New Species of 2008!

[Arachnar]

Yes ,very cool thread, gives us even more reason to preserve our natural world. Why really don't know what where destroying.

 

[Acer]

one question....why are most of the fish shown dead??????????

Destructive sampling

Nice thread!

 

[davo]

do one every year...

yah I'll do them yearly, and a new one will be started for 2009. Glad you guys are getting something out of it, I try to get any live pictures of the animals (about half of them are), but sometimes it's lucky to have any picture at all

 

[davo]

LABRID:
Pseudocoris aequalis

A pictorial review of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus Pseudocoris, with description of a new species from the Coral Sea.
http://www.aquapress-bleher.com/ind...facturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=45

 

[davo]

GOBY:
Trypauchenichthys larsonae

Trypauchenichthys larsonae, a new species of amblyopine goby from Australia (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae) with a key to the species in the genus.
http://www.aquapress-bleher.com/ind...facturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=45

 

[davo]

SLOPEFISH:
Symphysanodon disii

A new species of the genus Symphysanodon (Perciformes: Symphysanodontidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.
http://www.aquapress-bleher.com/ind...n=com_virtuemart&Itemid=45&vmcchk=1&Itemid=45

 

[davo]

SKATES:
Dipturus acrobelus
Dipturus apricus
Dipturus healdi
Dipturus melanospilus
Dipturus queenslandicus
Dipturus canutus
Dipturus confusus
Dipturus endeavouri
Dipturus falloargus
Dipturus grahami
Dipturus oculus
Dipturus wengi
Dentiraja flindersi
Okamejei arafurensis
Okamejei leptoura
Rajella challengeri
Leucoraja pristispina
Notoraja azurea
Notoraja lira
Notoraja sticta
Irolita westraliensis

New skates of the genus Dipturus (Rajoidei: Rajidae) from Australian Seas.
http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/2008/lastpr_a.pdf - this is a decent pdf article- 187 pages.

 

[davo]

DARTFISHES:
Ptereleotris brachyptera
Ptereleotris crossogenion
Ptereleotris kallista

Three new species of dartfishes of the gobioid genus Ptereleotris from the western Pacific.
http://www.aquapress-bleher.com/ind...facturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=45

 

[davo]

CHARACIN:
Hyphessobrycon khardinae

Hyphessobrycon khardinae sp. n. - ein neuer Blutsalmler aus Brasilien (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae).
http://globiz.sachsen.de/snsd/publikationen/vertebrate-zoology/vz58-1/58_1-03_Zarske_01.pdf - can view

 

[davo]

DWARF CICHLID:
Dicrossus gladicauda

Dicrossus gladicauda sp. n. - a new species of crenicarine dwarf cichlids (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Colombia, South-America.
http://globiz.sachsen.de/snsd/publikationen/vertebrate-zoology/vz58-1/58_1-09_Schindler.pdf - whole publication viewable

top: male
bottom: female