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Scientific News: New Taxa


Collected by Michal Mikšik and Erwin Schraml


2012 (alphabetical)

  • Akhilesh, K.V., Bineesh, K.K. & White, W.T. (2012): Liopropoma randalli, a new serranid (Teleostei: Perciformes) fish from the Indian Ocean.
  • Allen, G.R. &  Drew, J.A. (2012): A new species of Damselfish (Pomacentrus: Pomacentridae) from Fiji and Tonga.
    • Pomacentrus maafu Allen &  Drew, 2012
      • aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (3): 171-180.
  • Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2012): A new species of Dragonet (Synchiropus: Callionymidae) from Indonesia.
    • Synchiropus tudorjonesi Allen & Erdmann, 2012
      • aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 9-14.
  • Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2012): Reef Fishes of the East Indies.
    • Acentrogobius cenderawasih Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Amblyglyphidodon flavopurpureus Allen, Erdmann & Drew, 2012
    • Amblyglyphidodon silolona Allen, Erdmann & Drew, 2012
    • Aspasmichthys alorensis Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Cirrhilabrus humanni Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Forcipiger wanai Allen, Erdmann & Jones Sbrocco, 2012
    • Grallenia baliensis Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Iniistius naevus Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Lepadichthys akiko Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Neoglyphidodon mitratus Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Ostorhinchus tricinctus Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Parapercis bimacula Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Parapercis sagma Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Pentapodus komodoensis Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Pseudanthias mica Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Pseudocoris petila Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Pseudochromis tigrinus Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Ptereleotris caeruleomarginata Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2012
    • Ptereleotris rubristigma Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2012
    • Pteropsaron longipinnis Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Scorpaenodes bathycolus Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Tomiyamichthys gomezi Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Tomiyamichthys nudus Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Tryssogobius sarah Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Vanderhorstia wayag Allen & Erdmann, 2012
      • Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. 1292pp. Universitiy of Hawai'i Press. ISBN: 978-0-9872600-0-0
  • Allen, G.R. & Unmack, P.J. (2012): A new species of Rainbowfish (Chilatherina: Melanotaeniidae), from the Sepik River System of Papua New Guinea.
    • Chilatherina pagwiensis Allen & Unmack, 2012
      • aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (4): 227-237.
  • Anderson, M.E. (2012): A new species of Pachycara Zugmayer (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) from off Monterey Bay, California, USA, with comments on two North Pacific Lycenchelys species.
  • Anderson, Jr., W.D. & García-Moliner, G. (2012): A new species of Odontanthias Bleeker (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Mona Passage off Puerto Rico, the first record of the genus from the Atlantic Ocean.
    • Odontanthias hensleyi Anderson & García-Moliner, 2012
      • aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 25-30.
     
  • Anderson, W.D., Jr. & Heemstra, P.C. (2012): Review of Atlantic and eastern Pacific anthiine fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Serranidae), with descriptions of two new genera. 
    • Baldwinella n. gen. Anderson & Heemstra, 2012
    •  Type species: Pronotogrammus aureorubens Longley, 1935
    • Choranthias Anderson & Heemstra, 2012
    •  Type species: Anthias tenuis Nichols, 1920
      • Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 102 (2): 1-173.
  • Ardila Rodriguez, C. A. (2012): Astroblepus ardilai sp. nov. Una nuevas especie de pez del los Andes del Municipio de Floridablanca, Departamento de Norte de Santander – Colombia. 
    • Astroblepus ardilai Ardila Rodriguez, 2012
      • Peces del Departamento de Santander – Colombia. No. 5. 21 pp.
  • Ardila Rodriguez, C. A. (2012): Astroblepus ortegai y Astroblepus quispei. Dos nuevas especies des los Andes del Perú. 
    • Astroblepus ortegai Ardila Rodriguez, 2012
    • Astroblepus quispei Ardila Rodriguez, 2012
      • Universidad Metropolitana, Departmento del Atlántico. Barranquilla. 16 pp.
  • Arnold, R.J. (2012): A new species of frogfish of the genus Histiophryne (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennariidae) from Lombok and Komodo, Indonesia.
  • Azpelicueta, M.d.l.M. & Britski, H.A. (2012): Iheringichthys syi (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae), a new pimelodid species from upper Paraná basin, Brazil.
  • Babu, K.K.S. (2012): Horaglanis abdulkalami, a new hypogean blind catfish (Siluriformes: Clariidae) from Kerala, India. 
  • Baldwin, C.C. & Weigt, L.A. (2012): A New Species of Soapfish (Teleostei: Serranidae: Rypticus), with Redescription of R. subbifrenatus and Comments on the Use of DNA Barcoding in Systematic Studies.
  • Balushkin, A.V. (2012): Volodichthys gen. nov. New Species of the Primitive Snailfish (Liparidae: Scorpaeniformes) of the Southern Hemishpere. Description of New Species V. solovjevae sp. nov. (Cooperation Sea, the Antarctic).
  • Barbosa, M.A. & Azevedo-Santos, V.M. (2012): A new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the rio Paraná basin, southeastern Brazil.
  • Barbosa, M.A. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2012): Trichomycterus macrophthalmus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), a new species of catfish from the Paraíba do Sul river basin, southeastern Brazil.
  • Barbosa, M.A. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2012): Trichomycterus puriventris (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), a new species of catfish from the rio Paraíba do Sul basin, southeastern Brazil.
  • Beltrão, H. & Zuanon, J. (2012): Hemiodus langeanii (Characiformes: Hemiodontidae), a new species from rio Amana, rio Maués-Açú drainage, Amazon basin, Brazil.
  • Bhoite, S., Jadhav, S. & Dahanukar, N. (2012): Balitora laticauda, a new species of stone loach (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Krishna River, northern Western Ghats, India.
  • Bichuette, M.E. & Rizzato, P.P. (2012): A new species of cave catfish from Brazil, Trichomycterus rubbioli sp.n., from Serra do Ramalho karstic area, São Francisco River basin, Bahia State (Silurifomes [sic!]: Trichomycteridae).
  • Birindelli, J.L.O., Lima, F.C.T. & Britski, H.A. (2012): New species of Pseudanos Winterbottom, 1980 (Characiformes: Anostomidae), with notes on the taxonomy of P. gracilis and P. trimaculatus.
  • Bogutskaya, N.G., Zupancic, P., Bogut, I. & Naseka, A.M. (2012): Two new freshwater fish species of the genus Telestes (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from karst poljes in Eastern Herzegovina and Dubrovnik littoral (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia).
  • Britski, H.A., Birindelli, J.L.O. & Garavello, J.C. (2012): A new species of Leporinus Agassiz, 1829 from the upper Rio Paraná basin (Characiformes, Anostomidae) with redescription of L. elongatus Valenciennes, 1850 and L. obtusidens (Valenciennes, 1837).
  • Britz, R., Ali, A. & Philip, S. (2012): Dario urops, a new species of badid fish from the Western Ghats, southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae).
  • Britz, R., Kottelat, M. & Tan, H.H. (2012): Fangfangia spinocleithralis, a new genus and species of miniature cyprinid from Kalimantan Tengah, Borneo, Indonesia (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).
  • Britz, R., Kumar, K. & Baby, F. (2012): Pristolepis rubripinnis, a new species of fish from southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Pristolepididae).
  • Burgess, W.E. (2012): A New Species of Goby Cichlid of the Genus Eretmodus, E. marksmithi, (Pisces: Cichlidae) from the Northern Part of Lake Tanganyika / Nowy gatunek pielegnicy "babki" z rodzaju Eretmodus, E. marksmithi, (Pisces: Cichlidae) z pólnocnej czesci jeziora Tanganika.
    • Eretmodus marksmithi Burgess, 2012
      • Tanganika Magazyn, 12: 59-67.
  • Cao, L., Causse, R. & Zhang, E (2012): Revision of the loach species Barbatula nuda (Bleeker 1865) (Pisces: Balitoridae) from North China, with a description of a new species from Inner Mongolia.
  • Cardoso, Y.P., Almirón, A., Casciotta, J., Aichino, D., Lizarralde, M.S. & Montoya-Burgos, J.I. (2012): Origin of species diversity in the catfish genus Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) inhabiting the Paraná river basin, with the description of a new species.
  • Carvalho, M. & Datovo, A. (2012): A New Species of Cascudinho of the Genus Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Upper Rio Tapajós Basin, Brazil. 
  • Casciotta, J., Almirón, A., Piálek, L. & Rícan, O. (2012): Cyanocharax obi, a new species (Characiformes: Characidae) and the first record of the genus from tributaries of the río Paraná basin, Argentina.
  • Chen, I.-S., Jaafar, Z. & Shao, K.-T. (2012): A new Obliquogobius Koumans, 1941 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Kumejima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Pp. 269-273 In: Naruse, T., Chan, T.-Y., Tan, H.H., Ahyong, S.T. & Reimer, J.D. (2012) Results of the Marine Biodiversity Expedition — KUMEJIMA 2009. Zootaxa, 3367: 1–280.
  • Chen, I.-S., Suzuki, T. & Shao, K.-T. (2012): A new deepwater goby of the genus Discordipinna Hoese & Fourmanoir, 1978 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Kumejima of the Ryukyus, Japan. Pp. 274-280 In: Naruse, T., Chan, T.-Y., Tan, H.H., Ahyong, S.T. & Reimer, J.D. (2012) Results of the Marine Biodiversity Expedition — KUMEJIMA 2009. Zootaxa, 3367: 1–280.
  • Chen, X.-Y. & Neely, D.A. (2012): Schistura albirostris, a new nemacheiline loach (Teleostei: Balitoridae) from the Irrawaddy River drainage of Yunnan Province, China.
  • Chen, Z.-M., Pan, X.-F., Xiao, H. & Yang, J.-X. (2012): A new cyprinid species, Placocheilus dulongensis, from the upper Irrawaddy system in northwestern Yunnan, China.
    • Placocheilus dulongensis Chen, Pan, Xiao & Yang, 2012
      • Zoologischer Anzeiger, 251 (3): 215–222.
        • note: This name appeared first in a description from 2006, but is missing any statement about the existance of type specimens, which is mandatory acc. to Art. 16.4. of the ICZN: "...must be accompanied in the original publication...16.4.2. where the holotype or syntypes are extant specimens, by a statement of intent that they will be (or are) deposited in a collection and a statement indicating the name and location of that collection".
  • Chen, Z., Yang, J. & Yang, J. (2012): Description of a new species of the genus Yunnanilus Nichols, 1925 (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Yunnan, China.
  • Chiang, M.-C. & Chen, I-S. (2012): A new species of the genus Helcogramma (Blenniiformes, Tripterygiidae) from Taiwan.
  • Coad, B.W. & Bogutskaya, N.G. (2012): A new species of riffle minnow, Alburnoides holciki, from the Hari River basin in Afghanistan and Iran (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae).
  • Costa, W.J.E.M., Amorim, P.F., & Mattos, J.L.O. (2012): Species delimitation in annual killifishes from the Brazilian Caatinga, the Hypsolebias flavicaudatus complex (Cypriniformes: Rivulidae): implications for taxonomy and conservation.
    • Hypsolebias gilbertobrasili Costa, 2012
    • Hypsolebias nitens Costa, 2012
    • Hypsolebias pterophyllus Costa, 2012
    • Hypsolebias radiseriatus Costa, 2012
    • Hypsolebias sertanejo Costa, 2012
     
  • Covain, R., Fisch-Muller, S., Montoya-Burgos, J.I., Mol, J.H., Le Bail, P.Y. & Dray, S. (2012): The Harttiini (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Guianas: a multi-table approach to assess their diversity, evolution, and distribution.
    • Cteniloricaria napova Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttia fluminensis Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttia tuna Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012 
    • Harttiella intermedia Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttiella janmoli Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttiella longicauda Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttiella lucifer Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttiella parva Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttiella pilosa Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
  • Datovo, A., Carvalho, M. & Ferrer, J. (2012): A new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus from the La Plata River basin, southern Brazil, with comments on its putative phylogenetic position (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
  • de Oliveira, R.R., Rapp Py-Daniel, L., Zuanon, J. & Rocha, M.S. (2012): A New Species of the Ornamental Catfish Genus Peckoltia (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Rio Xingu Basin, Brazilian Amazon.
  • de Santana, C.D. & Cox Fernandes, C. (2012): A New Species of Sexually Dimorphic Electric Knifefish from the Amazon Basin, Brazil (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae). 
  • de Santana, C.D. & Vari, R.P. (2012): New Species of Adontosternarchus (Gymnotiformes, Apteronotidae) from the Rio Purus Basin, Brazil.
  • del Moral Flores, L.F., Tello-Musi, J.L. & Martínez-Pérez, J.A. (2012): Descripción de una nueva especie del género Hypoplectrus (Actinopterigy: Serranidae) del Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano, suroeste del Golfo de México.
    • Hypoplectrus castroaguirrei del Moral Flores, Tello-Musi & Martínez-Pérez, 2012
      • Revista de Zoología(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), 22 [2011]: 1-10.
  • DiBattista, J.D., Randall, J.E. & Bowen, B.W. (2012): Review of the round herrings of the genus Etrumeus (Clupeidae: Dussumieriinae) of Africa, with descriptions of two new species / Revue des shadines rondes africaines du genre Etrumeus (Clupeidae : Dussumieriinae) et description de deux nouvelles espèces.
    • Etrumeus golanii DiBattista, Randall & Bowen, 2012
    • Etrumeus wongratanai DiBattista, Randall & Bowen, 2012
  • Doadrio, I., Perea, S. & Yahyaoui, A. (2012): Morphological and molecular analyses of freshwater blennids: A new species of the genus Salaria Forsskål, 1775 (Actinopterygii, Blennidae) in Morocco. 
  • Dooley, J.K. & Iwatsuki, Y. (2012): A new species of deepwater tilefish (Percoidea: Branchiostegidae) from the Philippines, with a brief discussion of the status of tilefish systematics.
  • Du, C.-X. Zhang, E & Chan, B.P.L. (2012): Traccatichthys tuberculum, a new species of nemacheiline loach from Guangdong Province, South China (Pisces: Balitoridae).
  • Dunz, A.R. & Schliewen, U.K. (2012): Description of a rheophilic Tilapia species Smith, 1840 (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Guinea with comments on Tilapia rheophila Daget, 1962.
  • Dunz, A., Vreven, E. & Schliewen, U.K. (2012): Congolapia, a new cichlid genus from the central Congo basin (Perciformes: Cichlidae).
  • Duplain, R.R., Chapleau, F. & Munroe, T.A. (2012): A New Species of Trinectes (Pleuronectiformes: Achiridae) from the Upper Río San Juan and Río Condoto, Colombia.
  • Dutra, G.M., Wosiacki, W.B. & de Pinna, M.C.C. (2012): Trichomycterus anhanga, a new species of miniature catfish related to T. hasemani and T. johnsoni (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Amazon basin, Brazil.
  • Endo, H. & Nashida, K. (2012): Glossanodon microcephalus, a New Argentine Fish from Japan and the South China Sea (Protacanthopterygii: Argentinidae).
    • Glossanodon microcephalus Endo & Nashida, 2012
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 17–26.
  • Fernández, L. & Vari, R.P. (2012): New Species of Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from the Andean Cordillera of Argentina and the Second Record of the Genus in Thermal Waters.
  • Fisch-Muller, S., Montoya-Burgos, J.I., Le Bail, P.Y. & Covain, R. (2012): Diversity of the Ancistrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Guianas: the Panaque group, a molecular appraisal with descriptions of new species.
    • Panaqolus koko Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2012
    • Peckoltia capitulata Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2012
    • Peckoltia otali Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2012
    • Peckoltia simulata Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2012
  • Flynn, A.J. & Klepadlo, C. (2012): Two new species of Photonectes (Teleostei: Stomiidae) from the Indo-Pacific, and a re-examination of P. achirus. 
  • Fraser, T.H. (2012): A new species of deeper dwelling West Pacific cardinalfish (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) with a redescription of Ostorhinchus atrogaster.
  • Fu, C., Li, G., Xia, R., Li, J. & Lei, G. (2012): A multilocus phylogeny of Asian noodlefishes Salangidae (Teleostei: Osmeriformes) with a revised classification of the family.
  • Garavello, J.C., Britski, H.A. & Zawadzki, C.H. (2012): The cascudos of the genus Hypostomus Lacépède (Ostariophysi: Loricariidae) from the rio Iguaçu basin.
  • Geetakumari, K. (2012): Parambassis bistigmata, a new species of glassperch from north-eastern India (Teleostei: Ambassidae).
  • Geetakumari, K. & Basudha, C. (2012): Parambassis waikhomi, a new species of glassfish (Teleostei: Ambassidae) from Loktak Lake, northeastern India.
  • Gill, A.C., Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M. (2012): Two new dottyback species of the genus Pseudochromis from southern Indonesia (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae).
    • Pseudochromis oligochrysus Gill, Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Pseudochromis rutilus Gill, Allen & Erdmann, 2012
  • Gill, A.C., Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M. (2012): Two new species of striped Pseudochromis from the Philippine Islands and Indonesia, with a redescription of P. colei (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae).
    • Pseudochromis ammeri Gill, Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Pseudochromis eichleri Gill, Allen & Erdmann, 2012
  • Gill, A.C. & Mooi, R.D. (2012): Thalasseleotrididae, new family of marine gobioid fishes from New Zealand and temperate Australia, with a revised definition of its sister taxon, the Gobiidae (Teleostei: Acanthomorpha).
    • Thalasseleotrididae n. fam.
    •  Type genus: Thalasseleotris Hoese & Larson, 1987 (type species Thalasseleotris adela Hoese & Larson, 1987)
  • Gon, O. & Allen, G.R. (2012): Revision of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfish genus Siphamia (Perciformes: Apogonidae).
    • Siphamia arabica Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia brevilux Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia cyanophthalma Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia fraseri Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia goreni Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia randalli Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia senoui Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia spinicola Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia stenotes Gon & Allen, 2012
  • Greenfield, D.W. (2012): Austrobatrachus iselesele, a new toadfish species from South Africa (Teleostei: Batrachoididae).
  • Greenfield, D.W. (2012): Colletteichthys occidentalis, a new Toadfish Species from the Arabian Peninsula and Northern Arabian Sea (Teleostei: Batrachoididae).
  • Greenfield, D.W. & Allen, G.R. (2012): Eviota fallax, a New Dwarfgoby from the Western Pacific (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
  • Greenfield, D.W., Bineesh, K.K. & Akhilesh, K.V. (2012): Colletteichthys flavipinnis, a new toadfish species from Sri Lanka and India (Teleostei: Batrachoididae).
  • Greenfield, D.W. & Jewett, S.L. (2012): Two new Gobiid fishes of the genus Eviota from the Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
  • Greenfield, D.W. & Suzuki, T. (2012): Eviota atriventris, a New Goby Previously Misidentified as Eviota pellucida Larson (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
  • Greenfield, D.W. & Winterbottom, R. (2012): Two new dwarfgobies from the Southwestern Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota).
    • Eviota jewettae Greenfield & Winterbottom, 2012
    • Eviota pinocchioi Greenfield & Winterbottom, 2012
  • Grudpan, C. & Grudpan, J. (2012): Thryssocypris wongrati, a new anchovy-like cyprinid (Cypriniformes) from the Chao Phraya basin, Thailand.
  • Gu, J.-H. & Zhang, E. (2012): Homatula laxiclathra (Teleostei: Balitoridae), a new species of nemacheiline loach from the Yellow River drainage in Shaanxi Province, northern China.
  • He, C., Zhang, E & Song, Z. (2012): Triplophysa pseudostenura, a new nemacheiline loach (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from the Yalong River of China.
  • Heemstra, P.C. & Akhilesh, K.V. (2012): A review of the anthiine fish genus Pseudanthias (Perciformes: Serranidae) of the western Indian Ocean, with description of a new species and a key to the species.
    • Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh, 2012
      • aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (3): 121-164.
  • Herder, F., Hadiaty, R. K. & Nolte, A. W. (2012): Pelvic-fin brooding in a new species of riverine ricefish (Atherinomorpha: Beloniformes: Adrianichthyidae) from Tana Toraja, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. 
  • Hibino, Y., Ho, H.-C. & Kimura, S.  (2012): A new worm eel Neenchelys mccoskeri (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan and Japan.
  • Hiramatsu, W. & Yoshino, T. (2012): A New Tilefish, Branchiostegus okinawaensis (Perciformes: Branchiostegidae), from Okinawa Island, Southern Japan.
    • Branchiostegus okinawaensis Hiramatsu & Yoshino, 2012
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6:
  • Ho, H.-C., Chang, C.-H. & Shao, K.-T. (2012): Two new sandperches (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae: Parapercis) from South China Sea, based on morphology and DNA barcoding.
  • Ho, H.-C. & Johnson, D. (2012): Protoblepharon mccoskeri, a new flashlight fish from eastern Taiwan (Teleostei: Anomalopidae).
  • Hoese, D. & Allen, G.R. (2012): A review of the amphidromous species of the Glossogobius celebius complex, with description of three new species.
    • Glossogobius clitellus Hoese & Allen, 2012
    • Glossogobius illimis Hoese & Allen, 2012
    • Glossogobius munroi Hoese & Allen, 2012
  • Hoese, D.F. & Stewart, A.L. (2012): A new species of the gobiid genus Eviota (Teleostei: Gobioidei) from the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand.
  • Holleman, W. & Bogorodsky, S.V. (2012): A review of the blennioid fish family Tripterygiidae (Perciformes) in the Red Sea, with description of Enneapterygius qirmiz, and reinstatement of Enneapterygius altipinnis Clark, 1980.
  • Holleman, W., von der Heyden, S. & Zsilavecz, G. (2012): Delineating the fishes of the Clinus superciliosus species complex in southern African waters (Blennioidei: Clinidae: Clinini), with the validation of Clinus arborescens Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 and Clinus ornatus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908, and with descriptions of two new species.
  • Huber, J. H. (2012): Description of Yssolebias, nov. gen., a new monotypic fish genus for an old and phantom species of Colombia. 
    • Yssolebias n. gen. Huber, 2012
    •  Type species: Cyprinodon martae Steindachner, 1876
      • Killi-Data Series, 2012, 26-31.
  • Husain, A. (2012): Description of a new species of fish, Barilius pectoralis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae: Danininae) from Uttarakhand.
    • Barilius pectoralis Husain, 2012  (at present published only online and is not fullfilling Article 8.5 of the amendment of the ICZN)
  • Huylebrouck, J., Hadiaty, R.K. & Herder, F. (2012): Nomorhamphus rex, a new species of viviparous halfbeak (Atherinomorpha: Beloniformes: Zenarchopteridae) endemic to Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia. 
  • Iglésias, S.P., Dettai, A. & Ozouf-Costaz, C. (2012): Barbapellis pterygalces, new genus and new species of a singular eelpout (Zoarcidae: Teleostei) from the Antarctic deep waters.
  • Iwatsuki, Y., Jawad, L.A. & Al-Mamry, J.M. (2012): Johnius (Johnius) majan sp. nov., a sciaenid fish (Pisces: Sciaenidae) from Oman, Indian Ocean.
  • Iwatsuki, Y., Pogonoski, J.J. & Last, P. (2012): Revision of the genus Parequula (Pisces: Gerreidae) with a new species from southwestern Australia.
  • Jang-Liaw, N.-H., Gong, Y.-H. & Chen, I-S. (2012): A new marine gobiid species of the genus Clariger Jordan & Snyder (Gobiidae, Teleostei) from Taiwan.
  • Javed, M.N., Azizullah & Pervaiz, K. (2012): Racoma ramzani, A New Snow Carp (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Schizothoracinae) From Pakistan.
  • Ji, H.-S. & Kim, J.-K. (2012): A new species of prickleback, Dictyosoma tongyeongensis (Perciformes: Stichaeidae) from the South Sea of Korea.
  • Jiang, W., Ng, H.H., Yang, J. & Chen, X. (2012): A taxonomic review of the catfish identified as Glyptothorax zanaensis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Sisoridae), with the descriptions of two new species.
  • Jiang, Z.-G., Gao, E.-H. & Zhang, E (2012): Microphysogobio nudiventris, a new species of gudgeon (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the middle Chang-Jiang (Yangtze River) basin, Hubei Province, South China.
  • Johnson, G.D., Ida, H., Sakaue, J., Sado, T., Asahida, T. & Miya, M. (2012): A ‘living fossil’ eel (Anguilliformes: Protanguillidae, fam. nov.) from an undersea cave in Palau.
    • Protanguilla n. gen. Johnson, Ida & Miya, 2012 (online pre-publication in 2011)  (originally the genus was spelled in the prepublication Protoanguilla and the family Protoanguillidae, but this was preoccupied by Protoanguilla Cadrobbi, 1962. To avoid homonymy it was later changed to Protanguilla and Protanguillidae)
    •  Type species: Protanguilla palau Johnson, Ida & Sakaue, 2012 (online pre-publication in 2011) video
  • Johnson, J.W. (2012): Pseudopataecus carnatobarbatus, a new species of velvetfish (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Aploactinidae) from the Kimberley coast of Western Australia.
  • Johnson, J.W. & White, W.T. (2012): Parapercis pariomaculata (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae), a new species of sandperch from Lombok and Bali, Indonesia and remarks on the validity of P. quadrispinosa (Weber 1913).
  • Joshi, K.K., Zacharia, P.U. & Kanthan, P. (2012): Description of a new sand lance species, Bleekeria murtii (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from India. 
  • Kadarusman, Hadiaty, R.K., Segura, G., Setia Wibawa, G., Caruso, D. & Pouyaud, L. (2012): Four new species of Rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from Arguni Bay, West Papua, Indonesia / Quatre nouvelles espèces de poissons arc-en-ciel (Melanotaeniidae) de la baie d’Arguni en Papouasie occidentale, Indonésie.
    • Melanotaenia arguni Kadarusman et al., 2012
    • Melanotaenia urisa Kadarusman et al., 2012
    • Melanotaenia veoliae Kadarusman et al., 2012
    • Melanotaenia wanoma Kadarusman et al., 2012
  • Kangrang, P., Page, L.M. & Beamish, W.H. (2012): Schistura tenebrosa, a new species of loach from the Kwai Noi River system, Mae Khlong basin, Thailand (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
  • Katayama, E., Motomura, H. & Endo, H. (2012): A new species of Trichonotus (Perciformes: Trichonotidae) from Somalia and redescription of Trichonotus cyclograptus (Alcock, 1890) with designation of a lectotype.
  • Keith, P., Allen, G., Lord, C. & Hadiaty, R. (2012): Five new species of Sicyopterus (Gobioidei: Sicydiinae) from Papua New Guinea and Papua.
    • Sicyopterus calliochromus Keith, Allen & Lord, 2012
    • Sicyopterus erythropterus Keith, Allen & Lord, 2012
    • Sicyopterus lengguru Keith, Lord & Hadiaty, 2012
    • Sicyopterus ocellaris Keith, Allen & Lord, 2012
    • Sicyopterus stiphodonoides Keith, Allen & Lord, 2012
  • Keith, P., Hadiaty, R.K. & Lord, C. (2012): A new species of Belobranchus (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Eleotridae) from Indonesia / Une espèce nouvelle de Belobranchus (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Eleotridae) d’Indonésie.
  • Khynriam, D. & Sen, N. (in press): On a new species Badis triocellii (Pisces: Perciformes: Badidae) from North East India.
    • Badis triocellii Khynriam & Sen, (in press) at present not available, only nom. nud.
      • Records of Zoological Survey of India, 111 (4)  [2011]: 65-72. 
  • Knight, J.D.M., Rema Devi, K., Indra, T.J. & Arunachalam, M. (2012): A new species of barb Puntius nigripinnis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from southern Western Ghats, India.
  • Konings, A.F. & Stauffer, J.R.Jr. (2012): Review of the Lake Malawi genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with a description of a new species.
  • Kosygin, L. (2012): Aborichthys waikhomi, a new species of fish (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India.
    • Aborichthys waikhomi Kosygin, 2012
      • Records of the zoological Survey of India, 112 (1): 49-55.
  • Kottelat, M. (2012): Acanthocobitis pictilis, a new species of loach from Myanmar and Thailand (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
  • Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei).
    • Ambastaia n. gen. Kottelat, 2012
    •  Type species: Botia nigrolineata Kottelat & Chu, 1987
    • Theriodes n. gen.
    •  Type species: Acanthophthalmus sandakanensis Inger & Chin, 1962
    • Speonectes n. gen.
    •  Type species: Sundoreonectes tiomanensis Kottelat, 1990
    • Barbuccidae n. fam.
    •  Type genus: Barbucca Roberts, 1989
    • Serpenticobitidae n. fam.
    •  Type genus: Serpenticobitis Roberts, 1997
  • Kottelat, M. (2012): Rasbora rheophila, a new species of fish from northern Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
    • Rasbora rheophila Kottelat, 2012
      • Revue suisse de Zoologie, 119 (1): 77-87.
  • Kowasupat, C., Panijpan, B., Ruenwongsa, P. & Jeenthong, T. (2012): Betta siamorientalis, a new species of bubble-nest building fighting fish (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) from eastern Thailand.
  • Kowasupat, C., Panijpan, B., Ruenwongsa, P. & Sriwattanarothai, N. (2012): Betta mahachaiensis, a new species of bubble-nesting fighting fish (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) from Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand.
  • Kramer, B., Bills, R., Skelton, P. & Wink, M. (2012): A critical revision of the churchill snoutfish, genus Petrocephalus Marcusen, 1854 (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Mormyridae), from southern and eastern Africa, with the recognition of Petrocephalus tanensis, and the description of five new species.
  • Krishna Kumar, K., Benno Pereira, F.G. & Radhakrishnan, K.V. (2012): Puntius madhusoodani (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of barb from Manimala River, Kerala, South India.
  • Kukuev, E.I., Parin, N.V. & Trunov, I.A. (2012): Materials for the Revision of the Family Caristiidae (Perciformes). 2. Manefishes from the East Atlantic (Redescription of Platyberyx opalescens Zugmayer and Description of Two New Species Platyberyx mauli sp. n. and Caristius andriashevi sp. n.).
  • Kulabtong, S., Suksri, S. & Nonpayom, C. (2012): A new species of genus Laubuca Bleeker, 1860 cyprinid fish from Bangladesh (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae).
  • Kullander, S.O. (2012): A taxonomic review of Satanoperca (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from French Guiana, South America, with description of a new species.
  • Kullander, S.O. (2012): Krobia xinguensis, a new species of cichlid fish from the Xingu River drainage in Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
  • Kullander, S.O., Karlsson, M. & Karlsson, M. (2012): Lepidiolamprologus kamambae, a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika.
  • Kwun, H. J. & Kim, J. K. (2012): A New Species of the Genus Eulophias (Zoarcoidei: Stichaeidae) from Korea.
  • Lamboj, A. (2012): A new species of the genus Congochromis (Cichlidae) from the Central Congo basin / Une nouvelle espèce de cichlidé du genre Congochromis (Cichlidae) du bassin central du Congo.
  • Langerhans, R. B., Gifford, M. E., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., García-Bedoya, D. & DeWitt, T.J. (2012): Gambusia quadruncus (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae): a new species of mosquitofish from east-central México.
  • Larson, H.K. & Buckle, D.J. (2012): A revision of the goby genus Gnatholepis Bleeker (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobionellinae), with description of a new species.
  • Last, P.R., Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. & Moore, A.B.M. (2012): Himantura randalli sp. nov., a new whipray (Myliobatoidea: Dasyatidae) from the Persian Gulf.
  • Last, P.R. & Richards, W.J. (2012): Two new gurnards of the genus Pterygotrigla (Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae) from Australian seas.
    • Pterygotrigla gomoni Last & Richards, 2012
    • Pterygotrigla saumarezLast & Richards, 2012
  • Last, P.R. & Séret, B. (2012): Two new softnose skates of the genus Brochiraja (Rajoidei: Arhynchobatidae) from the deepwater slopes and banks of the Norfolk Ridge (South-West Pacific).
  • Layman, S.R. & Mayden, R.L. (2012): Morphological Diversity and Phylogenetics of the Darter Subgenus Doration (Percidae: Etheostoma), with Descriptions of Five New Species.
    • Etheostoma clinton Mayden & Layman, 2012
    • Etheostoma gore Layman & Mayden, 2012
    • Etheostoma jimmycarter Layman & Mayden, 2012
    • Etheostoma obama Mayden & Layman, 2012
    • Etheostoma teddyroosevelt Layman & Mayden, 2012
      • Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History, 30: 1–83.
  • Lehmann A., P. & Reis, R.E. (2012): A new species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Rio São Francisco, Brazil.
  • Lezama, A. Q., Triques, M.L. & Santos, P.S. (2012): Trichomycterus argos (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), a new species from the Doce River Basin, Eastern Brazil.
  • Lin, Y., Li, C. & Song, J.-K. (2012): A new species of troglobitic loach (Cypriniformes, Balitoridae), Triplophysa jiarongensis, from Guizhou, China.
  • Loeb, M.V. (2012): A new species of Anchoviella Fowler, 1911 (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from the Amazon basin, Brazil.
  • Lokeshwor, Y., Barat, A., Sati, J. Darshan, A., Vishwanath, W. & Mahanta, P.C. (2012): Schistura obliquofascia, a new loach from Uttarakhand, India (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae).
  • Lokeshwor, Y. & Vishwanath, W. (2012): A new loach of the genus Physoschistura Banarescu & Nalbant (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Chindwin basin, Manipur, India.
  • Lokeshwor, Y. & Vishwanath, W. (2012): Physoschistura chindwinensis, a new balitorid loach from Chindwin basin, Manipur, India (Teleostei: Balitoridae).
  • Lokeshwor, Y. & Vishwanath, W. (2012): Physoschistura dikrongensis, a new loach from Arunachal Pradesh, India (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
  • Lokeshwor, Y., Vishwanath, W. & Shanta, K. (2012): Physoschistura tuivaiensis, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from the Tuvai River, Manipur, India.
  • López-Fernández, H., Taphorn, D.C. & Liverpool, E.A. (2012): Phylogenetic diagnosis and expanded description of the genus Mazarunia Kullander, 1990 (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the upper Mazaruni River, Guyana, with description of two new species.
  • Machi, K., Nobetsu, T. & Yabe, M. (2012): Careproctus rausuensis, a New Liparid Fish (Percomorphacea: Cottiformes), Collected from Hokkaido, Japan.
    • Careproctus rausuensis Machi, Nobetsu & Yabe, 2012
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 33–40.
  • Maeda, K., Mukai, T. & Tachihara, K. (2012): A new species of amphidromous goby, Stiphodon alcedo, from the Ryukyu Archipelago (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae).
  • Malabarba, L.R. & Jerep, F.C. (2012): A New Genus and Species of Cheirodontine Fish from South America (Teleostei: Characidae).
  • Mamonekene, V. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2012): A New Bathyaethiops (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Lékoumou River (Kouilou-Niari Basin) in the Republic of Congo; First Record of the Genus in the Lower Guinean Ichthyofaunal Province.
  • Marceniuk, A.P., Betancur-R., R., Acero P., A. & Muriel-Cunha, J. (2012): Review of the Genus Cathorops (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the Caribbean and Atlantic South America, with Description of a New Species.
  • Martins, F.O. & Langeani, F. (2012): Hisonotus piracanjuba, a new species of Hypoptopomatinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Paranaíba, upper rio Paraná system, central Brazil.
  • Martins, F.O., Marinho, M.M.F., Langeani, F. & Serra, J.P. (2012): A New Species of Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio Paraguay Basin, Brazil.
  • Matallanas, J. & Corbella, C. (2012): Redescription of Iluocoetes Jenyns, 1842; proposal of a new genus, Argentinolycus, for Iluocoetes elongatus (Smitt, 1898), and description of Patagolycus melastomus gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Zoarcidae).
    • Argentinolycus gen. n. Matallanas & Corbella, 2012
    •  Type species: Iluocoetes elongatus (Smitt, 1898)
    • Patagolycus gen. n. Matallanas & Corbella, 2012
    • Patagolycus melastomus Matallanas & Corbella, 2012
  • Matallanas, J., Corbella, C. & Møller, P.R. (2012): Description of two new species of Santelmoa (Teleostei, Zoarcidae) from the Southern Ocean.
  • Matamoros, W.A., Schaefer, J.F., Hernández, C.L. & Chakrabarty, P. (2012): Profundulus kreiseri, a new species of Profundulidae (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes) from northwestern Honduras.
  • Mbimbi Mayi Munene, J.J. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2012): A new Alestopetersius (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Kwilu River (Kasai basin) of central Africa; with a phylogeny for the genus and synonymy of Duboisialestes.
  • McCosker, J.E. & Allen, G.R. (2012): Description of a new Snake Eel (Pisces: Ophichthidae: Myrichthys) from the Philippines.
    • Myrichthys paleracio McCosker & Allen, 2012
      • aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 35-40.
  • McCosker, J.E., Ide, S. & Endo, H. (2012): Three new species of ophichthid eels (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan. 
    • Scolecenchelys fuscapenis McCosker, Ide & Endo, 2012
    • Ophichthus machidai McCosker, Ide & Endo, 2012
    • Ophichthus obtusus McCosker, Ide & Endo, 2012
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 1-16.
  • McCosker, J.E., Loh, K.H., Lin, J. & Chen, H.M. (in press): Pylorobranchus hoi, a New Genus and Species of Myrophine Worm-eel from Taiwan (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae).
    • Pylorobranchus n. gen. MyCosker & Chen (in press) at present published only online and is not fullfilling Article 8.5 of the amendment of the ICZN
    •  Type species: Pylorobranchus hoi McCosker et al., in press at present published only online and is not fullfilling Article 8.5 of the amendment of the ICZN
  • McCosker, J.E., Long, D.J. & Baldwin, C.C. (2012): Description of a new species of deepwater catshark, Bythaelurus giddingsi sp. nov., from the Galápagos Islands (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae).
  • McMillan, P., Iwamoto, T., Stewart, A. & Smith, P.J. (2012): A new species of grenadier, genus Macrourus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the southern hemisphere and a revision of the genus.
  • Min, R., Yang, J.-X. & Chen, X.-Y. (2012): Homatula wuliangensis (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), a new loach from Yunnan, China.
  • Moore, G.I., Hutchins, J.B. & Okamoto, M. (2012): A new species of the deepwater clingfish genus Kopua (Gobiesociformes: Gobiesocidae) from the East China Sea—an example of antitropicality?
  • Motomura, H., Causse, R. & Struthers, C.D. (2012): Phenacoscorpius longilineatus, a New Species of Deepwater Scorpionfish from the Southwestern Pacific Ocean and the First Records of Phenacoscorpius adenensis from the Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae).
  • Nakajima, J. (2012): Taxonomic study of the Cobitis striata complex (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae) in Japan.
    • Cobitis kaibarai Nakajima, 2012
    • Cobitis magnostriata Nakajima, 2012
    • Cobitis minamorii Nakajima, 2012
    • Cobitis minamorii oumiensis Nakajima, 2012
    • Cobitis minamorii saninensis Nakajima, 2012
    • Cobitis minamorii tokaiensis Nakajima, 2012
    • Cobitis minamorii yodoensis Nakajima, 2012
    • Cobitis striata fuchigamii Nakajima, 2012
    • Cobitis striata hakataensis Nakajima, 2012
  • Nakayama, N. & Endo, H. (2012): A new grenadier of the genus Nezumia (Pisces: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from southern Japan.
  • Nebeshwar, K., Bagra, K. & Das, D.N. (2012): Garra kalpangi, a new cyprinid fish species (Pisces: Teleostei) from upper Brahmaputra basin in Arunachal Pradesh, India.
  • Netto-Ferreira, A.L. (2012): Three new species of Lebiasina (Characiformes: Lebiasinidae) from the Brazilian Shield border at Serra do Cachimbo, Pará, Brazil.
  • Ng, H.H. (2012): Mystus velifer, a new species of catfish from Indochina (Teleostei: Bagridae).
  • Ng, H.H., Ferraris, C.J.Jr. & Neely, D.A. (2012): The catfish genus Erethistoides (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) in Myanmar, with descriptions of three new species.
    • Erethistoides longispinis Ng, Ferraris & Neely, 2012
    • Erethistoides luteolus Ng, Ferraris & Neely, 2012
    • Erethistoides vesculus Ng, Ferraris & Neely, 2012
  • Ng, H.H., Jiang, W.-S. & Chen, X.-Y. (2012): Glyptothorax lanceatus, a new species of sisorid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from southwestern China.
  • Ng, H.H. & Kottelat, M. (2012): Chaca serica, a new species of frogmouth catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from southern Borneo. 
  • Ng, H.H. & Lalramliana (2012): Glyptothorax maceriatus, a new species of sisorid catfish (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes) from north-eastern India.
  • Ng, H.H. & Tamang, L. (2012): Pseudolaguvia viriosa, a new catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from north-eastern India.
  • Ng'oma, E., Valdesalici, S., Reichwald, K. & Cellerino, A. (2013): Genetic and morphological studies of Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes) from Malawi with description of Nothobranchius wattersi sp. nov. 
  • Nguyen, Van Hao; Nguyen, Thi Hanh Tien & Nguyen, Thi Dieu Phuong (2012): A new fish species of the walking snakehead group, the genus Channa (Channidae, Perciformes) in Vietnam.
  • Nguyen, Van Hao; Nguyen, Thi Hanh Tien; Do, Van Thinh & Nguyen, Thi Dieu Phuong (2012): Discovery of three new species in Opsariichthys collected from Dakrong district, Quang Tri province, Vietnam.
    • Opsariichthys brevistomatus Nguyen et al., 2012 [Name not available, no type designated]
    • Opsariichthys dorsoarcus Nguyen et al., 2012 [Name not available, no type designated]
    • Opsariichthys longianalis Nguyen et al., 2012 [Name not available, no type designated]
  • Ni, Y., Wu, H.-L. & Li, S. (2012): A new species of the genus Sladenia (Pisces, Lophiidae) from the East China Sea and the South China Sea.
  • Nielsen, D.T.B., Cruz, J.C. & Baptista Jr., A. C. (2012): A new species of annual fish, Hypsolebias tocantinensis sp.n. (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the rio Tocantins basin, northeastern Brazil.
  • Nielsen, J.G., Schwarzhans, W. & Cohen, D.M. (2012): Revision of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus.
    • Saccogaster brayae Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen, 2012
    • Saccogaster horrida Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen, 2012
    • Saccogaster nikoliviae Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen, 2012
    • Parasaccogaster n. gen. Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Cohen, 2012
  • Ohashi, S., Nielsen, J.G. & Yabe, M. (2012): A new species of the ophidiid genus Neobythites (Teleostei: Ophidiiformes) from Tosa Bay, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. 
    • Neobythites machidai Ohashi, Nielsen & Yabe, 2012
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 27-32. 
  • Okamoto, M. (2012): Two new species of the genus Epigonus (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the South Pacific, with a definition of the Epigonus constanciae group.
  • Okamoto, M. & Motomura, H. (2012): Epigonus exodon, a new species of deepwater cardinalfish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Epigonidae) from Réunion, western Indian Ocean.
  • Oliver, M.K. (2012): Hemitaeniochromis brachyrhynchus, a new species of cichlid fish from Lake Malawi, with comments on some other supposed members of the genus. (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
  • Orr, J.W. (2012): Two New Species of Snailfishes of the Genus Careproctus (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Bering Sea and Eastern North Pacific Ocean, with a Redescription of Careproctus ovigerus. 
  • Ottoni, F.P. (2012): Three new species of Australoheros from southeastern Brazil, with taxonomic notes on Chromys oblonga, Heros autochton and H. jenynsii (Teleostei: Labroidei: Cichlidae).
  • Ottoni, F.P., Bragança, P.H.N., Amorim,P.F.  & Gama, C.S. (2012): A new species of Laetacara from the northern Brazil coastal floodplains (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
  • Page, L.M., Plongsesthee, R., Beamish, F.W.H., Kangrang, P., Randall, Z.S., Singer, R.S. & Martin, Z.P. (2012): Schistura (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) in the Mae Khlong basin in southwestern Thailand with description of a new species.
  • Parin, N.V., Prokofiev, A.M. & Bussarawit, S. (2012): Two New Species of the Genus Epigonus (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
  • Pereira, E.H.L. & Britto, M.R. (2012): A New Distinctively Colored Catfish of the Genus Pareiorhaphis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Piracicaba, Upper Rio Doce Basin, Brazil.
  • Pereira, E.H.L., Lehmann A., P. & Reis, R.E. (2012): A new species of the Neoplecostomine catfishPareiorhaphis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Coastal basins of Espírito Santo, Eastern Brazil.
  • Pethiyagoda, R. & Gill, A.C. (2012): Description of two new species of sea bass (Teleostei: Latidae: Lates) from Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
  • Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. (2012): A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae).
    • Dawkinsia n. gen. Pethiyagoda, Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012
    •  Type species: Leuciscus filamentosus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1844
    • Dravidia n. gen. Pethiyagoda, Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012
    •  Type species: Cirrhinus fasciatus Jerdon, 1849
    • Pethia n. gen. Pethiyagoda, Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012
    •  Type species: Barbus nigrofasciatus Günther, 1868
  • Powers, S.L., Kuhajsa, B.R. & Ahlbrand, S.E. (2012): Systematics of the Etheostoma cinereum (Teleostei: Percidae) species complex (subgenus Allohistium).
  • Rameshori, Y. & Vishwanath, W. (2012): A new catfish of the genus Glyptothorax from the Kaladan basin, Northeast India (Teleostei: Sisoridae).
  • Rameshori, Y. & Vishwanath, W. (2012): Glyptothorax jayarami, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Mizoram, northeastern India.
  • Randall, J.E. & Arnold, R.J. (2012): Uranoscopus rosette, a new species of stargazer (Uranoscopidae: Trachinoidei) from the Red Sea.
    • Uranoscopus rosette Randall & Arnold, 2012
      • aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (4): 209-218.
  • Randall, J.E. & DiBattista, J.D. (2012): Etrumeus makiawa, a New Species of Round Herring (Clupeidae: Dussumierinae) from the Hawaiian Islands.
  • Rangel-Pereira, F.d.S. (2012): Gymnotus interruptus, a new species of electric fish from the Rio de Contas basin, Bahia, Brazil (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae).
  • Reis, R.E., Pereira, E.H.L. & Lehmann A., P. (2012): A New Genus and Species of Hypoptopomatine Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio São Francisco Basin, Brazil.
    • Plesioptopoma n. gen. Reis, Pereira & Lehmann A., 2012
    • Plesioptopoma curvidens Reis, Pereira & Lehmann A., 2012
  • Ren, Q., Yang, J.-X. & Chen, X.-Y. (2012): A new species of the genus Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), Triplophysa longliensis sp. nov, from Guizhou, China.
  • Ribeiro, A.C., Lima, F.C.T. & Pereira, E.H.L. (2012): A New Genus and Species of a Minute Suckermouth Armored Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Tocantins Drainage, Central Brazil: The Smallest Known Loricariid Catfish.
  • Richards, W.J. & Yato, T. (2012): The tropical species of the subgenus Pterygotrigla (Pisces: Triglidae: Pterygotrigla) with description of a new species.
  • Roberts, C.D. & Gomon, M.F. (2012): A review of giant roughies of the genus Hoplostethus (Beryciformes, Trachichthyidae), with descriptions of two new Australasian species.
  • Robins, C.R., Robins, R.H. & Brown, M.E. (2012): A revision of Lepophidium (Teleostei, Ophidiidae), with descriptions of eight new species.
    • Lepophidium collettei Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012
    • Lepophidium crossotum Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012
    • Lepophidium cultratum Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012
    • Lepophidium entomelan Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012
    • Lepophidium gilmorei Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012
    • Lepophidium robustum Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012
    • Lepophidium wileyi Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012
    • Lepophidium zophochir Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012
  • Rocha, L.A., Brito, A. & Robertson, D.R. (2012):Sparisoma choati, a new species of Parrotfish (Labridae: Scarinae) from the tropical eastern Atlantic.
  • Rocha, M., Lazzarotto, H. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L. (2012): A New Species of Scoloplax with a Remarkable New Tooth Morphology within Loricarioidea (Siluriformes: Scoloplacidae).
  • Rodriguez, M.S., Cavallaro, M.R. & Thomas, M.R. (2012): A New Diminutive Species of Loricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Paraguay System, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
     
  • Römer, U., Beninde, J., Duponchelle, F., Vela Díaz, A., Ortega, H., Hahn, I., Soares, D.P., Cachay, C.D., Dávila, C.R.G., Cornejo, S.S.  & Renno, J.-F. (2012): Description of Apistogramma allpahuayo sp. n., a new dwarf cichlid species (Teleostei: Perciformes: Geophaginae) from in and around the Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo Mishana, Loreto, Peru.
  • Román-Valencia, C., García-Alzate, C.A., Ruiz-C., R.I. & Taphorn B, D.C. (2012): A new species of Tyttocharax (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the Güejar River, Orinoco River Basin, Colombia.
  • Roxo, F.F., Silva, G.S.C., Mehanna, M. & Oliveira, C. (2012): Description of a new species of Pareiorhina (Siluriformes: Neoplecostominae) from Rio São Francisco basin.
  • Roxo, F.F., Oliveira, C. & Zawadzki, C.H. (2012): Three new species of Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio Paraná basin of southeastern Brazil.
    • Neoplecostomus bandeirante Roxo, Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012
    • Neoplecostomus botucatu Roxo, Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012
    • Neoplecostomus langeanii Roxo, Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012
  • Ruocco, N.L., Lucifora, L.O., de Astarloa, J.M.D., Mabragaña,  E. & Delpiani, S.M. (2012): Morphology and DNA barcoding reveal a new species of eagle ray from the Southwestern Atlantic: Myliobatis ridens sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes, Myliobatiformes, Myliobatidae).
  • Sant'Anna, V.B., Delapieve, M.L.S. & Reis, R.E. (2012): A New Species of Potamorrhaphis (Beloniformes: Belonidae) from the Amazon Basin.
  • Sasaki, D. & Kimura, S. (2012): Descriptions of two new silversides, Hypoatherina golanii and Hypoatherina lunata, from the Indo-West Pacific (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae).
  • Sasaki, D. & Kimura, S. (2012): Two new silversides, Hypoatherina celebesensis and Hypoatherina macrophthalma, from the western Pacific (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae).
  • Schindler, I. & Linke, H. (2012): Two new species of the genus Parosphromenus (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) from Sumatra.
  • Schwarzhans, W. & Nielsen, J.G. (2012): A new species of the Genus Microbrotula (Teleostei: Bythitidae) from Cenderawasih Bay, New Guinea, Indonesia.
  • Séret, B. & Last, P.R. (2012): New deep water skates of the genus Notoraja Ishiyama, 1958 (Rajoidei, Arhynchobatidae) from the southwest Pacific.
    • Notoraja alisae Séret & Last, 2012
    • Notoraja fijiensis Séret & Last, 2012
    • Notoraja inusitata Séret & Last, 2012
    • Notoraja longiventralis Séret & Last, 2012
  • Shandikov, G.A., Eakin, R.R. & Usachev, S. (2013): Pogonophryne tronio, a new species of Antarctic short-barbeled plunderfish (Perciformes: Notothenioidei: Artedidraconidae) from the deep Ross Sea with new data on Pogonophryne brevibarbata.
  • Sheiko, B.A. (2012): Alectrias markevichi sp. nov.—A New Species of Cockscombs (Perciformes: Stichaeidae: Alectriinae) from the Sublittoral of the Sea of Japan and Adjacent Waters.
  • Shen, K.N., Ho, H.C. & Chang, C.W. (2012): The Blue Velvet Angelfish, Centropyge deborae, a New Pomacanthid from the Fiji Islands, based on Genetic and Morphological Analyses.
  • Shibukawa, K., Phousavanh, P., Phongsa, K. & Iwata, A. (2012): A new species of Metzia (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Northern Laos.
  • Shibukawa, K., Suzuki, T. & Senou, H. (2012): Review of the shrimp-associated goby genus Lotilia (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae), with description of a new species from the West Pacific. 
  • Shibukawa, K., Tran, D.D. & Tran, L.X. (2012): Phallostethus cuulong, a new species of priapiumfish (Actinopterygii: Atheriniformes: Phallostethidae) from the Vietnamese Mekong.
  • Shinohara, G. (2012): A New Deep-sea Eelpout, Pachycara moelleri (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from Japan.
    • Pachycara moelleri Shinohara, 2012
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 51–58.
  • Sideleva, V.G. & Goto, A. (2012): A New Species of Sculpin Cottus kolymensis sp. nova (Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae) from Rivers of Kolyma.
  • Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Allen, G.R. (2012): Alloblennius frondiculus, a new species of blenny from the Andaman Islands (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Salariini).
  • Smith-Vaniz, W.F., Bineesh, K.K. & Akhilesh, K.V. (2012): Opistognathus pardus, a new species of jawfish (Teleostei: Opistognathidae) from the Western Indian Ocean.
  • Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Rose, J.M. (2012): Adelotremus leptus, a new genus and species of sabertooth blenny from the Red Sea (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Nemophini). 
  • Sonnenberg, R. & Busch, E. (2012): Description of Scriptaphyosemion wieseae (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from northern Sierra Leone.
  • Sonnenberg, R. & Van der Zee, J.R. (2012): Aphyosemion pseudoelegans (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new killifish species from the Cuvette centrale in the Congo Basin (Democratic Republic of Congo).
  • Sparks, J.S. & Baldwin, Z.H. (2012): A new species of Parapercis (Teleostei: Pinguipedidae) from Madagascar.
  • Sparks, J.S. & Chakrabarty, P. (2012): Revision of the Endemic Malagasy Cavefish Genus Typhleotris (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Milyeringidae), with Discussion of its Phylogenetic Placement and Description of a New Species.
  • Sparks, J.S. & Gruber, D.F. (2012) A New Mesophotic Clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Bahamas.
  • Stein, D.L. (2012): A Review of the Snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) of New Zealand, Including Descriptions of a New Genus and Sixteen New Species.
    • Aetheliparis n. gen. Stein, 2012
    • Aetheliparis taurocanis Stein, 2012
    • Careproctus narilobus Stein, 2012
    • Careproctus pellucicauda Stein, 2012
    • Osteodiscus rhepostomias Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis exilis Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis freeborni Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis pearcyi Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis pseudokreffti Stein, 2012
    • Psednos argyrogaster Stein, 2012
    • Psednos chathami Stein, 2012
    • Psednos cryptocaeca Stein, 2012
    • Psednos longiventris Stein, 2012
    • Psednos microstomus Stein, 2012
    • Psednos nemnezi Stein, 2012
    • Psednos platyoperculosus Stein, 2012
    • Psednos struthersi Stein, 2012
  • Stein, D.L. (2012): Snailfishes (Family Liparidae) of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and Closely Adjacent Waters.
    • Paraliparis alius Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis amerismos Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis camilarusStein, 2012
    • Paraliparis ekaporus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis epacrognathus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis haploporus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis longicaecus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis macropterus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis magnoculus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis mentikoilon Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis nigrolineatusStein, 2012
    • Paraliparis nullansa Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis orbitalis Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis parviradialis Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis plicatus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis posteroporus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis tangaroa Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis voroninorum Stein, 2012
  • Suttkus, R.D., Bart Jr.,H.L. & Etnier, D.A. (2012): A new darter of subgenus Oligocephalus, genus Etheostoma, from southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana.
  • Suvarnaraksha, A. (2012): Schistura maejotigrina, a new stream loach (Pisces: Nemacheilidae) from northern Thailand.
  • Suzuki, T., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Randall, J.E. (2012): Gobiid fishes of the genus Bryaninops from the Red Sea, with description of two new species and two new records.
    • Bryaninops discus Suzuki, Bogorodsky & Randall, 2012
    • Bryaninops spongicolus Suzuki, Bogorodsky & Randall, 2012
  • Suzuki, T., Sakaue, J. & Senou, H. (2012): Two New Species of the Gobiid Fish Genus Trimma (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Japan and Palau.
    • Trimma fasciatum Suzuki, Sakaue & Senou, 2012
    • Trimma matsunoi Suzuki, Sakaue & Senou, 2012
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 67–77.
  • Suzuki, T., Yano, K. & Senou, H. (2012): Gobiodon winterbottomi, a New Goby (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Iriomote-jima Island, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
    • Gobiodon winterbottomi Suzuki, Yano & Senou, 2012
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 59–65.
  • Tan, M. & Armbruster, J.W. (2012): Cordylancistrus santarosensis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new species with unique snout deplatation from the Río Santa Rosa, Ecuador.
  • Teimori, A., Esmaeili, H.R., Gholami, Z., Zarei, N. & Reichenbacher, B. (2012): Aphanius arakensis, a new species of tooth-carp (Actinopterygii, Cyprinodontidae) from the endorheic Namak Lake basin in Iran. 
  • Tejavej, A. (2012): Barilius signicaudus, a new species of cyprinid fish from Maeklong Basin, western Thailand (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).
  • Tornabene, L., Van Tassel, J.L. & Robertson, D.R. (2012): Microgobius urraca (Teleostei: Gobiidae), a new species of goby from the tropical eastern Pacific.
  • Torres-Mejia, M., Hernández, E. & Senechal, V. (2012): A New Species of Astyanacinus (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Río Magdalena System, Colombia.
  • Turan, D., Ekmekci, F.G., Luskova, V. & Mendel, J. (2012): Description of a new species of genus Gobio from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
  • Turan, D., Kottelat, M. & Engin, S. (2012): The trouts of the Mediterranean drainages of southern Anatolia, Turkey, with description of three new species (Teleostei: Salmonidae).
  • Uiblein, F. & McGrouther, M. (2012): A new deep-water goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from northern Australia and the Philippines, with a taxonomic account of U. subvittatus and remarks on U. mascareinsis. 
  • Valdesalici, S. (2012): Nothobranchius kardashevi and Nothobranchius ivanovae (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae): two new annual killifishes from the Katuma River drainage, western Tanzania.
    • Nothobranchius ivanovae Valdesalici, 2012
    • Nothobranchius kardashevi Valdesalici, 2012
      • aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (4): 191-198.
  • Valdesalici, S., Bills, R., Dorn, A., Reichwald, K. & Cellerino, A. (2012): Nothobranchius niassa (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from northern Mozambique.
  • Van Tassell, J.L., Tornabene, L. & Colin, P.L. (2012): Review of the western Atlantic species of Bollmannia (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiosomatini) with the description of a new allied genus and species.
  • Varella, H.R., Kullander, S.O. & Lima, F.C.T. (2012): Crenicichla chicha, a new species of pike cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the rio Papagaio, upper rio Tapajós basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
  • Vari, R.P., de Santana, C.D. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2012): South American electric knifefishes of the genus Archolaemus(Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes): undetected diversity in a clade of rheophiles. 
    • Archolaemus ferreirai Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012
    • Archolaemus janeae Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012
    • Archolaemus luciae Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012 
    • Archolaemus orientalis Stewart, Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012
    • Archolaemus santosi Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012
  • Vari, R.P., Ferraris, Jr., C.J. & Skelton, P.H. (2012): New Species of Congoglanis (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae) from the Southern Congo River Basin.
  • Vari, R.P., Sidlauskas, B.L. & Le Bail, P.Y. (2012): New species of Cyphocharax (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Curimatidae) from Suriname and French Guiana and a discussion of curimatid diversity on the Guiana Shield.
  • Vasil’eva, E.D. & Vasil’ev, V.P. (2012): Cobitis amphilekta sp. nova, a New Species of Spined Loaches (Cobitidae, Cypriniformes) from the Caspian Sea Basin.
  • Vermeulen, F.B.M., Suijker, W.H. & Collier, G.E. (2012): Laimosemion paryagi (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheiloidei: Rivulidae), a new species from the upper Mazaruni river drainage of Western Guyana.
    • Laimosemion paryagi Vermeulen et. al., 2012
      • aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (4): 181-190.
  • Victor, B. C. (2012): Hypoplectrus floridae n. sp. and Hypoplectrus ecosur n. sp., two new barred hamlets from the Gulf of Mexico (Pisces: Serranidae): more than 3% different in COI mtDNA sequence from the Caribbean Hypoplectrus species flock.
  • Vila, I., Scott, S., Mendez, M.A., Valenzuela, F., Iturra, P. & Poulin, E. (2012): Orestias gloriae, a new species of cyprinodontid fish from saltpan spring of the southern high Andes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae).
  • Villa-Verde, L., Lazzarotto, H. & Lima, S.M.Q. (2012): A new glanapterygine catfish of the genus Listrura (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from southeastern Brazil, corroborated by morphological and molecular data.
  • Walsh, F. & Tanaka, H. (2012): Cirrhilabrus nahackyi, a new wrasse (Perciformes; Labridae) from the South Pacific.
    • Cirrhilabrus nahackyi Walsh & Tanaka, 2012
      • aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 1-8.
  • White, W.T. & Dharmadi (2012): Giganthias serratospinosus, a new serranid (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae) from the island of Lombok in Indonesia.
  • White, W.T. & Last, P.R. (2012): Paracaesio brevidentata n. sp., a new snapper (Lutjanidae: Apsilinae) from Indonesia.
  • Wijkmark, N., Kullander, S.O. & Barriga Salazar, R.E. (2012): Andinoacara blombergi, a new species from the río Esmeraldas basin in Ecuador and a review of A. rivulatus (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
  • Williams, J.T., Delrieu-Trottin, E. & Planes, S. (2012): A new species of Indo-Pacific fish, Canthigaster criobe, with comments on other Canthigaster (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) at the Gambier Archipelago.
  • Wirtz, P. & Schliewen, U.K. (2012): A new species of Liopropoma Gill, 1862 from the Cape Verde Islands, Eastern Atlantic (Teleostei, Perciformes, Serranidae).
  • Wosiacki, W.B., Dutra, G.M. & Mendonça, M.B. (2012): Description of a new species of Ituglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Serra dos Carajás, rio Tocantins basin.
  • Wu, T.J., Ang, J. & Lan, J.H. (2012): A new blind loach, Triplophysa lihuensis (Teleostei: Balitoridae), from Guangxi, China.
  • Yang, J., Kottelat, M., Yang, J.-X. & Chen, X.-Y. (2012): Yaoshania and Erromyzon kalotaenia, a new genus and a new species of balitorid loaches from Guangxi, China (Teleostei: Cypriniformes).
    • Erromyzon kalotaenia Yang et al., 2012
    • Yaoshania n. gen. Yang et al., 2012
    •  Type species: Protomyzon pachychilus Chen, 1980
  • Zarske, A. (2012): Serrapinnus sterbai spec. nov. – Beschreibung eines neuen Salmlers (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae: Cheirodontinae) aus Brasilien mit Bemerkungen zu S. gracilis (Géry, 1960) comb. nov. und S. littoris (Géry, 1960) comb. nov.
  • Zawadzki, C.H., Birindelli, J.L.O. & Lima, F.C.T. (2012): A new armored catfish species of the genus Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Xingu basin, Brazil.
  • Zhang, E & Zhou, W. (2012): Sinigarra napoense, a new genus and species of labeonin fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Guangxi Province, South China.
    • Sinigarra n. gen. Zhang & Zhou, 2012
    •  Type species: Sinigarra napoense Zhang & Zhou, 2012
  • Zhu, D.-G. & Lan, J.-H. (2012): Rectoris longibarbus, a new styglophic labeonine species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from South China, with a note on the taxonomy of R. mutabilis (Lin 1933).