New Species of 2008!

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SA CICHLID:
Australoheros ribeirae

A new species of the genus Australoheros from the rio Ribeira do Iguape basin, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Labroidei: Cichlidae: Cichlasomatinae).
http://globiz.sachsen.de/snsd/publikationen/vertebrate-zoology/vz58-1/58_1-10_Ottoni.pdf - fully viewable pdf

 

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SA CICHLID:
Apistogramma barlowi

Apistogramma barlowi sp. n.: Description of a new facultative mouth-breeding cichlid species (Teleostei: Perciformes: Geophaginae) from Northern Peru.
http://globiz.sachsen.de/snsd/publikationen/vertebrate-zoology/vz58-1/58_1-08_Roemer.pdf - fully viewable pdf

both males; top- adult, bottom- juvenile

 

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ASIAN CATFISH:
Pseudobagrus brachyrhabdion

Pseudobagrus brachyrhabdion, a new catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) from the middle Yangtze River drainage, South China.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/am02642j5256r527/fulltext.pdf - fully viewable pdf

 

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BLENNY:
Acanthemblemaria cubana

Sobre la especie Acanthemblemaria chaplini (Pisces: Chaenopsidae) en Cuba, con la descripción de una especie nueva.
Solenodon, 7: 29-36.

 

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ARTIC SNAILFISH:
Careproctus kidoi

Careproctus kidoi, a new Arctic species of snailfish (Teleostei: Liparidae) from Baffin Bay.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/94r4l8n7502254ux/fulltext.pdf - fully viewable pdf

 

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CATFISH:
Trichomycterus crassicaudatus

A New Species of the Neotropical Catfish Genus Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) Representing a New Body Shape for the Family.
http://www.asihcopeiaonline.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1643/CI-06-237 - abstract

 

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SYNO:
Synodontis macropunctata

A New Species of Synodontis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from Tributaries of the Kasai River in Northern Angola.
http://www.asihcopeiaonline.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1643/CI-07-040 - abstract

 

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TETRA:
Characidium nupelia
Characidium xavante

Two New Species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from Paraguay and Xingu River Basins, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
http://www.asihcopeiaonline.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1643/CI-06-167 - abstract

 

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WHIPTAIL CATFISH:
Rineloricaria baliola
Rineloricaria malabarbai

Taxonomic Review of Rineloricaria (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from the Laguna dos Patos Drainage, Southern Brazil, with the Descriptions of Two New Species and the Recognition of Two Species Groups.
http://www.asihcopeiaonline.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1643/CI-06-218 - abstract

 

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CATFISH:
Gogo atratus

A New Species of Catfish of the Genus Gogo from Northeastern Madagascar (Siluriformes: Anchariidae).
http://www.asihcopeiaonline.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1643/CI-07-121 - abstract