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2013 (alphabetical)

  • Adams, G.L., Burr, B.M., Day, J.L. & Starkey, D.E. (2013): Cottus specus, a new troglomorphic species of sculpin (Cottidae) from southeastern Missouri.
  • Agnese, J.-F., Legros, O., Cazauxi, B. & Estivals, G. (2013): Aphyosemion pamaense, a new killifish species (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from Cameroon.
  • Aguilera, G., Mirande, J.M., Calviño, P.A. & Lobo, L.F. (2013): Jenynsia luxata, a new species from Northwestern Argentina, with additional observations of J. maculata Regan and phylogeny of the genus (Cyprinodontiformes: Anablepidae).
  • Allen, G.R., White, W.T. & Erdmann, M.V. (2013): Two new species of snappers (Pisces: Lutjanidae: Lutjanus) from the Indo-West Pacific.
  • Andrade, M.C., Giarrizzo, T. & Jégu, M. (2013): Tometes camunani (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae), a new species of phytophagous fish from the Guiana Shield, rio Trombetas basin, Brazil.
  • Anganthoibi, N. & Vishwanath, W. (2013): Glyptothorax pantherinus, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from the Noa Dehing River, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
  • Angulo, A. & Gracian-Negrete, J.M. (2013): A new species of Brycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from Nicaragua and Costa Rica, with a key to the lower Mesoamerican species of the genus.
  • Armbruster, J.W. & Taphorn, D.C. (2013): Description of Neblinichthys peniculatus, a new species of loricariid catfish from the río Paragua drainage of Venezuela.
  • Arnold, R.J. (2013): A new species of frogfish of the genus Kuiterichthys (Lophiiformes: Antennariidae: Histiophryninae) from New South Wales, Australia.
  • Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2013): Astroblepus hidalgoi – A. floridaensis – A. huallagaensis y A. cajamarcaensis: Cuatro nuevas especies de los Andes del Peru.
    • Astroblepus cajamarcaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2013
    • Astroblepus floridaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2013
    • Astroblepus hidalgoi Ardila Rodríguez, 2013
    • Astroblepus huallagaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2013
      • Universidad Metropolitana de Barranquilla. Barranquilla, Colombia. 22pp.
  • Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2013): Astroblepus martinezi y Astroblepus jimenezae: Dos nuevas especies del Río Sinú y Río Atrato, Colombia.
    • Astroblepus jimenezae Ardila Rodríguez, 2013
    • Astroblepus martinezi Ardila Rodríguez, 2013
      • Universidad Metropolitana de Barranquilla. Barranquilla, Colombia. 20pp.
  • Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2013): Chaetostoma floridablancaensis sp. nov. una nueva especie de Choque (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) del Municipio de Floridablanca, Departamento de Santander – Colombia.
    • Chaetostoma floridablancaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2013
      • Universidad Metropolitana de Barranquilla. Barranquilla, Colombia. 24pp.
  • Arunachalam, M., Nandagopal, S. & Mayden, R.L. (2013): Morphological diagnoses of Garra (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from North-Eastern India with four new species description from Brahmaputra River.
  • Arunachalam, M., Raja, M., Mayden, R.L. & Chandran, A. (2013): Olyra astrifera a new species of olyrid catfish from the Western Ghats, Southern India (Teleosti [sic!]: Bagridae: Olyrininae) and the designation of neotype, Olyra longicaudata McClelland, 1842 from North-Eastern India.
  • Baker, W.H., Blanton, R.E. & Johnston, C.E. (2013): Diversity within the Redeye Bass, Micropterus coosae (Perciformes: Centrarchidae) species group, with descriptions of four new species.
    • Micropterus cahabae Baker et al., 2013
    • Micropterus chattahoochae Baker et al., 2013
    • Micropterus tallapoosae Baker et al., 2013
    • Micropterus warriorensis Baker et al., 2013
  • Baldwin, C.C. & Robertson, D.R. (2013): A new Haptoclinus blenny (Teleostei, Labrisomidae) from deep reefs off Curaçao, southern Caribbean, with comments on relationships of the genus.
  • Balushkin, A.V. & Korolkova, E.D. (2013): New Species of Plunderfish Pogonophryne favosa sp. n. (Artedidraconidae, Notothenioidei, Perciformes) from the Cosmonauts Sea (Antarctica) with Description in Artedidraconids of Unusual Anatomical Structures–Convexitas Superaxillaris.
  • Balushkin, A.V. & Spodareva, V.V. (2013): Dwarf Toad Plunderfish Pogonophryne minor sp. n. (Artedidraconidae; Nototheniodei; Perciformes) - a New Species and One of the Smallest Species of Autochthonous Ichthyofauna of Marginal Seas of the Antarctic Continent.
  • Balushkin, A. V. & Spodareva, V.V. (2013): Pogonophryne skorai sp. n. (Perciformes: Artedidraconidae), a new species of toadlike plunderfish from the Bransfield Strait and coastal waters of the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica).
    • Pogonophryne skorai Balushkin & Spodareva, 2013
      • Biologija Morya / Russian Journal of Marine Biology, 39 (3): 196–201.
  • Barbosa, M.A. (2013): Description of two new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the coastal river basins, southeastern Brazil.
  • Béarez, P. & Schwarzhans, W. (2013): Robaloscion, a new genus for Sciaena wieneri Sauvage, 1883 (Teleostei, Sciaenidae) from the southeastern Pacific, with clarification of the taxonomic status of Sciaena starksi Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917 / Robaloscion, un nouveau genre pour Sciaena wieneri Sauvage, 1883 (Teleostei, Sciaenidae) du Pacifique sud-est, avec clarification du statut taxinomique de Sciaena starksi Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917.
  • Bertaco, V.A. & Malabarba, L.R. (2013): A new species of the characid genus Hollandichthys Eigenmann from coastal rivers of southern Brazil (Teleostei: Characiformes) with a discussion on the diagnosis of the genus.
  • Birindelli, J.L.O. & Britski, H.A. (2013): Two new species of Leporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the Brazilian Amazon, and redescription of Leporinus striatus Kner 1858.
  • Birindelli, J.L.O., Britski, H.A. & Garavello, J.C. (2013): Two new species of Leporinus Agassiz (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from eastern basins of Brazil, and redescription of L. melanopleura Günther.
  • Birindelli, J.L.O., Britski, H.A. & Lima, F.C.T. (2013): New Species of Leporinus from the Rio Tapajós Basin, Brazil, and Redescription of L. moralesi (Characiformes: Anostomidae).
  • Birindelli, J.L.O., Peixoto, L.A.W., Wosiacki, W.B. & Britski, H.A. (2013) New Species of Hypomasticus Borodin, 1929 (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from Tributaries of the Lower Rio Amazonas, Brazil. 
  • Borsa, P., Durand, J.-D., Shen, K.N., Arlyza, I.S., Solihin, D.D. & Berrebi, P. (2013): Himantura tutul sp. nov. (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae), a new ocellated whipray from the tropical Indo-West Pacific, described from its cytochrome-oxidase I gene sequence. 
  • Bragança, P.H.N.d., Barbosa, M.A. & Mattos, J.L. (2013): A new Nematocharax species from the middle Contas River basin, Northeastern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Britski, H.A. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2013): A new species of Leporinus Agassiz, 1829 (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the rio Tocantins, Brazil.
  • Britz, R. (2013): Channa andrao, a new species of dwarf snakehead from West Bengal, India (Teleostei: Channidae).
  • Britz, R. & Kullander, S.O. (2013): Dario kajal, a new species of badid fish from Meghalaya, India (Teleostei: Badidae).
  • Calegari, B.B., Lehmann A., P. & Reis, R.E. (2013): Two new species of cascudinhos of the genus Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Hypoptopomatinae) from the rio Paraná basin, Brazil.
  • Cao, L. & Liang, X.-F. (2013): A new freshwater perch species of the genus Coreoperca Herzenstein (Perciformes, Serranidae, Sinipercinae) from Zhejiang Province, China.
  • Carvalho, F.R. & Langeani, F. (2013): Hyphessobrycon uaiso: new characid fish from the rio Grande, upper rio Paraná basin, Minas Gerais State (Ostariophysi: Characidae), with a brief comment about some types of Hyphessobrycon.
  • Carvalho Filho, A. & Ferreira, C.E.L. (2013): A new species of dwarf sea bass, genus Serranus (Serranidae: Actinopterygii), from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.
  • Casciotta, J., Almirón, A., Aichino, D., Gómez, S., Piálek, L. & Rícan, O. (2013): Crenicichla taikyra (Teleostei: Cichlidae), a new species of pike cichlid from the middle río Paraná, Argentina.
  • Chakona, A. & Swartz, E.R. (2013): A new redfin species, Pseudobarbus skeltoni (Cyprinidae, Teleostei), from the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa.
  • Chatterjee, T.K. & Mishra, S.S. (2013): A new genus and new species of Gobioid fish (Gobiidae: Gobionellinae) from Sunderbans, India.
    • Awaouichthys n. gen. Chatterjee & Mishra, 2013
    • Awaouichthys menoni Chatterjee & Mishra, 2013
      • Records of the zoological Survey of India, 112 (4) [2012]: 85-88.
  • Chen, Y.-X. & Chen, Y.-F. (2013): Three new species of cobitid fish (Teleostei, Cobitidae) from the River Xinjiang and the River Le’anjiang, tributaries of Lake Poyang of China, with remarks on their classification.
    • Cobitis crassicauda Chen & Chen, 2013
    • Cobitis fasciola Chen & Chen, 2013
    • Cobitis stenocauda Chen & Chen, 2013
      • Folia Zoologica, 62 (2): 83-95.
  • Chen, Y.-X., Chen, Y.-F. & He, D.-K. (2013): A new species of spined loach (Osteichthyes, Cobitidae) from the Pearl River, Guangxi of China.
  • Conway, K.W., Dittmer, D.E., Jezisek, L.E. & Ng, H.H. (2013): On Psilorhynchus sucatio and P. nudithoracicus, with the description of a new species of Psilorhynchus from northeastern India (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae).
  • Costa, W.J.E.M. (2013): A new killifish of the genus Melanorivulus from the upper Paraná river basin, Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae).
  • Costa, W.J.E.M. (2013): Hypsolebias caeruleus, a new seasonal killifish of the Hypsolebias adornatus complex from the Caatinga of north-eastern Brazil, São Francisco River basin (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae).
  • Costa, W.J.E.M. & Amorim, P.F. (2013): Delimitation of cryptic species of Notholebias, a genus of seasonal miniature killifishes threatened with extinction from the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae).
  • Costa, W.J.E.M., Amorim, P.F. & Bragança, P.H.N. (2014): Species limits and phylogenetic relationships of red-finned cryptic species of the seasonal killifish genus Hypsolebias from the Brazilian semi-arid Caatinga (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). 
  • Costa, W.J.E.M. & Bragança, P.H.N. (2013): A new miniature killifish of the genus Laimosemion, subgenus Owiyeye, from the Negro river drainage, Brazilian Amazon (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae).
  • Costa, W.J.E.M., Bragança, P.H.N.  & Amorim, P.F. (2013): Five new species of the killifish genus Anablepsoides from the Brazilian Amazon (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae).
    • Anablepsoides gamae Costa et al., 2013
    • Anablepsoides henschelae Costa et al., 2013
    • Anablepsoides jari Costa et al., 2013
    • Anablepsoides ottonii Costa et al., 2013
    • Anablepsoides roraima Costa et al., 2013
  • Cui, R., Pan, Y., Yang, X. & Wang, Y. (2013): A new barbeled goby from south China (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
  • De La Maza-Benignos, M. & Lozano-Vilano, M.d.L. (2013): Description of three new species of the genus Herichthys (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from eastern Mexico, with redescription of H. labridens, H. steindachneri, and H. pantostictus.
    • Herichthys molango De La Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013
    • Herichthys pame De La Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013
    • Herichthys pratinus De La Maza-Benignos & Lozano-Vilano, 2013
  • de Pinna, M.C.C. & Zuanon, J. (2013): The Genus Typhlobelus: Monophyly and Taxonomy, with Description of a New Species with a Unique Pseudotympanic Structure (Teleostei: Trichomycteridae). 
  • de Santana, C.D. & Vari, R.P. (2013): Brown ghost electric fishes of the Apteronotus leptorhynchus species-group (Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes); monophyly, major clades, and revision.
  • de Zeeuw, M.P., Westbroek, I., van Oijen, M.J.P. & Witte, F. (2013): Two new species of zooplanktivorous haplochromine cichlids from Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
    • Haplochromis argens de Zeeuw, Westbroek & Witte, 2013
    • Haplochromis goldschmidti Witte, Westbroek & de Zeeuw, 2013
  • Decru, E., Vreven, E. & Snoeks, J. (2013): A revision of the Lower Guinean Hepsetus species (Characiformes; Hepsetidae) with the description of Hepsetus kingsleyae sp. nov.
  • Delventhal, N.R. & Mooi, R.D. (2013): Callogobius winterbottomi, a new species of goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Western Indian Ocean.
  • Diaz de Astarloa, J.M., Causse, R. & Pruvost, P. (2013): New dextral flounder Samariscus hexaradiatus sp. nov. (Samaridae, Pleuronectiformes) from the Solomon Islands, South-West Pacific Ocean / Nouvelle espèce de poisson plat dextre, Samariscus hexaradiatus sp. nov. (Samaridae, Pleuronectiformes), des îles Salomon, au sud-ouest de l’océan Pacifique.
  • Dishma, M. & Vishwanath, W. (2013): A new species of the genus Pethia from Mizoram, northeastern India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
  • Ebert, D.A. & Wilms, H.A. (2013): Pristiophorus lanae sp. nov., a new sawshark species from the Western North Pacific, with comments on the genus Pristiophorus Müller & Henle, 1837 (Chondrichthyes: Pristiophoridae). Pp. 86-100 in: de Carvalho, M.R., Ebert, D.A., Ho, H.-C. & White, W.T. (eds.) : Systematics and biodiversity of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of Taiwan.
  • Endo, H. & Kenmotsu, K. (2013): Suttonia coccinea, a New Grammistin Fish from Japan (Acanthopterygii: Serranidae).
    • Suttonia coccinea Endo & Kenmotsu, 2013
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science,Ser. A., Supplement No. 7: 11–18.
  • Fernholm, B., Norén, M., Kullander, S.O., Quattrini, A.M., Zintzen, V., Roberts, C.D., Mok, H.-K. & Kuo, C.-H. (2013): Hagfish phylogeny and taxonomy, with description of the new genus Rubicundus (Craniata, Myxinidae). 
    • Rubicundinae subfam. n. Fernholm et al., 2013
    •  Type genus: Rubicundus gen. n. Fernholm et al., 2013
    • Rubicundus n. gen. Fernholm et al.,  2013
    •  Type species: Eptatretus rubicundus Kuo, Lee & Mok, 2010
    • Eptatretus luzonicus nom. nov. Fernholm et al., 2013
    •  Replacement name for Eptatretus fernholmi McMillan & Wisner, 1999
    • Eptatretus bobwisneri nom. nov. Fernholm et al., 2013
    •  Replacement name for Eptatretus wisneri McMillan, 1999
  • Ferrer, J. & Malabarba, L.R. (2013): Taxonomic review of the genus Trichomycterus Valenciennes (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the laguna dos Patos system, Southern Brazil.
    • Trichomycterus balios Ferrer & Malabarba, 2013
    • Trichomycterus brachykechenos Ferrer & Malabarba, 2013
    • Trichomycterus diatropoporos Ferrer & Malabarba, 2013
    • Trichomycterus poikilos Ferrer & Malabarba, 2013
  • Frable, B.W., Baldwin, C.C., Luther, B.M. & Weigt, L.A. (2013): A new species of western Atlantic lizardfish (Teleostei: Synodontidae: Synodus) and resurrection of Synodus bondi Fowler, 1939, as a valid species from the Caribbean with redescriptions of S. bondi, S. foetens (Linnaeus, 1766), and S. intermedius (Agassiz, 1829).
  • Fraser, T.H. (2013): A new genus of cardinalfish (Apogonidae: Percomorpha), redescription of Archamia and resemblances and relationships with Kurtus (Kurtidae: Percomorpha).
  • Fricke, R., Durville, P. & Mulochau, T. (2013): Scorpaenopsis rubrimarginatus, a new species of scorpionfish from Réunion, southwestern Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae).
     
  • Gan, X., Wu, T.-J., Wei, M.-L. & Yang, J. (2013): A new blind barbine species, Sinocyclocheilus anshuiensis sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Guangxi, China.
  • García-Alzate, C.A., Román-Valencia, C. & Ortega, H. (2013): Hyphessobrycon taphorni y H. eschwartzae (Teleostei: Characidae) dos nuevas especies de peces de la cuenca del río Madre de Dios, Perú.
  • Ghedotti, M.J. & Davis, M.P. (2013): Phylogeny, Classification, and Evolution of Salinity Tolerance of the North American Topminnows and Killifishes, Family Fundulidae (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes).
  • Gholami, Z., Esmaeili, H.R., Erpenbeck, D. & Reichenbacher, B. (2014): Phylogenetic analysis of Aphanius from the endorheic Kor River Basin in the Zagros Mountains, South-western Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae). 
  • Gill, A.C. (2013): Classification and relationships of Assiculus and Assiculoides (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae).
    • Assiculoidinae subfam. n. Gill, 2013
    •  Type genus: Assiculoides Gill & Hutchins, 1997
    • Assiculinae subfam. n. Gill, 2013
    •  Type genus Assiculus Richardson, 1846
  • Gill, A.C., Bogorodsky, S.V.  & Mal, A.O. (2013): Acanthoplesiops cappuccino, a new species of acanthoclinine fish from the Red Sea (Teleostei: Plesiopidae).
  • Golani, D., Fricke, R. & Tikochinski, Y. (2013): Sillago suezensis, a new whiting from the northern Red Sea, and status of Sillago erythraea Cuvier (Teleostei: Sillaginidae).
  • Gomon, M.F., Struthers, C.D. & Stewart, A.L. (2013): A New Genus and Two New Species of the Family Aulopidae (Aulopiformes), Commonly Referred to as Aulopus, Flagfins, Sergeant Bakers or Threadsails, in Australasian Waters.
    • Hime pyrhistion Gomon et al., 2013
    • Leptaulopus n. gen. Gomon et al., 2013
    •  Type species: Aulopus damasi Tanaka, 1915
    • Leptaulopus erythrozonatus Gomon et al., 2013
  • Gon, O., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Mal, A.O. (2013): Description of a new species of the cardinalfish genus Pseudamiops(Perciformes, Apogonidae) from the Red Sea.
  • González-Acosta, A.F. & Rodiles-Hernández, R. (2013): New species of Eugerres from the Usumacinta Province, México and Guatemala with a redescription of E. mexicanus (Steindachner, 1863) (Teleostei: Gerreidae).
  • Greenfield, D.W. & Erdmann, M.V. (2013): Eviota santanai, a new Dwarfgoby from Timor-Leste (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
  • Greenfield, D.W. & Suzuki, T. (2013): Eviota nigramembrana, a new dwarfgoby from the Western Pacific (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
  • Hastings, P.A. & Findley, L.T. (2013): Chriolepis bilix, a new species of goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from deep waters of the western Atlantic.
  • Hauser, F.E. & López-Fernández, H. (2013): Geophagus crocatus, a new species of geophagine cichlid from the Berbice River, Guyana, South America (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
  • Herler, J., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Suzuki, T. (2013): Four new species of coral gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiodon), with comments on their relationships within the genus.
    • Gobiodon ater Herler et al., 2013
    • Gobiodon bilineatus Herler et al., 2013
    • Gobiodon fuscoruber Herler et al., 2013
    • Gobiodon irregularis Herler et al., 2013
  • Hibino, Y., Kai, Y. & Kimura, S. (2013): Scolecenchelys fuscogularis (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae, Myrophinae), a new worm eel from Japan.
  • Hiramatsu, W. & Endo, H. (2013): Opistognathus trimaculatus, a New Jawfish (Teleostei: Opistognathidae) from Tosa Bay, Japan.
    • Opistognathus trimaculatusHiramatsu & Endo, 2013
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 7: 19–23.
  • Ho, H.-C. (2013): Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean.
  • Ho, H.-C. & Johnson, J.W. (2013): Redescription of Parapercis macrophthalma (Pietschmann, 1911) and description of a new species of Parapercis (Pisces: Pinguipedidae) from Taiwan.
  • Ho, H.-C. & Last, P.R. (2013): Two new species of the coffinfish genus Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the Indian Ocean.
  • Ho, H.-C., McCosker, J.E. & Smith, D.G. (in press): Revision of the worm eel genus Neenchelys (Ophichthidae: Myrophinae), with descriptions of three new species from the western Pacific Ocean.
    • Neenchelys diaphora Ho et al., (in press) [at present published only online and is not fullfilling Article 8.5 of the amendment of the ICZN]
    • Neenchelys pelagica Ho et al., (in press) [at present published only online and is not fullfilling Article 8.5 of the amendment of the ICZN]
    • Neenchelys similis Ho et al., (in press) [at present published only online and is not fullfilling Article 8.5 of the amendment of the ICZN]
  • Ho, H.-C., Roberts, C.D. & Shao, K.-T. (2013): Revision of batfishes (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) of New Zealand and adjacent waters, with description of two new species of the genus Malthopsis.
  • Ho, H.-C., Roberts, C.D. & Stewart, A.L. (2013): A review of the anglerfish genus Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from New Zealand and adjacent waters, with descriptions of four new species.
    • Chaunax flavomaculatus Ho et al., 2013
    • Chaunax mulleus Ho et al., 2013
    • Chaunax reticulatus Ho et al., 2013
    • Chaunax russatus Ho et al., 2013
  • Holleman, W., Connell, A.D. & Carpenter, K.E. (2013): Caesio xanthalytos, a new species of fusilier (Perciformes: Caesionidae) from the Western Indian Ocean, with records of range extensions for several species of Caesionidae.
  • Honma, Y., Imamura, H. & Kawai, T. (2013): Anatomical description of the genus Perryena, and proposal to erect a new family for it based on its phylogenetic relationships with related taxa (Scorpaeniformes).
  • Hossain, M.S., Sarker, S., Sharifuzzaman, S.M. & Chowdhury, S.R. (2013): New species of stinging catfish Heteropneustes nani (Siluriformes: Heteropneustidae) from Noakhali, Bangladesh.
  • Huber, J.H. (2013): Reappraisal of the Phylogeny of the African genus Aphyosemion (Cyprinodontiformes) focused on External Characters, in line with Molecular Data, with new and redefined Subgenera. 
    • Iconisemion subgen. n. Huber, 2013
    •  Type species: Haplochilus striatus Boulenger, 1911
    • Scheelsemion subgen. n. Huber, 2013
    •  Type species: Haplochilus calliurus var. australis Rachow, 1921
      • Killi-Data Series, 2013: 4-20.
  • Iglésias, S.P. (2013): Apristurus nakayai sp. nov., a new species of deepwater catshark (Chondrichthyes: Pentanchidae) from New Caledonia. / Apristurus nakayai sp. nov., une nouvelle espèce d’holbiche de profondeur (Chondrichthyes: Pentanchidae) de Nouvelle-Calédonie.
  • Ingenito, L.F.S., Lima, F.C.T. & Buckup, P.A. (2013): A new species of Hyphessobrycon Durbin (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Juruena basin, Central Brazil, with notes on H. loweae Costa & Géry.
  • Iwatsubo, H. & Motomura, H. (2013): Redescriptions of Chromis notata (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843) and C. kennensis Whitley, 1964 with the Description of a New Species of Chromis (Perciformes: Pomacentridae).
  • Jang-Liaw, N.-H. & Chen, I-S. (2013): Onychostoma minnanensis, a new cyprinid species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Fujian, southern mainland China, with comments on the mitogenetic differentiation among related species.
  • Jarduli, L.R. & Shibatta, O.A. (2013): Description of a new species of Microglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the Amazon basin, Amazonas State, Brazil.
  • Jerep, F.C. & Vari, R.P. (2013): New Species of Hemigrammocharax (Characiformes: Distichodontidae) from the Northwestern Congo River Basin.
  • Jiang, Z.-G. & Zhang, E. (2013): Molecular evidence for taxonomic status of the gudgeon genus Huigobio Fang, 1938 (Teleostei: Cypriniformes), with a description of a new species from Guangdong Province, South China.
  • Kaga, T. (2013): Phylogenetic systematics of the family Sillaginidae (Percomorpha: order Perciformes).
  • Katz, A.M., Barbosa, M.A. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2013): Two new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus from the Paraná river basin, southeastern Brazil (Teleostei: Trichomycteridae).
  • Kawai, T. (2013): Revision of the peristediid genus Satyrichthys (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) with the description of a new species, S. milleri sp. nov.
  • Knapp, L. W. (2013): Descriptions of four new species of Thysanophrys (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean.
    • Thysanophrys randalli Knapp, 2013
    • Thysanophrys rarita Knapp, 2013
    • Thysanophrys springeri Knapp, 2013
    • Thysanophrys tricaudata Knapp, 2013
  • Knapp, L.W. & Randall, J.E. (2013): Sunagocia omanensis, a new flathead fish (Scorpaeniformes, Platycephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean, with comments on the distribution of Sunagocia carbuncula.
  • Knight, J.D.M. (2013): Pethia aurea (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of barb from West Bengal, India, with redescription of P. gelius and P. canius.
  • Knudsen, S.W. & Clements, K.D. (2013): Kyphosus gladius, a new species of sea chub from Western Australia (Teleostei: Kyphosidae), with comments on Segutilum klunzingeri Whitley.
  • Kobylyanskii, S.G. (2013): Two New Species of Green Eyes of the Genus Chlorophthalmus (Chlorophthalmidae, Aulopiformes) from the Continental Slope and Submarine Rises of the Western Tropical Part of the Indian Ocean.
  • Koeda, K., Yoshino, T. & Tachihara, K. (2013): Pempheris ufuagari sp. nov., a new species in the genus Pempheris (Perciformes, Pempheridae) from the oceanic islands of Japan.
  • Kottelat, M. (2013): Nomenclature and identity of the tongue soles Paraplagusia bilineata, “Cynoglossus bilineatus” and Paraplagusia blochii (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes).
  • Kovacic, M. & Bogorodsky, S.V. (2013): Two new species of Cabillus (Perciformes: Gobiidae) and the first record of Cabillus macrophthalmus from the Western Indian Ocean.
  • Kramer, B., van der Bank, H. & Wink, M. (2013): Marked differentiation in a new species of dwarf stonebasher, Pollimyrus cuandoensis sp. nov. (Mormyridae: Teleostei), from a contact zone with two sibling species of the Okavango and Zambezi rivers.
  • Kramer, B. & Wink, M. (2013): East–west differentiation in the Marcusenius macrolepidotus species complex in Southern Africa: the description of a new species for the lower Cunene River, Namibia (Teleostei: Mormyridae).
  • Küçük, F., Gülle, I., Güçlü, S.S., Çiftçi, Y. & Erdogan, Ö. (2013): A new Pseudophoxinus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) species from Southwestern Anatolia, with remarks on the distribution of the genus in western Anatolia. 
  • Kukuev, E.I., Parin, N.V. & Trunov, I.A. (2013): Materials for the Revision of the Family Caristiidae (Perciformes): 3. Manefishes (Genus Caristius) from Moderate Warm Waters of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans with a Description of Three New Species from the Southeast Atlantic (C. barsukovi sp. n., C. litvinovi sp. n., C. walvisensis sp. n.).
    • Paracaristinae subfam. n. Kukuev et al., 2013
    •  Type genus: Paracaristius Trunov et al., 2006
    • Caristius barsukovi Kukuev et al., 2013
    • Caristius litvinovi Kukuev et al., 2013 
    • Caristius walvisensis Kukuev et al., 2013
  • Kullander, S.O. & Lucena, C.A.S.d. (2013): Crenicichla gillmorlisi, a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Paraná river drainage in Paraguay.
  • Lalronunga, S., Lalnuntluanga & Lalramliana (2013): Garra dampaensis, a new ray-finned fish species (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Mizoram, northeastern India. 
  • Lalronunga, S., Lalnuntluanga & Lalramliana (2013): Schistura maculosa, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Mizoram, northeastern India.
  • Lamboj, A. (2013): A new dwarf cichlid (Perciformes) from Nigeria.
  • Lan, J., Gan. X., Wu. T. & Yang, J. (2013): Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China.
    • Oreonectes acridorsalis Lan, 2013
    • Oreonectes barbatus Gan, 2013
    • Oreonectes duanensis Lan, 2013
    • Oreonectes donglanensis Wu, 2013
    • Paranemachilus pingguoensis Gan, 2013
    • Protocobitis anteroventris Lan, 2013
    • Sinocyclocheilus luolouensis Lan, 2013
    • Triplophysa langpingensis Yang, 2013
    • Triplophysa fengshanensis Lan, 2013
    • Triplophysa dongganensis Yang, 2013
    • Yunnanilus bailianensis Yang, 2013
      • Lan, J., Gan. X., Wu. T. & Yang, J. (2013): Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China. Science Press, Beijing. 1-266.
  • Langeani, F. & Moreira, C.R. (2013): Hemiodus iratapuru, a new species of Hemiodontidae from the Rio Jari, Amazon Basin, Brazil (Teleostei, Characiformes).
  • Larson, H.K., Foster, R., Humphreys, W.F. & Stevens, M.I. (2013): A new species of the blind cave gudgeon Milyeringa (Pisces: Gobioidei, Eleotridae) from Barrow Island, Western Australia, with a redescription of M. veritas Whitley.
  • Last, P.R. & Alava, M. (2013): Dipturus amphispinus sp. nov., a new longsnout skate (Rajoidei: Rajidae) from the Philippines. Pp. 214-227 in: de Carvalho, M.R., Ebert, D.A., Ho, H.-C. & White, W.T. (eds.) : Systematics and biodiversity of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of Taiwan.
  • Last, P.R., Daley, R.K. & Duhamel, G. (2013): A review of the rudderfish genus Tubbia (Stromateoidei: Centrolophidae) with the description of a new species from the Southern Hemisphere.
  • Last, P.R., Ho, H.-C. & Chen, R.-R. (2013): A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus immaculatus (Chondrichthyes, Rhynchobatidae), from Taiwan. Pp. 185-198 in: de Carvalho, M.R., Ebert, D.A., Ho, H.-C. & White, W.T. (eds.) : Systematics and biodiversity of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of Taiwan.
  • Last, P.R. & White, W.T. (2013): Two new stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae) from the eastern Indonesian Archipelago.
  • Lehmann A., P., Koech Braun, B., Pereira, E.H.L. & Reis, R.E. (2013) A New Species of the Hypoptopomatinae Catfish Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), from the Headwaters of the Rio Jequitinhonha, Brazil. 
  • Lima, S.M.Q., Neves, C.P. & Campos-Paiva, R.M. (2013): Ituglanis agreste, a new catfish from the rio de Contas basin, northeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
  • Liu, S.-Y.V., Ho, H.-C.H. & Dai, C.-F. (2013): A new species of Pomacentrus (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae) from Micronesia, with comments on its phylogenetic relationships.
    • Pomacentrus micronesicus Liu et al., 2013  at present published only online and is not fullfilling Article 8.5 of the amendment of the ICZN
      • Zoological Studies, 52: 6 doi:10.1186/1810-522X-52-6 at present published only online and is not fullfilling Article 8.5 of the amendment of the ICZN
  • Loboda, T.S. & de Carvalho, M.R. (2013): Systematic revision of the Potamotrygon motoro (Müller & Henle, 1841) species complex in the Paraná-Paraguay basin, with description of two new ocellated species (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae).
  • Loeb, M.V. & Alcântara, A.V. (2013): A new species of Lycengraulis Günther, 1868 (Clupeiformes: Engraulinae) from the Amazon basin, Brazil, with comments on Lycengraulis batesii (Günther, 1868).
  • Lokeshwor, Y. & Vishwanath, W. (2013): Schistura porocephala, a new nemacheilid loach from Koladyne basin, Mizoram, India (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
  • Lokeshwor, Y. & Vishwanath, W. (2013): Two new species of stone loaches of the genus Schistura from the Koladyne basin, Mizoram, India (Teleostei: Cobitoidei: Nemacheilidae).
  • Lokeshwor, Y., Vishwanath, W. & Kosygin, L. (2013): Schistura paucireticulata, a new loach from Tuirial River, Mizoram, India (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
  • Lucena, C.A.S. de, Bertaco, V.A. & Berbigier, G. (2013): A new species of Astyanax from headwater streams of southern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Lucena, C.A.S.d., Castro, J.B. & Bertaco, V.A. (2013): Three new species of Astyanax from drainages of southern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Lujan, N.K., Agudelo-Zamora, H., Taphorn, D.C., Booth, P.N. & López-Fernández, H. (2013): Description of a New, Narrowly Endemic South American Darter (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Central Guiana Shield Highlands of Guyana. 
  • Lujan, N.K., Steele, S. & Velasquez, M. (2013): A new distinctively banded species of Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the western Amazon Basin in Peru.
  • Lundberg, J.G., Cox Fernandes, C., Campos-Da-Paz, R. & Sullivan, J.P. (2013): Sternarchella calhamazon n. sp., the Amazon’s most abundant species of apteronotid electric fish, with a note on the taxonomic status of Sternarchus capanemae Steindachner, 1868 (Gymnotiformes, Apteronotidae).
  • Lynch, B., Keith, P. & Pezold, F. (2013): A new species of freshwater goby from Pohnpei, Micronesia (Gobioidei: Sicydiinae).
  • Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., López-Fernández, H., Taphorn, D.C., Bernard, C.R., Crampton, W.G.R. & Lovejoy, N.R. (2013): Akawaio penak, a new genus and species of Neotropical electric fish (Gymnotiformes, Hypopomidae) endemic to the upper Mazaruni River in the Guiana Shield.
  • Marinho, M.M.F., Bastos, D.A. & Menezes, N.A. (2013): New species of miniature fish from Marajó Island, Pará, Brazil, with comments on its relationships (Characiformes: Characidae).
  • Martins, F.O., Calegari, B.B. & Langeani, F. (2013): Microlepidogaster arachas, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil.
  • Matamoros, W.A., Chakrabarty, P., Angulo, A., Garita-Alvarado, C.A. & McMahan, C.D. (2013): A new species of Roeboides (Teleostei: Characidae) from Costa Rica and Panama, with a key to the middle American species of the genus.
  • Mateus, C.S., Alves, M.J., Quintella, B.R. & Almeida, P.R. (2013): Three new cryptic species of the lamprey genus Lampetra Bonnaterre, 1788 (Petromyzontiformes: Petromyzontidae) from the Iberian Peninsula. 
  • Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. (2013): A new lionfish of the genus Dendrochirus (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae) from the Tuamotu Archipelago, South Pacific Ocean.
  • Matsunuma, M., Sakurai, M. & Motomura, H. (2013): Revision of the Indo-West Pacific genus Brachypterois (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), with description of a new species from northeastern Australia.
  •  McCosker, J.E., Loh, K.H., Lin, J. & Chen, H.M. (2013): Pylorobranchus hoi, a New Genus and Species of Myrophine Worm-eel from Taiwan (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae).
  • Menezes, N.A., Weitzman, S.H. & Quagio-Grassiotto, I. (2013): Two new species and a review of the inseminating freshwater fish genus Monotocheirodon (Characiformes: Characidae) from Peru and Bolivia.
  • Mishra, S.S., Biswas, S., Russell, B.C., Satpathy, K.K. & Selvanayagam, M. (2013): A new species of the genus Scolopsis Cuvier, 1830 (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) from southern India and Sri Lanka.
  • Mohapatra, A., Ray, D. & Kumar, V. (2013): A new fish species of the Genus Hapalogenys (Perciformes: Hapalogenyidae) from the Bay of Bengal, India.
  • Morgan, D.L., Beatty, S.J. & Adams, M. (2013): Nannoperca pygmaea, a new species of pygmy perch (Teleostei: Percichthyidae). 
  • Nagano, Y., Endo, H. & Yabe, M. (2013): Hoplichthys mimaseanus, a New Ghost Flathead from East Asia and Western Australia (Teleostei: Hoplichthyidae).
    • Hoplichthys mimaseanus Nagano et al., 2013
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 7: 1–9.
  • Nagano, Y., McGrouther, M.A. & Yabe, M. (2013): A new species of the hoplichthyid genus Hoplichthys (Teleostei: Hoplichthyidae) from northern Western Australia.
  • Nebeshwar, Kongbrailatpam & Vishwanath, W. (2013): Three new species of Garra (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from north-eastern India and redescription of G. gotyla.
  • Netto-Ferreira, A.L., Birindelli, J.L. & Buckup. P.A. (2013): A new miniature species of Characidium Reinhardt (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the headwaters of the rio Araguaia, Brazil.
  • Netto-Ferreira, A.L., Birindelli, J.L.O., de Sousa, L.M., Mariguela, T.C. & Oliveira, C. (2013): A New Miniature Characid (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae), with Phylogenetic Position Inferred from Morphological and Molecular Data. 
  • Netto-Ferreira, A.L., Lopez-Fernandez, H., Taphorn, D.C. & Liverpool, E.A. (2013): New species of Lebiasina (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Lebiasinidae) from the upper Mazaruni River drainage, Guyana.
  • Netto-Ferreira, A.L. & Marinho, M.M.F. (2013): New species of Pyrrhulina (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Lebiasinidae) from the Brazilian Shield, with comments on a putative monophyletic group of species in the genus.
  • Ng, H.H. (2013): Ompok karunkodu, a new catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from southern India.
  • Ng, H.H. & Kottelat, M. (2013): After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae).
  • Ng, H.H. & Kottelat, M. (2013): Revision of the Asian catfish genus Hemibagrus Bleeker, 1862 (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Bagridae).
  • Ng, H.H. & Kullander, S.O. (2013): Glyptothorax igniculus, a new species of sisorid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Myanmar.
  • Ng, H.H. & Lalramliana (2013): Glyptothorax radiolus, a new species of sisorid catfish (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes) from northeastern India, with a redescription of G. striatus McClelland 1842.
  • Ng, H.H., Lalramliana, Lalronunga, S. & Lalnuntluanga (2013): Pseudolaguvia nubila, a new sisorid catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from northeastern 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 Huu Duc, Tran Duc Hau & Ta Thi Thuy (2013): A new species of genus Acheilognathus, Bleeker, 1895 from the Tien Yen river, Vietnam.
  • Nielsen, D.T.B. (2013): Spectrolebias brousseaui (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae: Cynolebiatinae), a new annual fish from the upper río Mamoré basin, Bolivia.
  • Nielsen, J.G., Okamoto, M. & Schwarzhans, W. (2013): A new species of Timorichthys (Ophidiiformes: Bythitidae) from the East China Sea.
  • Oliveira, C.A.M., Abilhoa, V. & Pavanelli, C.S. (2013): Astyanax guaricana (Ostariophysi: Characidae), a new species from the rio Cubatão drainage, Paraná State, Southern Brazil.
  • Ottoni, F.P. (2013): Australoheros sanguineus sp. n. – a new cichlid species from the rio Cubatão basin, southern Brazil (Cichlidae: Heroini).
  • Oyakawa, O.T., Fichberg, I. & Langeani, F. (2013): Harttia absaberi, a new species of loricariid catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil.
  • Pan, X.-F., Li, L., Yang, J.-X. & Chen, X.-Y. (2013): Sinocyclocheilus xichouensis, a new species of golden-line fish from the Red River drainage in Yunnan, China (Teleostei: Cypriniformes).
  • Parenti, L.R., Hadiaty, R.K., Lumbantobing, D. & Herder, F. (2013): Two New Ricefishes of the Genus Oryzias (Atherinomorpha: Beloniformes: Adrianichthyidae) Augment the Endemic Freshwater Fish Fauna of Southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. 
  • Peixoto, L.A.W., Dutra, G.M., de Santana, C.D. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2013): A New Species of the Electric Fish Genus Hypopygus (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from the Lower Amazon Basin, Brazil.
  • Peixoto, L.A.W. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2013): A New Species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Lower Amazon.
  • Pethiyagoda, R. (2013): Haludaria, a replacement generic name for Dravidia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
    • Haludaria nom. nov. Pethiyagoda, 2013
    •  Replacement name for Dravidia Pethiyagoda et al., 2012
  • Pinheiro, H.T., Gasparini, J.L. & Rangel, C.A. (2013): A new species of the genus Hypleurochilus (Teleostei: Blenniidae) from Trindade Island and Martin Vaz Archipelago, Brazil.
  • Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. (2013): Glyptothorax elankadensis (Order-Siluriformes: family- Sisoridae), a new fish species from Manimala River, Kerala, India.
  • Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. (2013): Mystus indicus and M. heoki, two new catfishes from Kerala, India.
  • Pogoreutz, C., Vitecek, S. & Ahnelt, H. (2013): A new species of Satyrichthys (Teleostei: Peristediidae) from the Maldives Archipelago (Indian Ocean).
  • Polgar, G., Jaafar, Z. & Konstantinidis, P. (2013): A new species of mudskipper, Boleophthalmus poti (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from the Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea, and a key to the genus.
  • Pouyaud, L., Kadarusman, Hadiaty, R.K., Slembrouck, J., Lemauk, N., Kusumah, R.V. & Keith, P. (2013): Oxyeleotris colasi (Teleostei: Eleotridae), a new blind cave fish from Lengguru in West Papua, Indonesia. / Oxyeleotris colasi, une nouvelle espèce de poisson cavernicole de Lengguru en Papouasie occidentale (Teleostei : Eleotridae).
  • Prokofiev, A.M. & Golubtsov, A.S. (2013): Revision of the loach genus Afronemacheilus (Teleostei: Balitoridae: Nemacheilinae) with description of a new species from the Omo-Turkana basin, Ethiopia.
  • Quattro, J.M., Driggers, W.B. III, Grady, J.M., Ulrich, G.F. & Roberts, M.A. (2013): Sphyrna gilberti sp. nov., a new hammerhead shark (Carcharhiniformes, Sphyrnidae) from the western Atlantic Ocean.
  • Raghavan, R., Philip, S., Ali, A. & Dahanukar, N. (2013): Sahyadria, a new genus of barbs (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Western Ghats of India.
  • Raghavan, R., Tharian, J., Ali, A., Jadhav, S. & Dahanukar, N. (2013): Balitora jalpalli, a new species of stone loach (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Silent Valley, southern Western Ghats, India.
  • Ramos, T.P.A., Barros-Neto, L.F., Britski, H.A. & Lima, S.M.Q. (2013): Parotocinclus seridoensis, a new hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Piranhas-Açu basin, north­eastern Brazil.
  • Randall, J.E. (2013): Seven new species of labrid fishes (Coris, Iniistius, Macropharyngodon, Novaculops, and Pteragogus) from the Western Indian Ocean.
    • Coris latifasciata Randall, 2013
    • Iniistius brevipinnis Randall, 2013
    • Macropharyngodon marisrubri Randall, 1978 [raised to species level]
    • Novaculops alvheimi Randall, 2013
    • Pteragogus clarkae Randall, 2013
    • Pteragogus trispilus Randall, 2013
    • Pteragogus variabilis Randall, 2013
  • Randall, J.E., Bogorodsky, S.V., Alpermann, T.J., Satapoomin, U., Mooi, R.D. & Mal, A.O. (2013): Pempheris flavicycla, a new pempherid fish from the Indian Ocean, previously identified as P. vanicolensis Cuvier.
  • Randall, J.E., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Mal, A.O. (2013): Four new soles (Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae) of the genus Aseraggodes from the western Indian Ocean.
  • Recknagel, H., Kusche, H., Elmer, K.R. & Meyer, A. (2013): Two new endemic species in the Midas cichlid species complex from Nicaraguan crater lakes: Amphilophus tolteca and Amphilophus viridis (Perciformes, Cichlidae).
  • Roberts, T.R. (2013): Leptophilypnion, a new genus with two new species of tiny central Amazonian gobioid fishes (Teleostei, Eleotridae).
  • Römer, U., Beninde, J., Duponchelle, F., Dávila, C.R.G., Díaz, A.V. & Renno, J.-F. (2013): Description of Apistogramma paulmuelleri sp. n., a new geophagine cichlid species (Teleostei: Perciformes) from the Amazon river basin in Loreto, Peru.
  • Römer, U. & Hahn, I. (2013): Apistogramma aguarico sp. n.: A new species of geophagine cichlid fish (Teleostei: Perciformes) from the Ecuadorian and Peruvian río Napo system.
  • Román–Valencia, C., Ruiz–C., R.I., Taphorn B., D.C.  & García–A., C. (2013): Three new species of Bryconamericus (Characiformes, Characidae), with keys for species from Ecuador and a discussion on the validity of the genus Knodus.
  • Rosenblatt, R.H., Miller, E.C. & Hastings, P.A. (2013): Three new species of triplefin blennies of the genus Enneanectes (Teleostei, Tripterygiidae) from the tropical eastern Pacific with a key to Pacific species of Enneanectes.
    • Enneanectes exsul Rosenblatt et al., 2013
    • Enneanectes glendae Rosenblatt et al., 2013
    • Enneanectes macrops Rosenblatt et al., 2013
  • Russell, B.C. & Tweddle, D. (2013): A new species of Nemipterus (Pisces: Nemipteridae) from the Western Indian Ocean.
  • Russell, B.C. & Westneat, M.W. (2013): A new species of Suezichthys (Teleostei: Perciformes: Labridae) from the south-eastern Pacific, with a redefinition of the genus and a key to species.
  • Saenjundaeng, P., Vidthayanon, C. & Grudpun, C. (2013): Tetraodon palustris, a new freshwater pufferfish (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Mekong Basin of Thailand.
  • Salcedo, N.J. (2013): Description of Loraxichthys lexa, new genus and species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Río Huallaga Basin, central Peru, with notes on the morphology of the enigmatic Lipopterichthys carrioni Norman, 1935.
  • Sarmento-Soares, L.M., Cabeceira, F.G., Carvalho, L.N., Zuanon, J. & Akama, A. (2013): Centromochlus meridionalis, a new catfish species from the southern Amazonian limits, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae).
  • Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Martins-Pinheiro, R.F. (2013): Glanidium botocudo, a new species from the rio Doce and rio Mucuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) with comments on taxonomic position of Glanidium bockmanni Sarmento-Soares & Buckup.
  • Sato, K., Stewart, A.L. & Nakaya, K. (2013): Apristurus garricki sp. nov., a new deep-water catshark from the northern New Zealand waters (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae).
  • Schindler, I. & Linke, H. (2013): Betta hendra – a new species of fighting fish (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) from Kalimantan Tengah (Borneo, Indonesia).
  • Schindler, I. & Staeck, W. (2013): Description of Apistogramma helkeri sp. n., a new geophagine dwarf cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the lower río Cuao (Orinoco drainage) in Venezuela.
  • Shakhovskoy, I.B. & Parin, N.V. (2013): A Review of Flying Fishes of the Subgenus Hirundichthys (genus Hirundichthys, Exocoetidae). 1. Oceanic species: H. speculiger, H. indicus sp. nova.
  • Shakhovskoy, I.B. & Parin, N.V. (2013): A Review of Flying Fishes of the Subgenus Hirundichthys (Genus Hirundichthys, Exocoetidae). Part 2. Nerito-Oceanic Species: H. oxycephalus, H. affinis.
  • Shandikov, G.A. & Eakin, R.R. (2013): Pogonophryne neyelovi, a new species of Antarctic shortbarbeled plunderfish (Perciformes, Notothenioidei, Artedidraconidae) from the deep Ross Sea.
  • 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.
  • Shangningam, B. & Vishwanath, W. (2013): A new species of Psilorhynchus (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from the Chindwin basin of Manipur, India.
  • Shibukawa, K. & Aizawa, M. (2013): Cabillus pexus, a New Marine Goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae) from Amami-oshima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. 
    • Cabillus pexus Shibukawa & Aizawa, 2013
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A, 39 (3): 133–142.
  • Shibukawa, K. & Ida, H. (2013): Ammodytoides kanazawai, a New Species of Sand Lance (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan.
    • Ammodytoides kanazawaiShibukawa & Ida, 2013
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 7: 25–30.
  • Shibukawa, K. & Iwata, A. (2013): Review of the East Asian Gobiid Genus Chaeturichthys (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gobioidei), with Description of a New Species.
    • Chaeturichthys jeoni Shibukawa & Iwata, 2013
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 7: 31–51.
  • Shibukawa, K., Suzuki, T. & Aizawa, M. (2013): Gobiodon aoyagii, a New Coral Goby (Actinopterygii, Gobiidae, Gobiinae) from the West Pacific, with Redescription of a Similarly colored Congener Gobiodon erythrospilus Bleeker, 1875.
    • Gobiodon aoyagii Shibukawa et al., 2013
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A, 39 (3): 143-165.
  • Silva, G.S.C. , Melo, B.F., Oliveira, C. & Benine, R.C. (2013): Morphological and molecular evidence for two new species of Tetragonopterus (Characiformes: Characidae) from central Brazil.
    • Tetragonopterus araguaiensis Silva et al., 2013
    • Tetragonopterus denticulatus Silva et al., 2013
  • Silva, G.S.C., Roxo, F.F. & Oliveira, C. (2013): Pareiorhina hyptiorhachis, a new catfish species from Rio Paraíba do Sul basin, southeastern Brazil (Siluriformes, Loricariidae).
  • Slobodian, V. & Bockmann, F.A. (2013): A new Brachyrhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Rio Japurá basin, Brazil, with comments on its phylogenetic affinities, biogeography and mimicry in the genus.
  • Smith, G.R., Stewart, J.D. & Carpenter, N.E. (2013): Fossil and recent mountain suckers, Pantosteus, and significance of introgression in catostomin fishes of Western United States.
    • Catostomus (Pantosteus) bondi Smith, Stewart & Carpenter, 2013
      • Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 743: 1-59.
  • Stauffer, J.R. Jr., Black, K. & Konings, A.F. (2013): Descriptions of five new species of Metriaclima (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi, Africa.
    • Maylandia lundoense (Stauffer et al., 2013)
    • Maylandia midomo (Stauffer et al., 2013)
    • Maylandia nigrodorsalis(Stauffer et al., 2013)
    • Maylandia pambazuko (Stauffer et al., 2013)
    • Maylandia tarakiki (Stauffer et al., 2013)
  • Steele, S.E., Liverpool, E. & López-Fernández, H. (2013): Krobia petitella, a new species of cichlid fish from the Berbice River in Guyana (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
  • Stevenson, D.E. & Kenaley, C.P. (2013): Revision of the Manefish Genera Caristius and Platyberyx (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Caristiidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species.
    • Caristius digitus Stevenson & Kenaley, 2013
    • Caristius meridionalis Stevenson & Kenaley, 2013
    • Platyberyx paucus Stevenson & Kenaley, 2013
    • Platyberyx pietschi Stevenson & Kenaley, 2013
    • Platyberyx rhyton Stevenson & Kenaley, 2013
  • Stewart, D.J. (2013) A New Species of Arapaima (Osteoglossomorpha: Osteoglossidae) from the Solimões River, Amazonas State, Brazil. 
  • Stiassny, M.L.J., Denton, J.S.S. & Monsembula Iyaba, R.J.C. (2013): A new ectoparasitic distichodontid of the genus Eugnathichthys (Characiformes: Citharinoidei) from the Congo basin of central Africa, with a molecular phylogeny for the genus.
  • Sullivan, J., Zuanon, J. & Cox Fernandes, C. (2013): Two new species and a new subgenus of toothed Brachyhypopomus electric knifefishes (Gymnotiformes, Hypopomidae) from the central Amazon and considerations pertaining to the evolution of a monophasic electric organ discharge.
    • Odontohypopomus n. sgen. Sullivan et al., 2013
    • Brachyhypopomus (Odontohypopomus) bennetti Sullivan et al., 2013
    • Brachyhypopomus (Odontohypopomus) walteri Sullivan et al., 2013
  • Suvarnaraksha, A. (2013): A new species of Physoschistura (Pisces: Nemacheilidae) from northern Thailand.
  • Suzuki, T. & Senou, H. (2013): Review of the Sand-diving Goby Genus Parkraemeria (Perciformes: Gobiidae), with Descriptions of Two New Species from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
    • Parkraemeria rhinocerosSuzuki & Senou, 2013
    • Parkraemeria saltator Suzuki & Senou, 2013
      • Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 7: 53–66.
  • Tan, H.H. & Lim, K.K.P. (2013): Three new species of freshwater halfbeaks (Teleostei: Zenarchopteridae: Hemirhamphodon) from Borneo. 
  • Taphorn, D.C., Armbruster, J.W., Villa-Navarro, F. & Ray, K. (2013): Trans-Andean Ancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae).
  • Tencatt, L.F.C., Vera-Alcaraz, H.S., Britto, M.R. & Pavanelli, C.S. (2013): A new Corydoras Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the rio São Francisco basin, Brazil.
  • Thomas, M.R., Rodriguez, M.S., Cavallaro, M.R., Froehlich, O. & Corrêa E Castro, R.M. (2013): Loricaria luciae, a new species of whiptail catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraguay and lower Paraná River basins of southeastern South America.
  • Tornabene, L., Ahmadia, G.N. & Williams, J.T. (2013): Four new species of dwarfgobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Eviota) from the Austral, Gambier, Marquesas and Society Archipelagos, French Polynesia.
  • Turan, D., Kaya, C., Ekmekçi, F.G. & Güçlü, S.S. (2013): Alburnoides manyasensis(Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae), a new species of cyprinid fish from Manyas Lake basin, Turkey.
  • Turan, D., Kottelat, M. & Dogan, E. (2013): Two new species of Squalius, S. adanaensis and S. seyhanensis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), from the Seyhan River in Turkey. 
  • Uiblein, F. & Causse, R. (2013): A new deep-water goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Vanuatu, South Pacific.
  • Uiblein, F. & Lisher, M. (2013): A new goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from Angoche, northern Mozambique.
  • Valdesalici, S. (2013): Pronothobranchius chirioi n. sp. a new annual killifish species from the Niger River drainage, with redescriptions of P. kiyawensis, P. gambiensis and P. seymouri (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae).
    • Pronothobranchius chirioi Valdesalici, 2013
      • Killi-Data Series, 2013: 21-41.
  • Valdesalici, S. & Eberl, W. (2013): Aphyosemion grelli (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from the Massif du Chaillu, southern Gabon.
  • Valdesalici, S. & Schindler, I. (2013): Anablepsoides lineasoppilatae, a new killifish (Teleostei: Rivulidae) from south-eastern Peru.
  • Van der Zee, J.R., Mbimbi Mayi Munene, J.J. & Sonnenberg, R. (2013): Epiplatys atratus (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of the E. multifasciatus species group from the Lulua Basin (Kasaï drainage), Democratic Republic of Congo.
  • Van der Zee, J.R., Sonnenberg, R. & Schliewen, U.K. (2013): Description of three new species of Hylopanchax Poll & Lambert, 1965 from the central Congo Basin (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Procatopodini) with a redefinition of the genus.
    • Hylopanchax leki Van der Zee et al., 2013
    • Hylopanchax moke Van der Zee et al., 2013
    • Hylopanchax ndeko Van der Zee et al., 2013
  • Vanegas-Ríos, J.A., Azpelicueta, M.d.l.M., Mirande, J.M. & Gonzales, M.D.C. (2013): Gephyrocharax torresi (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae), a new species from the río Cascajales basin, río Magdalena system, Colombia.
  • Varella, H.R. & Moreira, C.R. (2013): Teleocichla wajapi, a new species of cichlid from the rio Jari, Brazil, with comments on T. centrarchus Kullander, 1988 (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
  • Vari, R.P. & Ferraris Jr., C.J. (2013): Two New Species of the Catfish Genus Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the Guiana Shield and a Reevaluation of the Limits of the Genus.
  • Vermeulen, F.B.M. (2013): Four new species of Rivulus Poey, 1860, subgenus Cynodonichthys Meek, 1904 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the Magdalena River Basin, Central Colombia, including notes on Rivulus (Cynodonichthys) elegans Steindachner, 1880.
    • Rivulus azurescens Vermeulen, 2013
    • Rivulus pivijay Vermeulen, 2013
    • Rivulus ribesrubrum Vermeulen, 2013
    • Rivulus xi Vermeulen, 2013
      • Killi-Data Series, 2013: 42-63.
  • Vermeulen, F.B.M., Valdesalici, S. & Garcia-Gil, J.R. (2013): Rivulus tomasi (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), a new killifish from Tobogán de la Selva, middle Orinoco river drainage in the Amazonas Territory, southwest Venezuela.
  • Victor, B.C. (2013): The Caribbean Roughhead Triplefin (Enneanectes boehlkei): DNA barcoding reveals a complex of four West Indian sympatric cryptic species (Teleostei: Blennioidei: Tripterygiidae).
  • Victor, B.C., Alfaro, M.E. & Sorenson, L. (2013): Rediscovery of Sagittalarva inornata n. gen., n. comb. (Gilbert, 1890) (Perciformes: Labridae), a long-lost deepwater fish from the eastern Pacific Ocean: a case study of a forensic approach to taxonomy using DNA barcoding.
  • Victor, B.C. & Wellington, G.M. (2013): Citharichthys darwini n. sp., a new endemic flatfish from the Galápagos Archipelago (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyidae).
  • Vreven, E., Ibala Zamba, A., Mamonekene, V. & Geerincks, T. (2013): Description of Notoglanidium pembetadi new species (Siluriformes: Claroteidae) from the Kouilou-Niari River, Republic of the Congo.
  • Weigmann, S., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Thiel, R. (2013): Planonasus parini n. g. and n. sp., a new genus and species of false cat sharks (Carchariniformes, Pseudotriakidae) from the deep northwestern Indian Ocean off Socotra Islands.
  • White, W.T., Furumitsu, K. & Yamaguchi, A. (2013): A New Species of Eagle Ray Aetobatus narutobiei from the Northwest Pacific: An Example of the Critical Role Taxonomy Plays in Fisheries and Ecological Sciences.
  • Williams, J.T., Delrieu-Trottin, E. & Planes, S. (2013): Two new fish species of the subfamily Anthiinae (Perciformes, Serranidae) from the Marquesas.
  • Yang, J. & Guo, Y.-S. (2013): A new species of the genus Sinogastromyzon Fang from Sichuan Province, China (Cypriniformes, Balitoridae).
  • Yang, J., Zhen, L.-P., Chen, X.-Y. & Yang, J.-X. (2013): Description of two new species and revision of Schizothorax distributed in the Irrawaddy drainage area in China.
  • Zanata, A.M., Sardeiro, B. & Zawadzki, C.H. (2013): A new dark-dotted species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from rio Paraguaçu, Bahia State, Brazil.
  • Zarske, A. (2013): Nannostomus nigrotaeniatus spec. nov. – ein neuer Ziersalmler aus Venezuela (Teleostei: Characiformes: Lebiasinidae).
  • Zawadzki, C.H., de Oliveira, R.R. & Debona, T. (2013): A new species of Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Tocantins-Araguaia basin, Brazil.
  • Zheng, H., Xiu, L. & Yang, J. (2013): A new species of Barbine genus Sinocyclocheilus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Zuojiang River drainage in Guangxi, China.
  • Zhu, Y., Zhao, Y. & Huang, K. (2013): Aphyocypris pulchrilineata, a new miniature cyprinid species (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Guangxi, China.