology Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam, no. 122, 8 (5): 66-71.
  • Nielsen, J.G., King N.D. & Møller, P.R. (2008): Rare abyssal, ophidiid fishes from off the Crozet Islands, Southern Ocean, with a new species of Apagesoma Carter, 1983.
  • Nielsen, J.G. & Møller, P.R. (2008): New and rare deep-sea ophidiiform fishes from the Solomon Sea caught by the Danish Galathea 3 Expedition.
    • Barathronus solomonensis Nielsen & Møller, 2008
    • Bellottia galatheae Nielsen & Møller, 2008
    • Tuamotuichthys schwarzhansi Nielsen & Møller, 2008
      • Steenstrupia, 30 (1): 21–46.
  • Ottoni, F.P. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2008): Taxonomic revision of the genus Australoheros Rícan & Kullander, 2006 (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with descriptions of nine new species from southeastern Brazil.
    • Australoheros autrani Ottoni & Costa, 2008
    • Australoheros barbosae Ottoni & Costa, 2008
    • Australoheros ipatinguensis Ottoni & Costa, 2008
    • Australoheros macacuensis Ottoni & Costa, 2008
    • Australoheros macaensis Ottoni & Costa, 2008
    • Australoheros muriae Ottoni & Costa, 2008
    • Australoheros paraibae Ottoni & Costa, 2008
    • Australoheros robustus Ottoni & Costa, 2008
    • Australoheros saquarema Ottoni & Costa, 2008
  • Ottoni, F.P., Oyakawa, O.T. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2008): A new species of the genus Australoheros from the rio Ribeira do Iguape basin, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Labroidei: Cichlidae: Cichlasomatinae).
  • Pethiyagoda, R., Kottelat, M., Silva, A., Maduwage, K. & Meegaskumbura, M. (2008): A review of the genus Laubuca in Sri Lanka, with description of three new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
    • Laubuca insularis Pethiyagoda, Kottelat, Silva, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2008
    • Laubuca ruhuna Pethiyagoda, Kottelat, Silva, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2008
    • Laubuca varuna Pethiyagoda, Kottelat, Silva, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2008
  • Piorski, N.M., Garavello, J.C., Arce H., M. & Sabaj Pérez, M.H. (2008): Platydoras brachylecis, a new species of thorny catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from northeastern Brazil.
  • Prokofiev, A.M. (2008): A New Species of Eel Catfishes of the Genus Plotosus Nha Trang Bay (South China Sea, Central Vietnam) (Siluriformes: Plotosidae).
    • Plotosus nhatrangensis Prokofiev, 2008
      • Journal of Ichthyology, 48 (8): 671-675. / Voprosy ikhtiologii, 48 (5): 702-706.
  • Prokofiev, A.M. (2008): A New Species of Platygobiopsis from Vietnam (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gobiidae).
  • Prokofiev, A.M. (2008): A New Species of Genus Aulopus from Waters of Vietnam (Myctophiformes s. lato: Aulopidae).
  • Prokofiev, A. (2008): New species and new records of lizardfishes of the genus Synodus (Teleostei, Synodontidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. 
    • Synodus mascarensis Prokofiev, 2008
      • Zoologicheskii Zhurnal [Russian Journal of Zoology], 87 (4): 424-435.
  • Prokofiev, A.M. (2008): Two New Species of Swallowerfishes of the Genera Chiasmodon and Kali (Chiasmodontidae).
  • Pyle, R.L., Earle, J.L. & Greene, B.D. (2008): Five new species of the damselfish genus Chromis (Perciformes: Labroidei: Pomacentridae) from deep coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific.
    • Chromis abyssus Pyle, Earle & Greene, 2008
    • Chromis brevirostris Pyle, Earle & Greene, 2008
    • Chromis circumaurea Pyle, Earle & Greene, 2008
    • Chromis degruyi Pyle, Earle & Greene, 2008
    • Chromis earina Pyle, Earle & Greene, 2008
  • Randall, J.E. (2008): Six new sandperches of the genus Parapercis from the Western Pacific, with description of a neotype for P. maculata (Bloch & Schneider). 
  • Randall, J.E. (2008): Two new species and three new records of gobiid fishes from the Marshall Islands.
  • Randall, J.E. & Earle, J.L. (2008): Two New Indo-Pacific Sand Lances of the Genus Ammodytoides (Perciformes: Ammodytidae).
  • Randall, J.E. & Heemstra, P.C. (2008): Ammodytoides xanthops, a new species of sandlance (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from Mozambique.
    • Ammodytoides xanthops Randall & Heemstra, 2008
      • Smithiana Bulletin, 9: 21-25.
  • Randall, J.E. & Hughes, M.J. (2008): Grammonus nagaredai, a New Viviparous Marine Fish (Ophidiiformes: Bythitidae) from the Hawaiian Islands.
  • Randall, J.E. & Pyle, R.L. (2008): Synodus orientalis, a New Lizardfish (Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) from Taiwan and Japan, with Correction of the Asian Records of S. lobeli.
  • Randall, J.E. & Schultz, J.K. (2008): Cirrhitops mascarenensis, a new species of hawkfish from the Mascarene Islands, southwestern Indian Ocean.
  • Randall, J.E. & Suzuki, T. (2008): Three new species of dartfishes of the gobioid genus Ptereleotris from the western Pacific.
  • Randall, J.E., Williams, J.T. & Rocha, L.A. (2008): The Indo-Pacific tetraodontid fish Canthigaster coronata, a complex of three species. 
    • Canthigaster cyanospilota Randall, Williams & Rocha, 2008
      • Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin No. 9: 3-13.
  • Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. & Fichberg, I. (2008): A new species of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from rio Daraá, rio Negro basin, Amazon, Brazil.
  • Ribeiro, F.R.V., Lucena, C.A.S. & Lucinda, P.H.F. (2008): Three new Pimelodus species (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the rio Tocantins drainage, Brazil.
  • Rícan, O. & Kullander, S.O. (2008): The Australoheros (Teleostei: Cichlidae) species of the Uruguay and Parana River drainages.
    • Australoheros charrua Rícan & Kullander, 2008
    • Australoheros forquilha Rícan & Kullander, 2008
    • Australoheros guarani Rícan & Kullander, 2008
    • Australoheros minuano Rícan & Kullander, 2008
  • Roberts, T.R. (2008): Minyclupeoides dentibranchialus, a new genus and species of river herring from the lower Mekong basin of Cambodia (Teleostei: Clupeidae: Pellonulinae).
  • Rocha, M.S., de Oliveira, R.R. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. (2008): A new species of Gladioglanis Ferraris & Mago-Leccia from rio Aripuanã, Amazonas, Brazil (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae).
  • Rocha, M.S., de Oliveira, R.R. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. (2008): Scoloplax baskini: a new spiny dwarf catfish from rio Aripuanã, Amazonas, Brazil (Loricarioidei: Scoloplacidae).
  • Rodriguez, M.S. & Reis, R.E. (2008):  Taxonomic Review of Rineloricaria (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from the Laguna dos Patos Drainage, Southern Brazil, with the Descriptions of Two New Species and the Recognition of Two Species Groups.
  • Römer, U. & Hahn, I. (2008): Apistogramma barlowi sp. n.: Description of a new facultative mouth-breeding cichlid species (Teleostei: Perciformes: Geophaginae) from Northern Peru.
  • Román–Valencia, C. & Arcila–Mesa, D.K. (2008): Hemibrycon rafaelense n. sp. (Characiformes, Characidae), a new species from the upper Cauca River, with keys to Colombian species. 
  • Román–Valencia, C., Taphorn B., D. C. & Ruiz–C., R. I. (2008): Two new Bryconamericus: B. cinarucoense n. sp. and B. singularis n. sp. (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Cinaruco River, Orinoco Basin, with keys to all Venezuelan species. 
  • Rosa, R.S., de Carvalho, M.R. & de Almeida Wanderley, C. (2008): Potamotrygon boesemani (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae), a new species of Neotropical freshwater stingray from Surinam.
  • Sabaj Pérez, M.H. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2008): Taxonomic revision of extant Doras Lacepède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Doradidae) with descriptions of three new species.
  • Sabaj, M.H., Taphorn, D.C. & Castillo G., O.E. (2008): Two New Species of Thicklip Thornycats, Genus Rhinodoras (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Doradidae).
  • Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Martins-Pinheiro, R.F. (2008): A systematic revision of Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae).
    • Tatia caxiuanensis Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2008
    • Tatia meesi Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2008
    • Tatia nigra Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2008
  • Sasahara, R., Sato, K. & Nakaya, K. (2008): A new species of deepwater catshark, Apristurus ampliceps sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae), from New Zealand and Australia. Pp. 93-104 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Sato, K., Nakaya, K. & Yorozu, M. (2008): Apristurus australis sp. nov., a new long-snout catshark (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from Australia. Pp. 113-121 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Sazima, I., Carvalho-Filho, A. & Sazima, C. (2008): A new cleaner species of Elacatinus (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic.
  • Schaaf-Da Silva, J.A. & Ebert, D.A. (2008): A revision of the western North Pacific swellsharks, genus Cephaloscyllium Gill 1862 Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae), including descriptions of two new species.
    • Cephaloscyllium maculatum Schaaf-Da Silva & Ebert, 2008
    • Cephaloscyllium pardelotum Schaaf-Da Silva & Ebert, 2008
  • Schaefer, S.A. & Provencano, F. (2008): The Lithogeninae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae): Anatomy, Interrelationships, and Description of a  New Species.
  • Schindler, I. & Staeck, W. (2008): Dicrossus gladicauda sp. n. - a new species of crenicarine dwarf cichlids (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Colombia, South-America.
  • Schliewen, U.K. & Kovacic, M. (2008): Didogobius amicuscaridis spec. nov. and D. wirtzi spec. nov., two new species of symbiotic gobiid fish from São Tomé and Cape Verde islands (Perciformes, Gobiidae).
  • Schönhuth, S., Doadrio, I., Dominguez-Dominguez, O., Hillis, D.M. & Mayden, R.L. (2008): Molecular evolution of southern North American Cyprinidae (Actinopterygii), with the description of the new genus Tampichthys from central Mexico.
  • Seegers, L. (2008): Amphilius chalei spec. nov. (Pp. 138-139, 542-543 in: Seegers, L.: Die Welse Afrikas. Ein Handbuch für Bestimmung und Pflege/The Catfishes of Africa, A Handbook for Identification and Maintenance).
    • Amphilius chalei Seegers, 2008
      • Die Welse Afrikas. Ein Handbuch für Bestimmung und Pflege. Tetra Verlag, Berlin-Velten.
      • The Catfishes of Africa, A Handbook for Identification and Maintenance. Aqualog Verlag, Rodgau.
  • Seegers, L. (2008): Synodontis orientalis spec. nov. (Pp. 466-467, 544-545 in: Seegers, L.: Die Welse Afrikas. Ein Handbuch für Bestimmung und Pflege/The Catfishes of Africa, A Handbook for Identification and Maintenance).
    • Synodontis orientalis Seegers, 2008
      • Die Welse Afrikas. Ein Handbuch für Bestimmung und Pflege. Tetra Verlag, Berlin-Velten.
      • The Catfishes of Africa, A Handbook for Identification and Maintenance. Aqualog Verlag, Rodgau.
  • Seegers, L. (2008): The fishes collected by G. A. Fischer in East Africa in 1883 and 1885/86.
    • Haplochromis fischeri Seegers, 2008
      • Zoosystematics and Evolution, 84 (2): 149–195.
  • Seegers, L. (2008): Zaireichthys compactus spec. nov. (Pp. 184-185, 543 in: Seegers, L.: Die Welse Afrikas. Ein Handbuch für Bestimmung und Pflege/The Catfishes of Africa, A Handbook for Identification and Maintenance).
    • Zaireichthys compactus Seegers, 2008
      • Die Welse Afrikas. Ein Handbuch für Bestimmung und Pflege. Tetra Verlag, Berlin-Velten.
      • The Catfishes of Africa, A Handbook for Identification and Maintenance. Aqualog Verlag, Rodgau.
  • Séret, B. & Last, P.R. (2008): A new Australian skate of the genus Dipturus (Rajoidei: Rajidae). Pp. 99-108 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T., Pogonoski, J.J. & Gledhill, D.C. (eds.): Descriptions of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei).
  • Séret, B. & Last, P.R. (2008): Asymbolus galacticus sp. nov., a new species of spotted catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from New Caledonia.
  • Séret, B. & Last, P.R. (2008): Galeus priapus sp. nov., a new species of sawtail catsharks (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from New Caledonia.
  • Silva, A., Maduwage, K. & Pethiyagoda, R. (2008): Puntius kamalika, a new species of barb from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
  • Silveira, L.G.G., Langeani, F., da Graça, W.J., Pavanelli, C.S. & Buckup, P.A. (2008): Characidium xanthopterum (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Crenuchidae): a new species from the Central Brazilian Plateau.
  • Smith, D.G., Brokovich, E. & Einbinder, S. (2008): Gymnothorax baranesi, a new moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the Red Sea.
     
  • Staeck, W. & Schindler, I. (2008): Apistogramma erythrura sp. n. - a new geophagine dwarf cichlid (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the río Mamoré drainage in Bolivia.
  • Stauffer, J.R. Jr., McCrary, J.K., & Black, K.E. (2008):  Three New Species of Cichlid Fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua.
  • Stehmann, M.F.W., Séret B., Costa E.M. & Baro, J. (2008): Neoraja iberica n. sp., a new species of pygmy skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae) from the southern upper slope of the Iberian Peninsula (Eastern North Atlantic).
  • Takahashi, T. (2008): Description of a new cichlid fish species of the genus Benthochromis (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika.
  • Tan, H.H. & Kottelat, M. (2008): Revision of the cyprinid fish genus Eirmotus, with description of three new species from Sumatra and Borneo. 
  • Taphorn B., D.C., López-Fernández, H. & Bernard, C.R. (2008): Apareiodon agmatos, a new species from the upper Mazaruni river, Guyana (Teleostei: Characiformes: Parodontidae).
  • Thomas, M.R. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. (2008): Three new species of the armored catfish genus Loricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from river channels of the Amazon basin.
     
  • Trotter, P.C. & Behnke, R.J. (2008): The case for humboldtensis: a subspecies name for the indigenous cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) of the Humboldt River, upper Quinn River, and Coyote Basin drainages, Nevada and Oregon.
    • Oncorhynchus clarkii humboldtensis Trotter & Behnke, 2008
      • Western North American Naturalist, 68 (1): 58–65.
     
  • Turan, D., Ekmekci, F.G. , Ilhan, A. & Engin, S. (2008): Luciobarbus kottelati, a new species of barbel (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Buyuk Menderes River, Turkey, with rediagnose of L. lydianus.
  • Tweddle, D. & Skelton, P.H. (2008): New species of ‘Barbus’ and Labeobarbus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the South Rukuru River, Malawi, Africa.
  • Valdesalici, S. & Hengstler, H. (2008): Nothobranchius krammeri n. sp. (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae): a new annual killifish from the Meronvi River basin, northeastern Mozambique.
  • Van Oijen, M.J.P. & de Zeeuw, M.P. (2008): Haplochromis vonlinnei spec. nov., a piscivorous haplochromine cichlid (Teleostei, Perciformes) from the Mwanza Gulf area of Lake Victoria.
  • Vasil'ev, V.P. & Vasil'eva, E.D. (2008): Comparative Karyology of Species of the Genera Misgurnus and Cobitis (Cobitidae) from the Amur River  Basin in Connection with Their Taxonomic Relations and the Evolution of Karyotypes. 
     
  • Vera Alcaraz, H.S., da Graça, W.J. & Shibatta, O.A. (2008): Microglanis carlae, a new species of bumblebee catfish (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the río Paraguay basin in Paraguay.
  • Victor, B.C. (2008): Redescription of Coryphopterus tortugae (Jordan) and a new allied species Coryphopterus bol (Perciformes: Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from the tropical western Atlantic Ocean. 
  • Watson, R.E. (2008): A new species of Stiphodon from southern Sumatra (Pisces: Gobioidei: Sicydiinae). 
  • Watters, B.R., Cooper, B.C. & Wildekamp, R.H. (2008): Description of Nothobranchius cardinalis spec. nov. (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae), an annual fish from Mbewemkuru River basin, Tanzania. 
    • Nothobranchius cardinalis Watters, Cooper & Wildekamp, 2008
      • Journal of the American Killifish Association, 40 (5 & 6) [2007]: 129–145. 
  • Welsh, S.A. & Wood, R.M. (2008): Crystallaria cincotta, a new species of darter (Teleostei: Percidae) from the Elk River of the Ohio River drainage, West Virginia.
  • White, W.T. & Ebert, D.A. (2008): Cephaloscyllium hiscosellum sp. nov., a new swellshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from northwestern Australia. Pp. 171-178 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • White, W.T., Ebert, D.A. & Compagno, L.J.V. (2008): Description of two new species of gulper sharks, genus Centrophorus (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Centrophoridae) from Australia. Pp. 1-21 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • White, W.T. & Last, P.R. (2008): Description of two new species of gummy sharks, genus Mustelus (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae), from Australian waters. Pp. 189-202 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • White, W.T., Last, P.R. & Pogonoski, J.J. (2008): Apristurus bucephalus sp. nov., a new deepwater catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from southwestern Australia. Pp. 105-111 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Wosiacki, W.B. & de Pinna, M. (2008):  A New Species of the Neotropical Catfish Genus Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) Representing a New Body Shape for the Family.
  • Wosiacki, W.B. & de Pinna, M. (2008): Trichomycterus igobi, a new catfish species from the rio Iguaçu drainage: the largest head in Trichomycteridae (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
  • Wright, J.J. & Page, L.M. (2008):  A New Species of Synodontis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from Tributaries of the Kasai River in Northern Angola.
  • Yang, J., Chen, X.J. &  Yang, J.X. (2008): A new species of the genus Mekongina Fowler, 1937 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from South China.
  • Yang, J.-Q., Wu, H.-L. & Chen, I-S. (2008): A new species of Rhinogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Feiyunjiang Basin in Zhejiang Province, China.
  • Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Gomon, M.F. (2008): Trygonoptera imitata sp. nov., a new stingaree (Myliobatoidei: Urolophidae) from southeastern Australia. Pp. 261-267 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & White, W.T. (2008): A new species of sawshark, Pristiophorus delicatus sp. nov. (Pristiophoriformes: Pristiophoridae), from northeastern Australia. Pp. 23-33 in: Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans.
  • Zanata, A.M. & Camelier, P. (2008): Two new species of Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) from upper rio Paraguaçu and rio Itapicuru basins, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil.
    • Astyanax epiagos Zanata & Camelier, 2008
    • Astyanax jacobinae Zanata & Camelier, 2008
  • Zarske, A. (2008): Hyphessobrycon khardinae sp. n. - ein neuer Blutsalmler aus Brasilien (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae).
     
     
  • Zarske, A. (2008): Knodus borki sp. n. - ein neuer Salmler aus Peru mit einer ergänzenden Beschreibung von Boehlkea fredcochui Géry, 1966 (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Zarske, A. & Géry, J. (2008): Revision der neotypischen Gattung Metynnis Cope, 1878. II. Beschreibung zweier neuer Arten und zum Status von Metynnis goeldii Eigenmann, 1903 (Teleostei: Characiformes: Serrasalmidae)
  • Zawadzki, C.H., Birindelli, J.L.O. & Lima, F.C.T. (2008): A new pale-spotted species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Tocantins and rio Xingu basins in Central Brazil.
  • Zawadzki, C.H., Pavanelli, C.S. & Langeani, F. (2008): Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the upper Rio Parana basin, Brazil, with description of three new species.
    • Neoplecostomus corumba Zawadzki, Pavanelli & Langeani, 2008
    • Neoplecostomus selenae Zawadzki, Pavanelli & Langeani, 2008
    • Neoplecostomus yapo Zawadzki, Pavanelli & Langeani, 2008
  • Zawadzki, C.H., Weber, C. & Pavanelli, C.S. (2008): Two new species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Central Brazil.
  • Zhang, E., Qiang, X. & Lan, J.-H. (2008): Description of a new genus and two new species of labeonine fishes from South China (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
    • Hongshuia Zhang, Qiang & Lan, 2008
    • Hongshuia banmo Zhang, Qiang & Lan, 2008
    • Hongshuia paoli Zhang, Qiang & Lan, 2008
  • Zhao, Y., Kullander, F., Kullander, S.O. & Zhang, C. (2008): A review of the genus Distoechodon (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), and description of a new species.
  • Zhao, Y., Lan, J. & Zhang, C. (2008):  A new cavefish species, Sinocyclocheilus brevibarbatus  (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), from Guangxi, China.
  • Zhao, Y., Zhang, C. & Zhou, J. (2008): Sinocyclocheilus guilinensis, a new species from an endemic cavefish group (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in China.
    • Sinocyclocheilus guilinensis Zhao, Zhang & Zhou, 2009
    • [name preoccupied by Sinocyclocheilus guilinensis Ji, 1985]
      • Environmental Biology of Fishes, DOI 10.1007/s10641-008-9344-8 [published online in 2008, print publication appeared in 2009!]
  • Zheng, L.-P. & Zhou, W. (2008): Revision of the cyprinid genus Discogobio Lin, 1931 (Pisces: Teleostei) from the upper Red River basin in Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan, China, with descriptions of three new species. 
    • Discogobio antethoracalis Zheng & Zhou, 2008
    • Discogobio poneventralis Zheng & Zhou, 2008
    • Discogobio propeanalis Zheng & Zhou, 2008
  • Zhou, W., Li, X. & Yang, Y. (2008): A review of the catfish genus Pseudecheneis (Siluriformes; Sisoridae) from China, with the description of four new species from Yunnan.
    • Pseudecheneis brachyurus Zhou, Li & Yang, 2008
    • Pseudecheneis gracilis Zhou, Li & Yang, 2008
    • Pseudecheneis longipectoralis Zhou, Li & Yang, 2008
    • Pseudecheneis paucipunctatus Zhou, Li & Yang, 2008
  • Zhu, Y., Lü, Y.-j., Yang, J.-x. & Zhang, S. (2008): A New Blind Underground Species of the Genus Protocobitis(Cobitidae) from Guangxi, China.