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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 13 Aug 2024. The lists are not exhaustive.

Original Taxon	Was	Previous Taxon	Now	Current Taxon
Acantholebias	Valid as	Acantholebias Costa 1998	Valid as	Acantholebias Costa 2008
Acrolebias	Valid as	Acrolebias Costa 1998	Valid as	Acrolebias Costa 2008
Akamefugu	Synonym of	Takifugu Marshall & Palmer 1950	Synonym of	Takifugu Abe 1949
Aphanacanthe	Synonym of	Takifugu Marshall & Palmer 1950	Synonym of	Takifugu Abe 1949
Aracana	Valid as	Aracana Gray 1833	Synonym of	Aracana Gray 1833
Artediellina	Valid as	Artediellina Taranetz 1941	Synonym of	Artediellina Taranetz 1941
Cypholebias	Valid as	Cypholebias Costa 1998	Valid as	Cypholebias Costa 2008
Fugu	Synonym of	Takifugu Marshall & Palmer 1950	Synonym of	Takifugu Abe 1949
Gastrophysus	Synonym of	Takifugu Marshall & Palmer 1950	Synonym of	Takifugu Abe 1949
Gymnolebias	Valid as	Gymnolebias Costa 1998	Valid as	Gymnolebias Costa 2008
Higanfugu	Synonym of	Takifugu Marshall & Palmer 1950	Synonym of	Takifugu Abe 1949
Kihnichthys	Valid as	Kihnichthys McMahan & Matamaros 2015	Valid as	Kihnichthys McMahan & Matamoros 2015
Physogaster	Synonym of	Takifugu Marshall & Palmer 1950	Synonym of	Takifugu Abe 1949
Rhinolepadichthys	Valid as	Rhinolepadichthys Fujiwara, Motomura Summers & Conway 2024	Valid as	Rhinolepadichthys Fujiwara, Motomura, Summers & Conway 2024
Rhinotridens	Valid as	Rhinotridens Datovo, Ochoa, Vita, Presti, Ohara & Pinna 2023	Valid as	Rhinotridens Datovo, Ochoa, Vita, Presti, Ohara & de Pinna 2023
Semicossyphus	Valid as	Bodianus Bloch 1790	Synonym of	Bodianus Bloch 1790
Shosaifugu	Synonym of	Takifugu Marshall & Palmer 1950	Synonym of	Takifugu Abe 1949
Takifugu	Valid as	Takifugu Marshall & Palmer 1950	Valid as	Takifugu Abe 1949
Tauredophidium	Valid as	Tauredophidium Alcock 1890	Synonym of	Acanthonus Günther 1878
Torafugu	Synonym of	Takifugu Marshall & Palmer 1950	Synonym of	Takifugu Abe 1949
Xyelacyba	Valid as	Xyelacyba Cohen 1961	Synonym of	Acanthonus Günther 1878
Ancistrus salgadae	Valid as	Hypostomus salgadae (Fowler 1941)	Synonym of	Hypostomus pusarum (Starks 1913)
Astatotilapia paludinosa	Synonym of	Astatotilapia bloyeti (Sauvage 1883)	Valid as	Haplochromis paludinosus (Greenwood 1980)
Centromochlus gyrinus	Valid as	Tatia gyrina (Eigenmann & Allen 1942)	Valid as	Tatia gyrinus (Eigenmann & Allen 1942)
Chirolophius laticeps	Synonym of	Lophiomus setigerus (Vahl 1797)	Valid as	Lophiomus laticeps (Ogilby 1910)
Choerodon albofasciatus	Synonym of	Choerodon japonicus (Kamohara 1958)	Valid as	Choerodon albofasciatus Gomon 2017
Choerodonoides japonicus	Valid as	Choerodon japonicus (Kamohara 1958)	Synonym of	Choerodon albofasciatus Gomon 2017
Chrinorhinus torrei	Synonym of	Neoconger mucronatus Girard 1858	Valid as	Neoconger torrei (Howell Rivero 1932)
Congermuraena howensis	Valid as	Ariosoma howensis (McCulloch & Waite 1916)	Valid as	Ariosoma howense (McCulloch & Waite 1916)
Corydoras lacrimostigmata	Valid as	Hoplisoma lacrimostigmatum (Tencatt, Britto & Pavanelli 2014)	Valid as	Hoplisoma lacrimostigmata (Tencatt, Britto & Pavanelli 2014)
Corydoras venezuelanus	Synonym of	Osteogaster aeneus (Gill 1858)	Synonym of	Osteogaster aenea (Gill 1858)
Gobius voigtii	Uncertain of	Cryptocentrus	Synonym of	Tomiyamichthys russus (Cantor 1849)
Gobius xanthotaenia	Uncertain of	Cryptocentrus	Synonym of	Tomiyamichthys russus (Cantor 1849)
Hippocampus alatus	Synonym of	Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber 1913	Valid as	Hippocampus alatus Kuiter 2001
Hippocampus multispinus	Synonym of	Hippocampus angustus Günther 1870	Valid as	Hippocampus multispinus Kuiter 2001
Hoplosoma aeneum	Valid as	Osteogaster aeneus (Gill 1858)	Valid as	Osteogaster aenea (Gill 1858)
Hypoclydonia bella	Valid as	Synagrops bellus (Goode & Bean 1896)	Synonym of	Synagrops japonicus (Döderlein 1883)
Leptocephalus anaelisae	Synonym of	Neoconger mucronatus Girard 1858	Valid as	Neoconger anaelisae (Tommasi 1960)
Notropis gilberti	Synonym of	Notropis dorsalis (Agassiz 1854)	Synonym of	Ericymba dorsalis (Agassiz 1854)
Notropis horatii	Synonym of	Notropis dorsalis (Agassiz 1854)	Synonym of	Ericymba dorsalis (Agassiz 1854)
Notropis keimi	Synonym of	Notropis dorsalis (Agassiz 1854)	Synonym of	Ericymba dorsalis (Agassiz 1854)
Ophidium rostratum	Synonym of	Mastacembelus aculeatus (Bloch 1786)	Synonym of	Macrognathus aculeatus (Bloch 1786)
Photogenis piptolepis	Synonym of	Notropis dorsalis (Agassiz 1854)	Synonym of	Ericymba dorsalis (Agassiz 1854)
Plecostomus carvalhoi	Valid as	Hypostomus carvalhoi (Miranda Ribeiro 1937)	Synonym of	Hypostomus pusarum (Starks 1913)
Plecostomus jaguribensis	Valid as	Hypostomus jaguribensis (Fowler 1915)	Synonym of	Hypostomus pusarum (Starks 1913)
Plecostomus nudiventris	Valid as	Hypostomus nudiventris (Fowler 1941)	Synonym of	Hypostomus pusarum (Starks 1913)
Plecostomus plecostomus papariae	Valid as	Hypostomus papariae (Fowler 1941)	Synonym of	Hypostomus pusarum (Starks 1913)
Pterocaesio flavifasciata	Valid as	Pterocaesio flavifasciata Allen & Erdmann 2006	Synonym of	Pterocaesio marri (Schultz 1953)
Pteroplatea afuerae	Synonym of	Gymnura crebripunctata (Peters 1869)	Valid as	Gymnura afuerae (Hildebrand 1946)
Radulinopsis derjugini	Synonym of	Radulinopsis derjavini Soldatov & Lindberg 1930	Synonym of	Radulinopsis derzhavini Soldatov & Lindberg 1930
Raia sloani	Synonym of	Paratrygon ajereba (Walbaum 1792)	Synonym of	Paratrygon aiereba (Walbaum 1792)
Tauredophidium hextii	Valid as	Tauredophidium hextii Alcock 1890	Valid as	Acanthonus hextii (Alcock 1890)
Torquigener balteus	Valid as	Torquigener balteus Hardy 1989	Synonym of	Torquigener marleyi (Fowler 1929)
Urolophus asterias	Synonym of	Urotrygon munda Gill 1863	Valid as	Urotrygon asterias Jordan & Gilbert 1883
Vanmanenia microlepis	Synonym of	Vanmanenia crassicauda Kottelat 2000	Valid as	Vanmanenia microlepis Nguyen 2006
Vanmanenia monofasciodorsala	Synonym of	Vanmanenia serrilineata Kottelat 2000	Valid as	Vanmanenia monofasciodorsala Nguyen 2006
Vanmanenia trifasciodorsalata	Synonym of	Vanmanenia serrilineata Kottelat 2000	Valid as	Vanmanenia trifasciodorsalata Nguyen 2006
Xyelacyba myersi	Valid as	Xyelacyba myersi Cohen 1961	Valid as	Acanthonus myersi (Cohen 1961)

Changed Authors or Years

Taxon	Previous Author	Current Author
Betadevario	Pramod [P. K.], Fang [F.], Rema Devi [K.], Liao [T.-Y.], Indra [T. J.], et al. 2010	Pramod [P. K.], Fang [F.], Rema Devi [K.], Liao [T.-Y.], Indra [T. J.], Beevi [J.] & Kullander [S. O.] 2010
Paracanthopoma malevola	de Pinna [M.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022	de Pinna [M. C. C.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022
Paracanthopoma satanica	de Pinna [M.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022	de Pinna [M. C. C.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022
Coregonus albula perejaslawicus	Borisov [L. S.] 1924	Borisov [P. G.] 1924
Paracanthopoma vampyra	de Pinna [M.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022	de Pinna [M. C. C.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022
Paracanthopoma capeta	de Pinna [M.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022	de Pinna [M. C. C.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022
Rhinotridens chromocaudatus	Datovo [A.], Ochoa [L.], Vita [G.], Presti [P.], Ohara [W. M.] & Pinna [M. C. C. de] 2023	Datovo [A.], Ochoa [L.], Vita [G.], Presti [P.], Ohara [W. M.] & de Pinna [M. C. C.] 2023
Salvelinus jacuticus	Borisov [P. G.] 1935	Borisov [P. G.] 1932
Paracanthopoma ahriman	de Pinna [M.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022	de Pinna [M. C. C.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022
Ernstichthys taquari	Dagosta [F. C. P.] & de Pinna [M.] 2021	Dagosta [F. C. P.] & de Pinna [M. C. C.] 2021
Gymnothorax elaineheemstrae	Sithole [Y.], Smith [D. G.], Mwale [M.] & Gouws [G.] 2020	Sithole [Y.], Smith [D. G.] & Gouws [G.] 2020
Paracanthopoma saci	Dagosta [F. C. P.] & de Pinna [M.] 2021	Dagosta [F. C. P.] & de Pinna [M. C. C.] 2021
Paracanthopoma carrapata	de Pinna [M.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022	de Pinna [M. C. C.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022
Paracanthopoma daemon	de Pinna [M.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022	de Pinna [M. C. C.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022
Paracanthopoma irritans	de Pinna [M.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022	de Pinna [M. C. C.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022
Paracanthopoma truculenta	de Pinna [M.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022	de Pinna [M. C. C.] & Dagosta [F. C. P.] 2022

Added Genera

Aracana Gray [J. E.] 1833
Artediellina Taranetz [A. Ya.] 1941

Added Species

Atlantirivulus enigmaticus  Volcan [M. V.], Suárez [Y. R.], Severo-Neto [F.], Amorim [P. F.] & Costa [W. J. E. M.] 2024.   South America: Iguatemi River drainage, Paraná River basin, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil.
Beaufortia granulopinna  Chen [J.-C.] & Tang [W.-Q.] 2024.   Southeast Asia: upper Pearl River basin, Guangxi and Yunnan Provinces, China.
Beaufortia viridis  Chen [J.-C.] & Tang [W.-Q.] 2024.   Southeast Asia: You River drainage, upper Pearl River basin, Guangxi and Yunnan Provinces, China.
Careproctus barbatulus  Kai [Y.], Matsuzaki [K.] & Mori [T.] 2024.   Western Pacific: southern Sea of Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Japan.
Careproctus longibarbatus  Kai [Y.], Pitruk [D. L.] & Tashiro [F.] 2024.   Western Pacific: southern Sea of Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Japan.
Careproctus spinulosus  Kai [Y.], Matsuzaki [K.] & Mori [T.] 2024.   Western Pacific: southern Sea of Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Japan.
Corydoras iiap  Tencatt [L. F. C.], Ruiz-Tafur [M.] & Chuctaya [J.] 2024.   South America: Nanay and Itaya River drainages, upper Amazon basin, Loreto District, Peru.
Crystallichthys longirostris  Chernova [N. V.] & Kurbanov [Yu. K.] 2024.   Northwest Pacific: eastern Kamchatka to the northern Kuril Islands.
Enteromius niggie  Scheepers [M.], Bragança [P. H. N.] & Chakona [A.] 2024.   Southern Africa: upper Limpopo, Incomati, Maputo and Mfolozi River drainages, northeastern South Africa and Eswatini.
Gymnothorax arabicus  Smith [D. G.], Bogorodsky [S. V.], Dandar [J.] & Zajonz [U.] 2024.   Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Socotra Archipelago.
Hypostomus cari  Lustosa-Costa [S. Y.], Ramos [T. P. A.], Zawadzki [C. H.], Jacobina [U. P.] & Lima [S. M. Q.] 2024.   South America: Parnaíba River basin, Ceará, Maranhão and Piauí States, Brazil.
Lepidocephalichthys balios  Kottelat [M.] 2024.   Southeast Asia: Nam Mang drainage, middle Mekong River basin, Laos.
Lophiomus carusoi  Chen [H.-P.], Lee [M.-Y.] & Chen [W.-J.] 2024.   Western Pacific: Coral Sea, New Caledonia and eastern Australia.
Lophiomus immaculioralis  Chen [H.-P.], Lee [M.-Y.] & Chen [W.-J.] 2024.   Indian Ocean: waters off Ranong, Andaman Sea, Thailand.
Lophiomus nigriventris  Chen [H.-P.], Lee [M.-Y.] & Chen [W.-J.] 2024.   Indo-West Pacific: Exmouth Gulf; South China Sea and north off Kavieng, Papua New Guinea.
Luciogobius opisthoproctus  Chen [K.-H.] & Liao [T.-Y.] 2024.   Western Pacific: northeastern and southeastern Taiwan.
Microdous hanlini  Wang [F.-X.], Wei [M.-L.], He [Y.] & Li [C.-H.] 2024.   Southeast Asia: Du’an, Guangxi, China, and possibly more widespread in the Pearl River basin.
Neoconger hygomi  Smith [D. G.] 2024.   Western Atlantic: off eastern Brazil.
Neotrygon yakkoei  Hata [E.] & Motomura [H.] 2024.   Western Pacific: Hokkaido (Japan Sea and Pacific sides), Wakasa Bay (Japan Sea), the Izu and Ogasawara islands, the Pacific coast of Japan from Sagami Bay to southern Kyushu, and the Osumi, Amami, Okinawa, and Yaeyama islands.
Oryzias moramoensis  Utama [I. V.], Mokodongan [D. F.] & Yamahira [K.] 2024.   Southeast Asia: Moramo River drainage, southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Parauchenoglanis stiassnyae  Modimo [M. Y.], Bernt [M. J.], Monsembula Iyaba [R. J. C.], Mbimbi [J. J. M. M.] & Liyandja [T. L. D.] 2024.   Central Africa: Mfimi-Lukenie River drainage, lower Congo River basin, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rhinotridens britskii  de Pinna [M. C. C.], Reis [V.], Pastana [M. N. L.] & Datovo [A.] 2024.   South America: lowland Amazon River basin, Brazil and western Amazon basin, Colombia and Peru.
Schistura sonarengaensis  Mukhim [D. K. B.], Sarma [K.], Choudhury [H.], Chandran [R.], Das [R.], Singh [R. K.], Warbah [D. P.], Sarkar [U. K.] & Sarma [D.] 2024.   South Asia: cave systems, upper Barak-Surma-Meghna River basin, South Garo Hills District, Meghalaya, India.
Scopeloberyx shakhovskoyi  Kotlyar [A. N.] 2024.   Atlantic.
Squalus hima  Sweta [B.] & Bineesh [K. K.] 2024.   Indian Ocean: Wadge Bank, Arabian Sea, southwest coast of India.
Synagrops atrumoris  Mediodia [D. P.] & Lin [C.-H.] 2024.   Western Pacific: Dongsha Islands, Taiwan and South China Sea. Possibly south of Scott Reefs, Western Australia.
Torquigener heemstrai  Matsuura [K.] 2024.   Western Indian Ocean: off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Trichomycterus choroloensis  Ardila Rodríguez [C. A.] 2024.   South America: Cueva de Choroló, municipio de Curití, Santander, Colombia.
Trichomycterus galvisi  Ardila Rodríguez [C. A.] 2024.   South America: Cueva de La Vaca, municipio de Curití, Santander, Colombia.
Trichomycterus macareguaensis  Ardila Rodríguez [C. A.] 2024.   South America: La Cueva Macaregua, municipio de Curití, Santander, Colombia.
Trichomycterus santuarioensis  Ardila Rodríguez [C. A.] 2024.   South America: Cueva El Santuario, municipio de Curití, Santander, Colombia.
Trichomycterus simacotaensis  Ardila Rodríguez [C. A.] 2024.   South America: Cueva Hacienda Santa Bárbara, municipio de Simacota, Santander, Colombia.
Trimma cavicapum  Winterbottom [R.], Brighton [E.] & Mason-Parker [C.] 2024.   Indian Ocean: southernmost Islands of the Amirante chain and Astove Island, Seychelles.
Triportheus claudiae  Lopes [D. A.] & Carvalho [F. R.] 2024.   South America: upper Paraguai River basin, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil.
Vanmanenia duci  Dang [H. T. T.], Duong [H. T.], Li [F.], Nguyen [H. Q.] & Tran [H. D.] 2024.   Southeast Asia: Phia Oac-Phia Den National Park, Red and Pearl River drainages, Cao Bang Province, northern Vietnam.

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