SUMMARY OF CHANGES AND ADDITIONS IN

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Below is a brief summary of some of the changes made in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes in the update of 7 July 2026. The lists are not exhaustive.

Original Taxon	Was	Previous Taxon	Now	Current Taxon
Dicerophallus	Synonym of	Gambusia Poey 1854	Synonym of	Heterophallus Regan 1914
Barbus (Puntius) ophicephalus	Valid as	Eechathalakenda ophicephala (Raj 1941)	Valid as	Eechathalakenda ophicephalus (Raj 1941)
Bascanichthys bengalensis	Valid as	Bascanichthys bengalensis Sangamithra, Suyani, Kathirvelpandian, Behera, Acharya, Mohapatra, et al. 2026	Valid as	Bascanichthys chepakakiensis Sangamithra, Suyani, Kathirvelpandian, Behera, Acharya, Mohapatra, et al. 2026
Esox lugubrosus	Synonym of	Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758	Synonym of	Esox masquinongy Mitchill 1824
Macrones armatus	Valid as	Mystus armatus (Day 1865)	Synonym of	Mystus oculatus (Valenciennes 1840)
Pellona brachysoma	Synonym of	Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider 1801)	Valid as	Ilisha brachysoma (Bleeker 1852)
Pimelodus paranaensis	Valid as	Pimelodus paranaensis Britski & Langeani 1988	Valid as	Bagropsis paranaensis (Britski & Langeani 1988)
Samariscus asanoi	Valid as	Samariscus asanoi Ochiai & Amaoka 1962	Synonym of	Samariscus luzonensis Fowler 1934
Samariscus filipectoralis	Valid as	Samariscus filipectoralis Shen 1982	Synonym of	Samariscus latus Matsubara & Takamuki 1951
Samariscus macrognathus	Valid as	Samariscus macrognathus Fowler 1934	Synonym of	Samariscus huysmani Weber 1913
Silurus morehensis	Synonym of	Pterocryptis berdmorei (Blyth 1860)	Valid as	Pterocryptis morehensis (Arunkumar & Tombi Singh 1997)
Spottobrotula amaculata	Valid as	Sirembo amaculata (Cohen & Nielsen 1982)	Valid as	Sirembo amaculatus (Cohen & Nielsen 1982)
Supradiscus varidiscus	Uncertain as	Placogobio basipunctatus Endruweit 2025	Valid as	Placogobio varidiscus (Thoni & Arrindell 2025)

Changed Authors or Years

Taxon	Previous Author	Current Author
Cyprinus gibela	Bloch [M. E.] 1782	Bloch [M. E.] 1780
Himantura tutul	Borsa [P.], Durand [J.-D.], Shen [K.-N.], Alyza [I. A.], Solihin [D. D.] & Berrebi [P.] 2013	Borsa [P.], Durand [J.-D.], Shen [K.-N.], Arlyza [I. A.], Solihin [D. D.] & Berrebi [P.] 2013
Physiculus indicus	Inees Babu [K. K.], Ho [H.-C.], Mariyambi [P. C.] & Sureshkumar [S.] 2022	Idrees Babu [K. K.], Ho [H.-C.], Mariyambi [P. C.] & Sureshkumar [S.] 2022
Porotergus maroon	de Santana [C. D.], Le Bail [P.-Y.], Peixoto [L.], Wan Tong You [K.], Gianeti [M.], Eon [C. H.], Loeb [M.], Mol [J.] & Covain [R.] 2025	de Santana [C. D.], Le Bail [P.-Y.], Peixoto [L.], You [K. W. T.], Gianeti [M.], Eon [C. H.], Loeb [M.], Mol [J.] & Covain [R.] 2025
Potamotrygon boesemani	Rosa [R. S.], Carvalho [M. R. de] & Almeida Wanderley [C. de] 2008	Rosa [R. S.], Carvalho [M. R. de] & Wanderley [C. de A.] 2008
Potamotrygon limai	Fontenelle [J. P.], da Silva [J. P. C. B.] & Carvalho [M. R. de] 2014	Fontenelle [J. P.], Silva [J. P. C. B. da] & Carvalho [M. R. de] 2014
Urobatis pardalis	Del Moral-Flores [L. F.], Angula [A.], López [M. I.] & Bussing [W. A.] 2015	Del Moral-Flores [L. F.], Angulo [A.], López [M. I.] & Bussing [W. A.] 2015

Changed Spelling

Was Spelled	Now Spelled
Bascanichthys bengalensis	Bascanichthys chepakakiensis
Cyprinus gibelio	Cyprinus gibela

Added Genera

Added Species

Acrossocheilus zhangjiajiensis  Jiang [W.-S.], Cao [J.-H.], Deng [Z.-Y.] & Wei [Y.] 2026.   East Asia: Lishui River drainage, Yangtze River basin, Hunan Province, China.
Astyanax pintacuia  Sarino-Araújo [J.], Silva-Oliveira [C.], Lima [F. C. T.], Canto [A. L. C.] & Ribeiro [F. R. V.] 2026.   South America: Mulato and Jauari River drainages, lower Amazon River basin, Pará State, Brazil.
Batrachoides surinamensis cayennensis  Puyo [J.] 1936.
Bovichtus balushkini  Zhdanov [S. V.] 2026.   Southern Pacific: Ridge of Hercules.
Brachygobius jennie  Tian [J.-Y.], Wu [J.-Y.], Lan [C.-L.], Lavoué [S.] & Huang [J.-R.] 2026.   Southeast Asia: Hengqin Island and Leizhou Peninsula, Guangdong Province, south China.
Characidium koerberi  Méttola [V. E.], Terán [G. E.], Serra [W. S.], Aguilera [G.], Montes [M. M.], Benítez [M. F.], Alonso [F.], Ruíz Díaz [F.] & Mirande [J. M.] 2026.   South America: middle and lower Paraná River basin, Corrientes and Misiones Provinces, Argentina.
Characidium lilloi  Terán [G. E.], Méttola [V. E.], Alonso [F.], Montes [M. M.], Méndez-López [A.], Miranda [G.], Aguilera [G.] & Mirande [J. M.] 2026.   South America: upper Bermejo and Juramento River drainages, northwestern La Plata basin, Salta and Jujuy Provinces, northwestern Argentina.
Characidium mariposita  Méttola [V. E.], Terán [G. E.], Serra [W. S.], Aguilera [G.], Montes [M. M.], Benítez [M. F.], Alonso [F.], Ruíz Díaz [F.] & Mirande [J. M.] 2026.   South America: middle and lower Paraná River and lower Uruguay River basins, Argentina and Uruguay.
Characidium oblivium  Oliveira-Silva [L.], Sabaj Pérez [M. H.], Schaefer [S. A.], Oliveira [C.] & Zanata [A. M.] 2026.   South America: Orinoco River basin, Venezuela and Colombia.
Cyttopsis indica  Sreeja [A.], Kumar [R. R.], Raju [A. K.], Augustina [A. X. T.] & Anand [S.] 2026.   Indian Ocean: southwest India; possibly the Maldives.
Diplacanthopoma kovacsi  Girard [M. G.], Moritz [T.] & Schwarzhans [W.] 2026.   Western Atlantic: continental margin off southern Brazil, Bay of Campeche, off Tabasco and Veracruz, Mexico.
Dysommina castanea  Tighe [K. A.] 2026.   Eastern South Atlantic: off Angola.
Ecsenius markalleni  Allen [G. R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Liu [S.-Y. V.] 2026.   Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Islands and Gulf of Thailand east to West Papua Province, Indonesia, Vietnam and Philippines, south to Western Australia and north to Taiwan and Japan.
Facciolella bicolor  Ho [H.-C.], Huang [J.-F.] & Smith [D. G.] 2026.   Western Pacific: northeastern Taiwan.
Facciolella punctatus  Ho [H.-C.], Huang [J.-F.] & Smith [D. G.] 2026.   Western Pacific: northern South China Sea, southwestern Taiwan.
Fusigobius transversus  Allen [G. R.], Erdmann [M. V.], Brooks [W. M.] & Ichida [N. K.] 2026.   Western Pacific: Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Hemiscyllium dudgeonae  Allen [G. R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Blakeway [J.-A.] 2026.   Western Pacific: Amphlett, Trobriand and D’Entrecasteaux Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Lasiancistrus diazi  Ardila Rodríguez [C. A.] 2026.   South America: Cesar River basin, Departamento del Cesar, Colombia.
Neoplecostomus azevedosantosi  Uzeda [P. L. C.], Pessali [T. C.], Katz [A. M.], Ottoni [F. P.], Langeani [F.] & Silva [P. C.] 2026.   South America: Itabapoana and Benevente River basins, Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo States, southeastern Brazil.
Nothobranchius poppi  Nagy [B.], Manda [A. C.] & Vreven [E. J.] 2026.   Central Africa: lower Luapula River drainage, upper Congo River basin, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Oxyurichthys jiwaniensis  Panhwar [S. K.] & Saleem [N.] 2026.   Northern Indian Ocean: mangroves, Jiwani Bay, Balochistan, Pakistan.
Rhinochimaera costaricana  Vidaurre-Quesada [N. V.], Salas-Jimenez [A.], Carvajal-Rodriguez [J. M.], Lara-Quesada [N.], Santos [S.], Araripe [J.] & Angulo [A.] 2026.   Eastern Pacific: off Costa Rica; possibly extending to Peru.
Samariscus musorstomi  Obata [K.], Kawai [T.] & Amaoka [K.] 2026.   Western Pacific: New Caledonia.
Serrapinnus mansoensis  Ribeiro [A. C.], Ferreira [K. M.] & Jerep [F. C.] 2026.   South America: Manso River drainage, upper Paraguai River basin, Mato Grosso State, Brazil.
Sinocyclocheilus pairuensis  Li [Z.-P.], Liang [J.-P.] & Li [Y.-B.] 2026.   East Asia: underground systems, Zuojiang River drainage, Pearl River basin, Guangxi Province, China.
Spectrolebias pantanalensis  Nielsen [D. T. B.], Ribeiro [A. C.], Ramos [T. P. A.] & Catarino [M. F.] 2026.   South America: annual pools, Bento Gomes River drainage, upper Paraguai River basin, Pantanal biome, Mato Grosso State, Brazil.
Tomiyamichthys oriens  Wibowo [K.], Pratiwi [H. M.], Dharmayanthi [A. B.], Tjiptadi [D.], Tarmini [W.], Priyadi [A.] & Kusumah [R. V.] 2026.   Eastern Indian Ocean: off Banyuwangi Regency, Java Island, Indonesia.

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