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LATEST UPDATES
2nd May 2023: Corydoras sp. (CW016) now described as Corydoras maclurei
1st May 2023: Factsheet of the Month Asterophysus batrachus
13th April 2023: New species of Parauchenoglanis described Parauchenoglanis zebratus
8th April 2023: New species of Rineloricaria described Rineloricaria nudipectoris
1st April 2023: Factsheet of the Month Hypoptopoma inexspectatum
29th March 2023: New species of Glyptothorax described: Glytothorax irroratus
14th March 2023: Exceptional levels of species discovery ameliorate inferences of the biogeography and diversification of an Afrotropical catfish family (PDF)
14th March 2023: New species of Glyptothorax described: Glytothorax sardashtensis (PDF)
14th March 2023: New species of Euchiloglanis described: Euchiloglanis nami