Bibliography of 2003-2004 publications on catfishes including counts of new catfish taxa
Compiled by Carl J. Ferraris, Jr. (last updated 13 September 2004)

2003 Publications with new taxa of Siluriformes
[number of new species in brackets]

Akama, A., and C. J. Ferraris, Jr. 2003. Entomocorus melaphareus, a new species of auchenipterid catfish (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes) from the lower and middle reaches of the Amazon River. Neotropical Ichthyology, 1 (2): 77-82. [1]

Armbruster, J. W. 2003. The species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa, no. 249: 1-60. [4]

Armbruster, J. W. 2003. Peckoltia sabaji, a new species from the Guyana Shield (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa, no. 344: 1-12. [1]

Axenrot, T. E., and S. O. Kullander. 2003. Corydoras diphyes (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) and Otocinclus mimulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), two new species of catfishes from Paraguay, a case of mimetic association. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwater, 14 (3): 249-272. [1]

Barbosa, M. A., and W. J. E. M. Costa. 2003. Trichomycterus potschi (Siluriformes: Loricarioidei): a new trichomycterid catfish from coastal streams of southeastern Brazil. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwater, 14 (3): 281-288. [1]

Bockmann, F. A., and A. C. Ribeiro. 2003. Description of a new suckermouth armoured catfish of the genus Pareiorhina (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), from southeastern Brazil. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwater, 14 (3): 231-242. [1]

Britski, H. A., and J. C. Garavello. 2003. Hisonotus insperatus: new species, from the upper Rio Paraná basin (Pisces: Ostariophysi: Loricariidae). Copeia, 2003 (3): 588-593. [1]

Britto, M. R., and F. C. T. Lima. 2003. Corydoras tukano, a new species of corydoradine catfish from the rio Tiquié, upper rio Negro basin, Brazil (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 1 (2): 83-91. [1]

Britz, R., and C. J. Ferraris, Jr. 2003. A new species of the Asian catfish genus Pseudolaguvia from Myanmar (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Erethistidae). Zootaxa, no. 388: 1-8. [1]

Cardoso, A. R., and P. H. F. Lucinda. 2003. Three new species of Hemiancistrus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Tocantins basin with comments on the genus. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 14 (1): 73-84. [3]

Fernández, L., and S. A. Schaefer. 2003. Trichomycterus yuska, a new species from high elevations of Argentina (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwater, 14 (4): 353-360. [1]

Garavello, J. C., and H. A. Britski. 2003. Parotocinclus planicauda, a new species of the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae from southeastern Brazil (Ostariophysi: Loricariidae). Brazilian Journal of Biology, 63 (2): 253-260. [1]

Gustiano, R., G. G. Teugels, and L. Pouyaud. 2003. Revision of the Pangasius kunyit catfish complex, with description of two new species from South-east Asia (Siluriformes: Pangasiidae). Journal of Natural History, 37 (3): 357-376. [2]

Lasso, C. A., and F. Provenzano. 2003. Dos nuevas especies de bagres del género Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) de la Gran Sabana, Escudo de las Guayanas, Venezuela. Revista de Biología Tropical, 50 (3/4, for 2002): 1139-1149. [2]

Lin, Y.-H. 2003. [A new species of the genus Glyptothorax Blyth from Guangdong, China (Siluriformes, Sisoridae).] Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 28 (1): 159-162. [In Chinese, with English abstract.] [1]

Lundberg, J. G., and O. Aguilera. 2003. The late Miocene Phractocephalus catfish (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from Urumaco, Venezuela: additional specimens and reinterpretation as a distinct species. Neotropical Ichthyology, 1 (2): 97-109. [1]

Murray, A. M., and L. A. Budney. 2003. A new species of catfish (Claroteidae, Chrysichthys) from an Eocene crater lake in East Africa. Canadian Journal of Earth Science, 40 (): 983-993. [1]

Ng, H. H. 2003. Mystus impluviatus: a new species of bagrid catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) from eastern Borneo. Copeia, 2003 (2): 373-378. [1]

Ng, H. H. 2003. A review of the Ompok hypophthalmus group of silurid catfishes with the description of a new species from South-East Asia. Journal of Fish Biology, 62: 1296-1311. [1]

Ng, H. H. 2003. A revision of the south Asian sisorid catfish genus Sisor (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Journal of Natural History, 37: 2871-2883. [3]

Ng, H. H., 2003. Kryptopterus paraschilbeides, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from mainland Southeast Asia. The Natural History Journal of the Chulalongkorn University 3 (1): 1-8. [1]

Ng, H. H., 2003. Arius verrucosus, a new species of freshwater ariid catfish (Teleostei: Ariidae) from the Mekong River. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, The University of Michigan, 734: 1-14. [1]

Ng, H. H. 2003. Ompok pinnatus, a new species of silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Siluridae) from mainland Southeast Asia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 116 (1): 47-51. [1]

Ng, H. H. 2003. Clarias nigricans, a new species of clariid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from eastern Borneo. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 51: 393-398. [1]

Ng, H. H. 2003. Clarias insolitus, a new species of clariid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from southern Borneo. Zootaxa, 284: 1-8. [1]

Ng, H. H. 2003. Kryptopterus geminus, a new species of silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from mainland Southeast Asia. Zootaxa, 305: 1-11. [1]

Ng, H. H., and J. Freyhof. 2003. Akysis clavulus, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Akysidae) from central Vietnam. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwater, 14 (4): 311-316. [1]

Ng, H. H., and M. Kottelat. 2003. Parakysis notialis, a new species of akysid catfish from Borneo (Siluriformes: Akysidae). Ichthyological Research, 50: 48-51. [1]

Ng, H. H., and J. S. Sparks. 2003. The ariid catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Ariidae) of Madagascar, with the description of two new species. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology The University of Michigan, 735: 1-21. [2]

Pereira, E. H. L., and O. T. Oyakawa. 2003. Isbrueckerichthys epakmos, a new species of loricariid catfish from the rio Ribeira de Iguape basin, Brazil (Teleostei, Siluriformes). Neotropical Ichthyology, 1 (1): 3-9. [1]

Pereira, E. H. L., R. E. Reis, P. F. M. Souza, H. Lazzarotto. 2003. A new species of the loricariid catfish genus Hemipsilichthys from southern Rio de Janeiro coastal rivers, southeastern Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Zootaxa, 285: 1-10. [1]

Pinna, M. C. C. de, and P. Keith, 2003. A new species of the catfish genus Ituglanis from French Guyana (Osteichthyes; Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 116 (4): 873-882. [1]

Provenzano R., F., S. A. Schaefer, J. N. Baskin and R. Royero-Leon. 2003. New, possibly extinct lithogenine loricariid (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from northern Venezuela. Copeia, 2003 (3): 562-575. [1]

Roberts, T. R. 2003. Systematics and osteology of Leptoglaninae, a new subfamily of the African catfish family Amphiliidae, with descriptions of three new genera and six new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 54 (5): 81-132. [6]

Sudarto, G. G. Teugels and L. Pouyaud. 2003. Description of two new Clarias species from Borneo (Siluriformes, Clariidae). Cybium, 27 (2): 153-161. [2]

Vari, R. P., C. J. Ferraris, Jr. and P. Keith. 2003. A new Pseudocetopsis species (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae) from Suriname and French Guiana. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 116 (3): 692-698.[1]

Vidthayanon, C., and H. H. Ng. 2003. Acrochordonichthys gyrinus, a new species of akysid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Thailand. Zootaxa, no.183:1-7. [1]

Weber, A., G. Allegrucci, and V. Sbordoni. 2003. Rhamdia laluchensis, a new species of troglobitic catfish (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from Chiapas, Mexico. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwater, 14 (3): 273-280. [1]

2004 Publications on Siluriformes
[number of new species in brackets]

Anuradha, B. and K. C. Jayaram. 2004. A new species of the genus Batasio Blyth (Siluriformes: Bagridae) from Sharavati River, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka State. Zoos’ Print Journal, 19 (2): 1339-1342. [1]

Armbruster, J. W. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) with emphasis on the Hypostominae and the Ancistrinae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 141:1-80.

Armbruster, J. W. 2004. Pseudancistrus sidereus, a new species from southern Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with a redescription of Pseudancistrus. Zootaxa, 628: 1-15. [1]

Bhatt, A., and K. C. Jayaram. 2004. A new species of the genus Batasio Blyth (Siluriformes: Bagridae) from Sharavati River, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka State. Zoos’ Print Journal, 19 (2): 1339-1342. [1]

Bockmann, F. A., and M. C. C. de Pinna. 2004. Heptapterus collettii Steindachner, 1881: a member of the Asian bagrid genus Olyra erroneously assigned to the Neotropical fauna (Siluriformes: Ostariophysi). Copeia, 2004 (3): 665-675.

Bockmann, F. A., and I. Sazima. 2004. Trichomycterus maracaya, a new catfish from the upper rio Paraná, southeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), with notes on the T. brasiliensis species-complex. Neotropical Ichthyology, 2 (2): 61-74. [1]

Cardoso, A. R. 2004. Hemiancistrus megalopteryx, a new species of loricariid catfish from the rio Tubarno drainage, Santa Catarina State, Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 15 (2): 173-178. [1]

Cardoso, A. R., and J. F. Pezzi da Silva. 2004. Two new species of the genus Hemiancistrus Bleeker (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Uruguai basin. Neotropical Ichthyology, 2 (1): 1-8. [2]

Costa, W. J. E. M., S. M. Q. Lima and C. R. S. F. Bizerril. 2004. Microcambeva ribeirae sp. n. (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae): a new sarcoglanidine catfish from the Rio Ribeira do Iguape basin, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, 563: 1-10. [1]

Devaere, S., G. G. Teugels, D. Adriaens, F. Huysentruyt and W. Verraes. 2004. Redescription of Dolichallabes microphthalmus (Poll, 1942) (Siluriformes, Clariidae). Copeia, 2004 (1): 108–115.

Ferraris, C. J., Jr. 2004. A new species of the Asian schilbid catfish genus Clupisoma from Myanmar, with a redescription of Clupisoma prateri Hora (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes: Schilbidae). Zootaxa. 439: 1-10. [1]

Geerinckx, T., D. Adriaens, G. G. Teugels, and W. Verraes. 2004. A systematic revision of the African catfish genus Parauchenoglanis Boulenger, 1911 (Siluriformes: Claroteidae). Journal of Natural History, 38 (6): 775-803.

Gustiano, R., G. G. Teugels, and L. Pouyaud. 2004. Pangasius bedado Roberts, 1999: a junior synonym of Pangasius djambal Bleeker, 1846 (Siluriformes, Pangasiidae). Cybium, 28 (1): 13-18.

Hardman, M. 2004. The phylogenetic relationships among Noturus catfishes (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) as inferred from mitochondrial gene cytochrome b and nuclear recombination activating gene 2. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 30: 395-408.

Lehmann A., P., and R. E. Reis. 2004. Callichthys serralabium: a new species of neotropical catfish from the upper Orinoco and Negro rivers (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae). Copeia, 2004 (2): 336-343. [1]

Ng, H. H. 2004. Wallago micropogon: A new species of silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from mainland Southeast Asia. Copeia, 2004 (1): 92-97. [1]

Ng, H. H. 2004. Batasio elongatus, a new species of bagrid catfish from southwest Myanmar (Siluriformes: Bagridae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 15 (1): 67- 70.

Ng, H. H. 2004. Oreoglanis macronemus, a new species of glyptosternine catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Sisoridae) from northern Laos. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 52: 209-213. [1]

Ng, H. H. 2004. Kryptopterus platypogon, a new silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from Borneo. Zootaxa, no. 398: 1-8. [1]

Ng, H. H. 2004. Two new glyptosternine catfishes (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Vietnam and China. Zootaxa, 428: 1-12. [2]

Ng, H. H. 2004. The Microsynodontis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Mochokidae) of the lower Guinea region, west central Africa, with the description of eight new species. Zootaxa, 531: 1-52. [8]

Ng, H. H. 2004. Rita macracanthus, a new riverine catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) from South Asia Zootaxa, 568: 1-12. [1]

Ng, H. H. & H. H. Tan. 2004. Ompok platyrhynchus, a new silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from Borneo. Zootaxa, 580: 1-11. [1]

Ng, H. H., S. Wirjoatmodjo and R. K. Hadiaty. 2004. Kryptopterus piperatus, a new species of silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from northern Sumatra. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 15 (1): 91- 95. [1]

Sudarto, G. G. Teugels and L. Pouyaud. 2004. Description of a new clariid catfish, Clarias pseudonieuhofii from west Borneo (Siluriformes, Clariidae). Zoological Studies, 43 (1): 8-19. [1]

Trajano, E., R. E. Reis and M. E. Bichuette. 2004. Pimelodella spelaea: a new cave catfish from central Brazil, with data on ecology and evolutionary considerations (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Copeia, 2004 (2): 315-325. [1]

Triques, M. L., and V. Vono. 2004. Three new species of Trichomycterus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Rio Jequitinhonha basin, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 15 (2): 161-172. [3]

Wosiacki, W. B. 2004. New species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the headwaters of the rio São Francisco basin, Brazil. Zootaxa, 592: 1-12.[1]

Wosiacki, W. B., and J. C. Garavello. 2004. Five new species of Trichomycterus from the rio Iguaçu (rio Paraná Basin), southern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 15 (1): 1- 16. [5]