New Species of 2008!

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This one has recently found it's way into the hobby...

LEAF FISH:
Nandus andrewi

A new species of leaf fish, Nandus andrewi (Teleostei: Perciformes: Nandidae) from northeastern India.
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01731p032f.pdf

 

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KILLIFISH:
Llanolebias

Description of a new annual rivulid killifish genus from Venezuela.
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01734p042f.pdf

 

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ANGEL SHARKS:
Squatina albipunctata
Squatina legnota
Squatina pseudocellata

Three new angel sharks (Chondrichthyes: Squatinidae) from the Indo-Australian region.
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01734p026f.pdf

 

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LIZARDFISHES:
Synodus cresseyi nom. nov. Prokofiev, 2008 for S. macrocephalus (non Lacepede, 1803) Cressey, 1981
Synodus mascarensis

New species and new records of lizardfishes of the genus Synodus (Teleostei, Synodontidae) from the Western Indian Ocean.
Zoologicheskii Zhurnal [Russian Journal of Zoology], 87 (4): 424-435.

 

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FW STINGRAY!:
Potamotrygon boesemani

Potamotrygon boesemani (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae), a new species of Neotropical freshwater stingray from Surinam.
http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/vol6num1\v06n1a01.pdf

 

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CATFISH:
Ituglanis mambai

Ituglanis mambai, a new subterranean catfish from a karst area of Central Brazil, rio Tocantins basin (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/vol6num1\v06n1a02.pdf

 

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CATFISH:
Trichomycterus igobi

Trichomycterus igobi, a new catfish species from the rio Iguaçu drainage: the largest head in Trichomycteridae (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae).
http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/vol6num1\v06n1a03.pdf

 

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SEA CATFISH:
Cathorops belizensis
Cathorops higuchii
Cathorops kailolae

Revision of the species of the genus Cathorops (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from Mesoamerica and the Central American Caribbean, with description of three new species.
http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/vol6num1\v06n1a04.pdf
Cathorops aguadulce (revised name) below:

 

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LEPORINUS:
Leporinus venerei

Description of a new species of the genus Leporinus Spix (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the rio Araguaia, Brazil, with comments on the taxonomy and distribution of L. parae and L. lacustris.
http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/vol6num1\v06n1a05.pdf

 

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CHARACIN:
Characidium heirmostigmata

Characidium heirmostigmata, a new characidiin fish (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil.
http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/vol6num1\v06n1a06.pdf