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SUMMARY OF CHANGES AND ADDITIONS IN

Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes

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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 14 Mar 2025. The lists are not exhaustive.

Original TaxonWasPrevious TaxonNowCurrent Taxon
Acrossocheilus wuyiensis Synonym of Acrossocheilus labiatus (Regan 1908) Uncertain as Acrossocheilus wuyiensis Wu & Chen 1981
Ambassis bleekeri Synonym of Ambassis dussumieri Cuvier 1828 Valid as Ambassis bleekeri Maugé 1984
Ambassis denticulata Synonym of Ambassis dussumieri Cuvier 1828 Valid as Ambassis denticulata Klunzinger 1870
Ambassis notatus Valid as Parambassis notatus (Blyth 1860) Valid as Chanda notata (Blyth 1860)
Ambassis telkara Synonym of Ambassis vachellii Richardson 1846 Valid as Ambassis telkara Whitley 1935
Asternotremia mesotrema Synonym of Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams 1824) Valid as Aphredoderus mesotrema (Jordan 1877)
Astyanacinus goyanensis Valid as Astyanax goyanensis (Miranda Ribeiro 1944) Valid as Psalidodon goyanensis (Miranda Ribeiro 1944)
Astyanax goyacensis Valid as Psalidodon goyacensis (Eigenmann 1908) Valid as Astyanax goyacensis Eigenmann 1908
Barbus caudimarginatus Synonym of Systomus orphoides (Valenciennes 1842) Synonym of Systomus rubripinnis (Valenciennes 1842)
Barbus miolepis Synonym of Enteromius stigmatopygus (Boulenger 1903) Synonym of Enteromius werneri (Boulenger 1905)
Barbus orphoides Valid as Systomus orphoides (Valenciennes 1842) Synonym of Systomus rubripinnis (Valenciennes 1842)
Barbus rubripinna Synonym of Systomus orphoides (Valenciennes 1842) Synonym of Systomus rubripinnis (Valenciennes 1842)
Barbus sarananella Synonym of Systomus orphoides (Valenciennes 1842) Synonym of Systomus rubripinnis (Valenciennes 1842)
Cyprinus kunama Uncertain as Systomus kunama (Cuvier 1829) Synonym of Systomus sarana (Hamilton 1822)
Cyprinus macclellandi Synonym of Systomus sarana (Hamilton 1822) Synonym of Systomus immaculatus McClelland 1839
Hyphessobrycon fernandezi Valid as Hyphessobrycon fernandezi Fernández-Yépez 1972 Synonym of Hyphessobrycon scholzei Ahl 1937
Icelus uncinalis crassus Synonym of Icelus ochotensis Schmidt 1927 Valid as Icelus crassus Andriashev 1937
Kryptolebias hermaphroditus Synonym of Kryptolebias ocellatus (Hensel 1868) Valid as Kryptolebias hermaphroditus Costa 2011
Parambassis bistigmata Valid as Parambassis bistigmata Geetakumari 2012 Valid as Chanda bistigmata (Geetakumari 2012)
Parambassis serrata Valid as Parambassis serrata Dishma & Vishwanath 2015 Valid as Chanda serrata (Dishma & Vishwanath 2015)
Parambassis tenasserimensis Valid as Parambassis tenasserimensis Roberts 1995 Valid as Chanda tenasserimensis (Roberts 1995)
Parambassis vollmeri Valid as Parambassis vollmeri Roberts 1995 Valid as Chanda vollmeri (Roberts 1995)
Parambassis waikhomi Valid as Parambassis waikhomi Geetakumari & Basudha 2012 Valid as Chanda waikhomi (Geetakumari & Basudha 2012)
Pseudambassis alleni Valid as Parambassis alleni (Datta & Chaudhuri 1993) Valid as Chanda alleni (Datta & Chaudhuri 1993)
Pseudambassis roberti Valid as Parambassis robertsi (Datta & Chaudhuri 1993) Valid as Chanda robertsi (Datta & Chaudhuri 1993)
Puntius takhoaensis Synonym of Systomus takhoaensis (Nguyen & Doan 1969) Synonym of Systomus jacobusboehlkei (Fowler 1958)
Scomber chrysozonus Synonym of Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier 1816) Valid as Rastrelliger chrysozonus (Rüppell 1836)

Changed Authors or Years

TaxonPrevious AuthorCurrent Author
Tetraodon palembangensis Bleeker [P.] 1851 Bleeker [P.] 1852
Satanoperca setepele Ota [R. R.], Deprá [G. C.], Kullander [S.], Graça [W. J. da] & Pavanelli [C. S.] 2022 Ota [R. R.], Deprá [G. C.], Kullander [S.], da Graça [W. J.] & Pavanelli [C. S.] 2022
Cambeva piraquara Reis [R. B. dos], Wosiacki [W. B.], Ferrer [J.], Donin [L. M.] & Graça [W. J. da] 2023 dos Reis [R. B.], Wosiacki [W. B.], Ferrer [J.], Donin [L. M.] & da Graça [W. J.] 2023
Hypancistrus parkateje Araújo [F.], Ferreira [M.], Monteiro [I.] & Wosiacki [W.] 2024 Araújo [F.], Ferreira [M.], Monteiro [I.] & Wosiacki [W.] 2025
Chaetostoma orientale Meza-Vargas [V.], Calegari [B. B.], Lujan [N. K.], Ballen [G. A.], Oyakawa [O. T.], Sousa [L. M.], Rapp Py-Daniel [L.] & Reis [R. E.] 2022 Meza-Vargas [V.], Calegari [B. B.], Lujan [N. K.], Ballen [G. A.], Oyakawa [O. T.], Sousa [L. M. de], Rapp Py-Daniel [L.] & Reis [R. E.] 2022
Characidium itarare Stabile [B. H. M.], Reis [R. B. dos], Frota [A.], da Graça [W. J.] & Oliveira [A. V. de] 2024 Stabile [B. H. M.], dos Reis [R. B.], Frota [A.], da Graça [W. J.] & Oliveira [A. V. de] 2024
Cambeva cauim Reis [R. B. dos], Ferrer [J.] & Graça [W. J. da] 2021 dos Reis [R. B.], Ferrer [J.] & da Graça [W. J.] 2021
Ancistrus luzia Neuhaus [E. B.], Britto [M. R.], Birindelli [J. L. O.] & Sousa [L. M.] 2022 Neuhaus [E. B.], Britto [M. R.], Birindelli [J. L. O.] & Sousa [L. M. de] 2022
Corydoras psamathos Tencatt [L. F. C.], Ohara [W. M.], Sousa [L. M.] & Britto [M. R.] 2022 Tencatt [L. F. C.], Ohara [W. M.], Sousa [L. M. de] & Britto [M. R.] 2022
Corydoras hypnos Tencatt [L. F. C.], Ohara [W. M.], Sousa [L. M.] & Britto [M. R.] 2022 Tencatt [L. F. C.], Ohara [W. M.], Sousa [L. M. de] & Britto [M. R.] 2022
Corydoras thanatos Tencatt [L. F. C.], Ohara [W. M.], Sousa [L. M.] & Britto [M. R.] 2022 Tencatt [L. F. C.], Ohara [W. M.], Sousa [L. M. de] & Britto [M. R.] 2022
Cambeva horacioi Reis [R. B. dos], Frota [A.], Fabrin [T. M. C.] & Graça [W. J. de] 2019 dos Reis [R. B.], Frota [A.], Fabrin [T. M. C.] & da Graça [W. J.] 2019
Cambeva perobana Martins [I. C.], Reis [R. B. dos], Stabile [B. H. M.] & Graça [W. J. da] 2024 Martins [I. C.], dos Reis [R. B.], Stabile [B. H. M.] & da Graça [W. J.] 2024
Scobinancistrus raonii Chaves [M. S.], Oliveira [R. R.], Gonçalves [A. P.], Sousa [L. M.] & Rapp Py-Daniel [L. H.] 2023 Chaves [M. S.], Oliveira [R. R. de], Gonçalves [A. P.], Sousa [L. M. de] & Rapp Py-Daniel [L. H.] 2023
Corydoras caramater Tencatt [L. F. C.], Couto [O. L. P.], Santos [S. A. dos] & Sousa [L. M.] 2024 Tencatt [L. F. C.], Couto [O. L. P.], Santos [S. A. dos] & Sousa [L. M. de] 2024
Corydoras caramater Tencatt [L. F. C.], Couto [O. L. P.], Santos [S. A. dos] & Sousa [L. M.] 2024 Tencatt [L. F. C.], Couto [O. L. P.], Santos [S. A. dos] & Sousa [L. M. de] 2024

Added Genera

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Added Species

Acrossocheilus dabieensis  Chen [T.-E.] & Zhao [H.-P.] 2025.   East Asia: Huaihe River basin, Dabie Mountains, Henan Province, China.
Barbodes klapanunggalensis  Wibowo [K.], Rahmadi [K.] & Lumbantobing [D. N.] 2025.   Southweast Asia: subterranean cave system, Klapanunggal karst area, West Java Province, Java, Indonesia.
Barbucca heokhuii  Kottelat [M.] 2025.   Southeast Asia: Rungan watershed, Kahayan River drainage, Kalimantan Tengah, Borneo, Indonesia.
Branchiostegus sanae  Huang [H.], Chen [J.], Ke [Z.] & Zhang [C.] 2025.   Western Pacific: northern South China Sea.
Dussumieria apollo  Hata [H.], Lavoué [S.], Appleyard [S. A.] & Pogonoski [J. J.] 2025.   Indo-West Pacific: southern Papua New Guinea and northern Australia, from Western Australia to Queensland.
Epigonus zonatus  Okamoto [M.], Long [D. J.], Claro [R.] & McCosker [J. E.] 2025.   Western Atlantic: Jardines de la Reina, Cuba.
Garra cavernicola  Freyhof [J.] 2025.   Middle East: Al Hoota cave and Hoti Pit (Oman endemic).
Glyptothorax hymavatiae  Tenali [D. R.], Adak [M. C.], Chandran [R.], Singh [R. K.], Sarkar [U. K.] & Banerjee [D.] 2025.   South Asia: Kameng River drainage, Brahmaputra River basin, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Hampala siamensis  Panitvong [N.] & Tan [H. H.] 2025.   Southeast Asia: rivers flowing from the lower Tenasserim mountain range to the Andaman Sea, southern Thailand.
Homatula gelao  Xiao [G.-B.] 2025.   East China: Wujiang River drainage, Yangtze River basin, Guizhou Province, China.
Hypancistrus seideli  Sousa [L. M. de], Sousa [E. B. de], Oliveira [R. R. de], Sabaj Pérez [M. H.], Zuanon [J.] & Rapp Py-Daniel [L.] 2025.   South America: lower Xingu River drainage, Amazon basin, Pará State, Brazil.
Hypancistrus yudja  Sousa [L. M. de], Sousa [E. B. de], Oliveira [R. R. de], Sabaj Pérez [M. H.], Zuanon [J.] & Rapp Py-Daniel [L.] 2025.   South America: Volta Grande do Xingu, Pará State, Brazil.
Hypanus rubioi  Mejía-Falla [P. A.], Navia [A. F.], Cardeñosa [D.] & Tavera [J.] 2025.   Eastern Pacific: coast of Colombia.
Hyphessobrycon ribeiroi  Lima [F. T. C.], Silva-Oliveira [C.], Oliveira [C.] & Faria [T. C.] 2025.   South America: lower rio Tapajós basin to lower rio Negro basin, middle Amazon River basin, Pará, Amazonas and Roraima, Brazil.
Lycenchelys delanglei  Thiel [R.], Knebelsberger [T.], Chernova [N.] & Eidus [I.] 2025.   Northwestern Pacific: Kuril-Kamchatka Trench.
Lycenchelys renatae  Thiel [R.], Knebelsberger [T.], Chernova [N.] & Eidus [I.] 2025.   Northwestern Pacific: Kuril-Kamchatka Trench.
Microsternarchus javieri  Pinilla [C. E.], Cox Fernandes [C.] & Alves-Gomes [J. A.] 2025.   South America: Negro and Branco River basins, Amazonas and Roraima States, Brazil.
Moxostoma ugidatli  Jenkins [R. E.], Favrot [S. D.], Freeman [B. J.], Albanese [B.] & Armbruster [J. W.] 2025.   North America: upper Hiwassee and upper Little Tennessee River drainages, Tennessee River basin, North Carolina and Georgia, U.S.A.
Nothobranchius sylvaticus  Nagy [B.], Bellstedt [D. U.] & Luke [Q.] 2025.   East Central Africa: southeast Kenya.
Opistognathus cryos  Su [Y.] & Ho [H.-C.] 2024.   Western Pacific: Peng-hu Islands, Taiwan; possibly Japan.
Opsarius mujnaiensis  Chowdhury [B. R.], Tudu [A. K.], Rath [S.] & Singh [P.] 2025.   South India: Mujnai River drainage, West Bengal, India.
Oryzias polylepis  Möhring [J.], Mokodongan [D. F.] & Herder [F.] 2025.   Southeast Asia: Lariang River drainage, central Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia.
Osteodiscus lindbergi  Chernova [N. V.] & Thiel [R.] 2025.   Northwestern Pacific: Kuril Basin, southern Sea of Okhotsk.
Protocobitis longibarba  Qin [Z.-X.], Liu [Y.-W.], Zhang [S.-Y.], Shi [J.-S.], Du [L.-N.] & Zhou [J.-J.] 2025.   East Asia: cave system at Yangcun Village, Hongshui River drainage, Guangxi Province, China.
Schizopygopsis chengi duokeheensis  Zhao [K.], Tian [F.], Liu [S.] & Chen [S.] 2025.   East Asia: Duoke River drainage, upper Yangtze River basin, Bama County, Qinghai Province, China [this subspecies].
Sebastapistes monospina  Cabebe-Barnuevo [R.] & Motomura [H.] 2025.   Southwestern Pacific: Lord Howe Island (Australia), Austral Islands (French Polynesia) and Pitcairn Islands.
Sinocyclocheilus xingrenensis  Luo [T.], Xiao [M.-Y.], Zhou [J.-J.], Xiao [N.] & Zhou [J.] 2025.   East Asia: caves in Xingren City, Beipanjiang River basin, Guizhou Province, China.
Tomiyamichthys hyacinthinus  Sato [M. C.] & Motomura [H.] 2025.   Western Pacific: southern Japan.
Yunnanilus triangulus  Liu [M.], Lyu [J.-B.], Du [L.-N.] & Chen [X.-Y.] 2025.   East Asia: Dalongtan Spring, Nanpan River drainage, Yunnan, China.

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