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LATEST UPDATES
1st February 2025: Factsheet of the Month Hoplisoma axelrodi
1st February 2025: A new species of catfish, Pterocryptis vorax (Actinopterygii: Siluridae), from northern Borneo PDF here
19th. January 2025: A new species of the tridentine Rhinotridens from the Amazon basin. Rhinotridens britskii
17th. January 2025: New Hoplisoma species coded. CW212
12th. January 2025: New tribe-level classification of Hypostominae (Loricariidae) based on optimization of morphological states on DNA-based relationships, with descriptions of three new tribes and two new genera (Stellantia and Colossimystax). PDF here
5th. January 2025: New Horabagrus described. Horabagrus obscurus
5th. January 2025: New Hoplisoma species coded. CW211
5th. January 2025: New Brochis species coded. CW210
5th. January 2025: New Aspidoras species coded. CW209
1st January 2025: Factsheet of the Month Bagrus docmak
13th December 2024: Revision of the catfish family Pimelodidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) of Bolivia PDF here
