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by Silurus
27 Oct 2023, 04:00
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Host specialization in parasitic cuckoo catfish
Replies: 2
Views: 2948

Host specialization in parasitic cuckoo catfish

Reichard, M, S Koblmüller, R Blažek, H Zimmermann, C Katongo, A Bryjová & J Bryja, 2023. Lack of host specialization despite selective host use in brood parasitic cuckoo catfish. Molecular Ecology DOI:10.1111/mec.17173. Abstract Host–parasite dynamics involve coevolutionary arms races, which ma...
by Silurus
24 Oct 2023, 03:28
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Glyptothorax
Replies: 0
Views: 5408

New Glyptothorax

Singh P, L Kosygin, S Rath & SD Gurumayum, 2023. Glyptothorax siangensis , a new species of catfish (Sisoridae) from the Brahmaputra River drainage, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Ichthyology DOI:10.1134/S0032945223060152. Abstract Glyptothorax siangensis , new species, is described from ...
by Silurus
23 Oct 2023, 06:37
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Same but different?
Replies: 7
Views: 4752

Re: Same but different?

Kamphol has a live photo of the new species:

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by Silurus
23 Oct 2023, 02:34
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Same but different?
Replies: 7
Views: 4752

Re: Same but different?

Description should be out soon.
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by Silurus
10 Oct 2023, 06:56
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Is this a Range extension paper?
Replies: 2
Views: 1856

Re: Is this a Range extension paper?

The fish (if correctly identified) is collected from a new locality within its known distribution, so it does not constitute a range extension. The authors also do not understand what a topotype is. A topotype would need to be collected from the type locality, but their collection locality is on the...
by Silurus
05 Oct 2023, 22:11
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Glyptothorax
Replies: 0
Views: 4674

New Glyptothorax

Ng, HH & M Kottelat, 2023. Glyptothorax prionotos , a new sisorid catfish from Myanmar and Thailand (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Sisoridae). Journal of Natural History 57: 1331–1345. Abstract Glyptothorax prionotos , a new species of sisorid catfish from the Salween drainage in southern Myanmar an...
by Silurus
26 Sep 2023, 23:51
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Liobagrus
Replies: 1
Views: 1377

New Liobagrus

Kim, S-h, S-w Yun & J-y Park, 2023. A new species of torrent catfish, Liobagrus geumgangensis (Teleostei, Siluriformes, Amblycipitidae), from Korea. ZooKeys 1180: 317–332. Abstract In a recent survey of populations of the Korean torrent catfish Liobagrus , a distinctive species was discovered f...
by Silurus
26 Sep 2023, 14:31
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Five new species of Psammocambeva
Replies: 1
Views: 1032

Five new species of Psammocambeva

Costa, WJEM, JLO Mattos, MA Barbosa, PJ Vilardo & AM Katz, 2023. High endemism in an endangered biodiversity hotspot: phylogeny, taxonomy and distribution patterns of catfishes of the Psammocambeva alpha-clade (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Rio Doce basin, Brazil. Fishes 8:474. Abstr...
by Silurus
21 Sep 2023, 00:49
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Cave-dwelling Rhamdia
Replies: 0
Views: 3576

Cave-dwelling Rhamdia

Buenavad-González, MA, JM López-Vila, D Torres-Vázquez, SG Hernández-Ávila, K Zárate-Gálvez, J Arroyave, 2023. New records of cave-dwelling populations of Rhamdia catfishes (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from Chiapas, Mexico. Subterranean Biology 46: 61–76. Abstract Dedicated ichthyological surveys ...
by Silurus
11 Sep 2023, 08:18
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Helicophagus diet
Replies: 0
Views: 3402

Helicophagus diet

Tumpeesuwan, S & C Tumpeesuwan, 2023. Freshwater molluscs in alimentary canal of molluscivorus catfish Helicophagus leptorhynchus Ng and Kottelat, 2000 from the Chi River at Maha Sarakham Province, northeastern Thailand. Tropical Natural History 7: 276–284. Abstract The aim of this study is to ...
by Silurus
03 Sep 2023, 05:51
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Hyalobagrus flavus
Replies: 6
Views: 3082

Re: Hyalobagrus flavus

naturalart wrote: 02 Sep 2023, 15:04 Hi Silurus, did you take/remember the temps?
No, because water temp has never been an important parameter in my field work. But I’d estimate it to be about 23–25 degrees Celsius.
by Silurus
02 Sep 2023, 04:16
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Hyalobagrus flavus
Replies: 6
Views: 3082

Re: Hyalobagrus flavus

I may be one of the few members here who have caught them in the wild. The water was tea-colored, acidic (pH was not more than 6.0, maybe around 5.5 if I remember my notes correctly). Fish were caught amongst dense banks of Eleocharis -type plants growing along the shoreline of a large, slow-flowing...
by Silurus
24 Aug 2023, 03:43
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Hemibagrus?
Replies: 7
Views: 3081

Re: Hemibagrus?

It's a , which is notoriously difficult to identify to species.
by Silurus
22 Aug 2023, 14:14
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New ariid classification
Replies: 1
Views: 660

New ariid classification

Marceniuk, AP, C Oliveira & CJ Ferraris Jr. 2023. A new classification of the family Ariidae (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) based on combined analyses of morphological and molecular data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlad078. Abstract We present a new classification of...
by Silurus
16 Aug 2023, 00:56
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Pleistocene aquatic refuges support the east–west separation of the Trichomycterinae
Replies: 0
Views: 1601

Pleistocene aquatic refuges support the east–west separation of the Trichomycterinae

Volpi, TA, M Monjardim, LM Sarmento-Soares & V Fagundes, 2023. Pleistocene aquatic refuges support the east–west separation of the Neotropical catfish Trichomycterinae (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) and high diversity in the Magdalena, Guiana, and Paraná-Paraguay basins. Diversity, 15: 929. A...
by Silurus
15 Aug 2023, 05:38
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Mitophylogeny of the Pangasiidae
Replies: 0
Views: 1632

Mitophylogeny of the Pangasiidae

TY Duong, LTK Pham, XTK Le, NTT Nguyen, SAM Nor & TH Le, 2023. Mitophylogeny of pangasiid catfishes and its taxonomic implications for Pangasiidae and the suborder Siluroidei. Zoological Studies 62:48. Abstract Pangasiidae (catfish order: Siluriformes) comprises 30 valid catfish species in four...
by Silurus
10 Aug 2023, 01:44
Forum: Cat-eLog data issues
Topic: Glyptothorax synonyms
Replies: 3
Views: 3998

Glyptothorax synonyms

is a synonym of
is a synonym of

Entries for both junior synonyms are still in the Cat-eLog.
by Silurus
02 Aug 2023, 03:15
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: How diverse is Plotosus?
Replies: 0
Views: 1285

How diverse is Plotosus?

Froufe, E, A Gomes‑dos‑Santos, A Matos, J Wilson, S Malakpourkolbadinezhad, DD Pereira, R & LFC Castro, 2023. How complex is the hidden species diversity of the teleost Plotosus genus?Ichthyological Research doi: 10.1007/s10228-023-00924-2. Abstract The striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus wa...
by Silurus
23 Jul 2023, 21:36
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Horaglanis
Replies: 5
Views: 1013

Re: New Horaglanis

You would if you had bothered to click the link in the first post.
by Silurus
23 Jul 2023, 16:11
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Horaglanis
Replies: 5
Views: 1013

Re: New Horaglanis

This paper is now also available here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Neelesh-Dahanukar/publication/367408980_Evolution_in_the_dark_Unexpected_genetic_diversity_and_morphological_stasis_in_the_blind_aquifer-dwelling_catfish_Horaglanis/ A link to the pdf is available on that page. What’s the p...
by Silurus
15 Jul 2023, 13:03
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Epidermal modifications in Erethistes hara
Replies: 1
Views: 661

Epidermal modifications in Erethistes hara

Arunima, U Kumari, S Mittal & AK Mittal, 2023. Epidermal modifications in a hill stream catfish, Hara hara in relation to its natural habitat: A scanning electron microscope and histochemical investigation. Journal of Morphology 284: e21615. Abstract In the present study, the epidermis of the h...
by Silurus
15 Jul 2023, 04:32
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: The catfish distributions sticky
Replies: 87
Views: 162820

Rediscovery of Rhyacoglanis pulcher

Chuctaya, J, OA Shibatta, AC Encalada, KS Barragán KS, MdL Torres, E Rojas E, V Ochoa-Herrera & J Ferrer, 2023. Rediscovery of Rhyacoglanis pulcher (Boulenger, 1887) (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae), a rare rheophilic bumblebee catfish from Ecuadorian Amazon. PLoS ONE 18: e0287120. Abstract Rh...
by Silurus
12 Jul 2023, 22:12
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Same but different?
Replies: 7
Views: 4752

Re: Same but different?

Shane wrote: 12 Jul 2023, 11:16 Was the type series collected from both drainages?
The type series comes from one drainage. The geographic pattern I alluded to was a difference in distribution within the same drainage.
by Silurus
11 Jul 2023, 02:45
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Rineloricaria
Replies: 3
Views: 755

New Rineloricaria

Urbano-Bonilla, A, A Londoño-Burbano & TP Carvalho, 2023. A new species of rheophilic armored catfish of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Vaupés River, Amazonas basin, Colombia. Journal of Fish Biology doi:10.1111/jfb.15500. Abstract A new rheophilic species of the genus Rine...
by Silurus
07 Jul 2023, 16:06
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Glyptothorax
Replies: 1
Views: 504

New Glyptothorax

Devi, KB, I Linthoingambi & KR Singh, 2023. A new sisorid catfish of the genus Glyptothorax Blyth (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Kasom Khullen of Manipur, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 123: 29–41. Abstract Glyptothorax lairamkhullensis , new species, is described from the Taretlo...
by Silurus
06 Jul 2023, 08:08
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Glyptothorax
Replies: 0
Views: 866

New Glyptothorax

Jouladeh-Roubdbar, A, HR Ghanavi & J Freyhof, 2023. Glyptothorax vatandousti , a new species of torrent catfish from the upper Karkheh drainage in Iran (Teleostei: Sisoridae). Zootaxa 5315: 37–58. Abstract Glyptothorax vatandousti , new species, from the upper Karkheh drainage, a tributary of t...
by Silurus
06 Jul 2023, 08:05
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: New Glyptothorax
Replies: 0
Views: 812

New Glyptothorax

Shangningam, B & L Kosygin, 2023. Glyptothorax viridis , a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Sisoridae) from Manipur, India. Zootaxa 5315:83–93. Abstract Glyptothorax viridis , new species, is described from the Dujang, a hill stream tributary of the Chakpi River, Chindwin draina...
by Silurus
06 Jul 2023, 02:59
Forum: Suggestions, Feature Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Updating names in articles
Replies: 0
Views: 4067

Updating names in articles

Are there any plans to update the names in the Shan'e World articles to keep up with current fish taxonomy (e.g. changing Barbus to Enteromius in the Uganda Diaries)?
by Silurus
05 Jul 2023, 11:54
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: What kind of dog is this
Replies: 4
Views: 2556

Re: What kind of dog is this

The yummy kind.

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