Cat-eLog didn't like me adding the new species, though. Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function get_genus() in /home/webcat/planetcatfish.com/admin/classes/add_new_species.php:68 Stack trace: #0 /home/webcat/planetcatfish.com/admin/index.php(173): add_new_species->submit(Object(phpbb...

Ng, HH & M Kottelat, 2023. Glyptothorax irroratus , a new species of rheophilic catfish from the Mekong River drainage (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Sisoridae. Journal of Natural History 57: 358–371. Abstract Glyptothorax irroratus , a new species of sisorid catfish from the Mekong River draina...

I was interviewed for the story reporting this paper (when I wasn't even involved in it) at https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tra ... iridescent. Guess they didn't want to interview the physicist authors because biologists know how to keep it real.

Day JJ, EM Steell, TR Vigliotta, LA Withey, R Bills, JP Friel, MJ Genner & MLJ Stiassny, 2023.Exceptional levels of species discovery ameliorate inferences of the biogeography and diversification of an Afrotropical catfish family. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2023.1...

Fan, X-J, X-Z Zheng, T An, X-H Li, N Leung, B Zhu, T Sui, N Shi, T-X Fan & Q-B Zhao, 2023. Light diffraction by sarcomeres produces iridescence in transmission in the transparent ghost catfish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120: e2219300120. Abs...

Transferred images from Encheloclarias prolatus to Encheloclarias baculum, made the former a synonym of the latter. Entry for Encheloclarias prolatus needs to be removed.

Tan, HH, RS Sukri, R Kahar & R Dommain, 2023. First record of Encheloclarias (Teleostei: Clariidae) from Brunei Darussalam with notes on the taxonomic status of E. baculum Ng & Lim, 1993, and E. prolatus Ng & Lim, 1993. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71: 237–247. Abstract The rare clar...

…on top of using outdated taxonomy.

Tan, ZW, EXP Toh, Y-X Cai, HH Tan & DCJ Yeo, 2023. Discovery of Encheloclarias (Teleostei: Clariidae) from Singapore, with notes on morphology and distribution. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71: 196–206. Abstract We report the discovery of several specimens of the genus Encheloclarias Herre &...

Silva, GSC, L Reia, CK Morimoto, RC Benine & C Oliveira, 2023. Integrative taxonomy of Imparfinis (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from the Upper Paraná River basin, Brazil, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 5249: 357–377. Abstract The Neotropical family Heptapteridae comprises 228 valid ...

Costa WJEM, JLO Mattos, PF Amorim, BO Mesquita & AM Katz, 2023. Chromatic polymorphism in Trichomycterus albinotatus (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae), a mountain catfish from south-eastern Brazil and the role of colouration characters in trichomycterine taxonomy. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99...

Duong, T-Y, NT Nguyen, DD Tran, TH Le & SAM Nor, 2023. Multiple genetic lineages of anadromous migratory Mekong catfish Pangasius krempfi revealed by mtDNA control region and cytochrome b. Ecology and Evolution 13: e9845. Abstract Population genetic structure of migratory fishes can reflect eco...

With all the brouhaha about ChatGPT, I thought I'd try asking it some catfish questions. The results were less than ideal.

De Alwis PS, S Kundu, FZ Gietbong, MHF Amin, S-R Lee, H-W Kim & AR Kim, 2023. Mitochondriomics of Clarias fishes (Siluriformes: Clariidae) with a new assembly of Clarias camerunensis : insights into the genetic characterization and diversification. Life 13:482. Abstract The mitogenome of an end...

Rueda, EC, CB Machado, V Castro, A Braga-Silva, G Ojeda, F. Vargas, G Loretan, PD Freitas, PM Galetti Jr & G Ortí, 2023. Genetic population structure of Pseudoplatystoma corruscans (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) and evidence of temporal variation in structure. Journal of Fish Biology doi: 10.1111/...

Costa, WJEM, CRM Feltrin, JLO Mattos, RH Dalcin, V Abilhoa & AM Katz, 2023. Morpho-molecular discordance? Re-approaching systematics of Cambeva (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Guaratuba-Babitonga-Itapocu area, southern Brazil. Fishes 8:63. Abstract A recent field inventory focusing on...

Raghavan R, RL Sundar, CP Arjun, R Britz & N Dahanukar, 2023, Evolution in the dark: unexpected genetic diversity and morphological stasis in the blind, aquifer-dwelling catfish Horaglanis . Vertebrate Zoology 73: 57-74. Abstract The lateritic aquifers of the southern Indian state of Kerala har...

Not directly relevant to catfishes, but still an interesting read: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/ ... sos.201617

Kryptopterus macrocephalus. They do best in blackwater setups.

Tripathi, S, A Gopesh, R Verma,A Sahu, & M Singh, 2022. Creation of species-specific molecular signatures of schilbeid fishes from River Ganga by integrative taxonomy. Asian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Research 20: 1-11. Abstract The phylogenetic analysis of Asian schilbeids could not be c...

This is a member of the Ompok leiacanthus group. Likely Ompok supernus.

Li, X, W Dao & W Zhou, 2022. Redefinition of the glyptosternine genus Pareuchiloglanis (Teleostei: Sisoridae), with descriptions of three new genera. Journal of Fish Biology doi:10.1111/jfb.15239. Abstract The genus Pareuchiloglanis (Sisoridae) contains 20 valid species and 5 species with uncer...

Abujam, S, R Mahato, D Bushi, G Nimasow, OD Nimasow & DN Das, 2022. A new species of the genus Parachiloglanis (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Aqua 28: 67–78. Abstract Parachiloglanis paliziensis , a new species of torrent catfish, is described herein based on 3 specimen...

de Pinna, MCC & FCP Dagosta, 2022. A taxonomic review of the vampire catfish genus Paracanthopoma Giltay, 1935 (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae), with descriptions of nine new species and a revised diagnosis of the genus. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 62: e202262072. Abstract A taxonomic revision i...

Sayyadzadeh, G, F Zarei & HR Esmaeili, 2022. Glyptothorax (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from the Middle East: an integrated molecular and morphological insight into its taxonomic diversity. Diversity 14: 884. Abstract The Glyptothorax species from the Middle East are taxonomically revised based on ext...

Londoño-Burbano, A & MR Britto, 2022. A new species of Sturisoma Swainson, 1838 (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from the Madeira River basin, with a discussion of historical biogeography of western Amazonas and Paraguay River basins. Journal of Fish Biology doi:10.1111/jfb.15251. Abstract A new lo...

Why are all the changes being made to Aspidoras showing up as Amphilius?

I would've thought your dream bagrid is Bagrichthys hypselopterus. Posts on social media indicate that juveniles have been caught and exported.

Donin LM, J Ferrer & TP Carvalho, 2022. Uncertainties and risks in delimiting species of Cambeva (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) with single-locus methods and geographically restricted data. Neotropical Ichthyology 20:e220019. Abstract Cambeva contains species with complex taxonomy or poorly d...

Definition of glanis according to LSJ (via Perseus):