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Every month. An in-depth look at over 300 species of catfish. November 2026. Batasio tengana (Hamilton, 1822)
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LATEST UPDATES
1st November 2026: Factsheet of the Month Batasio tengana
20th October 2026: Cryptic lineages in Neotropical freshwaters: an integrative approach reveals a new species of Megalonema (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the upper Paraná River basin. M. tinga
19th October 2026: Past connection and isolation of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) across southeastern Brazilian coastal drainages: evidence for palaeodrainage connectivity and description of a new species. R. capixaba
19th October 2026: A new species of Peckoltia (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rapids of Rio Trombetas basin, Brazil. L218/L247 now described. Peckoltia kahxi
19th October 2026: A new species of diminutive spiny driftwood catfish Spinipterus (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the Madeira River system, Amazon basin, Brazil. S. cuniculus
19th October 2026: A deeper look into the diversity of suckermouth catfishes of southern Africa, with the description of four new species Chiloglanis imberbis, C. shirensis, C. lapidis, & C. brevispina
1st September 2026: Factsheet of the Month Akysis hendricksoni
1st September 2026: Factsheet of the Month Silonia silondia
23rd August 2026: A new Corydoras CW number from CorydorasWorld.com Corydoras sp. CW226
19th August 2026: The Thorny History of the Holotype of Rinelepis histrix Valenciennes, 1840 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), an Eighteenth-Century Naturalist Relic. Link here
1st August 2026: Factsheet of the Month Leiarius marmoratus
27th July 2026: A Hidden diversity of the catfish genus Trachelyichthys a revisionary study with description of four new species from the Amazon basin T. displicatus, T. epachrus, T. gaiophanes, T. varii
