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Every month. An in-depth look at over 300 species of catfish. June 2025 Gymnallabes typus

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LATEST UPDATES

3rd June 2025: Diversity of Sisorid catfish of the genus Pseudolaguvia (Teleostei: Siluriformes) in Northeastern India. PDF link here

1st June 2025: Factsheet of the Month Gymnallabes typus

27th. May 2025: A newly described species of Rhineloricaria from Brazil Rhineloricaria buckupi

19th May 2025: Deep Divergence and Phenotypic Stasis of a Paleogene Relic Species Complex of Bullhead Catfish Within Eastern China (Tachysurus argentivittatus) PDF here

1st May 2025: Factsheet of the Month Denticetopsis praecox

22nd. April 2025: Correction to: Phylogenomic analyses in the complex Neotropical subfamily Corydoradinae (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) with a new classification based on
morphological and molecular data. PDF here

14th April 2025: CW160, CW168 now described Hoplisoma tenebrosum

13th April 2025: CW004, CW155, CW156, CW167 now described Hoplisoma noxium

1st April 2025: Factsheet of the Month Hoplosternum punctatum

1st March 2025: Factsheet of the Month Hoplisoma cochui

11th February 2025: Two new Hypancistrus described Hypancistrus seideli (L066 etc) & Hypancistrus yudja (L174)