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 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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