New Species of 2008!

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JELLYNOSE FISH:
Guentherus katoi

A New Species of the Genus Guentherus (Ateleopodiformes: Ateleopodidae) from Japan.
http://research.kahaku.go.jp/publication/zoology/s2/02Senou_et_al.pdf - Full article

 

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CYPRINID:
Garra findolabium

Garra findolabium, a new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from the Red River drainage in Yunnan, China.
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01743p068f.pdf

 

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SCORPIONFISH:
Scorpaena brevispina

A new species of the scorpionfish genus Scorpaena (Scorpaenidae) from Izu Peninsula, Pacific coast of Japan.
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01862.x - abstract

 

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SWALLOWERFISHES:
Chiasmodon lavenbergi
Kali caribbaea

Two New Species of Swallowerfishes of the Genera Chiasmodon and Kali (Chiasmodontidae).
http://www.maik.rssi.ru/abstract/ichth/8/ichth3_8p209abs.htm - abstract

 

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WEEVERS:
Parapercis basimaculata
Parapercis katoi
Parapercis natator

Three New Pinguipedid Fishes of the Genus Parapercis from Japan.
http://research.kahaku.go.jp/publication/zoology/s2/08Randall_et_al.pdf - full article

Top left: P. Natator
Top right: P. basimaculata
Bottom: P. katoi

 

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SNAILFISH:
Careproctus rotundifrons

Careproctus rotundifrons, a New Snailfish (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from Japan.
http://research.kahaku.go.jp/publication/zoology/s2/05Sakurai_Shinohara.pdf - full article

 

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BARBS:
Laubuca insularis
Laubuca ruhuna
Laubuca varuna

A review of the genus Laubuca in Sri Lanka, with description of three new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief19_1_02.pdf - abstract

 

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PYGMY SKATE:
Neoraja iberica

Neoraja iberica n. sp., a new species of pygmy skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae) from the southern upper slope of the Iberian Peninsula (Eastern North Atlantic).
http://www.mnhn.fr/sfi/cybium/numeros/BilingualAbstracts/321/08-StehmannAbs513.pdf

 

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GOBIES:
Trimma kudoi
Trimma yanoi

Two New Species of the Gobiid Fish Genus Trimma (Perciformes: Gobioidei) from Southern Japan.
http://research.kahaku.go.jp/publication/zoology/s2/10Suzuki_Senou.pdf

 

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SCULPIN:
Astrocottus regulus

Revision of the Cottid Genus Astrocottus Bolin (Perciformes: Cottoidei), with the Description of a New Species from Northern Japan.
http://research.kahaku.go.jp/publication/zoology/s2/10Suzuki_Senou.pdf - full article