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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 9 Apr 2025. The lists are not exhaustive.

Original Taxon	Was	Previous Taxon	Now	Current Taxon
Acanthogobio	Valid as	Acanthogobio Herzenstein 1892	Synonym of	Gobio Cuvier 1816
Allinectes	Synonym of	Careproctus Krøyer 1862	Valid as	Allinectes Jordan & Evermann 1898
Austrochanda	Synonym of	Ambassis Cuvier 1828	Synonym of	Pseudoambassis Castelnau 1878
Bengana	Uncertain as		Synonym of	Bangana Hamilton 1822
Blandowskiella	Synonym of	Ambassis Cuvier 1828	Synonym of	Pseudoambassis Castelnau 1878
Pararasbora	Synonym of	Aphyocypris Günther 1868	Valid as	Pararasbora Regan 1908
Platysmacheilus	Valid as	Platysmacheilus Lu, Luo & Chen 1977	Valid as	Platysmacheilus Lo, Yao & Chen 1977
Priopis	Synonym of	Ambassis Cuvier 1828	Uncertain	Ambassis Cuvier 1828
Velambassis	Synonym of	Ambassis Cuvier 1828	Synonym of	Pseudoambassis Castelnau 1878
Acanthogobio guentheri	Valid as	Acanthogobio guentheri Herzenstein 1892	Valid as	Gobio guentheri (Herzenstein 1892)
Amblyeleotris neumanni	Valid as	Amblyeleotris neumanni Randall & Earle 2006	Synonym of	Amblyeleotris macronema Polunin & Lubbock 1979
Anostomus brevior	Valid as	Anostomus brevior Géry 1961	Valid as	Petulanos brevior (Géry 1961)
Aphyocypris amnis	Valid as	Aphyocypris amnis Liao, Kullander & Lin 2011	Synonym of	Pararasbora moltrechti Regan 1908
Arnoglossus wakiyai	Synonym of	Pseudorhombus argus Weber 1913	Synonym of	Pseudorhombus ocellifer Regan 1905
Barbus barbulus	Valid as	Luciobarbus barbulus (Heckel 1847)	Synonym of	Luciobarbus schejch Heckel 1843
Basilichthys australis	Valid as	Basilichthys australis Eigenmann 1928	Synonym of	Basilichthys microlepidotus (Jenyns 1841)
Careproctus attenuatus	Valid as	Careproctus attenuatus Gilbert & Burke 1912	Valid as	Allinectes attenuatus (Gilbert & Burke 1912)
Careproctus curilanus	Valid as	Careproctus curilanus Gilbert & Burke 1912	Valid as	Allinectes curilanus (Gilbert & Burke 1912)
Careproctus ectenes	Valid as	Careproctus ectenes Gilbert 1896	Valid as	Allinectes ectenes (Gilbert 1896)
Careproctus pycnosoma	Valid as	Careproctus pycnosoma Gilbert & Burke 1912	Valid as	Allinectes pycnosoma (Gilbert & Burke 1912)
Channa brahmacharyi	Valid as	Channa brahmacharyi Chakraborty, Yardi & Mukherjee 2020	Synonym of	Channa pomanensis Gurumayum & Tamang 2016
Channa pomanensis	Synonym of	Channa aurantimaculata Musikasinthorn 2000	Valid as	Channa pomanensis Gurumayum & Tamang 2016
Cyprinus mystaceus	Valid as	Luciobarbus mystaceus (Pallas 1814)	Synonym of	Luciobarbus mursa (Güldenstädt 1773)
Etmopterus abernethyi	Synonym of	Etmopterus lucifer Jordan & Snyder 1902	Valid as	Etmopterus abernethyi Garrick 1957
Etmopterus burgessi	Valid as	Etmopterus burgessi Schaaf-Da Silva & Ebert 2006	Synonym of	Etmopterus lucifer Jordan & Snyder 1902
Etmopterus schmidti	Uncertain as	Etmopterus brachyurus Smith & Radcliffe 1912	Valid as	Etmopterus schmidti Dolganov 1986
Glyptothorax dakpathari	Synonym of	Glyptothorax gracilis (Günther 1864)	Valid as	Glyptothorax dakpathari Tilak & Husain 1976
Gobio meridionalis	Valid as	Gobio meridionalis Xu 1987	Synonym of	Gobio rivuloides Nichols 1925
Gobio tchangi	Valid as	Gobio tchangi Li 2015	Synonym of	Gobio huanghensis Lo, Yao & Chen 1977
Gobio (Romanogobio) amplexilabris	Valid as	Romanogobio amplexilabris (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1973)	Synonym of	Gobio rivuloides Nichols 1925
Gobio (Romanogobio) johntreadwelli	Valid as	Romanogobio johntreadwelli (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1973)	Synonym of	Gobio rivuloides Nichols 1925
Hasemania crenuchoides	Valid as	Hasemania crenuchoides Zarske & Géry 1999	Valid as	Psalidodon crenuchoides (Zarske & Géry 1999)
Hyphessobrycon langeanii	Valid as	Hyphessobrycon langeanii Lima & Moreira 2003	Valid as	Psalidodon langeanii (Lima & Moreira 2003)
Iranocichla persa	Synonym of	Iranocichla hormuzensis Coad 1982	Valid as	Iranocichla persa Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Seehausen 2016
Lembeichthys celebesensis	Synonym of	Plagiotremus spilistius Gill 1865	Valid as	Plagiotremus celebesensis (Herre 1936)
Leporinus arcus	Valid as	Leporinus arcus Eigenmann 1912	Valid as	Hypomasticus arcus (Eigenmann 1912)
Leporinus badueli	Synonym of	Leporinus granti Eigenmann 1912	Synonym of	Hypomasticus granti (Eigenmann 1912)
Leporinus gomesi	Valid as	Leporinus gomesi Garavello & Santos 1981	Valid as	Hypomasticus gomesi (Garavello & Santos 1981)
Leporinus gomesi	Synonym of	Leporinus gomesi Garavello & Santos 1981	Synonym of	Hypomasticus gomesi (Garavello & Santos 1981)
Leporinus granti	Valid as	Leporinus granti Eigenmann 1912	Valid as	Hypomasticus granti (Eigenmann 1912)
Leporinus julii	Valid as	Hypomasticus julii (Santos, Jégu & Lima 1996)	Valid as	Leporinus julii Santos, Jégu & Lima 1996
Leporinus lebaili	Valid as	Leporinus lebaili Géry & Planquette 1983	Valid as	Hypomasticus lebaili (Géry & Planquette 1983)
Leporinus melanostictus	Valid as	Leporinus melanostictus Norman 1926	Valid as	Hypomasticus melanostictus (Norman 1926)
Leporinus nijsseni	Valid as	Leporinus nijsseni Garavello 1990	Valid as	Hypomasticus nijsseni (Garavello 1990)
Leporinus pachycheilus	Valid as	Hypomasticus pachycheilus (Britski 1976)	Valid as	Leporinus pachycheilus Britski 1976
Leporinus santosi	Valid as	Leporinus santosi Britski & Birindelli 2013	Valid as	Hypomasticus santosi (Britski & Birindelli 2013)
Leporinus striatus	Valid as	Leporinus striatus Kner 1858	Valid as	Brevidens striatus (Kner 1858)
Leporinus tepui	Valid as	Leporinus tepui Birindelli, Britski & Provenzano 2019	Valid as	Hypomasticus tepui (Birindelli, Britski & Provenzano 2019)
Leporinus torrenticola	Valid as	Leporinus torrenticola Birindelli, Teixeira & Britski 2016	Valid as	Hypomasticus torrenticola (Birindelli, Teixeira & Britski 2016)
Luciobarbus schejch	Synonym of	Luciobarbus pectoralis (Heckel 1843)	Valid as	Luciobarbus schejch Heckel 1843
Neozoarces steindachneri	Valid as	Neozoarces steindachneri Jordan & Snyder 1902	Synonym of	Neozoarces pulcher Steindachner 1880
Ophichthus derbyensis	Synonym of	Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker 1852)	Uncertain as	Ophichthus derbyensis Whitley 1941
Ophichthys woosuitingi	Valid as	Ophichthus woosuitingi Chen 1929	Synonym of	Ophichthus macrochir (Bleeker 1852)
Pararasbora moltrechti	Valid as	Aphyocypris moltrechti (Regan 1908)	Valid as	Pararasbora moltrechti Regan 1908
Pseudorhombus ocellifer	Synonym of	Pseudorhombus pentophthalmus Günther 1862	Valid as	Pseudorhombus ocellifer Regan 1905
Salmo tiririca	Synonym of	Leporinus striatus Kner 1858	Synonym of	Brevidens striatus (Kner 1858)
Schizopygopsis sewerzowi	Synonym of	Schizopygopsis stolickai Steindachner 1866	Valid as	Schizopygopsis sewerzowi Herzenstein 1891
Sinocyclocheilus albeoguttatus	Valid as	Sinocyclocheilus albeoguttatus Zhou & Li 1998	Synonym of	Sinocyclocheilus anatirostris Lin & Luo 1986
Sinocyclocheilus biangularis	Uncertain as	Sinocyclocheilus biangularis Wang 1996	Valid as	Sinocyclocheilus bicornutus Wang 1996
Syngnathus leiaspis	Valid as	Coelonotus leiaspis (Bleeker 1854)	Valid as	Microphis leiaspis (Bleeker 1854)
Xiurenbagrus dorsalis	Valid as	Xiurenbagrus dorsalis Xiu, Yang & Zheng 2014	Valid as	Proliobagrus dorsalis (Xiu, Yang & Zheng 2014)

Changed Authors or Years

Taxon	Previous Author	Current Author
Priopis	Kuhl [H.] & van Hasselt [J. C.] 1830	Valenciennes [A.] 1830
Platysmacheilus	Lu [Y.-L.], Luo [P.-Q.] & Chen [Y.-Y.] 1977	Lo [?], Yao [?] & Chen [Y.-Y.] 1977
Gobio huanghensis	Lu [Y.-L.], Luo [P.-Q.] & Chen [Y.-Y.] 1977	Lo [?], Yao [?] & Chen [Y.-Y.] 1977
Platysmacheilus longibarbatus	Lu [Y.-L.], Luo [P.-Q.] & Chen [Y.-Y.] 1977	Lo [?], Yao [?] & Chen [Y.-Y.] 1977
Priopis argyrozona	Kuhl [H.] & van Hasselt [J. C.] 1830	Valenciennes [A.] 1830
Hemibarbus macracanthus	Lu [Y.-L.], Luo [P.-Q.] & Chen [Y.-Y.] 1977	Lo [?], Yao [?] & Chen [Y.-Y.] 1977
Platysmacheilus nudiventris	Lu [Y.-L.], Luo [P.-Q.] & Chen [Y.-Y.] 1977	Lo [?], Yao [?] & Chen [Y.-Y.] 1977
Belligobio pengxianensis	Lu [Y.-L.], Luo [P.-Q.] & Chen [Y.-Y.] 1977	Lo [?], Yao [?] & Chen [Y.-Y.] 1977

Added Genera

Brevidens Birindelli [J. L. O.], Sidlauskas [B. L.] & Melo [B. F.] 2025
Proliobagrus He [Y.], Lundberg [J. G.], Yang [J.] & Yang [J.-X] 2025

Added Species

Allinectes busbyi  Orr [J. W.] 2025.   North Pacific: Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea; only known from the holotype.
Allinectes istiophorus  Orr [J. W.] 2025.   North Pacific: Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea.
Allinectes nanstanorum  Orr [J. W.] 2025.   North Pacific: continental slope of the Bering Sea.
Ariosoma tamilicum  Kodeeswaran [P.], Acharya [S.], Mohapatra [A.] & Kumar [T. T. A.] 2025.   Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, India.
Campellolebias insularis  Volcan [M. V.], Garcez [D. K.], Robe [L. J.], Feltrin [C. R. M.], Costa [W. J. E. M.] & Lanés [L. E. K.] 2025.   South America: floodplains of the Tapera and Tavares River basins, Santa Catarina Island, Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil.
Channa nachi  Praveenraj [J.] & Moulitharan [N.] 2025.   South Asia: Simsang River drainage, South Garo Hills District, Meghalaya, India.
Chrysobrycon ximango  Silva-Oliveira [C.], Vanegas-Ríos [J. A.], Canto [A. L. C.] & Ribeiro [F. R. V.] 2025.   South America: Mamiá River drainage, Curuá River basin, Pará State, Brazil.
Claea scet  Lei [H.-T.], He [L.], Huang [J.-H.], Zhou [J.-J.] & He [D.-K.] 2025.   East Asia: Dadu River drainage, upper Yangtze River basin, Sichuan Province, China.
Coelorinchus idiolepis  Prokofiev [A. M.] 2020.   North Central Pacific: Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain.
Etheostoma kimberlae  Mayden [R. L.] 2025.   North America: upper Locust Fork drainage, Black Warrior River basin, Alabama, U.S.A.
Etheostoma michellae  Mayden [R. L.] 2025.   North America: upper Sipsey Fork drainage, Black Warrior River basin, Alabama, U.S.A.
Exostoma microadiposa  Chen [Y.], Tan [H. H.] & He [D.] 2025.   East Asia: upper Brahmaputra River basin, south Tibet, China.
Fundulus caddo  Fast [K. M.], Hundt [P. J.], Alley [Z. D.] & Sandel [M. W.] 2025.   North America: Red, Ouachita and Saline River drainages, Ouachita Highlands, southeastern U.S.A.
Fundulus cryptocatenatus  Fast [K. M.], Hundt [P. J.], Alley [Z. D.] & Sandel [M. W.] 2025.   North America: Missouri, Mississippi, upper Arkansas, Black and White, Cumberland, Green, Homochitto, Amite and East Fork White River drainages, southeastern U.S.A.
Glyptothorax bhurainu  Vijayakrishnan [B.] & Shinde [G. A.] 2025.   South Asia: upper Ganges River drainage, Uttarakhand, northern India.
Glyptothorax himalaicus  Vijayakrishnan [B.] & Shinde [G. A.] 2025.   South Asia: upper Ganges River drainage, Uttarakhand, northern India.
Homatula shexiang  Cao [L.], Liu [Y.], Zeng [Z.] & Zhang [E] 2025.   East Asia: Wujiang River drainage, upper Yangtze River basin, Guizhou Province, China.
Homatula xiangzhi  Cao [L.], Liu [Y.], Zeng [Z.] & Zhang [E] 2025.   East Asia: Wu Jiang River drainage, upper Yangtze River basin, and upper Pearl River basin, Guizhou Province, China.
Hoplisoma noxium  Tencatt [L. F. C.], Ohara [W. M.], Carvalho [V.], Grant [S.] & Britto [M.] 2025.   South America: Tapajós River drainage, Amazon basin, Pará State, Brazil.
Hoplisoma tenebrosum  Tencatt [L. F. C.], Ohara [W. M.], Carvalho [V.], Grant [S.] & Britto [M.] 2025.   South America: Tapajós River drainage, Amazon basin, Brazil.
Hypoplectrus espinosai  Puebla [O.], Aguilar-Perera [A.], Robertson [D. R.] & Domínguez-Domínguez [O.] 2025.   Western Atlantic: Campeche Bank, southern Gulf of Mexico, Mexico.
Imparfinis arceae  Silva [G. S. C.], Sabaj Pérez [M. H.], Carvalho [K. R. de] & Oliveira [C.] 2025.   South America: Xingu River basin, Pará State, Brazil.
Laubuka indawgyiana  Khin [Y. H.] & Chen [X.-Y.] 2025.   Southeast Asia: Indawgyi Lake drainage, Kachin State, Myanmar.
Laubuka myitthaensis  Khin [Y. H.] & Chen [X.-Y.] 2025.   South Asia: Myittha River drainage, Chindwin River basin, Myanmar.
Ophichthus cuulongensis  Vo [Q. V.], Hibino [Y.] & Ho [H.-C.] 2025.   Western Pacific: Mekong estuary waters, southeast coast of Vietnam.
Ophichthus nguyenorum  Vo [Q. V.], Hibino [Y.] & Ho [H.-C.] 2025.   Western Pacific: southeast coast of Vietnam, South China Sea.
Phalloceros circummontanus  Souto-Santos [I. C. A.], Mejia [E.], Arcila [D.] & Buckup [P. A.] 2025.   South America: Paraná and upper Paraíba do Sul River basins, and coastal river drainages, southeastern Brazil.
Phalloceros mimbi  Serra [W. S.], Scarabino [F.], Gobel [N.] & Laufer [G.] 2025.   South America: floodplains of the middle and lower Uruguay River, Río Negro and Salto Departments, Uruguay, and Entre Ríos Province, Argentina.
Propimelodus lobatus  Torrico-Destre [H.], Careaga [M.] & Carvajal-Vallejos [F. M.] 2025.   South America: Madeira River basin, Bolivia.
Psalidodon pessalii  Teixeira [T. F.], Salvador [G. N.], Mirande [J. M.] & Lima [F. T. C.] 2025.   South America: upper Rio Paraopeba drainage, Rio São Francisco basin, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Stalix albonotata  Wada [H.], Suzuki [T.], Kobayashi [H.] & Senou [H.] 2025.   Western Pacific: Iriomote-jima and Okinawa-jima islands, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
Stalix yanoi  Wada [H.], Suzuki [T.], Kobayashi [H.] & Senou [H.] 2025.   Western Pacific: Iriomote-jima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.

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