More News 2025 – authors in alphabetical order
[Focus on fish systematic, phylogeny, synonymy and genetics]

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• Bernt, M.J., Liyandja, T.L.D. & Stiassny, M.L.J. 2026. Phylogenomics of the airbreathing catfishes (Siluriformes: Clariidae).
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 220: 108612.

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• Ciccotto, P.J. 2026. Redescription of Altigena sinkleri (Cyprinidae: Labeoninae) from Thailand.
  • Zootaxa, 5777 (1): 184–188.

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• Dhaneesh, K.V., Kumar, A.B. & Aneesh, P.T. 2026. New distribution records and molecular characterization of six commercially important groupers (Teleostei: Perciformes: Epinephelidae) from the Lakshadweep Islands, India.
  • Zootaxa, 5799 (2): 338–348.

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• Kodeeswaran, P., Huang, J.-F. & Kumar, T.T.A. 2026. Identity and redescription of Congromuraena musteliceps Alcock, 1894 (Anguilliformes: Congridae).
  • Zootaxa, 5802 (1): 174–186.

 
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• Lin, B.-A., Seah, Y.G., Liu, M., Hew, S., Janekitkarn, S., Sirisuay, S., Vilasri, V., Vidthayanon, C., Grudpan, C., Chang, C.-W., Lin, C.-H., Seymour, M. & Chao, N.L. 2026. A revision of the genus Boesemania (Acanthuriformes: Sciaenidae), with clarification of the taxonomic status of Bahaba polykladiskos (Bleeker, 1852), and comments on its conservation.
  • Zootaxa, 5759 (1): 41–63.

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• Panzeri, K.M., Andrelino, H.L., Bogan, S., O’Gorman, J.P., Agnolín, F., Sidlauskas, B.L., Vega, N., Martinelli, A.G. & Birindelli, J.L. 2026. MicroCT reinvestigation of the only articulated fossil anostomid fish reveals synonymy of Arhinolemur Ameghino, 1898 and Megaleporinus Ramirez et al., 2017.
  • The Anatomical Record, 2026: [1-27].

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• Thoni, R.J. 2026. On the validity of Placogobio varidiscus (Thoni & Arrindell, 2025).
  • Zootaxa, 5799 (2): 399–400.

[Focus on fish systematic, phylogeny, synonymy and genetics]

• Lin, B.-A., Seah, Y.G., Liu, M., Hew, S., Janekitkarn, S., Sirisuay, S., Vilasri, V., Vidthayanon, C., Grudpan, C., Chang, C.-W., Lin, C.-H., Seymour, M. & Chao, N.L. 2026. A revision of the genus Boesemania (Acanthuriformes: Sciaenidae), with clarification of the taxonomic status of Bahaba polykladiskos (Bleeker, 1852), and comments on its conservation. 
  • Zootaxa, 5759 (1): 41–63.

• Kodeeswaran, P., Huang, J.-F. & Kumar, T.T.A. 2026. Identity and redescription of Congromuraena musteliceps Alcock, 1894 (Anguilliformes: Congridae).
  • Zootaxa, 5802 (1): 174–186.

• Thoni, R.J. 2026. On the validity of Placogobio varidiscus (Thoni & Arrindell, 2025).
  • Zootaxa, 5799 (2): 399–400.

• Dhaneesh, K.V., Kumar, A.B. & Aneesh, P.T. 2026. New distribution records and molecular characterization of six commercially important groupers (Teleostei: Perciformes: Epinephelidae) from the Lakshadweep Islands, India.
  • Zootaxa, 5799 (2): 338–348.

• Ciccotto, P.J. 2026. Redescription of Altigena sinkleri (Cyprinidae: Labeoninae) from Thailand.
  • Zootaxa, 5777 (1): 184–188.

• Bernt, M.J., Liyandja, T.L.D. & Stiassny, M.L.J. 2026. Phylogenomics of the airbreathing catfishes (Siluriformes: Clariidae).
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 220: 108612.

• Panzeri, K.M., Andrelino, H.L., Bogan, S., O’Gorman, J.P., Agnolín, F., Sidlauskas, B.L., Vega, N., Martinelli, A.G. & Birindelli, J.L. 2026. MicroCT reinvestigation of the only articulated fossil anostomid fish reveals synonymy of Arhinolemur Ameghino, 1898 and Megaleporinus Ramirez et al., 2017.
  • The Anatomical Record, 2026: [1-27].

2025 latest news (December)

• Gurumayum, S.D. & Tamang. L. 2025. Taxonomic Description of Paracanthocobitis mackenziei (Chaudhuri 1913), a River Loach (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) and its Range Extension in the Upper Brahmaputra River Drainage in Arunachal Pradesh, India.
  • Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 125 (4): 381–385.

• Rahman, M.M., Ahmed, K.A., Begum, R.A. & Alam, M.S. 2026. Spatial Genetic Structuring and Divergence in Labeo rohita Across South Asian Rivers: Insights for Conservation Management.
  • Aquaculture Reports, 46: 103280. 

• Gon, O., Maclaine, J. & Delling, B. 2025. Finding of two missing syntypes of the Antarctic fish species Trematomus loennbergii (Perciformes, Nototheniidae) with designation of a lectotype.
  • Antarctic Science, 1-7.

• Bohlen, J., Dvořák, T. & Šlechtová, V. 2025. First Evidence of Secondary Sexual Dimorphism in the Freshwater Fish Family Botiidae: A Newly Recognised Synapomorphy of Loaches (Cypriniformes: Cobitoidea).
  • Fishes, 10 (12): 648.

• Cao, Y., Zhao, J., Yang, Y., Liu, L., Dong, X., Li, H., Liu, Q. & Zhu, G. 2025. Genetic diversity and population structure of Pseudobagrus ussuriensis (Bagridae, Siluriformes, Actinopterygii, Osteichthyes) revealed by integrative analysis of mitochondrial genes and GBS-derived SNPs.
  • BMC Genomics, 2025: 12339.

• Melo, B.F., Liyandja, T.L.D., Dillman, C.B. & Stiassny, M.L.J. 2025. Pleistocene Transitions From the Proto-Congo to Adjacent Rivers Uncovered by Phylogenetics and Biogeography of Bryconaethiops (Teleostei: Alestidae).
  • Journal of Biogeography, e70118. First published:: 13. Dezember 2025.

• Stokes, M.F., Harrington, R.C., Kim, D., Westhoff, J.T., Berkman, L.K., Taylor, A., Quinn, J.W. & Near, T.J. 2025. The role of ecology in allopatric speciation of darters in the Central Highlands, USA.
  • Evolution, 2025: qpaf249.

• Haerter, C.A.G., de Jesus, L.M., Rabelo, K.Z., Antoniazzi, G.J., Perin, D.P., Margarido, V.P., Traldi, J.B., Lui, R.L. & Feldberg, E. 2025. Chromosomal evolution and taxonomic insights into Tatia and Centromochlus species (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae).
  • Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 36 (21): . Published: 12 December 2025.

• Ariosa-Fontana, S. & Ríos, N. 2025. Rhamdia quelen (Heptapteridae: Siluriformes) mitogenome evolution.
  • Environmental Biology of Fishes, 109 (18): . Published: 09 December 2025.

• Wei, J., Jhuang, W.-C., Li, F., Koyama, A., Kano, Y., Liu, J., Xu, K. & Liao, T.-Y. 2025. Multilocus molecular phylogeny brings insight into systematics and evolution of genus Tridentiger (Teleostei: Gobiiformes).
  • Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 2025: 9987020.

• Matsumoto, T., Matsuura, K. & Hanzawa, N. 2025. Redescription of the Chinese ninespine stickleback, Pungitius sinensis (Guichenot 1869) (Gasterosteiformes, Gasterosteidae).
  • Zootaxa, 5728 (1): 144-162.

• Thomas, T., Abdussamad, E.M. & Sijad, B. 2025. Integrative taxonomy of the genus Hemiramphus (Hemiramphidae) from the Indian coast: resolving misidentifications with morphological and molecular evidence.
  • Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 41 (247): .

• Levin, B., Simonov, E., Šanda, R., Vukić, J., Zogaris, S., Bolotovskiy, A., Levina, M., Mugue, N., Mustafayev, N. & Merilä, J. 2025. Genomic insights into diversity, phylogeny, hybridization and evolutionary history of Palearctic fish genus Rutilus (Leuciscidae).
  • Diversity and Distributions, 31: e70124.

• Melo, R.C.S., Farias, M.C.L., Pontes, A.I., Domingos, L., Kelly, M. & Jacobina, U.P. 2025. Phylogenetic and ecological processes shape genome size variation in the order Characiformes.
  • Environmental Biology of Fishes, 109 (11). Published: 04 December 2025.

• Reis, R.B., Martins, I.C., Stabile, B.H.M., Ferrer, J., Oliveira, A.V., McMahan, C.D. & Graça, W.J. 2025. Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Conservation of an Endangered Freshwater Fish Species from Southeastern Brazil: Revisiting Historical Descriptions Using Integrative Approaches.
  • Ichthyology & Herpetology, 113 (4): 647-666.

• Briñoccoli, Y.F., Bogan, S., Paracampo, A. & Cardoso, Y.P. 2025. The Influence of Basin Fragmentation on the Genetic Structure of Neotropical Fishes.
  • Journal of Biogeography, e70092. First published: 14 November 2025.

• Hoelzel, A.R., Garza, J.C., Clemento, A., Gkafas, G.A., Steeds, N., Gaither, M., Peachment, H., Regnier, T. & Gibb, F. 2025. Balancing selection maintains intraspecific diversity in a deep-sea fish.
  • Heredity, Published: 27 November 2025.

• Allen, J.G., Tagliacollo, V.A. & Albert, J.S. 2025. Riverscape dynamics and habitat utilization structure evolutionary diversification in a clade of Amazonian electric fishes.
  • Scientific Reports, 15 (42450)

• Schroth-Sanchez, N.D., Stokes, M.F. & Arbour, J.H. 2025. The evolution of darter color and pattern: small, rocky streams and riffles enhance the diversification of bright and conspicuous fishes.
  • Evolution, qpaf242. Published: 26 November 2025.

• Roberts, H.C., Bean, P.T., Keith, K.D., Conway, K.W. & Perkin, J.S. 2025. The Carpiodes Conundrum: Molecular Hypothesis Testing Informs Conservation Applications for Carpsuckers (Catostomidae: Carpiodes) in Texas and Beyond.
  • Ecology and Evolution, 15 (11): e72543.

• Timm, L.E., Almgren, S.A., López, J.A. & Glass, J.R. 2025. Biogeographic Structure and Mitonuclear Discordance Reveal Cryptic Diversity in Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii).
  • Ecology and Evolution, 15 (11): e72452.

• Lenglin, A., Hidalgo, M., Miranda, G., De la Sota, A., Caminade, P., Belkhir, K., Otero, O., Antoine, P.-O., Garcia-Davila, C. & Hubert, N. 2025. Early Biogeography of Otophysi Points to the Neotropics as the Cradle of Characiphysan Fishes.
  • Ecology and Evolution, 15 (11): e72431.

• Chen, Y., Deng, G., Le, Z. & Fu, C. 2025. Mountains, Lakes, and Ancient Drainage Networks Sculpt the Phylogeographic Architecture of the Stream Headwater Fish Acrossocheilus kreyenbergii in China.
  • Genes, 16 (12): 1393.

2025 latest news (November)

• Kim, M.-S., Kim, P., Sin, S.Y., Kim, J.-W., Park, C.-W., Yoo, S.-H. & Kim, J.-G. 2025. Complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of Luciogobius parvulus (Synder, 1909) (Teleostei, Gobiidae) from Korea.
  • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 10:12, 1180-1184.

• Rocha, M.S., Lundberg, J.G., Pompeu, P.S. & Alves, C.B.M. 2025. Redescriptions of two little-known pimelodid catfishes from the São Francisco River basin, Brazil: Duopalatinus emarginatus and Bagropsis reinhardti (Teleostei: Siluriformes).
  • Neotropical Ichthyology, 23 (3): e250063. 

• Drawert, H.A. & Litz, T.O. 2025. Rediscovery of a thought to be extinct beauty: a second chance for conservation.
  • Nature Conservation, 60: 115–124. 

• Fainburg, L.A., Sabadin, D.E. & Iriarte, P.F. 2025. Preliminary evidence of the demographic history of Xystreurys rasilis (Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyidae) in the southwestern Atlantic as inferred from mtDNA.
  • Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS), 39 (1): 1-8.

• Sudasinghe, H., Wijesooriya, K., Ranasinghe, T., Pethiyagoda, R. & Meegaskumbura 2025. The diversification of the loach genus Schistura McClelland, 1838 (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae) in Sri Lanka.
  • Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101 (4): 2133-2159.

• Ahnelt, H., Engelberger, S. & Bogutskaya, N. 2025. Rediscovery of lost syntypes of the Crimean shemaya Alburnus mentoides Kessler, 1859 (Teleostei, Leuciscidae) and designation of a lectotype.
  • Annals of the Natural History Museum Vienna, 126: 27-40.

• Méttola, V.E., Terán, G.E., Aguilera, G., Montes, M.M., Shimabukuro, M.I., Alonso, F. & Mirande, J.M. 2025. Integrative study of Characidium borellii (Characiformes: Crenuchidae): phylogenetic relationships and geographic distribution.
  • Neotropical Ichthyology, 23 (3): e250022.

• Tencatt, L.F.C., Dias, A.C., Grant, S., Santos, S.A., Carvalho, V., Silva, G.S.C., Roxo, F.F., Britto, M.R., Taylor, M.I. & Oliveira, C. 2025. Another piece to the Hoplisoma paleatum puzzle, with a discussion on the monophyly of Hoplisoma.
  • Neotropical Ichthyology, 23 (3): e250048.

• Song, Y., Yuan, Z., Fang, C., Zhang, S., Yang, L., Hu, M., Seim, I., Liu, S., Tian, X., Wang, C., Zhang, Y., Pan, Z., Qu, Q., Liu, H., Li, Y., Pan, L., Zhu, C., Yang, H., Chen, X., Zhang, M., Hou, G., Liu, M., Wang, J., Liu, Q., Gan, X., Zeng, H., Xu, W., Feng, C., Wang, M., Zhou, Z., He, S., Liu, C., Yu, M., Li, H., Liang, J., Zhang, H., Li, Y., Lee, S. M., Sun, Y., Qiu, Q., Liu, X., Kristiansen, K., Wang, W., Wang, J., Zhu, M., Yang, H., Chen, S., Gui, J., Chen, Y., Zhang, G., Xu, X., Wang, K., Fan, G., He, S. 2025. A genomic compendium of hundreds of teleost fishes reveals their evolutionary landscape.
  • The Innovation, Journal Pre-proof, Online 04.11.2025.

• Yamaguchi, R., Senou, H. & Endo, H. 2025. Rediscovery and comments on validity of Pseudoblennius totomius Jordan & Starks, 1904 (Teleostei: Cottidae).
  • Biogeography, 28: 18-27.

2025 latest news (October)

• Chen, X., Su, S., Zhang, X., Van der Laan, R. & Zhang, E 2025. Types matter: taxonomic status of Chanodichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1871) (Cypriniformes, Xenocyprididae) and some relevant species of East Asia.
  • ZooKeys, 1257: 285-303.

• Sun, C.-H., Li, X.-R., Zhan, Y.-J. & Lu, C.-H. 2025. Characterization of the complete mitogenomes of Synodontis decorus and Synodontis petricola (Teleostei: Mochokidae) with a phylogenetic analysis of the Mochokidae family.
  • Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 300: 101.

• Bragança, P.H.N. & Skelton, P.H. 2025. On the validity and distribution of Hemichromis angolensis (Cichliformes: Cichlidae).
  • Hydrobiologia, Published: 24 October 2025.

• Moraes, R.L.R., Souza, F.H.S., Deon, G.A., Marinho, M.M.F., Cioffi, M.B. & Sassi, F.M.C. 2025. A new karyotype and a molecular phylogeny of Lebiasinidae (Teleostei: Characiformes) shed light on the chromosomal evolution of the family.
  • Neotropical Ichthyology, 23 (3): e250029.

• Troyer, E.M., White, W.T., Betancur-R, R. & Arcila, D. 2025. Parallel shifts in differential gene expression reveal convergent miniaturization in fishes.
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122 (43): e2512299122.

• Santos, E.C., Friedman, S.T. & Martinez, C.M. 2025. Distinct evolutionary signatures underlie body shape diversity across deep sea habitats.
  • Evolution, qpaf207, Published: 13 October 2025.

• Hata, H., Lavoué, S. & Sallan, L. 2025. Redescriptions of Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) and Ilisha brachysoma (Bleeker, 1852), two valid species of ilishas (Clupeiformes: Pristigasteridae).
  • Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 73: 520–539.

• Dutta, S., Pillai, H.U., Das, S. & Ojha, S. 2025. Unusual pigmentation and morphological variations in four flatfish species (Order: Pleuronectiformes) from Indian waters.
  • Zootaxa, 5706 (3): 439–447.

• Behrens, K.A., Zhao, Z., Kidd, M.T., Maluwa, A., Cnaani, A., Koblmüller, S. & Kocher, T.D. 2025. Before the East African radiation: sex chromosome systems in basal haplotilapiine cichlids.
  • Genome Biology and Evolution: evaf191, Published: 09 October 2025.

• Wood, J.E., Taylor, A., Kim, D., Stokes, M.F. & Near, T.J. 2025. Pleistocene speciation and glacial refugia in the Gilt Darter (Percidae: Percina evides) species complex.
  • Evolution: qpaf204. Published: 09 October 2025.

• Malcher, G., Oliveira, T., Ferreira, P.R., Melo, L., Mendonça, P., Dominguez-Dominguez, O., Angulo, A., Ornelas-García, C.P., Rodiles-Hernández, R., Rêgo, P.S., Araripe, J. 2025. Evolutionary history of the snooks: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the genus Centropomus.
  • PLoS One, 20 (10): e0332412.

• Ito, T., Matsui, S., Hirashima, K. & Inui, R. 2025. Is Luciogobius dormitoris (Perciformes: Gobiidae) a valid species? Comparative morphology of two subterranean species of the genus Luciogobius.
  • Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, Available online 30 September 2025; In Press, Journal Pre-proof.

• Zamroni, A., Taufik, M., Ernawati, T., Nurdin, E., Lestari, P. & Fauzi, M. 2025. Divergent genetic diversity reveals contrasting demographic histories in two commercially important snappers.
  • Ecological Genetics and Genomics, 37: 100414.

• Muto, N., Su, Y.-C., Hata, H., Quan, N.V., Vilasri, V., Ghaffar, M.A. & Babaran, R.P. 2025. Homoploid Hybrid Speciation in a Marine Pelagic Fish.
  • Molecular Ecology. First published: 19 September 2025.

• Zarei, F., Mathebula, X. & Chakona, A. 2025. The Doring River population of Pseudobarbus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) does not merit formal description.
  • Zootaxa, 5701 (5): 547–562.

• Fontes, J.T., Mokhtar-Jamaï, K., Nchioua, Z., Durand, J.-D., Landi, M., Meira, J., Machado, L., Baali, A., Sobrino, I., Barri, I., Kouamé, E., Adepo-Gourène, B.A., Diop, M., Kidé, N.G., Wehye, A.S., Sohou, Z., Carneiro, M., Martins, R., Soares, P. & Costa, F.O. 2025. Phylogeography of the widely distributed John Dory (Zeus faber, Actinopterygii: Zeiformes) reaffirms the prevalence of atleast two deeply divergent clades.
  • Journal of Fish Biology, Version of Record online: 06 October 2025.

• Santana Santos, Y. & Marinho, M.M.F. 2025. Ossification of the cranium of Inpaichthys kerri (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) with discussion of paedomorphic traits in the genus.
  • Journal of Anatomy, First published: 30 September 2025.

• Suchánek, T., Huysseune, A. & Cerny, R. 2025. The dental plate on bichir pectoral fins: A unique dermal skeletal element bearing individual odontodes with tooth-like replacement.
  • Journal of Anatomy, First published: 29 September 2025.

• Neves, M.P., Chan, H., Santos, E.C.H. & Evans, K.M. 2025. Cranial modularity drives phenotypic diversification and adaptive radiation of Antarctic icefishes.
  • PNAS, 122 (40): e2503283122.

• Maroni, P.J., Weston, J.N.J., Kitazato, H. & Jamieson, A.J. 2025. Hadal Snailfishes (Teleostei: Liparidae) Extend Across Multiple Trenches: Molecular Insights and Implications for Taxonomic Nomenclature.
  • Ecology and Evolution, First published: 29 September 2025.

2025 latest news (September)

• Nguyen, T.H.D., Budi, T., Pongsanarm, T., Panthum, T., Singchat, W., Muangmai, N., Chaiyes, A., Suksavate, W., Dokkaew, S., Griffin, D.K., Duengkae, P. & Srikulnath, K. 2025. Saving the Mahachai Betta: Genetic Erosion and Conservation Priorities Under Urbanization Pressure.
  • Animals, 15 (19): 2820.

• Yang, T., Sun, Y. & Xiao, P. 2025. Genome-Wide Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Sillago sinica (Perciformes, Sillaginidae) from the Coastal Waters of China: Implications for Phylogeographic Pattern and Fishery Management.
  • Biology, 14 (10): 1329.

• Montero-Mendieta, S., Wang, Y., Wang, C., Meng, F., Zhao, Y., Li, X. & Guo, B. 2025. Doubled Genomes, Divergent Fates: Genomic Insights Into Diversification in an Allotetraploid Cavefish.
  • Molecular Ecology, First published: 25 September 2025.

• Azevedo-Santos, V.M., Souto-Santos, I.C.A., Baskin, J.N., Deprá, G.C. & Katz, A.M. 2025. On the type material of two Heptapteridae species (Siluriformes) originally deposited in a deactivated collection in Brazil.
  • • Zootaxa, 5696 (1): 133–141.

• Watanabe, K., Ikeuchi, K., Miuchi, Y., Sakai, H. & Iwata, A. 2025. The genetic distinctiveness of Lethenteron satoi (Petromyzontidae) confirmed by nuclear SNP markers.
  • Ichthyological Research , Published: 23 September 2025.

• Nagae, K., Kurita, Y., Ando, D. & Onikura, N. 2025. Population structure of Cobitis striata complex (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae) based on the mitochondrial DNA in Northern Kyushu, Japan.
  • Ichthyological Research, Published: 22 September 2025.

• Bustamante, C., Vargas-Caro, C., Indurain, M.J. & Silva, G. 2025. Integrating Egg Case Morphology and DNA Barcoding to Discriminate South American Catsharks, Schroederichthys bivius and S. chilensis (Carcharhiniformes: Atelomycteridae).
  • Diversity, 17 (9): 651. 

• Mukherjee. S., Singh, P., Khynriam, D. & Kosygin, L. 2025. Fishes of the Genus Badis Bleeker, 1853 in India with a Note on the Validity of Badis triocellus Khynriam & Sen, 2013.
  • Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 125 (2S): 313-318.

• Damadi, E., Moghaddam, F.Y. & Ghanbarifardi, M. 2025. Molecular systematics of the emperor fishes (Teleostei: Lethrinidae) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman: new insights into cryptic diversity.
  • Regional Studies in Marine Science, 104492. Available online 12 September 2025, In Press, Journal Pre-proof. 

• Nemeczek, C.M., Delgado, M.L., Smith, M.E., MacMillan, J., Van Wyngaarden, M. & Ruzzante, D.E. 2025. The Potential Role of Haploblocks in the Persistence of Small, Isolated Populations of Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis).
  • Ecology and Evolution, First published: 15 September 2025.

• Maciel, L.A.M., Noronha, R.C.R., Almeida, B.R.R., Cavalcante, M.G., Nagamachi, C.Y., Pieczarka, J.C. & Rodrigues, L.R.R. 2025. New insights into the putative XX/XY sex chromosomal system in blue-eyed red-fin pleco Hypostomus soniae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae).
  • Journal of Fish Biology, First published: 13 September 2025.

• Ferreira, K.M. & Lima, F.C.T. 2025. Bryconamericus macrophthalmus Román-Valencia, 2003, a senior synonym of Knodus tiquiensis Ferreira & Lima, 2006 (Characiformes: Stevardiidae), and its reassignment to the  genus Knodus Eigenmann, 1918.
  • Zootaxa, 5692 (3): 585-593.

• Mezhzherin, S.V. & Tsyba, A.O. 2025. Genomic structure and diversity of European polyploid spined loaches (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae) in a situation of genetic instability.
  • Journal of Fish Biology, First published: 12 September 2025.

• Bragança, P.H.N., Henschel, E., Bills, R., Tweddle, D., Kadye, W.T. & Chakona, A. 2025. New Insights Into the Southern African Sand-Catlets Genus Zaireichthys (Amphiliidae: Leptoglanidinae). Chapter 17 in:
  • Arratia, G. & Reis, R.E. 2025. (Eds). Catfishes, a Highly Diversified Group, Volume 2: Evolution and Phylogeny. CRC Press, Boca Raton.

• Sherlock, M.B., Phelps, E., Tong, K.Y., Bodenham, E.H., Shechonge, A.H., Ford, A.G.P., Turner, G.F., Genner, M.J. & Day, J.J. 2025. Genomic Data Reveals Cryptic Diversity in the Soda Lake Cichlid Oreochromis amphimelas.
  • Ecology and Evolution, First published: 11 September 2025.

• Saveliev, P.A. 2025. Redescription of Cottus volki (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae), with remarks on its intraspecific variation and dispersal.
  • Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, IEF-1202: [1-21].

• Radchenko, O.A., Petrovskaya, A.V. & Moreva, I.N. 2025. Differentiation and Relationships of the Family Hemitripteridae according to DNA Variability Data.
  • Journal of Ichthyology, 65 (4): 654–668.

• Longo, G.C., D′Amelio, K., Larson, W., Enciso-Enciso, C., Torre, J., Minich, J.J., Michael, T.P., Craig, M.T. 2025. Population Genomics Reveals Panmixia in Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax) of the North Pacific.
  • Evolutionary Applications, First published: 04 September 2025.

• Rocha, M.S.P., Costa, G.W.W.F., Cioffi, M.B., Bertollo, L.A.C., Oliveira, V.C.S., Amorim, K.D.J. & Molina, W.F. 2025. Karyoevolutionary processes in Atlantic damselfishes of the genus Stegastes (Pomacentridae).
  • Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 2025: eISSN: 1424-859X.

• Silva, D.Z.P., Ottoni, F.P., Queiroz, C.C.S. & Bragança, P.H.N. 2025. A big task for a miniature species: understanding Fluviphylax simplex (Cyprinodontiformes: Fluviphylacidae) distribution.
  • Neotropical Ichthyology, 23 (3): e250067.

• Kottelat, M. & Freyhof, J. 2025. Huso Lovetzky, 1834, a junior synonym of Sterletus Rafinesque, 1820, and comments on some other generic names for sturgeons (Chondrostei: Acipenseridae).
  • Zootaxa, 5689 (3): 538-548.

• Albano, M., Giosa, D., Oliveira Fernandes, J.M., Savoca, S., Bonomo, A., Giuffrè, L., Tripathy, P.S., Romeo, O., Spanò, N. & Capillo, G. 2025. The first complete mitochondrial genome of Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1819) sheds new light on its phylogenetic position and molecular evolution.
  • BMC Zoology, Published: 29 August 2025.

• Charmpila, E.A., Šanda, R., Buj, I., Doadrio, I., Perea, S., Shumka, S. & Vukić, J. 2025. Insight into phylogeny of Alburnus (Cypriniformes: Leuciscidae) with zooming in on Peri-Adriatic region.
  • Hydrobiologia, Published: 28 August 2025.

• Yusri, N.L.B.K., Jamaluddin, J.A.F., Muhammad-Rasul, A.H., Ilham-Norhakim, M.L., Ratmuangkhwang, S. & Lavoué, S. 2025. Molecular taxonomy of bumblebee gobies (Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae: Brachygobius) in Peninsular Malaysia.
  • Zoologischer Anzeiger, Available online 26 August 2025. In Press, Journal Pre-proof.

• Hammer, M.P., Morgan, D., Beatty, S., Allen, M., Unmack, P., Buckley, S., Beheregaray, L., Murphy, J. & Adams, M. 2025. Species delineation, phylogeography, and conservation of temperate perches (Actinopterygii: Percichthyidae) from an endemism and climate change hotspot.
  • Marine & Freshwater Research, MF24257. Accepted 23 August 2025.

• Canitz, J., Kirschbaum, F., Vendrami, D.L.J., Mamonekene, V. & Tiedemann, R. 2025. Phylogenetic reconstruction of African weakly electric fish (Campylomormyrus spp.) is suggestive of ancient introgression events.
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 108452. Available online 25 August 2025, In Press, Journal Pre-proof.

2025 latest news (August)

• Prakash, A.P., Raghavan, R., Britz, R. & Ali, A. 2025. The identity of Pristolepis malabarica (Günther 1864) and Pristolepis procerus Plamoottil 2017, its junior synonym (Anabantiformes: Pristolepididae).
  • Zootaxa, 5686 (3): 438–446.

• Liu, C.-X., Xu, Y.-Y., Zeng, Y.-Y., Oo, T.N. & Chen, X.-Y. 2025. Forgotten for Decades: Revalidation and Redescription of Raiamas harmandi (Sauvage, 1880) (Cypriniformes: Danionidae) from the Mekong River Basin.
  • Taxonomy, 5 (3): 42.

• Su, C., Tan, C., Zhao, L., Liu, J., Guo, X., Yao, G., Zhang, W. & Yang, T. 2025. The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Liobagrus huaiheensis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae): Characterization, Phylogenetic Placement, and Insights into Genetic Diversity.
  • Genes, 16 (8): 977.

• Nguyen, T., Bui, V.L., Hoang, L.T.L., Tran, T.K.A., Nguyen, X.H. & Tran, V.G. 2025. Uncovering the genetic structure and evolutionary history of Acanthopagrus latus (Actinopterygii, Sparidae) using mitochondrial DNA and multivariate analyses: A case study of coastal populations in Central Vietnam.
  • Biodiversity Data Journal, 13: e164274.

• MacLeod, L.M.F., Galbraith, J.K., Girard, M.G. & Bemis, K.E. 2025. Redescription of the Deepwater Freckled Stargazer, Xenocephalus egregius (Uranoscopidae).
  • Ichthyology & Herpetology; 113 (3): 433-444. 

• Bañón, R., Baldó, F., Arronte, J.C., Carlos, A., Barreiro-Vázquez, J.-D., Comesaña,Á.S. & Barros-García, D. 2025. Integrative taxonomy suggests hidden diversity within the fish genus Cyttopsis (Zeiformes, Parazenidae).
  • Journal of Fish Biology, First published: 19 August 2025.

• Toy, J.A., Oulès, A., Longo, G., Shaffer, H.B. & Bernardi, G. 2025. Population Genomics, Local Adaptation and Cryptic Speciation in a Temperate Reef Fish, the Black Surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, Using Genome-Wide Resequencing.
  • Molecular Ecology, e70073. First published: 11 August 2025.

• Vance, G., Kirschner, D., Willett, S.D. & Pellissier, L. 2025. Drainage Reorganization and Intraspecific Genetic Diversity of Riverine Fish in the Ligurian Alps and Northern Apennines.
  • JGR Earth Surface, 130 (8): e2024JF008028.

• Izaki, A.F., Aini, S., Putra, A., Kang, H.-E., Kim, A.R., Lee, S.R., Mulyono, M., Amin, M.H.F., Kim, H.-W. & Kundu, S. 2025. Mitogenomic Profiling of Cyclocheilichthys repasson (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) and Its Phylogenetic Placement Within the Clade “Poropuntiinae”.
  • Ecology and Evolution, 15: e71990.

• Gresham, J.D., Clark, A., Keck, C.M.T., Longmire, A.E., Nelson, A.E., Quertermous, H., White, A.B. & Earley, R. 2025. Variation in self-compatibility among genotypes and across ontogeny in a self-fertilizing vertebrate, Kryptolebias marmoratus.
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences, Published:13 August 2025.

• Huber, J.H. 2025. Comments on the identity of the common type locality of Austrofundulus transilis and Pterolebias zonatus Myers.
  • Killi-Data Series, 2025: 4-9.

• Vasil’eva, E.D., Vasil’ev, V.P., Borovikova, E.A., Levina, M.A. & Levin, B.A. 2025. Species Diversity, Diagnostic Characters, and Distribution of Tubenose Gobies of the Genus Proterorhinus (Gobiidae): What are P. semipellucidus and P. nasalis?
  • Journal of Ichthyology, 65 (3): 405-418.

• Awhida-Robinson, A.K., Torres-Hernández, E., Pérez-Rodríguez, R., Piñeros, V.J., Solís-Guzmán, M.G., Angulo, A., Simões, N., Lasso-Alcalá, O.M., Monroy, M. & Domínguez-Domínguez, O. 2025. Influence of the Great Amazon Reef System and Pleistocene sea-level drops on the phylogeography of Haemulon aurolineatum (Haemulidae).
  • PeerJ, 13: e19415.

• Laskar, B.A., Mahadani, P., Alessa, A.H., Mitra, P., Sidhu, A.K., Ghosh, S.K., Kundu, S. & Trivedi, S. 2025. Mitochondrial genome sequence of the Dark Mahseer (Naziritor chelynoides) supports its phylogenetic position within the subfamily Torinae and population structure across the Ganges River basin.
  • Biologia, Published: 11 August 2025.

• An, L., Meng, Q., Dong, X., Zhu, S., Wang, C., Xu, X., Feng, X., Liu, Y., Yan, J. & Zhang, L. 2025. Unravelling the genetic landscape of Channa argus in Shandong Province: Insights into population differentiation, adaptation and conservation from whole-genome resequencing.
  • Journal of Fish Biology, First published: 12 August 2025.

• Raghavan, R., Sundar, R.L., Arjun, C.P., Sidharthan, A., Dharmarajan, N.P., Kumar, A.B., Philip, S., Ali, A., Paingankar, M.S., Rodrigues, G.T., Britz, R. & Dahanukar, N. 2025. Phreatic mysteries: Diversity and distribution of fossorial and aquifer-dwelling synbranchid eels of southern peninsular India, and implications for conservation (Pisces: Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae).
  • Vertebrate Zoology, 75: 245-258. 

• Zelenina, D.A., Soshnina, V.A., Gordeev, I.I., Alekseev, M.M., Zadelenov, V.A. & Mugue, N.S. 2025. The Splendour and Misery of European Pink Salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha: Abundant Odd Lineage vs. Depressed Even Lineage — Insights from cytb Gene Analysis.
  • Diversity, 17 (8), 563.

• Liyandja, T.L.D., Smith, B.T., Alter, S.E., Sidlauskas, B.L. & Stiassny, M.L.J. 2025. Phylogenomics of African Labeo (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) emphasizing central African species.
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 108427. Available online 5 August 2025, In Press, Journal Pre-proof.

• Brownstein, C.D., Policarpo, M., Harrington, R.C., Hoffman, E.A., Stokes, M.F., Casane, D. & Near, T.J. 2025. Convergent Evolution in Amblyopsid Cavefishes and the Age of Eastern North American Subterranean Ecosystems.
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution, msaf185, Published: 05 August 2025.

• Grande, H., Bonecker, A.C.T., Julio, M.M., Katsuragawa, M., Zani-Teixeira, M.L., Chuqui, M.G., Spirgatis, A.R., França, G.B., Brandini, F.P. & Namiki, C.A.P. 2025. Molecular identification, early development and distribution of larval blunthead puffer Sphoeroides pachygaster (Teleostei: Tetraodontidae) off southeastern Brazil.
  • Neotropical Ichthyology, 23 (2): e240093.

• Pinheiro, V.H.P., Machado, C.B., Garavello, J.C., Galetti, P.M., Jr. & Oliveira, A.K. 2025. Integrative taxonomy elucidates the species of Proloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae).
  • Neotropical Ichthyology, 23 (2): e240106.

• Johnson, K., Tornabene, L., Li, C., Rüber, L., Schliewen, U., Hogan, D. & Pezold, F. 2025. Exon-capture data resolve relationships resulting from a rapid radiation within family Gobiidae.
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 212: 108424.

• Melo-Ortiz, O.E., Retzer, M.E., Prada-Pedreros, S. & Ballen, G.A. 2025. The taxonomic status of Farlowella colombiensis Retzer & Page 1997 with comments on species of the F. acus species group (Loricariidae: Loricariinae).
  • Journal of Fish Biology, Version of Record online: 31 July 2025.

• Gómez-Buckley, M.C., Pedraza Marrón, C.P., Erdmann, M.V. & Tornabene, L.M. 2025. Species delimitation in the Eviota sigillata species complex, a widely distributed group of cryptobenthic coral reef fishes.
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 108426. Available online 28 July 2025, In Press, Journal Pre-proof.

• Sherman, A.N., Parker, E., Köck, M., Domínguez-Domínguez, O. & Piller, K.R. 2025. Taxonomic Turmoil: Using ddRAD Data to Resolve Taxonomic Discrepancies Within the Genus Characodon (Cyprinodontiformes: Goodeidae).
  • Ichthyology & Herpetology, 113 (2): 395-405.

• Mutizwa, T.I., Kadye, W.T., Bragança, P.H.N. & Chakona, A. 2025. Low Genetic and Morphological Differentiation Within Brachyalestes lateralis in Southern Africa (Characiformes: Alestidae), and a Redescription of Brachyalestes humilis from the Kwanza River System.
  • Ichthyology & Herpetology, 113 (2): 345–360.

• Mao, T., Liu, Y., Vasconcellos, M.M., Zhou, S., Ellepola, G., Yang, J., Pie, M.R. & Meegaskumbura, M. 2025. Caves as Species Pumps: Key Innovations, Isolation and Periodic Introgression Drive the World’s Largest Cavefish Radiation in a Dynamic Karstic Landscape.
  • Molecular Ecology, e70038.

• Muschick, M., Rüber, L. & Matschiner, M. 2025. Museomics reveals the phylogenetic position of an enigmatic vertebrate family (Lophiiformes: Lophichthyidae).
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 211: 108406.

• Helmkampf, M., Coulmance, F., Heckwolf, M.J., Acero P., A., Balard, A., Bista, I., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Frandsen, P.B., Torres-Oliva, M., Santaquiteria, A., Tavera, J., Victor, B.C., Robertson, D.R., Betancur-R., R., McMillan, W.O. & Puebla, O. 2025. Radiation with reproductive isolation in the near-absence of phylogenetic signal.
  • Science Advances, 11 (30): 1-13.

• [update] Limbu, J.H., Rajbanshi, O., Hu, J., Khanal, L. & Li, C. 2025. Resolving taxonomic uncertainties in ailiid catfishes (Siluriformes: Ailiidae) using Genome-Scale data.
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 210: 108384,

• Vale, B.A., Lundberg, J.G., Rocha, M.S., Sampaio, I. & Santos, S. 2025. Evolutionary Relationships Among the Amazonian Catfish Genus Hypophthalmus Cuvier, 1829 (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae) Suggest Diversification During Plio-Pleistocene.
  • Zoologica Scripta, First published: 22 July 2025.

• Padgett, K. & Baeza, J.A. 2025. The Mitochondrial Genome of the Imperiled Goliath Grouper Epinephelus itajara: Selective Pressures in Protein Coding Genes, Secondary Structure of tRNA Genes, and Phylogenetic Placement.
  • Ecology and Evolution, 15 (7): e71795. 

• Jimenez, S.M., Kurata, N.P., Stiassny, M.L.J., Alter, S.E., Chakrabarty, P. & Alda, F. 2025. Novel complete mitochondrial genomes of eight riverine Lamprologus species (Actinopterygii, Cichlidae) suggest in-situ speciation of the blind cichlid L. lethops in the lower Congo River.
  • Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 10 (7): 595-601.

• Lv, Y., Li, J., Li, Y., Huang, Y., Lai, Q., Wen, Z., Wang, J., He, Y., Shi, J., Huang, Z., Jiang, Y., Van de Peer, Y., Shi, Q., Xie, B. & Wang, Y. 2025. Subgenome Partitioning and Polyploid Genome Evolution in the Loach Family Botiidae (Order Cypriniformes).
  • Advanced Sience, First published: 07 July 2025.

• Cord, I., Araujo. G.S., Silva, F.C., Kurtz, Y.R., Rocha, C.R., Pinheiro, H.T., Rocha, L.A. & Floeter, S.B. 2025. Biogeography and evolution of reef fishes on tropical Mid-Atlantic Ridge islands.
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences, Published: 16 July 2025.

• Domínguez-Castanedo, O., Valdesalici, S., Berbel-Filho, W.M., García-Calva, L. & Valdez-Carbajal, S. 2025. Rediscovery and redescription of Cynodonichthys myersi from the mangroves of northern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico (Cyprinodontiformes, Rivulidae).
  • Journal of Fish Biology. First published: 19 July 2025.

• Vu, Q.D.H., Bird, C.E., Truong, O.T., Tran, S.Q., Biesack, E.E., Ackiss, A.S., Carpenter, K.E. & Dang, B.T. 2025. Genome-wide SNP Analyses Reveal High Gene Flow of Endemic Smallscale Croaker (Boesemania microlepis) in the Lower Mekong Basin.
  • Zoological Studies, in press. 

• Johari, A., Kocsis, L., Roslim, A. & Haziq, I. 2025. Otolith morphometric analysis of North Bornean Ariidae (Siluriformes): new insights and taxonomic implications.
  • Zootaxa, 5660 (4): 451-474.

• Lei, H., Pu, X., Geng, Y., Zeng, Y., Liu, S. & Chen, X. 2025. Re-description of Balitora yingjiangensis (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Balitoridae) from the upper Irrawaddy River, south-western China.
  • Biodiversity Data Journal, 13: e153915.

• Higuchi, J. & Kawai , T. 2025. Lepidotrigla smithii Regan 1905, a senior synonym of Lepidotrigla kishinouyi Snyder 1911 (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Triglidae).
  • • Ichthyological Research, Published: 18 June 2025.

• Sudasinghe, H., Kottelat, M. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2025. The collection of Sri Lankan freshwater fishes reported on by Pieter Bleeker (1863) (Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae, Danionidae, Nemacheilidae).
  • Zootaxa, 5647 (5): 461-468.

• Tangjitjaroen, W., Randall, Z.S., Yang, L., Grudpan, C. & Page, L.M. 2025. Taxonomic revision of Paralaubuca (Cypriniformes, Xenocyprididae), a taxon seemingly in decline.
  • Zootaxa, 5647 (4): 301-330.

• Huang, R., Chen, J., Zhang, R. & Chen, W. 2025. Phylogeography and demography of Pterocryptis cochinchinensis (Siluriformes: Siluridae) in Southern China.
  • Global Ecology and Conservation, 62: e03728.

• Marubayashi, N., Yasugi, M. & Takeuchi, Y. 2025. Phenotypic plasticity drives the development of laterality in the scale-eating cichlid fish Perissodus microlepis.
  • Evolution, qpaf131.

• Yang, H., Li, Y.-L-, Xing, T.-F., Wu, T.-H., Wang, T., Zhu, M.-S. & Liu, J.-X. 2025. Genome-wide Parallelism Underlies Rapid Freshwater Adaptation Fueled by Standing Genetic Variation in a Wild Fish.
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution: msaf160.

• Cruz Agüero, J., García-Rodríguez, F.J. & Chollet-Villalpando, J.G. 2025. Type specimen matters: Authorship, validity and neotypification of the Atlantic yellowfin mojarra Gerres cinereus (Teleostei: Gerreidae).
  • Journal of Fish Biology, [1-15], Version of Record online: 25 June 2025.

• Crampton, W.G., Pathak, L.B., Janzen, F.H., Waddell, J.C. & Lovejoy, N.R. 2025. Gill evolution in Neotropical electric fishes: Comparative phylogenetic evidence for hypoxia-driven adaptation.
  • Functional Ecology, First published: 22 June 2025.

• Melendez-Vazquez, F., Lucaci, A.G., Selberg, A., Clavel, J., Rincon-Sandoval, M., Santaquiteria, A., White, W.T., Drabeck, D., Carnevale, G., Duarte-Ribeiro, E., Miya, M., Westneat, M.W., Baldwin, C.C., Hughes, L.C., Ortí, G. & Kosakovsky Pond, S.L., Betancur-R, R. & Arcila, D. 2025. Ecological interactions and genomic innovation fueled the evolution of ray-finned fish endothermy.
  • Science Advances, 11 (26):. 

• Peoples, N., Mihalitsis, M. & Wainwright, P.C. 2025. Incompatibility between two major innovations shaped the diversification of fish feeding mechanisms.
  • PLoS Biol, 23 (6): e3003225.

• Doğdu, S.A. 2025. Biological and genetic structure of Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878) population in Iskenderun Bay, eastern Mediterranean Sea.
  • PeerJ, 13: e19594.

• Oliveira, C. 2025. Biodiversity, Systematics, and Taxonomy of Ostariophysi (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii): What We Know Today After Three Decades of Integration of Morphological and Molecular Data.
  • Taxonomy, 5 (2): 33. 

• Arbour, J.H. 2025. Hitting rock bottom: exaptation, ecological filtering and the benthopelagic divergence of Percid fishes.
  • Evolution, qpaf134, Published: 17 June 2025. 

• Choi, D.-S., Kim, H.-J., Ko, M.-H., Myung, R.-Y. & Won, Y.-J. 2025. Population genetics of two endemic loach species, Iksookimia hugowolfeldi and I. longicorpa (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae), illuminate taxonomy, paleo-drainages, and river capture in the southern Korean Peninsula.
  • Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101 (3): 1071-1097.

• Arroyave, J., Mar‐Silva, A.F., Melo, B.F., Hernández-Ávila, S.G., López-Vila, J.M., Silva, G.S.C. & Díaz-Jáimes, P. 2025. Evolutionary history of Middle American Rhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) inferred from comparative mitogenomic data: insights on historical biogeography and cave colonization in the group.
  • Journal of Systematics and Evolution, First published: 21 July 2025,

2025 latest news (June)

• Reilly, J.R., MacPherson, L.M., Ryan, B.J., Bumstead, S.A., Gifford, C.M., Wakeling, K.M., Monk, K., Bull, J.K. & Miller, J.M. 2025. Morphological diversity of two phylogeographic lineages of Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in Alberta.
  • Canadian Journal of Zoology, 103: online: 9 June 2025.

• Duba, S.E. & Collar, D.C. 2025. Cryptic anatomical adaptive peak shifts and transitions along the body elongation continuum in zoarcoid fishes.
  • Zoology: 126280. Available online 8 June 2025. In Press, Journal Pre-proof.

• Behrens, K.A., Jailwala, S., Clark, F.E., Meyer, A.C., Kumar, N.M., Konings, A.F., Roberts, R.B., Conte, M.A., Streelman, J.T., McGrath, P.T. & Kocher, T.D. 2025. A Chromosome Inversion Creates a Supergene for Sex and Colour in Lake Malawi Cichlids.
  • Molecular Ecology, First published: 10 June 2025.

• Sowmiya, M.S., Bhavadharani, P., Felix, A. & Kannan, K. 2025. Unravelling Taxonomic Ambiguity of the Devario neilgherriensis (Teleostei: Danionidae) from the Southern Western Ghats, India through DNA Barcoding and Morphological Approach.
  • Journal of Ichthyology, Published: 10 June 2025.

• Ferrante, C. & Cavin, L. 2025. A deep dive into the coelacanth phylogeny.
  • PLoS One, 20 (6): e0320214.

• Riera, J., Tudurí, A., Guijarro, B., Ordines, F., Picornell, A., & Ramírez-Amaro, S. 2025. Genetic Diversity, Connectivity and Demographic History of the Small Red Scorpionfish Scorpaena notata at a Small Scale in the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean).
  • Diversity, 17 (6): 405.

• Araújo, M.V.G., Rosa, R.S. & Silva, J.P.C.B. 2025. Distribution and taxonomic identity of the species of Narcine (Toperdiniformes: Narcinidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.
  • Journal of Fish Biology, First published: 08 June 2025.

• Lin, C.-H., Tseng, Y.-C., Ho, H.-C., Mediodia, D.P., Lee, C.-H., Yang, S.-H. & Chang, C.-H. 2025. Taxonomic Review of the Sea Catfish Family Ariidae in Taiwan.
  • Marine Research, 5 (1): 75-140.

• Kerniske, F.F., Dalcin, R.H., Sousa, L.M. & Artoni, R.F. 2025. Geometric morphometrics reveal a potential hybridization zone in endemic species of Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the lower and middle rio Xingu.
  • Neotropical Ichthyology, 23 (2): e240107.

• Santiago, E.F. & Soares, K.D.A. 2025. Taxonomy and morphology of three species of Psammobatis distributed in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) with notes on intraspecific variation.
  • Neotropical Ichthyology, 23 (2): e240074.

• Woods, M., Zgliczynski, B.J., Sandin, S.A., Betz, D. & Burton, R.S. 2025. Phylogeography of reef fishes across the line Islands: uncovering population structure in a data deficient region.
  • Marine Biology, 172: 100.

• Takada, Y., Morosawa, T., Asano, M., Tabata, R., Kubota, H. & Watanabe, K. 2025. The genetic population structure and diversity of the endangered bittering Pseudorhodeus tanago revealed by SNP markers.
  • Ichthyological Research, Published: 04 June 2025.

• Fainburg, L.A., Sabadin, D.E., Díaz de Astarloa, J.M. & Iriarte, P.F. 2025. Demographic and genetic diversity of the genus Paralichthys in the Buenos Aires Coastal Ecosystem of the southwestern Atlantic.
  • Marine and Fishery Sciences, 38 (3): Published 2025-05-29.

• Lokeshwor Singh, Y. & Basumatary, B. 2025. Diversity of Sisorid catfish of the genus Pseudolaguvia (Teleostei: Siluriformes) in Northeastern India.
  • Records of the zoological Survey of India, 125 (2): 169-175.

• Taylor, E.B., Geraldes, A. & Shen, J. 2025. History of speciation inferred from genomic analysis of a species complex of north temperate fishes.
  • Evolution: qpaf110, Published: 30 May 2025.

2025 latest news (May)

• Prakash, A.P., Raghavan, R., Dahanukar, N., Anoop, V.K., Thampy, D.R., Britz, R. & Ali, A. 2025. Pristolepis pentacantha Plamoottil 2015, and Catopra tetracanthus Günther 1862: two junior synonyms of Pristolepis marginata Jerdon 1849.
  • Zootaxa, 5642 (3): 245–259.

• Sun, W., Wang, Y. & Zhang, H. 2025. Genetic Characteristics and Phylogenetic Relationships of 18 Anchovy Species Based on Mitochondrial Genomes in the Seas Around China.
  • Ecology and Evolution, 15 (5): e71496.

• Marques, R.S., Ohara, I. & Shibatta, O.A. 2025. Cephalic Musculature of the Pacman Catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri Steindachner, 1876 (Siluriformes, Pseudopimelodidae).
  • Journal of Morphology, 286 (5): e70056.

• Alda, F., Alter, S.E., Kurata, N.P., Chakrabarty, P. & Stiassny, M.L.J. 2025. Phylogenomic and Population Genomic Analyses of Ultraconserved Elements Reveal Deep Coalescence and Introgression Shaped Diversification Patterns in Lamprologine Cichlids of the Congo River.
  • Systematic Biology: syaf032, Published: 13 May 2025.

• Silva, T.J., Machado, V.N., Soares, E.C., Hrbek, T. & Farias, I.P. 2025. Genetic variability and population structure of Osteoglossum bicirrhosum (Osteoglossiformes: Osteoglossidae) in the Amazon basin.
  • Neotropical Ichthyology, 23 (2): e240085.

• Laskar, B.A., Adimalla, H., Banerjee, D., Song, S.H., Kang, H.-E., Kim, H.-W. & Kundu, S. 2025. Integrative morphometric and phylogenetic insights into Eastern Ghats channids (Teleostei: Channidae) unveil the transboundary dispersal of the Dwarf Snakehead (Channa kelaartii) across India and Sri Lanka.
  • Molecular Biology Reports, 52: 499.

• Carr, E.M., Martin, R.P., Thurman, M.A., Cohen, K.E., Huie, J.M., Gruber, D.F. & Sparks, J.S. 2025. Repeated and widespread evolution of biofluorescence in marine fishes.
  • Nature Communications, 16: 4826.

• Moghaddam, F.Y., Damadi, E., Hassan, N.H. & Gharehsou, A.J. 2025. An Integrative Insight Into the Taxonomic Validity and Morphological Variation in the Malay Puntius Complex (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).
  • Acta Zoologica, First published: 22 May 2025.

• Chen, H., Xu, W., Liu, B. & Li, L. 2025. Comparative Mitochondrial Features Across Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi) and Mitogenomic Architecture of Nematobrycon lacortei.
  • Diversity, 17 (6): 373.

• Kubicek, K.M., Britz, R. & Conway, K.W. 2025. Heterochrony leads to evolutionary novelty: the catfish pectoral-fin spine (Teleostei: Siluriformes).
  • Biology Letters, 21 (5): 20250038.

• González, K., Gomez-Uchida, D. & Harrod, C. 2025. Unexpected trophic diversity in the endemic fish Orestias chungarensis in a high-altitude freshwater ecosystem, Lake Chungará (4520 m), northern Chile.
  • Journal of Fish Biology, Version of Record online: 21 May 2025.

• Mukherjee, N., Kumar, R.G., Narayanan, S. & Ananthram, A.N.2025. Rediscovery and phylogenetic position of Moringua hodgarti Chaudhuri, 1913 (Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) from the Siang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh, India.
  • Zootaxa, 5636 (3): 551-565.

• Hu, S.-H., Zhou, Z.-X., Yang, J.-Y., Jiang, Z., Pu, F., Qu, Q.-M., Zhou, T. & Xu, P.. 2025. Evolutionary balance between genomic conservation and coral reef adaptation in the yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus).
  • Zoological Research, 46 (3): 661-674.

• Maldonado-Sánchez, D., Rios-Cardenas, O., Morris, M.R. & Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, C. 2025. Phylogeography and demographic history of the swordtail fish Xiphophorus multilineatus.
  • Environmental Biology of Fishes, Published: 13 May 2025.

• Hodge, J.R., Adams, D.S., Williams, K.L., Alencar, L.R.V., Camper, B., Larouche, O., Thurman, M.A., Zapfe, K. & Price, S.A. 2025. Unravelling the Effects of Ecology and Evolutionary History in the Phenotypic Convergence of Fishes.
  • Systematic Biology: syaf034. Published: 13 May 2025.

• Brownstein, C.D., Harrington, R.C., Radchenko, O. & Near, T.J. 2025. The many origins of extremophile fishes.
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences, Published:14 May 2025.

• Shao, W., Cai, X., Wu, X. & Zhang, E 2025. Deep divergence and phenotypic stasis of a Paleogene relic species complex of Bullhead Catfish within Eastern China.
  • Journal of Biogeography: e15144. First published: 07 May 2025.

• Erk, C.P., Concha, F.J., Awruch. C., Finucci, B., Cristiani, F., Guzmán-Castellanos, A.B., Silva, C. & Veríssimo, A. 2025. Genetic diversity in the American elephantfish (Chimaeriformes: Callorhinchus callorynchus) and among its congeners.
  • Journal of Fish Biology, First published: 12 May 2025.

• Zarei, F., Al Jufaili, S.M., Béarez, P., Ponton, D., Pruvost, P. & Chakona, A. 2025. Beyond Oman’s shores: records of Oxyurichthys omanensis (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the central and southern regions of the Western Indian Ocean.
  • Zootaxa, 5633 (3): 513-527.

• Matsumoto, T. & Motomura, H. 2025. Redescription of the poorly known Japanese scorpionfish Scorpaena brevispina (Perciformes: Scorpaenidae).
  • Zootaxa, 5633 (2): 375-383.

• Ju, Y.-M., Kuo, P.-H., Wu, J.-H. & Hsu, K.-C. 2025. Cryptic diversity of Rhinogobius rubromaculatus species complex (Gobiidae) in Taiwan: mitogenomes reveal their evolutionary history.
  • Taiwania, 70 (2): 343-352.

• Dinh. Q.M., Lam, T.T.H., Phan, G.H. & Nguyen, T.H.D. 2025. Phylogenetic Variation of Periophthalmus Species Living in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Using Cytb Sequence.
  • Ecology and Evolution, 15 (5): e71389.

• Matsumoto, T. & Motomura, H. 2025. Re-establishment of the monotypic genus Neoscorpaena Mandrytsa 2001 (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae), with a range extension of N. nielseni (Smith 1964) to the eastern Indian Ocean.
  • Zootaxa, 5633 (1): 173-185.

• Brownstein, C.D., Harrington, R.C., Alencar, L.R.V., Bellwood, D.R., Choat, J.H., Rocha, L.A., Wainwright, P.C., Tavera, J., Burress, E.D., Muñoz, M.M., Cowman, P.F. & Near, T.J. 2025. Phylogenomics establishes an Early Miocene reconstruction of reef vertebrate diversity.
  • Science Advances, 11 (19): 1-13.

• Murienne, J., Condachou, C., Cuenot, Y., Covain, R. & Brosse, S. 2025. Phylogenomics of the critically endangered Harttiella (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) based on complete mitochondrial genomes.
  • Ichthyological Research, Published: 07 May 2025.

• Mabragaña. E., Gabbanelli, V., Matusevich, F., Vazquez, D.M., Delpiani, S.M., Lenain, V.M., Rosso, J.R., González-Castro, M., Hanner, R. & Díaz de Astarloa, J.M. 2025. DNA Barcoding Southwestern Atlantic Skates: A 20-Year Effort in Building a Species Identification Library.
  • Diversity, 17 (5): 311.

• Huang, R., Chen, J., Li, H., Cheng, H. & Zhang, R. 2025. Genetic Structure of the Cave-Dwelling Catfish Pterocryptis anomala (Siluriformes: Siluridae) in Southwest China.
  • Animals, 15 (9): 1202.

• Lucena, C.A.S., Kullander, S.O., Norén, M. & Calegari, B. 2025. Correction: Conjectures and refutations: Species diversity and phylogeny of Australoheros from coastal rivers of southern South America (Teleostei: Cichlidae). PLoS One. 2022; 17 (12): e0261027. pmid:36490238.
  • PLoS One, 20 (4): e0323504.

• Bartáková, V., Bryjová, A., Polačik, M., Alila, D.O., Nagy, B., Watters, B., Bellstedt, D., Blažek, R., Žák, J. & Reichard, M. 2025. Phylogenomics and population genomics of Nothobranchius in lowland Tanzania: species delimitation and comparative genetic structure.
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 208: 108357.

• Figueiredo, P.I.C.C., Hashimoto, D.T., Ariede, R.B., Zani, A.L.S., Varal, M., Malabarba, L.R. & Fagundes, N.J.R. 2025. Population genomics of Gymnogeophagus labiatus and G. lacustris reinforces the role of hydrographic isolation between evolutionary lineages (Cichlidae: Geophagini).
  • Neotropical Ichthyology, 23 (1): e240051.

• Liu, W., Zhao, Y. & Huan, J. 2025. Taxonomic Revision and Conservation Review of Sinocyclocheilus grahami (Regan, 1904), the Only Known Cavefish Applied Both in the Traditional Medicine and Aquaculture.
  • Fishes, 10: 99.

• Hasan, M., Kambayashi, C., Anik, Z.H. & Islam, M.S: 2025. Cryptic biodiversity of freshwater fish species in Bangladesh.
  • PLoS One, 20 (4): e0318982.

2025 latest news (April)

• Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Zhang, Z., Qin, G., Qu, M. & Lin, Q. 2025. Phylogenetic diversifications linked to the morphological traits and global phylogeographic pattern of closed pouch fishes in Syngnathidae.
  • The Innovation Geoscience, (Manuscript).

• Su, Y., Cheng, Y.-N. & Shyu, J.-F. 2025. First record of Engyprosopon hureaui (Actinopterygii, Pleuronectiformes, Bothidae) from Taiwan, with a revised key to Engyprosopon in Taiwan.
  • Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 55: 93-99.

• Brownstein, C.D. & Near, T.J. 2025. Toward a Phylogenetic Taxonomy of Sturgeons (Acipenseriformes: Acipenseridae).
  • Sinosturio Jaekel, 1929 (resurrected)
    • Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 66 (1): 3-23.

• [update] Kurihara, H., Shirai, S.M., Fujiwara, K. & Ikeda. M. 2024. Indel variation in the mitochondrial ND5 region supports monophyly of the tribe Hippoglossoidini (sensu Vinnikov et al. 2018) within the family Pleuronectidae.
  • Ichthyological Research, 72 (2)[2025]: 259-264. Published online: 25 May 2024.

• [update] Cabebe-Barnuevo, R., Mochizuki, K. & Motomura, H. 2024. Monophyly and re-definition of the Indo-Pacific scorpionfish genus Parascorpaena Bleeker 1876 (Scorpaenidae).
  • Ichthyological Research, 72 (2)[2025]: 240-251. Published online: 13 August 2024.

• [update] Aguilar-Medrano, R. & Vega-Cendejas, M.E. 2024. Ecomorphological diversification of the Cyprinodon species complex from Lake Chichankanab, Yucatan, Mexico.
  • Ichthyological Research, 72 (2)[2025]: 208-219. Published online: 31 May 2024.

• Woodford, D.J., Magoro, M., Kadye, W.T., Scheepers, M., Sithole, Y., Mutizwa, T.I., Ntokoane, T. & Chakona, A. 2025. Freshwater fishes of the Waterberg aquatic ecoregion,South Africa: Diversity, taxonomic conflicts and conservation concerns.
  • Journal of Fish Biology, Version of Record online: 21 April 2025.

• Griffiths, D. 2025. Speciation Rates of Freshwater Fish Across the Americas Vary With Environmental Heterogeneity and Dispersal Ability.
  • Journal of Biogeography: e15133. First published: 17 April 2025.

• Nishida, K., Koizumi, N., Minagawa, A., Mori, A., Watabe, K. & Takemura. T. 2025. Phylogeographic pattern of Rhynchocypris lagowskii (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes) with evidence of large-scale introduction in Japan, revealed by mitochondrial DNA D-loop analysis.
  • Biogeography, 27: 33-41.

• Bignotto, T.S., Souza,, H.B., Silva Bronzim, R.C., Maniglia, T.C. & Baumgartner, D. 2025. Integrative morphometric and molecular analyses reveal possible genetic contamination of silver catfish populations of the genus Rhamdia in Neotropical River basins.
  • Journal of Fish Biology, First published: 16 April 2025.

• Corush, J.B., Cucalón, R.B., Metzke, B.A., Tan, M. & Davis, M.A. 2025. Pleistocene glaciation and Anthropocene fragmentation influence genetic variation in the Illinois state–listed mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii).
  • Environmental Biology of Fishes, Published: 15 April 2025.

• [update] Eaton, K.M., Samenuk, J.E., Thaxton, L., Chaves, V. & Bernal, M.A. 2024. Broad thermal tolerance and high mitochondrial genetic connectivity in the pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides).
  • Journal of Fish Biology, 106 (3)[2025]: 932-942. (Version of Record online: 28 November 2024).

• [update] Dye, K.R., Fields, A.T., Bean, M.G., Robertson, S.M., Hollenbeck, C.M., Conway, K.W. & Portnoy, D.S. 2024. Assessment of genomic diversity within and between two cryptic shiners, the West Texas shiner (Notropis megalops) and the Texas shiner (Notropis amabilis).
  • Journal of Fish Biology, 106 (3)[2025]: 836-845. (Version of Record online: 21 November 2024).

• [update] Martin, M.B., Chakona, A., Kadye, W.T. & Scheepers, M. 2024. Revalidation of Enteromius karkensis (Gilchrist and Thompson 1913) (Cypriniformes: Smiliogastrinae) from the southern temperate freshwater ecoregion, South Africa.
  • Journal of Fish Biology, 106 (3)[2025]: 741-759. (First published: 13 November 2024).

• [update] Scheepers, M., Bragança, P.H.N. & Chakona, A. 2024. Revalidation of Enteromius crocodilensis (Fowler, 1934) from synonymy with the disjunctly distributed Enteromius argenteus (Günther, 1868) based on molecular and morphological evidence.
  • Journal of Fish Biology, 106 (3)[2025]: 725-740. (First published: 12 November 2024).

• Scharpf, C. 2025. Scantily clad but not naked: an analysis of the Metriaclima vs. Maylandia (Teleostei: Cichlidae) debate.
  • Zootaxa, 5620 (3): 461–469.

• Petrosino, G., Tancioni, L., Talarico, L., Milana, V., Ricci, A., Polinori, C. & Rossi, A.R. 2025. Genetic insight into diversity and population structure provides hints for the conservation of the vulnerable South European roach Sarmarutilus rubilio (Leuciscidae).
  • Hydrobiologia, Published: 02 April 2025.

• Bohlen Šlechtová, V., Dvořák, T., Freyhof, J., Kottelat, M., Levin, B., Golubtsov, A., Šlechta, V. & Bohlen, J. 2024. Reconstructing the phylogeny and evolutionary history of freshwater fishes (Nemacheilidae) across Eurasia since early Eocene.
  • eLife, 13 [2025]: RP101080.

• Freyhof, J., Segherloo, I.H., Vatandoust, S., Abdollahi-Mousavi, S.A., Normandeau, E., Geiger, M.F. & Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. 2025. Resolving a 182-year-old taxonomic puzzle: Luciobarbus in the Persian Gulf basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
  • Zootaxa, 5620 (1): 29–71.

• [update] Bernal-Hernández, M.E., Beltrán-López, R.G., Robertson, D.R., Baldwin, C.C., Espinoza, E., Martínez-Gómez, J.E., Barraza, E., Angulo, A., Valdiviezo-Rivera, J., González Acosta, A.F. & Domínguez-Domínguez, O. 2024. Cryptic Diversity in Scorpaenodes xyris (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) Throughout the Tropical Eastern Pacific.
  • Journal of Molecular Evolution, 92: 842–860.

• [update] Bondar, E.I., Oleinik, A.G., Kukhlevsky, A.D., Skurikhina, L.A., Batishcheva, N.M. & Kirillov, A.F. 2024. Multiple secondary contacts and historic hybridization between glacial lineages of charr (Salvelinus, Salmonidae) in northeastern Asia.
  • Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 33 (4): e12788.

• [update] Baggio, R.A., Abilhoa, V., Menezes, G.H.F., Razzolini, E., Rego, A.C.L., Araújo, Á.R., Carvalho, M.M. & Godinho, A.L. 2024. Morphology and genetics of non-topotypes Pimelodus platicirris catfish suggest synonymy with P. maculatus.
  • Conservation Genetics, 26 [2025]: 153–164. (Published online: 16 November 2024).

• Amini, S.R., Adams, M., Hammer, M.P., Briggs, G., Donaldson, J.A., Ebner, B.C. & Unmack, P.J. 2025. Cryptic species, biogeography, and patterns of introgression in the fish genus Mogurnda (Eleotridae) from the Australian wet tropics: A purple patch for purple-spots.
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: 108344. Available online 4 April 2025, In Press, Journal Pre-proof.

• McCraney, W.T., Thacker, C.E., Faircloth, B.C., Harrington, R.C., Near, T.J. & Alfaro, M.E. 2025. Explosion of goby fish diversity at the Eocene-Oligocene transition.
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 207: 108342.

• Wang, T.-Y., Wu, Y.-W., Lu, H.-J., Liao, T.-Y., Tai, J.-H., Huang, S.-P., Wang, F.-Y., Yu, T.-H., Ting, C.-T., Chaw, S.-M., Wang, H.-Y. 2025. Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Loach Goby Rhyacichthys aspro Offers Insights Into Gobioidei Evolution.
  • Molecular Ecology Resources, e14110. First published: 01 April 2025.

• Conde-Saldaña, C.C., Melo, B.F., Roxo, F.F., Tagliacollo, V.A., Oliveira, C. & Albert, J.S. 2025. Landscape Evolution Drives Continental Diversification in Neotropical Freshwater Fishes of the Family Erythrinidae (Teleostei, Characiformes).
  • Journal of Biogeography, e15129. First published: 31 March 2025.

• Matoso, D.A., Silva, H.C.M., Ferreira Júnior, A.L., Porto-Foresti, F., Utsunomia, R., Prado, F.D. & Artoni, R.F. 2025. Is there hidden genetic variability in the species of Steindachneridion Garavello, 2005 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)?
  • PeerJ, 13: e18193.

• Esin, E.V. 2025. A New Hotspot of Salmonid Adaptive Radiation Revealed: Multiple Diversifications of Salvelinus malma (Salmonidae) Sharing Freshwater Habitats in Kamchatka.
  • Journal of Ichthyology, Published: 31 March 2025.

• Matsunuma, M., Kanai, S., Seah, Y.G., Tashiro, F. & Motomura, H. 2025. Resurrection of the five-ocellated left-eye flounder Pseudorhombus ocellifer Regan 1905 (Paralichthyidae), with redescriptions of Pseudorhombus pentophthalmus Günther 1862 and Pseudorhombus oculocirris Amaoka 1969.
  • Ichthyological Research, Published: 29 March 2025.

• Clardy, T.A., Gopalan, J. & Rabaoui, L.J. 2025. Morphology of photophores in juvenile Vinciguerria mabahiss (Stomiiformes: Phosichthyidae).
  • Ichthyological Research, Published: 26 March 2025.

• Prokofiev, A.M., Rajakrishnan, R. & Cubelio, S.S. 2025. Morphological variation and worldwide distribution of the lightfish genus Woodsia Grey, 1959 (Teleostei: Stomiiformes: Phosichthyidae).
  • Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 43: 1-11.

• Elías, D.J., Betancourt-Resendes, I., Díaz-Flores, A., Camak, D.T., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Artigas-Azas, J.M., Piller, K.R. & McMahan, C.D. 2025. Evolutionary history of the polymorphic Coatzacoalcos River endemic Thorichthys panchovillai (Cichliformes: Cichlidae).
  • Zootaxa, 5618 (1): 29-46.

2025 latest news (March)

• Song, S., Cao, J., Xinag, H., Liu, Z. & Jaing, W. 2025. Comparative mitogenomic analysis of Chinese cavefish Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae): novel gene tandem duplication and evolutionary implications.
  • BMC Genomics, 26: 293.

• Vaz, D.F.B., Goatley, C.H.R. & Tornabene, L. 2025. Osteology of Dwarfgobies Eviota and Sueviota (Gobiidae: Gobiomorpharia), With Phylogenetic Inferences Within Coral Gobies.
  • Journal of Morphology, 286 (3): e70039.

• Oliveira, R.C., Britzke, R., Oliveira, C. & Graça, W.J. 2025. Species delimitation in Neotropical fishes of Mesonauta Günther 1862 (Cichliformes: Cichlidae).
  • Organisms Diversity & Evolution , Published: 25 March 2025.

• Guo, D., Gong, X., Yi, W., Cao, L. & Zhang E 2025. Cryptic diversity, phenotypic congruence, and evolutionary history of the Leptobotia citrauratea complex (Pisces: Botiidae) within subtropical eastern China.
  • BMC Ecology and Evolution, 25: 23.

• Fang, Y., Sun, Z. & Zhao, Y. 2025. Taxonomic revision on the Gobio group in the Yellow River drainage, with discussion on the validity of the genus Acanthogobio (Cypriniformes, Gobionidae).
  • Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101 (2): 661–679.

• Liu, Q., Mao, W., Wang, Y., Xiao, J., Saha, S., Gao, T. & Liu, F. 2025. Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic analyses of the Sillaginidae family fish.
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 108340. In Press, Journal Pre-proof. Available online 22 March 2025.

• Eckert, L., Miller, J.S., Fitzpatrick, J.L., Balshine, S. & Bolker, B.M. 2025. Parental care drives the evolution of male reproductive accessory glands across ray-finned fishes.
  • Evolution: qpaf062. Published: 22 March 2025.

• Ng, S.-L., Straube, N., Liu, K.-M. & Joung, S.-J. 2025. Confusions across the hemispheres: Taxonomic re-evaluation of two lanternshark species, Etmopterus lucifer and E. molleri (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae).
  • Vertebrate Zoology, 75: 59-86.

• Wang, Y., Yang, Y., Liu, Y., Wu, Y., Liang, H., Zhou, A., Cui, F., Peng, J., Jiang, Z. & Mu, X. 2025. Mitogenomic insights into the population structure and demographic history of zig-zag eels (Mastacembelus armatus) in southern China.
  • Aquaculture Reports, 42: 102748.

• Cavalcante, R.L.D., Silva, C.S., Vidal, A.F., Pires, É.S., Nunes, G.L., Assis Montag, L.F., Oliveira, G.,Ribeiro-dos-Santos, A., Santos, S., Souza, S.J., Souza, J.E.S. & Sakamoto, T. 2025. The complete mitogenome of Amazonian Brachyplatystoma filamentosum and the evolutionary history of body size in the order Siluriformes.
  • Scientific Reports, 15: 9873.

• Cheng, H., Huang, R., Li, H., Qiu, Z., Xiong, S. & Zhang, R. 2025. Mitochondrial Genomes of Six Discogobio Species (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) and Their Phylogenetic Analysis.
  • Ecology and Evolution, 15 (3): e71142.

• Markevich, A.I. & Kukhlevskiy, A.D. 2025. Neozoarces pulcher Steindachner, 1880 vs Neozoarces steindachneri Jordan and Snyder, 1902 (Perciformes: Neozoarcidae): which species is valid, evidence on morphological and molecular-genetic data.
  • Zootaxa, 5604 (4): 542-554.

• Yoshigou, H. 2025. Morphological comparison within the glass perchlets genus Ambassis (Osteichthyes: Ovalentalia: Ambassidae), with reference to the comparison of some characters shared with other related genera.
  • Miscellaneous reports of the Hiwa Museum for Natural History, 66: 1-47.

• Thacker, C.E. & Near, T.J. 2025. Phylogeny, biology, and evolution of acanthopterygian fish clades.
  • Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Published: 13 March 2025.

• Möhring, J., Hüllen, S., Martin, S., Mokodongan, D.F., Wowor, D., Schwarzer, J. & Herder, F. 2025. Increased phenotypic diversity as a consequence of ecological opportunity in the island radiation of Sulawesi ricefishes (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae).
  • BMC Ecology and Evolution, 25: 19.

• Oleinik, A:G., Kukhlevsky, A.D. & Skurikhina, L.A. 2025. Divergence of Palearctic and Nearctic Charrs (Salvelinus, Salmonidae) within the Arctic phylogenetic lineage: inferences based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers.
  • Hydrobiologia, Published: 10 March 2025.

• Kumari, K., Sinha, A., Kumari, S., Bhakta, D. & Das, B.K. 2024. Unraveling the Mystery of Pethia ambassis: First Documentation in Jharkhand and Taxonomic Clarification.
  • Ecologica Montenegrina, 80: 137-141.

• Moreva, I.N., Radchenko, O.A. & Petrovskaya, A.V. 2025. Differentiation of the Arctic Sculpin Myoxocephalus scorpioides (Fabricius, 1780) and its position among species of the genus Myoxocephalus (Cottidae).
  • Zoologischer Anzeiger, 314: 135-143.

• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2024. Opinion 2502 (Case 3555) – Chilodontidae Bronn, 1859 (Ciliophora), Chilodontinae Eigenmann, 1910 (Pisces, Characiformes) and Chilodontinae Wenz, 1938 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): homonymy between family-group names resolved.
  • Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 81 (1): 133-136.

• Ríos, N., Pardo, B.G., Fernández, C., Alvarez-Dios, J.A., Martínez, P., Bouza, C. & García, G. 2025. Transcriptomic Divergence and Associated Markers Between Genomic Lineages of Silver Catfish (Rhamdia quelen).
  • Ecology and Evolution, 15 (3): e71021.

• Chen, Y., Xiao, H., Yue, Z., Wu, X., Zan, R. & Chen, S. 2025. Molecular Phylogeny and Evolutionary History of the Genus Cyprinus (Teleostei: Cypriniformes).
  • Fishes, 10 (3): 121.

• Aluwihare, Y.C., Fernando, S., Gunasinghe, M.S., Ranasinghe, C., Ranjula, M.A.S., Weerakoon, T., Haputhantri, S.S.K,, Jayasinghe, P.K., Lisher, M.W. & Psomadakis, P.N. 2025. First confirmed record of adult Pacific squaretail, Tetragonurus pacificus (Teleostei: Perciformes: Stromateoidei) from the Indian Ocean, with an expanded description.
  • Zootaxa, 5604 (1): 41-51.

• Serra, W., Scarabino, F., Méttola, E., Montes, M. M., Terán, G., Moncada, M., Sanguinetti, G., Duarte, A. & García, M. 2025. Characidium serrano Buckup & Reis, 1997 (Characiformes, Crenuchidae): nuevos conocimientos sobre sus relaciones filogenéticas y distribución.
  • Acta Zoológica Lilloana, 69 (1): 1-28.

• Choi, H.-k. & Lee, H.J. 2025. Genetic diversity and phylogeographic structure of the endangered Korean Bitterling (Tanakia signifer) and its symbiotic mussel (Nodularia breviconcha), based on mitochondrial DNA variation: implications for conservation.
  • Conservation Genetics, Published: 08 March 2025.

• Yoder, E.B., Parker, E., Frédérich, B., Tew, A., Jones, C.B. & Dornburg, A. 2025. Multiple Pathways of Visual Adaptations for Water Column Usage in an Antarctic Adaptive Radiation.
  • Ecology and Evolution, 15: e70867.

• Zavala, E., Britzke, R., Siccha-Ramírez, Z. & Ramirez, J.L. 2025. DNA barcoding of marine rocky reef fishes from northern Perusuggests a parapatric speciation in the Tropical Eastern Pacific.
  • Ecology and Evolution, 15 (3): e70125.

• Xu, H., Fang, C., Xu, W., Wang, C., Song, Y., Zhu, C., Fang, W., Fan, G., Lv, W., Bo, J., Zeng, H., Sha, Z., Liu, H., Jing, H., Liu, H., Wei, T., Li, J., He, L., Cai, S., Gan, X., Chen, Y., Zhang, H., Wang, K. & He, S. 2025. Evolution and genetic adaptation of fishes to the deep sea.
  • Cell, 188: 1393–1408.

• Marion, A.F.P., Condamine, F.L. & Guinot, G. 2025. Bioluminescence and repeated deep-sea colonization shaped the diversification and body size evolution of squaliform sharks.
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292 (2042):. Published:05 March 2025.

• Sruthi, M.V., Raj, S., Kumar, A.B. & Raghavan, R. 2025. Gobioid fishes of Ashtamudi Ramsar Lake, India: 40 years of misidentification of Oxyurichthys tentacularis, a new country record of O. omanensis, and three new records to the Southwest coast (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae).
  • Zoootaxa, 5601 (2): 346-356.

• Delrieu-Trottin, E., Chehida, S.B., Sukmono, T., Dahruddin, H., Sholihah, A., Kustiati, K., Fitriana, Y., Muchlisin, Z.A., Elvyra, R., Wibowo, A., Utama, I.V., Nurhaman, U., Sauri, S., Risdawati, R., Zein, M.S.A., Pouzadoux, J., Agnèse, J.-F., Tilak, M.-K., Page, L.M., von Rintelen, T., Wowor, D., Steinke, D., Mona, S., Rüber, L., Hebert, P.D.N. & Hubert, N. 2025. Aquatic biotas of Sundaland are fragmented but not refugial.
  • Systematic Biology, syaf005, Published: 01 March 2025.

• Baraf, L.M., Hung, J.Y. & Cowman, P.F. 2025. Phylogenomics of marine angelfishes: diagnosing sources of systematic discordance for an iconic reef fish family (F: Pomacanthidae).
  • Systematic Biology: syaf016, Published: 01 March 2025.

• Sharma, N., Haridy, Y. & Shubin, N. 2025. Synovial joints were present in the common ancestor of jawed fish but lacking in jawless fish.
  • PLoS Biology, 23 (2): e3002990.

• Alfonso-González, M., Galván-Magaña, F., Sotil, G., Domínguez Domínguez, O., Espinoza Herrera, E., Díaz-Jaimes, P. 2025. Phylogeography of the Pacific Angel Shark (Squatina californica) in the Eastern Pacific.
  • Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 35 (2): e70087.

• Chen, S., Xiao, Y., Xiao, Z., Li, J. & Herrera-Ulloa, A. 2025. Molecular Discrimination of morphologically similar fishery species: The Case of Tridentiger bifasciatus and T. trigonocephalus.
  • Zoologischer Anzeiger, 315: 89-96. 

• [update] Thieme, P., Reisser, C., Bouvier, C., Rieuvillneuve, F., Béarez, P., Coleman, R.R., Volanandiana, J.J.A., Pereira, E., Nirchio–Tursellino, M., Roldán, M.I., Heras, S., Tirado-Sánchez, N., Pulis, E., Leprieur, F. & Durand, J.-D. 2025. Historical biogeography of the Mugil cephalus species complex and its rapid global colonization.
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 205: 108296.

2025 latest news (February)

• Lima, F.T.C., Rodríguez-Olarte, D. & García-Alzate, C.A. 2025. A tale of false origins: Hyphessobrycon scholzei Ahl, 1937 and its junior synonym, Hyphessobrycon fernandezi Fernández-Yépez, 1972 (Teleostei: Characifomes: Acestrorhamphidae).
  • Zootaxa, 5594 (1): 50-60.

• Kim, J.-K. & Lee, Y.-J. 2025. Genome-wide SNP discovery and phylogeography of sandlances (Ammodytes japonicus and Ammodytes heian) in the Northwest pacific by MIG-Seq with evolutionary implications.
  • Scientific Reports, 15: 5998.

• Johnson, G.D., Collins, R.A. & Brothers, E.B. 2025. Putative Batesian mimicry of gelatinous zooplankton by larvae of marine fishes: a closer look based on in-situ images by blackwater photographers.
  • Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 42: 91–119.

• Torrico-Destre, H., Careaga, M., Maldonado, M. & Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M. 2024. Revision of the catfish family Pimelodidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) of Bolivia.
  • Neotropical Hydrobiology and Aquatic Conservation, 5 (2): 3-169.

• Luo, T., Lan, C.-T., Yu, J., Song, L.-X., Fan, C., Wang, J.-J., Zhou, J.-J., Xiao, N. & Zhou, J. 2025. Rapid speciation of Chinese hypogean fishes driven by paleogeoclimatic and morphological adaptations.
  • Current Zoology: zoaf010. Published: 18 February 2025.

• Donati, G.F.A., Albouy, C., Claverie, T., Mouillot, D., Govinden, R., Hagen, O., Ibrahim, S., Pagu, J., Zareer, I., Leprieur, F. & Pellissier, L. 2025. Continuity in morphological disparity in tropical reef fishes across evolutionary scales.
  • Communications Biology, 8: 252.

• [update] Ntokoane, T., Vreven, E.J.W.M., Bragança, P.H.N., Kadye, W.T. & Chakona, A. 2024. Taxonomic diversity, distribution, and ecology of the freshwater fishes of the Zambezian Lowveld Ecoregion in southern Africa: A systematic review.
  • Journal of Fish Biology, 106 (2)[2025]: 315-343. First published: 09 October 2024.

• Thomas, A., Sylvain, F.-E., Normandeau, E., Leroux, N., Holland, A., Val, A.L. & Derome, N. 2025. Low Genetic Diversity and Complex Population Structure in Black Piranha (Serrasalmus rhombeus), a Key Amazonian Predator.
  • Ecology and Evolution, 15 (2): e70824.

• Fernandes, M.B., Bitencourt, J.A., Silva, A.T., Vicari, M.R., Azambuja, M. & Mello Affonso, P.R.A. 2025. Small Fishes, Big Issues: Species Delimitation in Hemigrammus marginatus, Gill, 1958 (Acestrorhamphidae: Pristellinae) from Brazilian Coastal Basins Based on Integrative Genetics.
  • Zebrafish, Published Online: 14 February 2025.

• Chen, Y., Luo, Z., Zhang, Z., Luo, Z., Ren, M., He, X., Lin, H.-D. & Yan, Y. 2025. Genetic Pattern and Demographic History of Orange-Spotted Grouper (Epinephelus coioides) in the South China Sea by the Influence of Pleistocene Climatic Oscillations.
  • Ecology and Evolution, 15 (2): e70967.

• Horaud, M., Raventós, N., Præbel, K., Galià-Camps, C., Pegueroles, C., Carreras, C., Pascual, M., Tuset, V.M., Bhat, S. & Lynghammar, A. 2025. Allochrony in Atlantic Lumpfish: Genomic and Otolith Shape Divergence Between Spring and Autumn Spawners.
  • Ecology and Evolution, 15 (2): e70946.

• Hsu, L.-L., Borsa, P. & Chen, W.-J. 2025. Successive cycles of allopatric differentiation and secondary contact shape phylogeographical structure in an Indo-West Pacific reef fish.
  • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 144 (2): blaf002.

• Zarei, F., Esmaeili, H.R., Sayyadzadeh, G., Masoumi, A.H. & Hashemi, S.H. 2025. Hidden goby diversity of the Western Indian Ocean region: Glossogobius laticeps (De Vis, 1884) (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
  • Zootaxa, 5584 (4): 581-591.

• Smith, W.L., Girard, M.G., Walker, H.J., Jr. & Davis, M.P. 2024. The phylogeny of bristlemouths, lightfishes, and portholefishes with a revised family-level classification of the dragonfishes (Teleostei: Stomiiformes).
  • NOAA Professional Paper NMFS, 24: 167-184.

• Khoshnamvand, H., Azimi, M., Ahmadzadeh, F., Abdoli, A. & Janko, K. 2025. Integrating Historical biogeography and Pliocene climate fluctuation to Unraveling the evolution of Tigris-Euphrates drainage basin through widespread freshwater Barbinae (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Evolution of the Tigris-Euphrates drainage by the biogeography of Barbinae.
  • Inland Waters, 2025: 1–29.

• Hoeflich, J.C. & Liu, J. 2025. Small fish, large variation: Morphological diversity of Weberian apparatus in Noturus catfishes and ecological implications.
  • The Anatomical Record, 2025: 1-13. 

• Kotlyar, A.N. 2025. Genus Sio.
  • Journal of Ichthyology, 64 (7)[2024]: 1430-1440.

• Kotlyar, A.N. 2025. Genus Scopelogadus.
  • Journal of Ichthyology, 64 (7)[2024]: 1390-1429.

• Kotlyar, A.N. 2025. Genus Scopeloberyx.
  • Journal of Ichthyology, 64 (7)[2024]: 1346-1389.

• Kotlyar, A.N. 2025. Genus Poromitra.
  • Journal of Ichthyology, 64 (7)[2024]: 1265-1345.

• Kotlyar, A.N. 2025. Genus Melamphaes. Oligo-Raker Species.
  • Journal of Ichthyology, 64 (7)[2024]: 1187-1264.

• Kotlyar, A.N. 2025. Family Melamphaidae. Genus Melamphaes. Multi-Raker Species.
  • Journal of Ichthyology, 64 (7)[2024]: 1134-1186.

• Esmaeili, H.R., Zarei, F., Sadeghi, R., Sholeh, V., Sadeghi, Y. & Hashemi, S.H. 2025. Hidden in plain sight: new morpho-molecular data on the cryptic tropical sand goby, Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker, 1854) (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean.
  • Marine Biodiversity, 55 (12).

2025 latest news (January)

• Beltrán-López, R.G., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Pérez-Ponce de León, G., Mar-Silva, A.F., Perea, S., Pérez-Rodríguez, R., Piller, K.R., Mejía-Mojica, H. & Doadrio, I. 2025. Cryptic diversity and evolutionary history of the fish species Xenotoca variata (Cyprinodontiformes: Goodeidae) in the Mexican Plateau: Implications for taxonomy and conservation.
  • Journal of Systematics and Evolution, First published: 26 January 2025.

• Praveenraj, J., Thackeray, T., Moulitharan, N., Vijayakrishnan, B. & Nanda, G.K. 2025. Lost for more than 85 years—rediscovery of Channa amphibeus (McClelland, 1845), the world’s most elusive snakehead species (Teleostei, Labyrinthici, Channidae).
  • Zootaxa, 5583 (1): 87-100.

• Xu, R., Liu, S., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Xie, B. & Peng, Z. 2025. Origin and evolution of botiid loaches (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Botiidae).
  • Journal of Fisheries of China, In Press.

• Kahane-Rapport, S.R., Teeple, J., Liao, J.C., Paig-Tran, E.W.M. & Strother, J.A. 2025. Filter feeding in devil rays is highly sensitive to morphology.
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292 (2039): Published: 22 January 2025.

• Chaumel, J. & Lauder, G.V. 2025. A hydrodynamic antenna: novel lateral line system in the tail of myliobatid stingrays.
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292 (2039): Published:22 January 2025.

• Henderson, A.C., Reeve, A.J., Jabado, R.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2025. A molecular-assisted taxonomic assessment of elasmobranch fishes (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from south-eastern Arabia revisited.
  • Zootaxa, 5575 (3): 429-446.

• Bogorodsky, S.V., Muto, N., Hata, H., Motomura, H. & Alpermann, T.J. 2025. Review of the Mackerel Genus Rastrelliger (Teleostei: Scombridae) with Redescription of R. chrysozonus (Rüppell, 1836) and R. kanagurta (Cuvier, 1816).
  • Diversity, 17 (1): 72.

• Watters, B.R. & Nagy, B. 2025. A review and redefinition of the subgenus Aphyobranchius Wildekamp, 1977, in the seasonal killifish genus Nothobranchius Peters, 1868 (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae), from ephemeral wetlands of eastern Tanzania.
  • Zootaxa, 5570 (3): 401-446.

• Rozimov, A., Wang, Y., Wang, M., Zou, M., Sobirovm J., Karimov, E., Kholmatov, B., Freyhof, J., Namozov, S., Wang, C., Li, X. & Guo. B. 2025. Mitochondrial genome insights into the phylogenetics and biogeographic evolution of snow trout (Cyprinidae, Schizothorax) in the Tien Shan Mountains.
  • Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101 (1): 91-102.

• Hughes, L.C., Bloom, D.D., Piller, K.R., Lang, N. & Mayden, R.L. 2025. Phylogenomic resolution of lampreys reveals the recent evolution of an ancient vertebrate lineage.
  • Proceddings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences, 292: 20242101

• Chernova, N., Kai, Y. & Zorina, A. 2025. Validation of Icelus crassus Andriashev (Cottiformes: Cottidae), described from the Sea of Okhotsk.
  • Zootaxa, 5569 (2): 282-298.

• Silva, P.C., Bonato, K.O., Bertaco, V.A., Malabarba, L.R. 2025. Integrative diagnosis and review of the conservation status of a Near Threatened species of the “Psalidodon scabripinnis complex”.
  • Neotropical Ichthyology, 22 (4): e240069.

• Ghezelayagh, A., Simmons, J.W., Wood, J.E., Yamashita, T., Thomas, M.E., Blanton, R.E., Orr, O.D., MacGuigan, D.J., Kim, D., Benavides, E., Keck, B.P., Harrington, R.C. & Near, T.J. 2024. Comparative species delimitation of a biological conservation icon.
  • Current Biology, 35: 1-9.

• Mowatt-Larssen, T., Thys, T.M., Hildering, J., Caldera, E.J., Biesack, E.E., McDowellm J.R. & Nyegaard, M. 2025. Hook, line, and social media: crowd-sourced images reveal size and species patterns of ocean sunfishes (Tetraodontiformes, Molidae) from California to Alaska.
  • Frontiers in Marine Science, 11: 1482873

• Parveen P.S., F., Arjunan, J.K., Venu, S., Eranhottu,S., Ummath, A., Kalita, S., Ramees P.V.. M. & Sadaka, S. 2025. Taxonomic redescription and molecular confirmation of Lutjanus rufolineatus (Acanthuriformes: Lutjanidae) from the Andaman Islands, India.
  • Zootaxa, 5566 (2): 370-380.

• Hartmann, C., Wingert, J.M., Angrizani, R.C. & Malabarba, L.R. 2026. An unexpected discovery of a new species of Jenynsia (Cyprinodontiformes: Anablepidae).
  • Jenynsia (Plesiojenynsia) aurea Hartmann
    • Neotropical Ichthyology, 24 (1): e250128 [1-23].