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 11 Jun 2025. The lists are not exhaustive.

Original Taxon	Was	Previous Taxon	Now	Current Taxon
Labrochromis	Synonym of	Haplochromis Hilgendorf 1888	Valid as	Labrochromis Regan 1920
Proliobagrus	Valid as	Proliobagrus He, Lundberg, Yang et Yang 2025	Valid as	Proliobagrus He, Lundberg, Yang & Yang 2025
Trachymochlus	Synonym of	Chrysichthys Bleeker 1858	Synonym of	Amarginops Nichols & Griscom 1917
Acipenser dubius	Synonym of	Vacuoqua ruthenus (Linnaeus 1758)	Synonym of	Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus 1758)
Ascomana canina	Valid as	Coloconger canina (Castle & Raju 1975)	Valid as	Coloconger caninus (Castle & Raju 1975)
Ascomana eximia	Valid as	Coloconger eximia (Castle 1967)	Valid as	Coloconger eximius (Castle 1967)
Capoeta birunii	Synonym of	Capoeta coadi Alwan, Zareian & Esmaeili 2016	Valid as	Capoeta birunii Zareian & Esmaeili 2017
Chrysichthys mabusi	Valid as	Chrysichthys mabusi Boulenger 1905	Valid as	Amarginops mabusi (Boulenger 1905)
Chrysichthys ornatus	Valid as	Chrysichthys ornatus Boulenger 1902	Valid as	Amarginops ornatus (Boulenger 1902)
Clupisoma montana	Valid as	Clupisoma montanum Hora 1937	Valid as	Laides montanus (Hora 1937)
Dipturus argentinensis	Synonym of	Dipturus trachyderma (Krefft & Stehmann 1975)	Valid as	Dipturus argentinensis Díaz de Astarloa, Mabragaña, Hanner & Figueroa 2008
Haplochromis ishmaeli	Valid as	Haplochromis ishmaeli Boulenger 1906	Valid as	Labrochromis ishmaeli (Boulenger 1906)
Haplochromis mylergates	Valid as	Haplochromis mylergates Greenwood & Barel 1978	Valid as	Labrochromis mylergates (Greenwood & Barel 1978)
Haplochromis pharyngomylus	Valid as	Haplochromis pharyngomylus Regan 1929	Valid as	Labrochromis pharyngomylus (Regan 1929)
Haplochromis ptistes	Valid as	Haplochromis ptistes Greenwood & Barel 1978	Valid as	Labrochromis ptistes (Greenwood & Barel 1978)
Haplochromis teegelaari	Valid as	Haplochromis teegelaari Greenwood & Barel 1978	Valid as	Labrochromis teegelaari (Greenwood & Barel 1978)
Petroscirtes dispar	Synonym of	Omobranchus punctatus (Valenciennes 1836)	Valid as	Omobranchus dispar (Günther 1861)
Platytropius sinensis	Valid as	Clupisoma sinense (Huang 1981)	Valid as	Laides sinensis (Huang 1981)
Poroalticus sewalli	Synonym of	Omobranchus punctatus (Valenciennes 1836)	Valid as	Omobranchus sewalli (Fowler 1931)
Pristipoma boucardi	Synonym of	Rhonciscus cocro (Cuvier 1830)	Synonym of	Rhonciscus crocro (Cuvier 1830)
Tilapia humilior	Valid as	Haplochromis humilior (Boulenger 1911)	Valid as	Labrochromis humilior (Boulenger 1911)
Trachymochlus cupido	Synonym of	Chrysichthys ornatus Boulenger 1902	Synonym of	Amarginops ornatus (Boulenger 1902)

Changed Authors or Years

Taxon	Previous Author	Current Author
Branchiostegus biendong	Hiramatsu [W.], Vinh [C. T.] & Endo [H.] 2019	Hiramatsu [W.], Chu [T. V.] & Endo [H.] 2019
Iago gopalakrishnani	Bineesh [K. K.], Sweta [B.] & Akhilesh [K. V.] 2025	Bineesh [K. K.], Beura [S.] & Akhilesh [K. V.] 2025

Added Genera

None

Added Species

Hampala katibas  Tan [H. H.] & Grinang [J.] 2025.   Southeast Asia: central Sarawak and Brunei Darussalam, also likely in southwestern Sabah, Borneo.
Hampala lupar  Tan [H. H.] & Grinang [J.] 2025.   Southeast Asia: Lupar to Sarawak River basins, southern Sarawak, Borneo.
Hoplias cazumba  Abreu [J. M. S.], Pedroza [W. S.], Oyakawa [O. T.], Melo [S. A.], Tchaicka [L.] & Piorski [N. M.] 2025.   South America: Munim River basin, Maranhão, northeastern Brazil.
Labeo chekida  Kumar [R. G.], Ravi [C.] & Basheer [V. S.] 2025.   South Asia: middle Chalakkudy River basin, southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India.
Labeo uru  Kumar [R. G.], Ravi [C.] & Basheer [V. S.] 2025.   South Asia: upper Chandragiri River basin, southern Western Ghats, Karnataka, India.
Labrochromis mawe  Mahulu [A.] & Seehausen [O.] 2025.   Eastern Africa: northern and central Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
Labrochromis mawepili  Mahulu [A.] & Seehausen [O.] 2025.   Eastern Africa: Spek Gulf and possibly northern Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
Liopropoma terecaudum  Tang [C.-N.], Lai [N.-W.] & Ho [H.-C.] 2025.   Western Pacific: East China Sea.
Neotrygon romeoi  Glaus [K.], White [W. T.], O’Neill [H. L.], Thurnheer [S.] & Appleyard [S. A.] 2025.   Western Pacific: Fiji Archipelago.
Prionotus pictus  Victor [B. C.] 2025.   Eastern Pacific: Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador, endemic.
Pseudobarbus outeniqua  Zarei [F.], Bragança [P. H. N.], Skelton [P. H.] & Chakona [A.] 2025.   Southern Africa: coastal rivers of the Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma mountain ranges, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
Rineloricaria buckupi  Mejia [E.], Ferraro [G. A.] & Souto-Santos [I. C. A.] 2025.   South America: São João and lower Macaé River drainages (coastal drainages), Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil.
Schistura densiclava  Mukhim [D. K. B.], Sarma [K.], Choudhury [H.], Das [R.], Chandran [R.], Singh [R. K.], Warbah [D. P.], Lyngdoh [W.], Sarkar [U. K.] & Sarma [D.] 2025.   South Asia: Mawjymbuin cave, Barak-Surma-Meghna River basin, East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya State, India.
Traccatichthys punctulatus  Qin [Z.-X.], Zhou [J.-J.], Du [L.-N.] & Lin [F.] 2025.   Southeast Asia: Liujiang River drainage, Pearl River basin, Guangxi Province, China.
Triplophysa wenshanensis  Jiang [W.-S.], Cao [J.-H.], Song [S.-A.], Yi [W.-J.] & Yang [H.-F.] 2025.   East Asia: subterranean river of the Panlonghe River drainage, Yunnan Province, China.
Triplophysa yangi  Jiang [W.-S.], Cao [J.-H.], Song [S.-A.], Yi [W.-J.] & Yang [H.-F.] 2025.   East Asia: subterranean river, Nanpanjiang River drainage, Yunnan Province, China.

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