This log tracks additions, updates and changes to the ETYFish Project site, e.g., new pages, new taxa, generic reassignments, revised etymologies. (Correction of minor typos will not be recorded.) The log is presented in reverse chronological order. Items will be deleted after six (6) months.
16 June 2022
added revisions of entries for Hiodontidae (Mooneyes), replacing the page Order Hiodontiformes
15 June 2022
added revisions of entries for Muraenesocidae (Pike Congers), Nettastomatidae (Duckbill Eels), Congridae (Conger Eels, including Garden Eels), Moringuidae (Spaghetti Eels), Cyematidae (Bobtail Eel), Neocyematidae (Bobtail Snipe Eel), Monognathidae (Onejaw Gulpers), Saccopharyngidae (Swallowers or Whiptail Gulpers), Eurypharyngidae (Pelican Eel), Nemichthyidae (Snipe Eels), Serrivomeridae (Sawtooth Eels), and Anguillidae (Freshwater Eels), replacing the page Order Anguilliformes (part 3)
9 June 2022
Series EUPERCARIA
SCIAENIDAE: added Johnius sasakii, n. sp.
8 June 2022
Family POTAMOTRYGONIDAE
deleted Potamotrygon roulini, name of ”doubtful application” provisionally treated as a synonym of P. orbignyi per Silva et al. 2021
Order CYPRINIFORMES (part 4)
NEMACHEILIDAE: added Homatula robusta, Mustura daral, Nemacheilus pezidion, Oxynoemacheilus axylos, O. eliasi, Paracanthocobitis epimekes, and P. hijumensis Rime, Tamang & Das 2022, n. sp.; elevated Homatula oxygnathus (also spelled oxygnatha) from synonymy of H. variegata per Liu et al. (2022); deleted Oxynoemacheilus cinicus and O. mesudae (both =O. germencicus) and O. atili (=O. eregliensis) per Yoğurtçuoğlu et al. (2022); added taxonomic notes to Oxynoemacheilus lenkoranensis, O. longipinnis, O. parvinae and O. samanticus
4 June 2022
Order CHARACIFORMES (part 5)
STETHAPRIONINAE: added Hyphessobrycon barranquilla, H. bayleyi and H. comodoro, n. sp.
3 June 2022
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 2)
RIVULIDAE: added Anablepsoides falconi, A. katukina and Laimosemion anitae, n. sp.; revised etymology of Austrolebias patriciae
Order LABRIFORMES (part 1)
LABRIDAE: added Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa, n. sp.
1 June 2022
Series OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis, part 2)
POMACENTRIDAE: added Pomacentrus novaeguineae, P. umbratilus and P. xanthocercus, n. sp.; changed spelling of Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus to leucozona with explanation
30 May 2022
Order GADIFORMES (part 1)
BREGMACEROTIDAE: revised etymology of Bregmaceros nectabanus
PHYCIDAE: revised etymology of Phycis
MORIDAE: added Physiculus indicus and P. lakshadeepa, n. sp.
Order SPARIFORMES
NEMIPTERIDAE: revised etymology of Scolopsis; added Scolopsis curite and S. japonica, resurrected from synonymy of S. vosmeri by Russell et al. (2022)
24 May 2022
Family OPHICHTHIDAE
added Ophichthus pratasensis, n. sp.
Order OPHIIDIFORMES (part 1)
OPHIDIIDAE: added Leucicorus gerringerae and L. lentibus, n. sp.
23 May 2022
Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1)
CHAETODONTIDAE: added Roa semilunaris and R. uejoi, n. sp., and Chaetodon dolosus, an overlooked sp. from 1923
22 May 2022
Order CYPRINIFORMES (part 10)
DANIONIDAE: added Devario ahlanderi, n. sp.
Order PERCIFORMES (part 8)
SEBASTINAE: added Sebastes fuscescens, a provisional sp. from 1782; revised taxonomic note for Sebastes schlegelii
SETARCHIDAE: added Lioscorpius brevirostris and L. vermiculatus, n. sp.
21 May 2022
Order CYPRINIFORMES (part 10)
CYPRININAE: deleted Sinocyclocheilus albeoguttatus, jr. syn. of S. anatirostris, and S. tianeensis, jr. syn. of S. furcodorsalis, per Zhao et al. (2021); revised etymologies of Carassioides phongnhaensis, Cyprinus, Cyprinus carpio, C. hieni, Sinocyclocheilus angularis, S. purpureus, S. tingi, and S. wui; changed authorship of Sinocyclocheilus longifinus from Li 1996 to Li & Chen 1994
16 May 2022
Order SILURIFORMES (part 4)
HYPOSTOMINAE: added Ancistrus luzia, Hypostomus fuscomaculatus and H. velhomonge, n. sp.; per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, added Lithoxancistrus, now treated as a valid genus with two species (orinoco, yekuana) previously in Pseudancistrus, added Hypostomus luetkeni, previously treated as a jr. syn. of H. auroguttatus, added Hypostomus spiniger, previously treated as a jr. syn. of H. commersoni, added Hypostomus surinamensis, previously treated as jr. syn. of H. gymnorhynchus, added Hypostomus ventromaculatus, previously treated as a jr. syn. of H. plecostomus, and moved Hemiancistrus itacua to Hypostomus; deleted Ancistrus lineolatus and A. occidentalis, both jr. syn. of A. malacops per Provenzano & Barriga-Salazar (2018); deleted Ancistrus maracasae, jr. syn. of A. trinitatis per de Souza et al. (2019); moved Chaetostoma setosus to Cordylancistrus per Provenzano (2018); deleted Hypostomus butantanis, jr. syn of H. variipictus (Ihering 1911) per Azevedo et al. (2021); deleted Hypostomus commersonoides, jr. syn. of H. laplatae per Cardoso et al. (2019); added taxonomic notes to Aphanotorulus phrixosoma, Hypostomus cordovae, H. paranensis and Pterygoplichthys anisitsi; deleted Hemiancistrus micrommatos, inadvertently included by us
Order SILURIFORMES (part 8)
MOCHOKIDAE: revised etymology of Chiloglanis msirii
14 May 2022
added revisions of entries for Ophichthidae (Snake Eels and Worm Eels), replacing the page Order Anguilliformes (part 2)
12 May 2022
Order SILURIFORMES (part 6)
HORABAGRIDAE: deleted Platytropius yunnanensis, inadvertently included by us
BAGRIDAE: added Mystus cyrusi, M. irulu and Tachysurus latifrontalis, n. sp.
9 May 2022
Order KURTIFORMES
APOGINIDAE: per Kuiter & Kozama (2019), added 9 sp. elevated from synonymy (Apogonichthys ahimsa, Cheilodipterus heptazona, Fowleria amblyuroptera, Jaydia albomarginata, J. ellioti, Ostorhinchus elizabethae, Siphamia permutata, S. versicolor, S. zaribae), and moved Apogon pselion to Ostorhinchus, Apogon cyanotaenia to Ostorhinchus, Apogonichthys heptastygma to Apogonichthyoides, and Nectamia dammermani to Apogon; added Glossamia gillii, resurrected from synonymy per Cook et al. (2017); deleted Apogon guadalupensis, jr. syn. of A. atricaudus per Lea et al. (2022); deleted 3 sp. inquirendae: Ostorhinchus melanopterus, O. nigricans and Yarica torresiensis; added taxonomic notes to Apogonichthys landoni and Ostorhinchus urostigmus
7 May 2022
Order CYPRINIFORMES (part 8)
TORINAE: added Hypselobarbus procerus, n. sp.; changed spelling of Labeobarbus bynni waldroni to waldronae since name honors a woman
Order PERCIFORMES (part 5)
CAESIOSCORPIDIDAE: revised etymology of Caesioscorpis
6 May 2022
Order SILURIFORMES (part 1)
TRICHOMYCTERIDAE: added Cambeva gamabelardense and Listrura menezesi, n. sp.; corrected spellings of Paralistrura and Prolistrura
Order SILURIFORMES (part 7)
AMBLYCIPITIDAE: added Amblyceps hmolaii and A. motumensis, n. sp.
SISORIDAE: added Glyptothorax yuensis, n. sp.
Order PERCIFORMES (part 14)
ZOARCIDAE: added Krusensterniella kurilensis, K. pseudomaculata and K. squamosa, n. sp.; added Schantarella, subgenus of Krusensterniella, per Chernova 2022; deleted Lycenchelys parini, jr. syn. of L. melanostomias per Prokofiev (2022)
29 April 2022
Family LEPTOCHARIIDAE
corrected order from Lamniformes to Carcharhiniformes
Order SILURIFORMES (part 3)
LORICARIINAE: per Isaäc J. H. Isbrücker, moved Loricaria lentiginosa to Proloricaria and corrected etymology of Limatulichthys (thank you, Isaäc!)
28 April 2022
Order SILURIFORMES (part 3)
HYPOPTOPOMATINAE: added Parotocinclus hardmani, n. sp.; added taxonomic note to Nannoplecostomus
LORICARIINAE: added Pseudohemiodon almendarizae (originally almendarizi), n. sp.; added Limatulichthys petleyi, overlooked sp. from 1940; resurrected Farlowella gladiolus and Proloricaria (with 1 sp., prolixa, formerly in Loricaria) from synonymy and deleted F. platorynchus (=amazonum) per Covain et al. (2015); deleted Aposturisoma, jr. syn. of Farlowella per Londoño-Burbano & Reis (2021), moving its one sp. to that genus
Order STOMIIFORMES (part 3)
STOMIIDAE: added Eustomias securicula, n. sp.
27 April 2022
Order CYPRINIFORMES (part 13)
XENOCYPRIDIDAE: added Hemiculter nikolskyi and H. yungaoi, n. sp.; deleted Hemiculter tchangi, a hybrid, replaced by H. nigromarginis per Vasil’eva et al. (2022a); resurrected Hemiculter clupeoides from synonymy per Vasil’eva et al. (2022b)
26 April 2022
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 6)
GOBIIDAE: moved Ponticola bathybius to Neogobius per Tajbakhsh et al. (2022) [subgeneric placement provisional]
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 7)
GOBIIDAE: added Trimma panemorfum, n. sp.
21 April 2022
added revisions of entries for Protanguillidae (Primitive Cave Eel), Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels eels), Heterenchelyidae (mud eels), Myrocongridae (myroconger eels), Muraenidae (moray eels), Chlopsidae (false morays), and Derichthyidae (longneck eels and shortail eels), replacing the page Order Anguilliformes (part 1)
18 April 2022
Order CLUPEIFORMES (part 1)
ENGRAULIDAE: added Stolephorus hindustanensis and Thryssa (originally Thrissina) katana, n. sp.
Order TETRAODONTIFORMES (part 1)
TETRAODONTIDAE: added Canthigaster caeruleolineata, n. sp.
15 April 2022
revised etymology of “squalus” in families DALATIIDAE (Squaliolus), SCYLIORHINIDAE (Schroederichthys saurisqualus), SPHYRNIDAE (Platysqualus), and SQUALIDAE (Squalus); revised etymology of Squatina in Family SQUATINIDAE
14 April 2022
Order CYPRINIFORMES (part 5)
NEMACHEILIDAE: added Triplophysa xuanweiensis, n. sp.; returned Troglonectes nasobarbatula to Triplophysa per Lu et al. (2022)
Order CYPRINIFORMES (part 7)
LABEONINAE: added Garra triangularis, n. sp.; corrected etymology of Epalzeorhynchos frenatum; added taxonomic note to Kantaka
12 April 2022
Family CICHLIDAE (part 5)
PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE: added Steatocranus masalamasoso, n. sp.
10 April 2022
Order CARANGIFORMES (part 1)
SPHYRAENIDAE: per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, deleted Sphyraena picudilla, jr. syn. of S. borealis
CARANGIDAE: added Scomberoides pelagicus, n. sp.; per Kimura et al. (2022), Alectis, Atropus, Carangichthys, Carangiodes, Parastromateus, Selene, Ulua (now a jr. syn. of Atropus), and Uraspis are reorganized with the creation of 5 new genera (Craterognathus, Euprepocaranx, Flavocaranx, Paraselene, Platycaranx), 4 resurrected genera (Ferdauia, Kaiwarinus, Scyris, Turrum), Carangoides otrynter replaced by Euprepocaranx dorsalis, resurrected Carangoides ire, and deleted Uraspis secunda, jr. syn. of U. helvola; per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, moved Carangoides vinctus to Caranx, corrected authorship of Scomberoides lysan, and corrected authorship and revised etymology of Atropus armatus
6 April 2022
Order SYNGNATHIFORMES (part 2)
PEGASIDAE: per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, deleted Spinipegasus, jr. syn. of Pegasus, and corrected entry for Pegasus laternarius
CALLIONYMIDAE: added Callionymus parvus, overlooked sp. from 1984; per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, moved Synchiropus corallinus to Callionymus
DRACONETTIDAE: added Centrodraco nigrocentonis, n. sp.
MULLIDAE: added Upeneus madras, n. sp.; added Mullus ponticus and Upeneus xanthogrammus, resurrected from synonymy by Echreshavi et al. (2022)
1 April 2022
added revisions of entries for Holasauridae (holasaurs) and Notacanthidae (deep-sea spiny eels), replacing the page Order Notacanthiformes
30 March 2022
added revisions of entries for Albulidae (bonefishes), replacing the page Order Albuliformes
Order CYPRINIFORMES (part 14)
GOBIONIDAE: added Microphysogobio bicolor, removed from synonymy by Sun & Zhao (2022); revised etymology of Microphysogobio nikolskii
TANICHTHYIDAE: added 6 n. sp.: Tanichthys albiventris, T. flavianalis, T. guipingensis, T. huidongensis, T. luheensis, T. shenzhenensis
29 March 2022
added revisions of entries for Elopidae (tenpounders and ladyfishes) and Megalopidae (tarpons), replacing the page Order Elopiformes
Family LAMNIDAE
revised etymology of Lamna
28 March 2022
Order GOBEISOCIFORMES
DIADEMICHTHYINAE: per Fujiwara et al. (2022), moved Lepadichthys minor to Lepadicyathus, where it replaces Lepadicyathus mendeleevi, a jr. syn.
27 March 2022
added revisions of entries for Lepisosteidae (gars), replacing the page Order Lepisosteiformes, and Amiidae (bowfins), replacing the page Order Amiiformes
26 March 2022
added revision of entries for Acipenseridae (sturgeons) and Polyodontidae (paddlefishes), replacing the page Order Acipenseriformes; added essay, “A Fish-centric Guide to Zoological Nomenclature”
Order TETRAODONTIFORMES (part 2)
BALISTIDAE: revised etymology of Balistes capriscus (thank you, Holger Funk)
MONACANTHIDAE: revised etymology of Paramonacanthus otisensis (thank you, Douglass F. Hoese)
23 March 2022
added revision of entries for Polypteridae (bichirs), replacing the page Order Polypteriformes
Order SILURIFORMES (part 8)
MOCHOKIDAE: added Chiloglanis msirii and Synodontis abditus, n. sp.; added Synodontis gambiensis, overlooked sp. from 1864
SCHILBEIDAE: resurrected Schilbe ansorgii per Skelton (2019), and Schilbe depressirostris per Van der Bank et al. (2017)
AUCHENOGLANIDIDAE: deleted Auchenoglanis acuticeps, A. sacchii, A. senegali, A. tanganicanus, and A. tchadiensis, all jr. syn. of A. occidentalis per Geerinckx & Vreven (2013)
22 March 2022
added revisions of entries for 3 lungfish families (Neoceratodontidae, Lepidosirenidae, Protopteridae), replacing the page Order Ceratodontiformes
21 March 2022
Began multi-year transition to “ETYFish 2.0,” replacing pages for Myxiniformes through Coelacanthiformes with newly revised and formatted PDFs on a family (rather than an ordinal) basis. (See Table of Contents for details.) Deleted old search function, replaced with a database-drive search function, which at this time is limited to only the newly revised etymologies but will be expanded over the years as each and every entry is reviewed and improved.
20 March 2022
added a DEDICATION PAGE for Kenneth J. Lazara
Order ATELEOPODIFORMES
ATELEOPODIDAE: reassigned Ateleopus indicus to Parateleopus per Kaga et al. (2022)
18 March 2022
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES (part 4)
POECILIIDAE: per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, demoted Pamphorichthys to a subgenus of Poecilia
APHANIIDAE: added Paraphanius boulengeri, overlooked sp. from 1948; revised etymology of Esmaeilius sophiae
PROCATOPODIDAE: added Plataplochilus eliasi, n. sp.
Order SYNGNATHIFORMES (part 1)
SYNGNATHIDAE: per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, moved Coelonotus from Syngnathinae to Nerophinae; added Coelonotus kaipuae, n. sp.; corrected etymology of Doryrhamphus malus
17 March 2022
INTRODUCTION revised text and added new material
15 March 2022
Order SILURIFORMES (part 1)
TRICHOMYCTERIDAE: added Scleronema (Plesioscleronema) auromaculatum, n. subg. and n. sp.; added Cambeva alphabelardense, C. betabelardense and Trichomycterus largoperculatus, n. sp.
Order PERCIFORMES (part 22)
LIPARIDAE: moved Psednos rossi to Aetheliparis, its correct placement (thank you, Erwin!)
12 March 2022
Order OPHIDIIFORMES (part 2)
BYTHITIDAE: added Bidenichthys okamotoi and Sciadonus alphacrucis, n. sp.; deleted Lucifuga teresinarum, jr. syn. of L. subterranea per García-Machado et al. (2011)
PARABROTULIDAE: deleted this family, moving its 2 g. (Leucobrotula, Parabrotula) to Bythitidae per Campbell et al. (2017)
10 March 2022
Order MYCTOPHIFORMES
MYCTOPHIDAE: added Diaphus balanovi, n. sp.; added Myctophum imperceptum, overlooked sp. from 1971; per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, replaced Gymnoscopelus aphya (now considered a nomen oblitum) with G. nicholsi; added taxonomic notes to Lampanyctus reinhardti, Myctophum indicum and M. novaeseelandiae; revised entries of Lampanyctus macdonaldi, Electrona subaspera and Myctophum ovcharovi
Order BERYCIFORMES
MELAMPHAIDAE: added Scopelogadus multilamellatus, n. sp.
Order PERCIFORMES (part 10)
TETRAROGIDAE: added Ocosia dorsomaculata, n. sp.
8 March 2022
Order PERCIFORMES (part 20)
COTTIDAE: added new subfamily, Myoxocephalinae, per Radchenko et al. (2021), with the following genera: Argyrocottus, Enophrys, Megalocottus, Microcottus, Myoxocephalus, Porocottus, Taurulus; added Icelus hypselopterus, n. sp.
7 March 2022
Order CYPRINIFORMES (part 15)
LEUCISCINAE: added Egirdira, n. g., with one sp., E. nigra, a sr. syn. of Pseudophoxinus egridiri per Freyhof (2022); deleted Alburnus heckeli, jr. syn. of A. sellal per Çiçek et al. (2021)
2 March 2022
Order PERCIFORMES (part 9)
SCORPAENIDAE: added Phenacoscorpius longicaudalis, n. sp.
1 March 2022
Order PERCIFORMES (part 3)
SERRANINAE: added Hypoplectrus affinis, resurrected from synonymy by Pueba et al. (2022); added taxonomic note to Hypoplectrus maculiferus
ANTHIADINAE: per Gill (2022), added Pyronotanthias, n. g., with 9 sp. previously in Pseudanthias (aurulentus, bimarginatus, flavoguttatus, lori, parvirostris, privitera, smithvanizi, timanoa, unimarginatus), resurrected Mirolabrichthys from synonymy of Pseudanthias with 3 sp. (evansi, pascalus, tuka), and moved 5 sp. from Pseudanthias to Nemanthias (bartlettorum, bicolor, dispar, ignitus, regalis)
25 Feb. 2022
Order LOPHIIFORMES (part 1)
ANTENNARIIDAE: added Fowlerichthys senegalensis, overlooked sp. from 1959
OGCOCEPHALIDAE: added Halieutopsis echinoderma, H. kawaii, H. murrayi, H. okamurai, and H. taiwanea; per Ho (2021) deleted Halieutopsis vermicularis, jr. syn. of H. nasuta, and moved Coelophrys oblonga to Halieutopsis; deleted taxonomic note from Halieutopsis nudiventer
24 Feb. 2022
Order SILURIFORMES (part 9)
CLARIIDAE: added Clarias nebulosus, sp. inq. from 1958; per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, deleted Bathyclarias gigas (jr. syn. of B. worthingtoni), and Bathyclarias ilesi, B. jacksoni and B. loweae (all jr. syn. of B. nyasensis)
HETEROPNEUSTIDAE: added Heteropneustes fuscus, n. sp.
ARIIDAE: reinstated Genidens planifrons per Marceniuk et al. (2019), Notarius parmocassis per Marceniuk et al. (2017), Plicofollis tenuispinis per Marceniuk et al. (2012), and Bagre filamentosus per Marceniuk et al. (2022); per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, moved Arius latiscutatus to Carlarius and Sciades paucus to Neoarius; corrected spelling of Cephalocassis jatia to jatius
18 Feb. 2022
Order SILURIFORMES (part 11)
PSEUDOPIMELODIDAE: added Rhyacoglanis rapppydanielae, n.sp.; deleted Cephalosilurus, moving its sp. to Lophiosilurus per Shibatta et al. (2021); corrected spelling of Lophiosilurus nigricaudus to nigricauda
17 Feb. 2022
Order SILURIFORMES (part 10)
ASPREDINIDAE: deleted Xyliphius lombarderoi, jr. syn. of X. barbatus per Carvalho et al. (2017)
DORADIDAE: added 3 new subfamilies (Acanthodoradinae, Agamyxinae, Rhinodoradinae) per Sabaj & Mariangeles Arce (2021), revised species accordingly, and deleted Merodoras, moving its one sp. to Amblydoras
CRANOGLANIDIDAE: added taxonomic notes to Cranoglanis caolangensis and C. songhongensis
13 Feb. 2022
Order BLENNIIFORMES (part 2)
BLENNIIDAE: added Omobranchus obliquus, overlooked sp. from 1903; per Vecchioni et al. (2022), removed three sp. from Salaria (atlantica, economidisi, fluviatilis) but did not place them in their proposed n. g. Salariopsis, which is a jr. syn. of Ichthyocoris, an available name that is now resurrected; per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, deleted Antennablennius velifer (=variopunctatus) and moved Lipophrys adriaticus to Microlipophrys; deleted Scartichthys crapulatus (=viridis) per Delrieu-Trottin et al. (2022); added taxonomic note to Alticus anjouanae
10 Feb. 2022
Order SALMONIFORMES
SALMONINAE: per Schöffmann (2021) resurrected Salmo visovacensis from synonymy of S. trutta, resurrected Salmo zrmanjaensis from synonymy of S. farioides, and elevated Salmo trutta oxianus and Salmo obtusirostris zetensis to full species
9 Feb. 2022
Order CYPRINIFORMES (part 11)
BARBINAE: added Barbus ida and Capoeta raghazensis, n. sp.; deleted Capoeta mauricii, jr. syn. of C. pestai per Çiçek et al. (2021); revised etymology of Capoeta umbla
SCHIZOTHORACINAE: added 2 overlooked sp., Percocypris retrodorsalis and Schizothorax fedtschenkoi; deleted Schizothorax prophylax, jr. syn. of Capoeta pestai (Barbinae) per Çiçek et al. (2021; per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, deleted Oreinus, moving all of its species to Schizothorax, moved Schizopyge dainellii (with new taxonomic note) and S. niger to Schizothorax; added taxonomic notes to Schizothorax intermedius eurycephalus and S. paoshanensis ]
SCHIZOPYGOPSINAE: added taxonomic note to Herzensteinia
8 Feb. 2022
Order CHARACIFORMES (part 8)
IGUANODECTIDAE: added Bryconops florenceae, n. sp.; added taxonomic note to Bryconops transitorius
BRYCONIDAE: added taxonomic note to Brycon devillei
4 Feb. 2022
Order BLENNIIFORMES (part 3)
CLINIDAE: added Heteroclinus argyrospilos, n. sp.
Order LABRIFORMES (part 1)
LABRIDAE: added Coris flava, n. sp.
3 Feb. 2022
Order CYPRINIFORMES (part 4)
NEMACHEILIDAE: added Mustura taretensis, n. sp.
30 Jan. 2022
Order STOMIIFORMES
GONOSTOMATIDAE: corrected spelling of Zaphotias pedaliota to pedaliotus
28 Jan. 2022
Order CYPRINIFORMES (part 9)
SMILIOGASTRINAE: added Barbodes sellifer and B. zakariaismaili, n. sp.
Order SILURIFORMES (part 7)
SISORIDAE: added Pseudolaguvia vespa, n. sp.
Order SCORPAENIFORMES (part 9)
PTEROINAE: added Parapterois nigripinnis, resurrected from synonymy per Matsunuma & Motomura (2021)
27 Jan. 2022
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 6)
GOBIIDAE: added Obliquogobius eptactis, n. sp.
26 Jan. 2022
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 1)
ODONTOBUTIDAE: added taxonomic note to Micropercops xanthi
Order SYNGNATHIFORMES (part 1)
SYNGNATHIDAE: deleted Syngnathus euchrous, S. exilis and S. leptorhynchus, all jr. syn. of S. californiensis per Garcia et al. (2019); moved Microphis retzii to Lophocampus and Lophocampus from subfamily Syngnathinae to Nerophinae per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes; added txonomic note to Cosmocampus coccineus
21 Jan. 2022
Order ANABANTIFORMES
NANDIDAE: added Nandus banshlaii, n. sp.
18 Jan. 2022
Order SILURIFORMES (part 3)
LORICARIINAE: added Rineloricaria rodriquezae, n. sp.
17 Jan. 2022
Order CHARACIFORMES (part 2)
ERYTHRINIDAE: added Hoplias auri, n. sp.
ANOSTOMIDAE: added Schizodon trivittatus, n. sp.
16 Jan. 2022
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 1)
ELEOTRIDAE: added Eleotris douniasi, E. sumatraensis, E. woworae, Gobiomorphus dinae, and G. mataraerore, n. sp.; per Mennesson et al. 2021: reinstated Eleotris eigenmanni and E. macrocephala, and deleted Eleotris andamensis, jr. syn. of E. fusca
Order SCOMBRIFORMES (part 2)
CARISTIIDAE: revised etymology of Caristius
CHIASMODONTIDAE: revised entry for Chiasmodon lavenbergi
11 Jan. 2022
Order CLUPEIFORMES (part 1)
ENGRAULIDAE: added Stolephorus leopardus, n. sp.
9 Jan. 2022
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 6)
CICHLINAE: added Apistogramma amoena, treated as a species inquirenda by some workers, provisionally included here; deleted Australoheros autochthon, a nomen dubium per Ottoni & Bragança (2021); deleted Crenicichla vaillanti, sr. syn. of C. alta but not used as valid in over 50 years
Order CICHLIFORMES (part 7)
CICHLINAE: added Satanoperca setepele, n. sp.; deleted Herichthys molango, jr. syn. of H. pantostictus per Pérez-Miranda et al. (2020); deleted Symphysodon haraldi, jr. syn. of S. tarzoo per Amado et al. (2011)
7 Jan. 2022
Order STOMIIFORMES
GONOSTOMATIDAE: deleted Bonapartia, replaced by Zaphotias per Sangster (2021)
STERNOPTYCHIDAE: added Polyipnus notatus, overlooked sp. from 2016
6 Jan. 2022
Order CHARACIFORMES (part 4)
STETHAPRIONINAE: added Polyipnus notatus, overlooked sp. from 2016
4 Jan. 2022
Order CHARACIFORMES (part 5)
STETHAPRIONINAE: added Psalidodon (originally Astyanax) argentum, n. sp.
3 Jan. 2022
Order SILURIFORMES (part 1)
TRICHOMYCTERIDAE: added 5 n. sp.: Cambeva cauim, Listrura macaensis, L. macacuensis, Paracanthopoma cangussu, and Paravandellia alleynei; added 2 n. subg. of Listrura (Paralistura and Prolistura) and 2 new subg. of Microcambeva (Pterocambeva and Trichocambeva)
29 Dec. 2021
Order CYPRINIFORMES (part 15)
LEUCISCINAE: added Turcichondrostoma, n.g., with 1 sp., fahirae, previously in Chondrostoma; per Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020): deleted Alburnoides coadi (=namaki), A. parhami (=holciki), Alburnus atropatenae (=ulanus), and Rutilus rutilus schelkovnikovi (=lacustris), moved Alburnoides taeniatus to Alburnus, Leuciscus latus to Squalius, Petroleuciscus ulanus to Alburnus, and elevated Vimba vimba persa to full sp.; per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes: deleted Alburnoides taeniatus drjagini (not mentioned since original description), elevated Chondrostoma oxyrhynchum cyri and Vimba vimba tenellus (corrected to tenella) to full sp., resurrected Pseudophoxinus kervillei from synonymy of P. libani and Rutilus lacustris from synonymy of R. rutilus, moved Ladigesocypris irideus to Squalius, Pseudophoxinus chaignoni to Tropidophoxinellus, Pseudophoxinus punicus to Anaecypris, Pseudophoxinus callensis to Tropidophoxinellus, Squalius aphipsi to Petroleuciscus, and Tropidophoxinellus alburnoides to Squalius, and deleted Rutilus ohridanus and R. prespensis (both = Leucos basak) and Vimba elongata (=vimba)
25 Dec. 2021
Order CLUPEIFORMES (part 2)
DUSSUMIERIIDAE: added Dussumieria modakandai and D. torpedo, n. sp.
CLUPEIDAE: corrected spelling of Herklotsichthys spilurus to spilura; added taxonomic note to Alosa suworowi; deleted Sardinella jonesi, possible synonym of Amblygaster sirm per Whitehead et al. (1988); per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, deleted Clupeonella caspia and C. tscharchalensis (both = cultriventris), Sardinella neglecta (=longiceps), and Alosa pontica (=immaculata), and reclassified Poecilothrissa as a subgenus of Microthrissa
22 Dec. 2021
Order GOBIIFORMES (part 3)
OXUDERCIDAE: added Rhinogobius estrellae and R. tandikan, n. sp.
20 Dec. 2021
Order CYPRINIFORMES (part 3)
BALITORIDAE: added Homalopteroides manipurensis, overlooked sp. from 1999; revised taxonomic note for Balitora arunachalensis; added taxonomic notes to Sinogastromyzon hagiangensis, S. hypercorpus and S. maon; per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, resurrected Homalopteroides lineata from synonymy of H. smithi; moved Balitora elongata, B. nujiangensis and B. tchangi to Hemimyzon; moved Pseudohomaloptera vulgaris to Balitoropsis; deleted Balitora nigrocorpa (=kwangsiensis), Hemimyzon songamensis (=Balitora kwangsiensis) and Jinshaia niulanjiangensis (=sinensis)
18 Dec. 2021
Order CYPRINIFORMES (part 14)
ACHEILOGNATHIDAE: per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, reinstated Acheilognathus amurensis, deleted Acheilognathus peihoensis (=barbatulus) and A. taenianalis (=macropterus), elevated Paratanakia himantegus chii to full species, deleted Tanakia intermedia (=T. lanceolata)
GOBIONIDAE: added Microphysogobio (originally Huigobio) heterocheilus, n. sp.; added taxonomic note to Microphysogobio vietnamica; per Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, resurrected Gnathopogon mantschuricus, Gobio tungussicus, Microphysogobio nikolskii, Pseudogobio longirostris and Saurogobio gymnocheilus from synonymy; elevated Gobio lepidolaemus caucasicus to full sp.; replaced Gobio delyamurei with G. tauricus, which, by a few days, is the senior synonym; deleted Romanogobio carpathorossicus, jr. syn. of R. kessleri; moved Gnathopogon strigatus to Paraleucogobio
