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LATEST UPDATES
1st October 2024: Factsheet of the Month Xyliphius barbatus
23rd September 2024: Revisiting Hypostomus khimaera (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): the identity of a morphologically variable species PDF here
20th September 2024: Four new species of small-ranged trichomycterine catfishes are described PDF here
1st September 2024: Factsheet of the Month Ariopsis felis
27th August 2024: A new species of Bagrid catfish from central Borneo Pseudomystus tuberosus
1st August 2024: Factsheet of the Month Belonoglanis brieni
18th July 2024: New Hoplisoma from the Rio Araguaia basin Hoplisoma sp. (CW208)
8th July 2024: Corydoras sp. (C053) now described Corydoras iiap
8th July 2024: A Revised Diagnosis of the Blood-Feeding Candiru Genus Paravandellia (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae: Vandelliinae) with Descriptions of Three New Species - paper here
1st July 2024: Factsheet of the Month Xiurenbagrus xiurenensis
28th June 2024: Rhadinoloricaria sp. "Caqueta" now described Rhadinoloricaria andaki