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by Silurus
25 minutes ago
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Osteogaster
Replies: 0
Views: 10

New Osteogaster

Tencatt LFC, V Carvalho, HP Silva & MR Britto, 2025. A new striped Osteogaster (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the Madeira and Tapajós river basins, Brazil, with a new generic diagnosis and an identification key to the species of Osteogaster . Neotropical Ichthyology 23:e240134.

Abstract

A ...
by Silurus
08 Jul 2025, 22:03
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New genus+4 new species of Heptapteridae
Replies: 1
Views: 165

New genus+4 new species of Heptapteridae

DoNascimiento C, FA Villa-Navarro, JG Albornoz-Garzón, CC Conde-Saldaña, GSC Silva, A Méndez-López, FF Roxo, A Ortega-Lara & C Oliveira, 2025. An unexpectedly diverse new genus of catfishes (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) endemic to the Magdalena River basin, Colombia. Zoological Journal of the ...
by Silurus
07 Jul 2025, 10:10
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Pterocryptis phylogeography
Replies: 0
Views: 256

Pterocryptis phylogeography

Huang, R-R, J-M Chen, R-Y Zhang & W-T Chen, 2025. Phylogeography and demography of Pterocryptis cochinchinensis (Siluriformes: Siluridae) in Southern China. Global Ecology and Conservation e03728.

Abstract

The South China region, with its complex river system and mountains, served as a key ...
by Silurus
07 Jul 2025, 00:38
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Crapload of new Cambeva
Replies: 1
Views: 213

Crapload of new Cambeva

Costa, WJEM, VM Azevedo-Santos, JLO Mattos, PLC Uzeda, PJ Vilardo, FP Ottoni & AM Katz, 2025. Integrative taxonomy revealing microendemic species of Cambeva (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) in streams draining Serra da Canastra, southeastern Brazil. Zoologischer Anzeiger 318: 1–15.

Abstract

A ...
by Silurus
05 Jul 2025, 15:07
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Oreoglanis
Replies: 3
Views: 2452

Re: New Oreoglanis

I have the final published version (the one in the July 2025 issue of the journal, not the online first version), if anyone wants it.
by Silurus
04 Jul 2025, 15:26
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Listrura
Replies: 1
Views: 222

New Listrura

Costa WJEM, Feltrin CRM, JLO Mattos, PJ Vilardo & AM Katz, 2025. Relationships of a new fossorial Microcambevinae catfish species from southern Brazil supporting multiple dorsal-fin losses in Listrura (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 101: 1177–1185.

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by Silurus
25 Jun 2025, 13:39
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species
Replies: 5
Views: 1746

Re: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species

bekateen wrote: 24 Jun 2025, 17:45 Is the same as the new B. protos?
Yes
by Silurus
24 Jun 2025, 03:10
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Ostariophysi review
Replies: 0
Views: 481

Ostariophysi review

This is at a higher level than catfishes alone, but provides a quick overview of catfish phylogeny.

Oliveira, C. 2025. Biodiversity, systematics, and taxonomy of Ostariophysi (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii): what we know today after three decades of integration of morphological and molecular data ...
by Silurus
21 Jun 2025, 05:16
Forum: All Resolved Issues
Topic: Yuskaichthys
Replies: 2
Views: 492

Yuskaichthys

Isn't an unavailable name, given that its description exists only as a preprint posted 17 June 2025? Whoever that added it must have confused it with Y. eocenicus, which was described in 2018 and is not in the Cat-eLog.
by Silurus
17 Jun 2025, 21:24
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Two new Chiloglanis
Replies: 0
Views: 593

Two new Chiloglanis

Mutizwa TI, T Bere, WT Kadye, PHN Bragança & A Chakona, 2025. Description of two new species of Chiloglanis (Teleostei, Mochokidae) from the Eastern Zimbabwe Highlands freshwater ecoregion: an overlooked hotspot of rheophilic fishes. ZooKeys 1241: 261–290.

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Growing evidence indicates ...
by Silurus
15 Jun 2025, 10:28
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Evolutionary history of Middle American Rhamdia
Replies: 0
Views: 921

Evolutionary history of Middle American Rhamdia

Arroyave, J, AF Mar‐Silva, BF Melo, SG Hernández-Ávila, JM López-Vila, GSC Silva & P Díaz-Jáimes, 2025. Evolutionary history of Middle American Rhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) inferred from comparative mitogenomic data: insights on historical biogeography and cave colonization in the group ...
by Silurus
11 Jun 2025, 01:19
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: The Bagrichthys hypselopterus thread
Replies: 6
Views: 1195

Re: The Bagrichthys hypselopterus thread

I have dissected specimens purchased from fish markets in Sumatra before, and their guts were full of very fine detritus (looks like substrate from large rivers). They probably ingested the substrate for the small invertebrates buried in them. The size of their mouths suggest that they can't eat ...
by Silurus
09 Jun 2025, 01:16
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Review of Taiwanese Ariidae
Replies: 0
Views: 1037

Review of Taiwanese Ariidae

Lin, C-H, Y-C Tseng, H-C Ho, DP Mediodia, C-H Lee, S-H Yang & C-H Chang, 2025. Taxonomic review of the sea catfish family Ariidae in Taiwan. Marine Research 5:75–140.

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The family Ariidae comprises bottom-dwelling fishes inhabiting tropical and subtropical coasts in marine and brackish ...
by Silurus
06 Jun 2025, 11:49
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Hybridization in Hypancistrus
Replies: 0
Views: 1122

Hybridization in Hypancistrus

Kerniske, FF, RH Dalcin, LM Sousa & RF Artoni, 2025. Geometric morphometrics reveal a potential hybridization zone in endemic species of Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the lower and middle rio Xingu. Neotropical Ichthyology 23: e240107.

Abstract

he Volta Grande do Xingu, one of ...
by Silurus
06 Jun 2025, 02:19
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: The catfish distributions sticky
Replies: 99
Views: 333901

Bagarius as an alien species -NOT!

Jawad, L, AM Al-dirawi, SS Güçlü & OF Al-sheikhly, 2025. The first report of non-indigenous catfish, Bagarius bagarius (Family: Sisoridae) in the inland waters of northeastern Iraq. Acta Aquatica Turcica 21: 179–187.

Abstract

A single specimen of Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton, 1822), a ...
by Silurus
04 Jun 2025, 03:08
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Alien invasive driftwood catfish
Replies: 0
Views: 1179

Alien invasive driftwood catfish

Ferraz, JD, ACR Casimiro, LR Jarduli, DAZ Garcia, AS Tarkan, JR Britton & ML Orsi, 2025. Why they coexist? Ecomorphology and dietary analyses reveal trophic niche segregation in two sympatric non-native catfishes in a Neotropical river. Hydrobiologia doi:10.1007/s10750-025-05846-w.

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by Silurus
01 Jun 2025, 03:34
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Hyalobagrus flavus - male & female interactions
Replies: 3
Views: 1115

Re: Hyalobagrus flavus - male & female interactions

Not sure if I’m seeing it right, but if the fish are swimming side by side and occasionally shuddering, I’ve seen this in a number of bagrids. Not sure if it’s an agonistic display or a prelude to spawning.
by Silurus
28 May 2025, 01:16
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Head muscles of the pacman catfish
Replies: 0
Views: 1752

Head muscles of the pacman catfish

da Silva Marques, R, I Ohara, & OA Shibatta, 2025, Cephalic musculature of the Pacman catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri Steindachner, 1876 (Siluriformes, Pseudopimelodidae). Journal of Morphology 286: e70056.

Abstract

The cephalic musculature of the Pacman catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri ( L ...
by Silurus
27 May 2025, 05:01
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Smaller corys nudge more
Replies: 0
Views: 2002

Smaller corys nudge more

Jungwirth, A, JN Kern, M Siddiqui, A Chiang, N Eisen, E Lac, G Wilkinson & RJ Riley, 2025. Nuanced effects of relative body size on social motivation in a highly gregarious catfish. Behavioural Processes doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105218.

Abstract

Many factors affect the social strategies that ...
by Silurus
27 May 2025, 04:52
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Olyra from India
Replies: 5
Views: 2713

Re: New Olyra from India

That said, Inland Water Biology is a hybrid journal, so the name will become available once the print copy comes out.
by Silurus
26 May 2025, 01:44
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Rineloricaria
Replies: 1
Views: 1812

New Rineloricaria

Mejia. E, GA Ferraro & ICA Souto-Santos, 2025. A new species of whiptail catfish Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Macaé and São João river basins, southeastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 23:e240087.

Abstract

A new species of Rineloricaria from the São João and Macaé river ...
by Silurus
26 May 2025, 01:38
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Olyra from India
Replies: 5
Views: 2713

Re: New Olyra from India

Usually takes a while to resolve DOIs. If there is no ZooBank LSID in the paper, then the name is not available anyway.
by Silurus
23 May 2025, 05:52
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Can't use this site anymore
Replies: 2
Views: 2982

Re: Can't use this site anymore

Would using a VPN solve some of the problems?
by Silurus
23 May 2025, 01:50
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Heterochrony and the catfish pectoral spine
Replies: 0
Views: 3933

Heterochrony and the catfish pectoral spine

Kubicek, KM, R Britz & KW Conway, 2025. Heterochrony leads to evolutionary novelty: the catfish pectoral-fin spine (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Biology Letters 21: 20250038.

Abstract

Studies of sequence heterochrony have revealed changes in developmental timing during skeletogenesis, which are ...
by Silurus
15 May 2025, 01:25
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Glyptothorax
Replies: 2
Views: 9261

Re: New Glyptothorax

Jools wrote: 14 May 2025, 10:59 If anyone can share a copy of the paper, that'd be helpful - cheers,

Jools
Sent
by Silurus
07 May 2025, 01:06
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: New book on Mystus leucophasis
Replies: 6
Views: 6970

Re: New book on Mystus leucophasis

If you look at the photo on page 5 of the book, the species being studied isn't even M. leucophasis, but either M. cavasius or M. bleekeri.

Three strikes. I am moving this out of the Science News forum.
by Silurus
06 May 2025, 01:47
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: New book on Mystus leucophasis
Replies: 6
Views: 6970

Re: New book on Mystus leucophasis

Posting about this book is like posting about the crappy self-published books on corydoradines one finds for sale in Amazon or posting about a paper published in a predatory journal.
by Silurus
05 May 2025, 09:03
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Genetic structure of cave-dwelling Pterocryptis
Replies: 0
Views: 8543

Genetic structure of cave-dwelling Pterocryptis

Huang, R-R, J-M Chen, H-M Li, H Cheng & R-Y Zhang, 2025. Genetic structure of the cave-dwelling catfish Pterocryptis anomala (Siluriformes: Siluridae) in Southwest China. Animals 15: 1202.

Abstract

The mountainous regions of Southwest China are biodiversity hotspots where geographical ...
by Silurus
26 Apr 2025, 14:41
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Glyptothorax
Replies: 2
Views: 9261

New Glyptothorax

Singh, P & L Kosygin, 2025. Glyptothorax palakkadiensis , a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Kerala, Western Ghats, India. Journal of Natural History, 59: 1383–1393.

Abstract

Glyptothorax palakkadiensis , a new sisorid catfish, is described from the Chalakudy drainage in ...

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