New Species of 2008!

[davo]

HILLSTREAM FISH:
Psilorhynchus tenura

Description of a new species of the genus Psilorhynchus (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from a Western Ghat stream in Southern India.

http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/56/56rbz405-414.pdf - full article

 

[BigDaddyMagnum]

lol wouldnt want the eel... he looks hungry =] haha

 

[davo]

BARBS:
Eirmotus furvus
Eirmotus insignis
Eirmotus isthmus

Revision of the cyprinid fish genus Eirmotus, with description of three new species from Sumatra and Borneo.

http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/56/56rbz423-433.pdf - full article

below: E. furvus.

 

[davo]

ANTARCTIC EELPOUT:
Gosztonyia antarctica

Description of Gosztonyia antarctica, a new genus and species of Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) from the Antarctic Ocean.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/n85j6r0639qlj613/?p=2a2b5d339614410091f52b3f922cb37c&pi=5 - abstract

 

[davo]

ANTARCTIC ICEFISH:
Pogonophryne bellingshausenensis

New species of Pogonophryne (Pisces, Artedidraconidae) from the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/h7m067m313762247 - abstract

 

[davo]

RARE DEEP SEA OPHIDIIFORMS:
Barathronus solomonensis
Bellottia galatheae
Tuamotuichthys schwarzhansi

New and rare deep-sea ophidiiform fishes from the Solomon Sea caught by the Danish Galathea 3 Expedition.

Steenstrupia, 30 (1): 21–46.

 

[davo]

LIVEBEARER:
Poeciliopsis santaelena

A new species of poeciliid fish, Poeciliopsis santaelena, from Peninsula Santa Elena, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

http://www.ots.ac.cr/tropiweb/attachments/volumes/vol56-2/31-Bussing-New-Poeciliid.pdf - full article

 

[davo]

TETRA:
Hemigrammus silimoni

A New Species of Hemigrammus from the Upper Rio Tapajós Basin in Brazil (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae).

http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1643/CI-07-134 - abstract

 

[davo]

SWELLSHARKS:
Cephaloscyllium maculatum
Cephaloscyllium pardelotum

A revision of the western North Pacific swellsharks, genus Cephaloscyllium Gill 1862 Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae), including descriptions of two new species.

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01872p028f.pdf - abstract

 

[davo]

VIETNAMESE CATFISH:
Glyptothorax filicatus
Glyptothorax strabonis

Two new species of Glyptothorax (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from central Vietnam.

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01873p025f.pdf - abstract