New Species of 2008!

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WEDGEFISH:
Rhynchobatus palpebratus

A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus palpebratus sp. nov. (Rhynchobatoidei: Rhynchobatidae), from the Indo–West Pacific.

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/cmar_rp022.pdf - full article

 

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NUMBFISHES:
Narcine nelsoni
Narcine ornata

New species of numbfishes from Australia, with a key to Australian electric rays of the genus Narcine Henle, 1834 (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Narcinidae).

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/cmar_rp022.pdf - full article


Top: N. ornata
Bottom: N. nelsoni

 

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STINGAREE:
Trygonoptera imitata

Trygonoptera imitata sp. nov., a new stingaree (Myliobatoidei: Urolophidae) from southeastern Australia.

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/cmar_rp022.pdf - full article

 

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STINGAREE:
Trygonoptera galba

Trygonoptera galba sp. nov., a new stingaree (Myliobatoidei: Urolophidae) from southwestern Australia.

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/cmar_rp022.pdf - full article

 

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STINGRAY:
Dasyatis parvonigra

Dasyatis parvonigra sp. nov., a new species of stingray (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) from the tropical eastern Indian Ocean.

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/cmar_rp022.pdf - full article

 

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HEMIBRYCON TETRA:
Hemibrycon rafaelense

Hemibrycon rafaelense n. sp. (Characiformes, Characidae), a new species from the upper Cauca River, with keys to Colombian species.

http://www.bcn.es/museuciencies_fitxers/imatges/FitxerContingut11799.pdf - full article

 

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TETRAS:
Bryconamericus cinarucoense
Bryconamericus singularis

Two new Bryconamericus: B. cinarucoense n. sp. and B. singularis n. sp. (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Cinaruco River, Orinoco Basin, with keys to all Venezuelan species.

http://www.bcn.es/museuciencies_fitxers/imatges/FitxerContingut11794.pdf - full article

 

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BARB:
Puntius kamalika

Puntius kamalika, a new species of barb from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01824p064f.pdf - abstract

 

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LIVEBEARER:
Heterandria tuxtlaensis

A new livebearing fish, Heterandria tuxtlaensis, from Lake Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae).

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01824p054f.pdf - abstract

 

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BARBEL:
Luciobarbus kottelati

Luciobarbus kottelati, a new species of barbel (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Buyuk Menderes River, Turkey, with rediagnose of L. lydianus.

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01824p044f.pdf - abstract