Fish in the News

Ichthyofauna checklists and rapid assessments serve as important tools for biologists, researchers, conservationists, and governmental bodies/NGOs. They provide critical baselines for the conservation and management of regional fish fauna.

#IchthyofaunaChecklist - Ichthyofaunal diversity of the Canje River (Guyana): A distinctive lowland fauna between the Berbice and Corentyne Rivers, supported by a DNA barcode repository. 🔒 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jf…

The Hawaii Department of Land & Natural Resources is poised to open limited areas with enhanced rules to further manage the sustainable aquarium fishery. Support Hawaii fishers by taking action below today. Your voice is valuable. 🔗supporthawaiifishers.com youtu.be/50L6JcMOVLQ

Our paper on fish sensitivity to the gaze of human divers has been published in Royal Society Open Science. doi.org/10.1098/rsos.2… #cichlid #Tanganyika #fish #cognition #OMU #大阪公立大学 #京都大学

An amazing summary of electric fish diversity, showing species with marine and freshwater habitats, strong and weak electric discharges, South American and African distributions, pulse and wave type discharges, and the anatomical location of the electric organs. A masterwork.

A new study shows that watching a lifetime in motion reveals the architecture of ageing. Researchers tracking the entire life of the turquoise killifish have discovered that behaviour alone can predict whether an animal will live a long or short life. 🔒 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

New study - Researchers present in this fascinating paper: a new, isolated population of carp gudgeon (𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑜𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑠) from Karijini National Park, Western Australia. 🔓 rswa.scholasticahq.com/article/157751…

#NewSpeciesAlert - 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖, a new species of gastromyzontid loach, is described from the Jiulongjiang River, southeastern China. 🔓 zookeys.pensoft.net/article/184335/

At 26.4 mm maximum standard length, the new genus and species is also the first miniature Stegophilinae. The scarcity and highly restricted distribution of the new species within the Magdalena basin has led to its evaluation as Critically Endangered.

#NewSpeciesAlert - 𝐴𝑟ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑠, a new species & genus of specialised scale-eating candiru catfish, is described, the first Stegophilinae from west of the Andes, from the upper Cauca River drainage, Colombia. #NewGenusAlert 🔓 academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/art…

The authors in this paper also provide a brief discussion on the recent taxonomic reconfiguration of 𝐻𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑠.

#NewSpeciesAlert - 𝐻𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑢𝑙, a new species of tetra (Acestrorhamphidae), is described from the rio Cuiabazinho within the SESC Serra Azul Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil. 🔓 scielo.br/j/ni/a/fVCzC44…

New study - Distinct evolutionary lineages of 𝐻𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑎𝑒 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) due to dispersal barriers - revealing three distinct lineages. 🔓 lillo.org.ar/journals/index…

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The Biota Groups original statement - facebook.com/biotaaquariums…

An excellent post on The Biota Groups recent "Statement", market manipulation dressed up as conservation indeed! reefbuilders.com/2026/03/13/mar…

#NewSpeciesAlert - 𝑀𝑦𝑥𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑑, a new species of five-gilled hagfish, named in honour of the rock band, Pink Floyd, is described the continental slope, off the states of Paraná & Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, at depths between 460 & 750m. 🔒 academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/art…

And, yes there are righteye flounders (Pleuronectidae) or dabs as they sometimes are known!

#NewSpeciesAlert - 𝐶𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑟ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑢𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠, a new species of lefteye flounder (Bothidae), is described from the Penghu Islands, western Taiwan, in the western Pacific Ocean. #FlatFishFriday 🔓 zookeys.pensoft.net/article/167628/

#NewSpeciesAlert - 𝐴𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑦𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑠 𝑣𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑣𝑦, a new species of amblycipitid catfish, is described from the northern part of the Western Ghats, a biodiversity hotspot in India. 🔒 mapress.com/zt/article/vie…