New Species of 2008!

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LOACHES:
Cobitis longitaeniatus
Cobitis phongnhaensis
Cobitis squataeniatus

Three new species belonging to the genus Cobitis discovered in Phong Nha Ke Bàng limestone mountains, Quang Binh province.

Science and Technology Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam, no. 122, 8 (5): 66-71.

 

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CATFISH:
Ompok supernus

Ompok supernus, a new catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from Borneo.

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01877p068f.pdf - abstract

 

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AFRICAN CICHLID:
Haplochromis fischeri

The fishes collected by G. A. Fischer in East Africa in 1883 and 1885/86.

Zoosystematics and Evolution, 84 (2): 149–195.

 

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NEW GENUS- NA CYPRINID:
Tampichthys

Molecular evolution of southern North American Cyprinidae (Actinopterygii), with the description of the new genus Tampichthys from central Mexico.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WNH-4RR8YS1-3&_user=10&_coverDate=05%2F31%2F2008&_rdoc=21&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236963%232008%23999529997%23687587%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=6963&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=31&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=27c46486cd73181ad723187b8d6c2f17 - abstract

 

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BIGSCALE FISHES:
Poromitra curilensis
Poromitra decipiens
Poromitra glochidiata
Poromitra indooceanica
Poromitra kukuevi

Revision of the Genus Poromitra (Melamphaidae): Part 2. New Species of the Group P. crassiceps.

http://www.maik.rssi.ru/abstract/ichth/8/ichth8_8p553abs.htm - abstract

 

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EEL CATFISH:
Plotosus nhatrangensis

A New Species of Eel Catfishes of the Genus Plotosus Nha Trang Bay (South China Sea, Central Vietnam) (Siluriformes: Plotosidae).

Journal of Ichthyology, 48 (8): 671-675. / Voprosy ikhtiologii, 48 (5): 702-706.

 

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DRIFTWOOD CATFISH:
Tatia caxiuanensis
Tatia meesi
Tatia nigra

A systematic revision of Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae).

http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/vol6num3\v06n3a22.pdf – full article
Pictured below: T. meesi

 

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THORNY CATFISH:
Platydoras brachylecis

Platydoras brachylecis, a new species of thorny catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from northeastern Brazil.

http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/vol6num3\v06n3a21.pdf – full article

 

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THORNY CATFISH:
Leptodoras oyakawai

New species of thorny catfish, genus Leptodoras Boulenger (Siluriformes: Doradidae), from Tapajós and Xingu basins, Brazil.

http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/vol6num3\v06n3a20.pdf – full article

 

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PIMELODUS CATFISH:
Pimelodus halisodous
Pimelodus joannis
Pimelodus stewarti

Three new Pimelodus species (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the rio Tocantins drainage, Brazil.

http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/vol6num3\v06n3a19.pdf – full article
Pictured below: Pimelodus halisodous holotype