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LATEST UPDATES
22nd November 2023: New species of Amblyceps described Amblyceps crassioris
19th September 2023: New species of Hypostomus described Hypostomus lamberti
3rd November 2023: New Mystus species described Mystus celator
2nd November 2023: Scobinancistrus sp. (L082) now described Scobinancistrus raonii
1st November 2023: Factsheet of the Month Hypostomus boulengeri
24th October 2023: Tridensimilis brevis from the Trichomycteridae family now reclasified as Tridentopsis brevis
21st October 2023: New genera and species of the family Trichomycteridae described Rhinotridens chromocaudatus
1st October 2023: Factsheet of the Month Spinipterus moijiri - Otorongo woodcat, Novia Otorongo
29th September 2023: New species of Liobagrus described from Korea Liobagrus geumgangensis