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Collected by Michal Mikšik and Erwin Schraml

update 2012-05#8
Note: taxa stated as "at present published only online" count as "not published" acc. to the ICZN and are therefore "not available" until the printed publication appears! 
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2012 latest news (May)

  • Jiang, W., Ng, H.H., Yang, J. & Chen, X. (2012): A taxonomic review of the catfish identified as Glyptothorax zanaensis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Sisoridae), with the descriptions of two new species.
    • Glyptothorax fucatus Jiang, Ng, Yang & Chen, 2012
    • Glyptothorax granosus Jiang, Ng, Yang & Chen, 2012
      • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 165 (2): 363–389.
  • Dunz, A.R. & Schliewen, U.K. (2012): Description of a rheophilic Tilapia species Smith, 1840 (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Guinea with comments on Tilapia rheophila Daget, 1962.
  • Pethiyagoda, R. & Gill, A.C. (2012): Description of two new species of sea bass (Teleostei: Latidae: Lates) from Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
  • Iglésias, S.P., Dettai, A. & Ozouf-Costaz, C. (2012): Barbapellis pterygalces, new genus and new species of a singular eelpout (Zoarcidae: Teleostei) from the Antarctic deep waters.
  • Oliveira, C., Avelino, G.S., Abe, K.T., Mariguela, T.C., Benine, R.C., Orti, G., Vari, R.P., & Correa e Castro, R.M. (2011): Phylogenetic relationships within the speciose family Characidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) based on multilocus analysis and extensive ingroup sampling. 
    • Triportheinae Fowler, 1940 raised to family rank, now Triporthidae (included genera: Agoniates (formerly placed in Characidae: Agoniatinae), Clupeacharax (formerly placed in Gasteropelecidae?: Clupeacharacinae), Triportheus (formerly placed in Characidae: Bryconinae or placed in Characidae: Triporthinae), Engraulisoma (formerly placed in Gasteropelecidae), and Lignobrycon (formerly placed in Characidae: Bryconinae?)). 
  • Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2012): Reef Fishes of the East Indies.
    • Acentrogobius cenderawasih
    • Amblyglyphidodon flavopurpureus
    • Amblyglyphidodon silolona
    • Aspasmichthys alorensis
    • Cirrhilabrus humanni
    • Forcipiger wanai
    • Grallenia baliensis
    • Iniistius naevus
    • Lepadichthys akiko
    • Neoglyphidodon mitratus
    • Ostorhinchus tricinctus
    • Parapercis bimacula
    • Parapercis sagma
    • Pentapodus komodoensis
    • Pseudanthias mica
    • Pseudocoris petila
    • Pseudochromis tigrinus
    • Ptereleotris caeruleomarginata
    • Ptereleotris rubristigma
    • Pteropsaron longipinnis
    • Scorpaenodes bathycolus
    • Tomiyamichthys gomezi
    • Tomiyamichthys nudus
    • Tryssogobius sarah
    • Vanderhorstia wayag
      • Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. 1292pp. Universitiy of Hawai'i Press. ISBN: 978-0-9872600-0-0
  • Kulabtong, S., Suksri, S. & Nonpayom, C. (2012): A new species of genus Laubuca Bleeker, 1860 cyprinid fish from Bangladesh (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae).
  • Rameshori, Y. & Vishwanath, W. (2012): Glyptothorax jayarami, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Mizoram, northeastern India.
  • Kullander, S.O. (2012): A taxonomic review of Satanoperca (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from French Guiana, South America, with description of a new species.
  • Covain, R., Fisch-Muller, S., Montoya-Burgos, J.I., Mol, J.H., Le Bail, P.Y. & Dray, S. (2012): The Harttiini (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Guianas: a multi-table approach to assess their diversity, evolution, and distribution.
    • Cteniloricaria napova Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttia fluminensis Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttia tuna Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012 
    • Harttiella intermedia Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttiella janmoli Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttiella longicauda Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttiella lucifer Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttiella parva Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttiella pilosa Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
  • Fisch-Muller, S., Montoya-Burgos, J.I., Le Bail, P.Y. & Covain, R. (2012): Diversity of the Ancistrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Guianas: the Panaque group, a molecular appraisal with descriptions of new species.
    • Panaqolus koko Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2012
    • Peckoltia capitulata Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2012
    • Peckoltia otali Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2012
    • Peckoltia simulata Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2012
  • Vari, R.P., Sidlauskas, B.L. & Le Bail, P.Y. (2012): New species of Cyphocharax (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Curimatidae) from Suriname and French Guiana and a discussion of curimatid diversity on the Guiana Shield.
  • Keith, P., Allen, G., Lord, C. & Hadiaty, R. (2012): Five new species of Sicyopterus (Gobioidei: Sicydiinae) from Papua New Guinea and Papua.
    • Sicyopterus calliochromus Keith, Allen & Lord, 2012
    • Sicyopterus erythropterus Keith, Allen & Lord, 2012
    • Sicyopterus lengguru Keith, Lord & Hadiaty, 2012
    • Sicyopterus ocellaris Keith, Allen & Lord, 2012
    • Sicyopterus stiphodonoides Keith, Allen & Lord, 2012
  • Maeda, K., Takahiko, M. & Tachihara, K. (2012): A new species of amphidromous goby, Stiphodon alcedo, from the Ryukyu Archipelago (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae).
  • Hoese, D. & Allen, G.R. (2012): A review of the amphidromous species of the Glossogobius celebius complex, with description of three new species.
  • Matallanas, J. & Corbella, C. (2012): Redescription of Iluocoetes Jenyns, 1842; proposal of a new genus, Argentinolycus, for Iluocoetes elongatus (Smitt, 1898), and description of Patagolycus melastomus gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Zoarcidae).
    • Argentinolycus gen. n. Matallanas & Corbella, 2012
    •  Type species: Iluocoetes elongatus (Smitt, 1898)
    • Patagolycus gen. n. Matallanas & Corbella, 2012
    • Patagolycus melastomus Matallanas & Corbella, 2012
2012 latest news (April)
 
  • Gon, O. & Allen, G.R. (2012): Revision of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfish genus Siphamia (Perciformes: Apogonidae).
    • Siphamia arabica Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia brevilux Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia cyanophthalma Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia fraseri Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia goreni Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia randalli Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia senoui Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia spinicola Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia stenotes Gon & Allen, 2012
  • Stein, D.L. (2012): Snailfishes (Family Liparidae) of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and Closely Adjacent Waters.
    • Paraliparis alius Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis amerismos Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis camilarus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis ekaporus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis epacrognathus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis haploporus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis longicaecus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis macropterus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis magnoculus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis mentikoilon Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis nigrolineatus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis nullansa Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis orbitalis Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis parviradialis Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis plicatus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis posteroporus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis tangaroa Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis voroninorum Stein, 2012
  • Iwatsuki, Y., Jawad, L.A. & Al-Mamry, J.M. (2012): Johnius (Johnius) majan sp. nov., a sciaenid fish (Pisces: Sciaenidae) from Oman, Indian Ocean.
  • Vasil’eva, E.D. & Vasil’ev, V.P. (2012): Cobitis amphilekta sp. nova, a New Species of Spined Loaches (Cobitidae, Cypriniformes) from the Caspian Sea Basin.
  • Kukuev, E.I., Parin, N.V. & Trunov, I.A. (2012): Materials for the Revision of the Family Caristiidae (Perciformes). 2. Manefishes from the East Atlantic (Redescription of Platyberyx opalescens Zugmayer and Description of Two New Species Platyberyx mauli sp. n. and Caristius andriashevi sp. n.).
  • Mesa Salazar, L. M. & Lasso, C. A. (2011): Apistogramma megaptera (Perciformes:Cichlidae), una nueva especie para la cuenca del Orinoco. 
  • Powers, S.L., Kuhajsa, B.R. & Ahlbrand, S.E. (2012): Systematics of the Etheostoma cinereum (Teleostei: Percidae) species complex (subgenus Allohistium).
  • Matallanas, J., Corbella, C. & Møller, P.R. (2012): Description of two new species of Santelmoa (Teleostei, Zoarcidae) from the Southern Ocean.
    • Santelmoa antarctica Matallanas, Corbella & Møller, 2012  (at present published only online)
    • Santelmoa fusca Matallanas, Corbella & Møller, 2012  (at present published only online)
  • Bogutskaya, N.G., Zupancic, P., Bogut, I. & Naseka, A.M. (2012): Two new freshwater fish species of the genus Telestes (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from karst poljes in Eastern Herzegovina and Dubrovnik littoral (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia).
  • Van Tassell, J.L., Tornabene, L. & Colin, P.L. (2012): Review of the western Atlantic species of Bollmannia (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiosomatini) with the description of a new allied genus and species.
  • Chen, Z., Yang, J. & Yang, J. (2012): Description of a new species of the genus Yunnanilus Nichols, 1925 (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Yunnan, China.
  • Gill, A.C. & Mooi, R.D. (2012): Thalasseleotrididae, new family of marine gobioid fishes from New Zealand and temperate Australia, with a revised definition of its sister taxon, the Gobiidae (Teleostei: Acanthomorpha).
    • Thalasseleotrididae n. fam.
    •  Type genus: Thalasseleotris Hoese & Larson, 1987 (type species Thalasseleotris adela Hoese & Larson, 1987)
  • Ottoni, F.P. (2012): Three new species of Australoheros from southeastern Brazil, with taxonomic notes on Chromys oblonga, Heros autochton and H. jenynsii (Teleostei: Labroidei: Cichlidae).
  • Barbosa, M.A. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2012): Trichomycterus macrophthalmus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), a new species of catfish from the Paraíba do Sul river basin, southeastern Brazil.
  • Zarske, A. (2012): Serrapinnus sterbai spec. nov. – Beschreibung eines neuen Salmlers (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae: Cheirodontinae) aus Brasilien mit Bemerkungen zu S. gracilis (Géry, 1960) comb. nov. und S. littoris (Géry, 1960) comb. nov.
  • Orr, J.W., Stevenson, D.E., Hoff, G.R., Spies, I. & McEachran, J.D. (2011): Bathyraja panthera, a new species of skate (Rajidae: Arhynchobatinae) from the western Aleutian Islands, and resurrection of the subgenus Arctoraja Ishiyama.
  • Ng, H.H. & Kottelat, M. (2012): Chaca serica, a new species of frogmouth catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from southern Borneo. 
  • Konings, A.F. & Stauffer, J.R.Jr. (2012): Review of the Lake Malawi genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with a description of a new species.
  • Turan, D., Ekmekci, F.G., Luskova, V. & Mendel, J. (2012): Description of a new species of genus Gobio from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
     
  • Marceniuk, A.P., Betancur-R., R., Acero P., A. & Muriel-Cunha, J. (2012): Review of the Genus Cathorops (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the Caribbean and Atlantic South America, with Description of a New Species.
  • Rodriguez, M.S., Cavallaro, M.R. & Thomas, M.R. (2012): A New Diminutive Species of Loricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Paraguay System, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
  • Baldwin, C.C. & Weigt, L.A. (2012): A New Species of Soapfish (Teleostei: Serranidae: Rypticus), with Redescription of R. subbifrenatus and Comments on the Use of DNA Barcoding in Systematic Studies.
  • Reis, R.E., Pereira, E.H.L. & Lehmann A., P. (2012): A New Genus and Species of Hypoptopomatine Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio São Francisco Basin, Brazil.
    • Plesioptopoma n. gen. Reis, Pereira & Lehmann A., 2012
    • Plesioptopoma curvidens Reis, Pereira & Lehmann A., 2012
  • del Moral Flores, L.F., Tello-Musi, J.L. & Martínez-Pérez, J.A. (2012): Descripción de una nueva especie del género Hypoplectrus (Actinopterigy: Serranidae) del Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano, suroeste del Golfo de México.
    • Hypoplectrus castroaguirrei del Moral Flores, Tello-Musi & Martínez-Pérez, 2012
      • Revista de Zoología (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), 22 [2011]: 1-10.
  • Ng, H.H., Ferraris, C.J.Jr. & Neely, D.A. (2012): The catfish genus Erethistoides (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) in Myanmar, with descriptions of three new species.
    • Erethistoides longispinis Ng, Ferraris & Neely, 2012
    • Erethistoides luteolus Ng, Ferraris & Neely, 2012
    • Erethistoides vesculus Ng, Ferraris & Neely, 2012
  • Arnold, R.J. (2012): A new species of frogfish of the genus Histiophryne (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennariidae) from Lombok and Komodo, Indonesia.
  • Kottelat, M. (2012): Rasbora rheophila, a new species of fish from northern Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
    • Rasbora rheophila Kottelat, 2012
        • Revue suisse de Zoologie, 119 (1): 77-87.
         

2012 (alphabetical)

  • Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2012): A new species of Dragonet (Synchiropus: Callionymidae) from Indonesia.
    • Synchiropus tudorjonesi Allen & Erdmann, 2012
      • aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 9-14.
  • Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2012): Reef Fishes of the East Indies.
    • Acentrogobius cenderawasih
    • Amblyglyphidodon flavopurpureus
    • Amblyglyphidodon silolona
    • Aspasmichthys alorensis
    • Cirrhilabrus humanni
    • Forcipiger wanai
    • Grallenia baliensis
    • Iniistius naevus
    • Lepadichthys akiko
    • Neoglyphidodon mitratus
    • Ostorhinchus tricinctus
    • Parapercis bimacula
    • Parapercis sagma
    • Pentapodus komodoensis
    • Pseudanthias mica
    • Pseudocoris petila
    • Pseudochromis tigrinus
    • Ptereleotris caeruleomarginata
    • Ptereleotris rubristigma
    • Pteropsaron longipinnis
    • Scorpaenodes bathycolus
    • Tomiyamichthys gomezi
    • Tomiyamichthys nudus
    • Tryssogobius sarah
    • Vanderhorstia wayag
      • Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. 1292pp. Universitiy of Hawai'i Press. ISBN: 978-0-9872600-0-0
  • Anderson, Jr., W.D. & García-Moliner, G. (2012): A new species of Odontanthias Bleeker (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Mona Passage off Puerto Rico, the first record of the genus from the Atlantic Ocean.
    • Odontanthias hensleyi Anderson & García-Moliner, 2012
      • aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 25-30.
     
  • Arnold, R.J. (2012): A new species of frogfish of the genus Histiophryne (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennariidae) from Lombok and Komodo, Indonesia.
  • Azpelicueta, M.d.l.M. & Britski, H.A. (2012): Iheringichthys syi (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae), a new pimelodid species from upper Paraná basin, Brazil.
  • Baldwin, C.C. & Weigt, L.A. (2012): A New Species of Soapfish (Teleostei: Serranidae: Rypticus), with Redescription of R. subbifrenatus and Comments on the Use of DNA Barcoding in Systematic Studies.
  • Balushkin, A.V. (2012): Volodichthys gen. nov. New Species of the Primitive Snailfish (Liparidae: Scorpaeniformes) of the Southern Hemishpere. Description of New Species V. solovjevae sp. nov. (Cooperation Sea, the Antarctic).
  • Barbosa, M.A. & Costa, W.J.E.M. (2012): Trichomycterus macrophthalmus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), a new species of catfish from the Paraíba do Sul river basin, southeastern Brazil.
  • Bogutskaya, N.G., Zupancic, P., Bogut, I. & Naseka, A.M. (2012): Two new freshwater fish species of the genus Telestes (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from karst poljes in Eastern Herzegovina and Dubrovnik littoral (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia).
  • Britz, R., Kottelat, M. & Tan, H.H. (2012): Fangfangia spinocleithralis, a new genus and species of miniature cyprinid from Kalimantan Tengah, Borneo, Indonesia (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).
  • Chen, Z.-M., Pan, X.-F., Xiao, H. & Yang, J.-X. (in press): A new cyprinid species, Placocheilus dulongensis, from the upper Irrawaddy system in northwestern Yunnan, China.
    • Placocheilus dulongensis Chen, Pan, Xiao & Yang, 2012?  (at present published only online)
      • Zoologischer Anzeiger, (2011): doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2011.09.002   (at present published only online)
        • note: This name appeared first in a description from 2006, but is missing any statement about the existance of type specimens, which is mandatory acc. to Art. 16.4. of the ICZN: "...must be accompanied in the original publication...16.4.2. where the holotype or syntypes are extant specimens, by a statement of intent that they will be (or are) deposited in a collection and a statement indicating the name and location of that collection".
  • Chen, Z., Yang, J. & Yang, J. (2012): Description of a new species of the genus Yunnanilus Nichols, 1925 (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Yunnan, China.
  • Costa, W.J.E.M., Amorim, P.F., & Mattos, J.L.O. (2012): Species delimitation in annual killifishes from the Brazilian Caatinga, the Hypsolebias flavicaudatus complex (Cypriniformes: Rivulidae): implications for taxonomy and conservation.
    • Hypsolebias gilbertobrasili Costa, 2012
    • Hypsolebias nitens Costa, 2012
    • Hypsolebias pterophyllus Costa, 2012
    • Hypsolebias radiseriatus Costa, 2012
    • Hypsolebias sertanejo Costa, 2012
     
  • Covain, R., Fisch-Muller, S., Montoya-Burgos, J.I., Mol, J.H., Le Bail, P.Y. & Dray, S. (2012): The Harttiini (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Guianas: a multi-table approach to assess their diversity, evolution, and distribution.
    • Cteniloricaria napova Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttia fluminensis Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttia tuna Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012 
    • Harttiella intermedia Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttiella janmoli Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttiella longicauda Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttiella lucifer Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttiella parva Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
    • Harttiella pilosa Covain & Fisch-Muller, 2012
  • del Moral Flores, L.F., Tello-Musi, J.L. & Martínez-Pérez, J.A. (2012): Descripción de una nueva especie del género Hypoplectrus (Actinopterigy: Serranidae) del Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano, suroeste del Golfo de México.
    • Hypoplectrus castroaguirrei del Moral Flores, Tello-Musi & Martínez-Pérez, 2012
      • Revista de Zoología (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), 22 [2011]: 1-10.
  • Doadrio, I., Perea, S. & Yahyaoui, A. (2012): Morphological and molecular analyses of freshwater blennids: A new species of the genus Salaria Forsskål, 1775 (Actinopterygii, Blennidae) in Morocco. 
  • Dooley, J.K. & Iwatsuki, Y. (2012): A new species of deepwater tilefish (Percoidea: Branchiostegidae) from the Philippines, with a brief discussion of the status of tilefish systematics.
  • Dunz, A.R. & Schliewen, U.K. (2012): Description of a rheophilic Tilapia species Smith, 1840 (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Guinea with comments on Tilapia rheophila Daget, 1962.
  • Fisch-Muller, S., Montoya-Burgos, J.I., Le Bail, P.Y. & Covain, R. (2012): Diversity of the Ancistrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Guianas: the Panaque group, a molecular appraisal with descriptions of new species.
    • Panaqolus koko Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2012
    • Peckoltia capitulata Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2012
    • Peckoltia otali Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2012
    • Peckoltia simulata Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2012
  • Fu, C., Li, G., Xia, R., Li, J. & Lei, G. (2012): A multilocus phylogeny of Asian noodlefishes Salangidae (Teleostei: Osmeriformes) with a revised classification of the family.
  • Gill, A.C., Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M. (2012): Two new dottyback species of the genus Pseudochromis from southern Indonesia (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae).
    • Pseudochromis oligochrysus Gill, Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Pseudochromis rutilus Gill, Allen & Erdmann, 2012
  • Gill, A.C., Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M. (2012): Two new species of striped Pseudochromis from the Philippine Islands and Indonesia, with a redescription of P. colei (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae).
    • Pseudochromis ammeri Gill, Allen & Erdmann, 2012
    • Pseudochromis eichleri Gill, Allen & Erdmann, 2012
  • Gill, A.C. & Mooi, R.D. (2012): Thalasseleotrididae, new family of marine gobioid fishes from New Zealand and temperate Australia, with a revised definition of its sister taxon, the Gobiidae (Teleostei: Acanthomorpha).
    • Thalasseleotrididae n. fam.
    •  Type genus: Thalasseleotris Hoese & Larson, 1987 (type species Thalasseleotris adela Hoese & Larson, 1987)
  • Gon, O. & Allen, G.R. (2012): Revision of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfish genus Siphamia (Perciformes: Apogonidae).
    • Siphamia arabica Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia brevilux Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia cyanophthalma Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia fraseri Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia goreni Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia randalli Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia senoui Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia spinicola Gon & Allen, 2012
    • Siphamia stenotes Gon & Allen, 2012
  • Greenfield, D.W. (2012): Colletteichthys occidentalis, a new Toadfish Species from the Arabian Peninsula and Northern Arabian Sea (Teleostei: Batrachoididae).
  • Greenfield, D.W. & Suzuki, T. (2012): Eviota atriventris, a New Goby Previously Misidentified as Eviota pellucida Larson (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
  • Gu, J.-H. & Zhang, E. (2012): Homatula laxiclathra (Teleostei: Balitoridae), a new species of nemacheiline loach from the Yellow River drainage in Shaanxi Province, northern China.
  • Ho, H.-C., Chang, C.-H. & Shao, K.-T. (2012): Two new sandperches (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae: Parapercis) from South China Sea, based on morphology and DNA barcoding.
  • Holleman, W. & Bogorodsky, S.V. (2012): A review of the blennioid fish family Tripterygiidae (Perciformes) in the Red Sea, with description of Enneapterygius qirmiz, and reinstatement of Enneapterygius altipinnis Clark, 1980.
  • Iglésias, S.P., Dettai, A. & Ozouf-Costaz, C. (2012): Barbapellis pterygalces, new genus and new species of a singular eelpout (Zoarcidae: Teleostei) from the Antarctic deep waters.
  • Iwatsuki, Y., Jawad, L.A. & Al-Mamry, J.M. (2012): Johnius (Johnius) majan sp. nov., a sciaenid fish (Pisces: Sciaenidae) from Oman, Indian Ocean.
  • Jiang, W., Ng, H.H., Yang, J. & Chen, X. (2012): A taxonomic review of the catfish identified as Glyptothorax zanaensis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Sisoridae), with the descriptions of two new species.
    • Glyptothorax fucatus Jiang, Ng, Yang & Chen, 2012
    • Glyptothorax granosus Jiang, Ng, Yang & Chen, 2012
      • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 165 (2): 363–389.
  • Johnson, G.D., Ida, H., Sakaue, J., Sado, T., Asahida, T. & Miya, M. (2012): A ‘living fossil’ eel (Anguilliformes: Protanguillidae, fam. nov.) from an undersea cave in Palau.
    • Protanguilla n. gen. Johnson, Ida & Miya, 2012 (online pre-publication in 2011)  (originally the genus was spelled in the prepublication Protoanguilla and the family Protoanguillidae, but this was preoccupied by Protoanguilla Cadrobbi, 1962. To avoid homonymy it was later changed to Protanguilla and Protanguillidae)
    •  Type species: Protanguilla palau Johnson, Ida & Sakaue, 2012 (online pre-publication in 2011) video
  • Johnson, J.W. (2012): Pseudopataecus carnatobarbatus, a new species of velvetfish (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Aploactinidae) from the Kimberley coast of Western Australia.
  • Keith, P., Allen, G., Lord, C. & Hadiaty, R. (2012): Five new species of Sicyopterus (Gobioidei: Sicydiinae) from Papua New Guinea and Papua.
    • Sicyopterus calliochromus Keith, Allen & Lord, 2012
    • Sicyopterus erythropterus Keith, Allen & Lord, 2012
    • Sicyopterus lengguru Keith, Lord & Hadiaty, 2012
    • Sicyopterus ocellaris Keith, Allen & Lord, 2012
    • Sicyopterus stiphodonoides Keith, Allen & Lord, 2012
  • Knight, J.D.M., Rema Devi, K., Indra, T.J. & Arunachalam, M. (2012): A new species of barb Puntius nigripinnis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from southern Western Ghats, India.
  • Konings, A.F. & Stauffer, J.R.Jr. (2012): Review of the Lake Malawi genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with a description of a new species.
  • Kottelat, M. (2012): Rasbora rheophila, a new species of fish from northern Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
    • Rasbora rheophila Kottelat, 2012
      • Revue suisse de Zoologie, 119 (1): 77-87.
  • Krishna Kumar, K., Benno Pereira, F.G. & Radhakrishnan, K.V. (2012): Puntius madhusoodani (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of barb from Manimala River, Kerala, South India.
  • Kukuev, E.I., Parin, N.V. & Trunov, I.A. (2012): Materials for the Revision of the Family Caristiidae (Perciformes). 2. Manefishes from the East Atlantic (Redescription of Platyberyx opalescens Zugmayer and Description of Two New Species Platyberyx mauli sp. n. and Caristius andriashevi sp. n.).
  • Kulabtong, S., Suksri, S. & Nonpayom, C. (2012): A new species of genus Laubuca Bleeker, 1860 cyprinid fish from Bangladesh (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae).
  • Kullander, S.O. (2012): A taxonomic review of Satanoperca (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from French Guiana, South America, with description of a new species.
  • Kullander, S.O. (2012): Krobia xinguensis, a new species of cichlid fish from the Xingu River drainage in Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae).
  • Last, P.R. & Richards, W.J. (2012): Two new gurnards of the genus Pterygotrigla (Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae) from Australian seas.
    • Pterygotrigla gomoni Last & Richards, 2012
    • Pterygotrigla saumarez Last & Richards, 2012
  • Last, P.R. & Séret, B. (2012): Two new softnose skates of the genus Brochiraja (Rajoidei: Arhynchobatidae) from the deepwater slopes and banks of the Norfolk Ridge (South-West Pacific).
  • Loeb, M.V. (2012): A new species of Anchoviella Fowler, 1911 (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from the Amazon basin, Brazil.
  • Maeda, K., Takahiko, M. & Tachihara, K. (2012): A new species of amphidromous goby, Stiphodon alcedo, from the Ryukyu Archipelago (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae).
  • Marceniuk, A.P., Betancur-R., R., Acero P., A. & Muriel-Cunha, J. (2012): Review of the Genus Cathorops (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the Caribbean and Atlantic South America, with Description of a New Species.
  • Matallanas, J. & Corbella, C. (2012): Redescription of Iluocoetes Jenyns, 1842; proposal of a new genus, Argentinolycus, for Iluocoetes elongatus (Smitt, 1898), and description of Patagolycus melastomus gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Zoarcidae).
    • Argentinolycus gen. n. Matallanas & Corbella, 2012
    •  Type species: Iluocoetes elongatus (Smitt, 1898)
    • Patagolycus gen. n. Matallanas & Corbella, 2012
    • Patagolycus melastomus Matallanas & Corbella, 2012
  • Matallanas, J., Corbella, C. & Møller, P.R. (2012): Description of two new species of Santelmoa (Teleostei, Zoarcidae) from the Southern Ocean.
    • Santelmoa antarctica Matallanas, Corbella & Møller, 2012  (at present published only online)
    • Santelmoa fusca Matallanas, Corbella & Møller, 2012  (at present published only online)
  • Mbimbi Mayi Munene, J.J. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2012): A new Alestopetersius (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Kwilu River (Kasai basin) of central Africa; with a phylogeny for the genus and synonymy of Duboisialestes.
  • McCosker, J.E. & Allen, G.R. (2012): Description of a new Snake Eel (Pisces: Ophichthidae: Myrichthys) from the Philippines.
    • Myrichthys paleracio McCosker & Allen, 2012
      • aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 35-40.
  • McCosker, J.E., Loh, K.H., Lin, J. & Chen, H.M. (in press): Pylorobranchus hoi, a New Genus and Species of Myrophine Worm-eel from Taiwan (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae).
    • Pylorobranchus hoi McCosker et al., in press
      • Zoological Studies, (in press)
  • McCosker, J.E., Long, D.J. & Baldwin, C.C. (2012): Description of a new species of deepwater catshark, Bythaelurus giddingsi sp. nov., from the Galápagos Islands (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae).
  • McMillan, P., Iwamoto, T., Stewart, A. & Smith, P.J. (2012): A new species of grenadier, genus Macrourus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the southern hemisphere and a revision of the genus.
  • Nebeshwar, K., Bagra, K. & Das, D.N. (2012): Garra kalpangi, a new cyprinid fish species (Pisces: Teleostei) from upper Brahmaputra basin in Arunachal Pradesh, India.
  • Ng, H.H., Ferraris, C.J.Jr. & Neely, D.A. (2012): The catfish genus Erethistoides (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) in Myanmar, with descriptions of three new species.
    • Erethistoides longispinis Ng, Ferraris & Neely, 2012
    • Erethistoides luteolus Ng, Ferraris & Neely, 2012
    • Erethistoides vesculus Ng, Ferraris & Neely, 2012
  • Ng, H.H., Jiang, W.-S. & Chen, X.-Y. (2012): Glyptothorax lanceatus, a new species of sisorid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from southwestern China.
  • Ng, H.H. & Kottelat, M. (2012): Chaca serica, a new species of frogmouth catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from southern Borneo. 
  • Ni, Y., Wu, H.-L. & Li, S. (2012): A new species of the genus Sladenia (Pisces, Lophiidae) from the East China Sea and the South China Sea.
  • Ottoni, F.P. (2012): Three new species of Australoheros from southeastern Brazil, with taxonomic notes on Chromys oblonga, Heros autochton and H. jenynsii (Teleostei: Labroidei: Cichlidae).
  • Pethiyagoda, R. & Gill, A.C. (2012): Description of two new species of sea bass (Teleostei: Latidae: Lates) from Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
  • Powers, S.L., Kuhajsa, B.R. & Ahlbrand, S.E. (2012): Systematics of the Etheostoma cinereum (Teleostei: Percidae) species complex (subgenus Allohistium).
  • Rameshori, Y. & Vishwanath, W. (2012): Glyptothorax jayarami, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Mizoram, northeastern India.
  • Randall, J.E. & DiBattista, J.D. (2012): Etrumeus makiawa, a New Species of Round Herring (Clupeidae: Dussumierinae) from the Hawaiian Islands.
  • Reis, R.E., Pereira, E.H.L. & Lehmann A., P. (2012): A New Genus and Species of Hypoptopomatine Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio São Francisco Basin, Brazil.
    • Plesioptopoma n. gen. Reis, Pereira & Lehmann A., 2012
    • Plesioptopoma curvidens Reis, Pereira & Lehmann A., 2012
  • Rocha, L.A., Brito, A. & Robertson, D.R. (2012): Sparisoma choati, a new species of Parrotfish (Labridae: Scarinae) from the tropical eastern Atlantic.
  • Rodriguez, M.S., Cavallaro, M.R. & Thomas, M.R. (2012): A New Diminutive Species of Loricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Paraguay System, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
  • Roxo, F.F., Oliveira, C. & Zawadzki, C.H. (2012): Three new species of Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio Paraná basin of southeastern Brazil.
    • Neoplecostomus bandeirante Roxo, Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012
    • Neoplecostomus botucatu Roxo, Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012
    • Neoplecostomus langeanii Roxo, Oliveira & Zawadzki, 2012
  • Shangningam, B. & Vishwanath, W. (in print?): A New Species of the Genus Garra Hamilton, 1822 from the Chindwin Basin of Manipur, India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Labeoninae).
  • Shen, K.N., Ho, H.C. & Chang, C.W. (2012): The Blue Velvet Angelfish, Centropyge deborae, a New Pomacanthid from the Fiji Islands, based on Genetic and Morphological Analyses.
  • Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Allen, G.R. (2012): Alloblennius frondiculus, a new species of blenny from the Andaman Islands (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Salariini).
  • Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Rose, J.M. (2012): Adelotremus leptus, a new genus and species of sabertooth blenny from the Red Sea (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Nemophini). 
  • Sparks, J.S. & Baldwin, Z.H. (2012): A new species of Parapercis (Teleostei: Pinguipedidae) from Madagascar.
  • Stein, D.L. (2012): Snailfishes (Family Liparidae) of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and Closely Adjacent Waters.
    • Paraliparis alius Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis amerismos Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis camilarusStein, 2012
    • Paraliparis ekaporus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis epacrognathus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis haploporus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis longicaecus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis macropterus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis magnoculus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis mentikoilon Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis nigrolineatus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis nullansa Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis orbitalis Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis parviradialis Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis plicatus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis posteroporus Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis tangaroa Stein, 2012
    • Paraliparis voroninorum Stein, 2012
  • Suzuki, T., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Randall, J.E. (2012): Gobiid fishes of the genus Bryaninops from the Red Sea, with description of two new species and two new records.
    • Bryaninops discus Suzuki, Bogorodsky & Randall, 2012
    • Bryaninops spongicolus Suzuki, Bogorodsky & Randall, 2012
  • Tan, M. & Armbruster, J.W. (2012): Cordylancistrus santarosensis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new species with unique snout deplatation from the Río Santa Rosa, Ecuador.
  • Turan, D., Ekmekci, F.G., Luskova, V. & Mendel, J. (2012): Description of a new species of genus Gobio from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
  • Van Tassell, J.L., Tornabene, L. & Colin, P.L. (2012): Review of the western Atlantic species of Bollmannia (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiosomatini) with the description of a new allied genus and species.
  • Vari, R.P., Sidlauskas, B.L. & Le Bail, P.Y. (2012): New species of Cyphocharax (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Curimatidae) from Suriname and French Guiana and a discussion of curimatid diversity on the Guiana Shield.
  • Vasil’eva, E.D. & Vasil’ev, V.P. (2012): Cobitis amphilekta sp. nova, a New Species of Spined Loaches (Cobitidae, Cypriniformes) from the Caspian Sea Basin.
  • Vila, I., Scott, S., Mendez, M.A., Valenzuela, F., Iturra, P. & Poulin, E. (2012): Orestias gloriae, a new species of cyprinodontid fish from saltpan spring of the southern high Andes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae).
  • Walsh, F. & Tanaka, H. (2012): Cirrhilabrus nahackyi, a new wrasse (Perciformes; Labridae) from the South Pacific.
    • Cirrhilabrus nahackyi Walsh & Tanaka, 2012
      • aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 1-8.
  • White, W.T. & Dharmadi (2012): Giganthias serratospinosus, a new serranid (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae) from the island of Lombok in Indonesia.
  • Wu, T.J., Ang, J. & Lan, J.H. (in press): A new blind loach, Triplophysa lihuensis (Teleostei: Balitoridae), from Guangxi, China.
    • Triplophysa lihuensis Wu et al., (in press)
      • Zoological Studies, (in press)
  • Zarske, A. (2012): Serrapinnus sterbai spec. nov. – Beschreibung eines neuen Salmlers (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae: Cheirodontinae) aus Brasilien mit Bemerkungen zu S. gracilis (Géry, 1960) comb. nov. und S. littoris (Géry, 1960) comb. nov.
  • Zhu, D.-G. & Zhu, Y. (2012): A new species of the genus Sinocyclocheilus (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) from Guanxi, China.
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