2005 Publications on Catfishes (Siluriformes)

Acero P., A, J. J. Tavera, and J. Reyes. 2005. Systematics of the genus Bagre (Siluriformes: Ariidae), a morphometric approach. Cybium (3^e série) 29:127–133.

Agnèse, J. F., and G. G. Teugels. 2005. Insights into the phylogeny of African Clariidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes): implications for their body shape evolution, biogeography, and taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36:546–553.

Ardila Rodríguez, C. A. 2005. Callichthys oibaensis, una nueva especie de pez para el departamento de Santander – Colombia (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae). Memoires del VIII Simposio Colombiano de Ictiologia:31–43.

Armbruster, J. W. 2005. The loricariid catfish genus Lasiancistrus with description of two new species. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:549–569.

Armbruster, J. W., and L. S. de Souza. 2005. Hypostomus macushi, a new species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Guyana. Zootaxa 920:1–12.

Armbruster, J. W., and D. C. Werneke. 2005. Peckoltia cavatica, a new loricariid catfish from Guyana and a redescription of P. braueri (Siluriformes). Zootaxa 882:1–14.

Bertaco, V. A., and A. R. Cardoso. 2005. A new species of Microglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the rio Uruguay drainage, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:61–67.

Betancur-R., R., and A. Acero P. 2005. Description of Cathorops mapale a new species of sea catfish (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the Colombian Caribbean, based on morphological and mitochondrial evidence. Zootaxa 1045:45–60.

Bichuette, M. E., and E. Trajano. 2005. A new cave species of Rhamdia Bleeker, 1858 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Serra do Ramalho, northeastern Brazil, middle São Francisco River basin, with notes on ecology and behavior. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:587–595.

Bockmann, F. A., and C. J. Ferraris, Jr. 2005. Systematics of the Neotropical catfish genera Nemuroglanis Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1889, Imparales Schultz 1944, and Medemichthys Dahl 1961 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Copeia 2005:124–137.

Britto, M. R., F. C. T. Lima, and A. C. A. Santos. 2005. A new Aspidoras (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from rio Paraguaçu basin, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:473–479.

Britto, M. R., and R. E. Reis. 2005. A new Scleromystax species (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from coastal rivers of Southern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:481–488.

Burr, B. M., D. J. Eisenhour, and J. M. Grady. 2005. Two new species of Noturus (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) from the Tennessee River drainage: description, distribution, and conservation status. Copeia 2005:783–802.

Castaño, M. L., J. I. Mojica C., and R. Royero. 2005. Revisión taxonónomica del género Pimelodella, Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 (Pisces, Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) de la región transandina de Colombia. Acta Biologia Colombia 19:79.

Chakrabarty, P., and H. H. Ng. 2005. The identity of catfishes identified as Mystus cavasius (Hamilton, 1822) (Teleostei: Bagridae), with a description of a new species from Myanmar. Zootaxa 1093:1–24.

Chamon, C. C., A. T. Aranda, and P. A. Buckup. 2005. Pareiorhina brachyrhyncha (Loricariidae: Siluriformes): a new species of fish from the Paraíba do Sul slope of Serra da Mantiqueira, southeastern Brazil. Copeia 2005 550–558.

Chen, X.-Y., C. J.  Ferraris, Jr., and J.-X. Yang. 2005. A new species of catfish of the genus Clupisoma (Siluriformes: Schilbidae) from the Salween River, Yunnan, China. Copeia 2005 566–570.

Datovo, A., and M. I. Landim. 2005. Ituglanis macunaima, a new catfish from rio Araguaia basin, Brazil (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae). Neotropical Ichthyology 3:455–464.

de Sousa, L. M., and L. H. Rapp Py-Daniel. 2005. Description of two new species of Physopyxis Cope, 1871 and redescription of P. lyra (Siluriformes: Doradidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 3:625–636.

Devaere, S., D. Adriaens, G. G. Teugels, and W. Verraes. 2005. Morphology and spatial constraints in a dorso-ventrally flattened skull, with a revised species description of Platyallabes tihoni (Poll, 1944). Journal of Natural History 39:1653–1673.

Devaere, S., D. Adriaens, G. G. Teugels, W. Verraes, N. De Clerq, and A. Postnov. 2005. Holotype skeletal morphology of Gymnallabes nops (Roberts & Stewart, 1976), using micro CT-scanning. Cybium (3^e série) 29:281–293.

Do Nascimiento, C., and J. G. Lundberg. 2005. Myoglanis aspredinoides (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae), a new catfish from the Río Ventuari, Venezuela. Zootaxa 1009:37–49.

Fernández, L. A., and M. C. C. de Pinna. 2005. Phreatic catfish of the genus Silvinichthys from southern South America (Teleostei, Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae). Copeia 2005:100–108.

Fernández, L. A., and S. A. Schaefer. 2005. New Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from an offshore island of Colombia. Copeia 2005:68–76.

Ferraris, C. J., Jr., and R. Britz. 2005. A diminutive new species of Glyptothorax (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) from the upper Irrawaddy River basin, Myanmar, with comments on sisorid and erethistid phylogenetic relationships. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 16:375–383.

Ferraris, C. J., Jr., R. P. Vari, and S. J. Raredon. 2005. Catfishes of the genus Auchenipterichthys (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae), a revisionary study. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:81–98

Fisch-Muller, S., A. R. Cardoso, J. F. P. da Silva, and V. A. Bertaco. 2005. Three new species of Ancistrus Kner (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Tapajós and Tocantins rivers. Revue suisse de Zoologie, Annales de la Société zoologique suisse et du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Genève 112:559–572.

Fisch-Muller, S., A. R. Cardoso, J. F. P. da Silva, and V. A. Bertaco. 2005. Two new Amazonian species of armored catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): Ancistrus verecundus and Ancistrus parecis. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:525–532.

Garavello, J. C. 2005. Revision of genus Steindachneridion Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1919 (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes, Pimelodidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 3:607–623.

Gauger, M. F. W., and P. A. Buckup. 2005. Two new species of Hypoptopomatinae from the rio Paraíba do Sul basin, with comments on the monophyly of Parotocinclus and the Otothyrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 3:509–518.

Ghazzi, M. S. 2005. Sturisoma kneri, new species, a name for an old yet poorly-known catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Copeia 2005:559–565.

Guo, X.-G., S.-P. He, and Y.-G. Zhang. 2005. Phylogeny and biogeography of Chinese sisorid catfishes re-examined using mitochondrial cytochrome b and 16S rRNA gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35:344–362.

Hardman, M. 2005. The phylogenetic relationships among non-diplomystid catfishes as inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences; the search for the ictalurid sister taxon (Otophysi: Siluriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37:700–720.

Kosygin, L., and W. Vishwanath. 2005. Validity and redescription of Glyptothorax manipurensis Menon and record of Glyptothorax sinense (Regan) from India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 102:61–65.

Li, J., X. Chen, and B. P. L. Chan. 2005. A new species of Pseudobagrus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Bagridae) from southern China. Zootaxa 1067:49–57.

Liu, C.-X., Z.-G. Peng, and S.-P. He. 2005. Studies in species classification for genus Cranoglanis Peters with the method of morphometrics. Acta Hydrobiologia Sinica 29:507–512. [In Chinese, with English abstract]

Lundberg, J. G. 2005. Brachyplatystoma promagdalena n. sp., a fossil goliath catfish (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the Miocene of Colombia, South America. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:597–605.

Lundberg, J. G., and A. Akama. 2005. Brachyplatystoma capapretum: a new species of goliath catfish from the Amazon basin, with a reclassification of allied catfishes (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae). Copeia 2005:492–516.

Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., A. Ortega-Lara, J. S. Usma Oveido, G. Galvis Vergara, F. A. Villa-Navarro, L. Vásquez Gamboa, S. Prada-Pedreros, and C. A. Ardila-Rodríguez. 2005. Peces de los Andes de Colombia: Guía de Campo. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogotá, Colombia.

Marceniuk, A. P. 2005. Chave para identificação des espécies de bagres marinhos (Siluriformes, Ariidae) da costa Brasileira. Boletim do Instituto do Pesca, São Paulo 31:89–101.

Marceniuk, A. P. 2005. Redescrição de Genidens barbus (Lacépède, 1803) e Genidens machadoi (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918), bagres marinhos (Siluriformes, Ariidae) do Atlântico sul ocidental. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 45:111–125.

Milani, N. 2005. Especies del género Imparfinis (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) presentes en Venezuela y comentarios sobre las especies del género descritas para Colombia. Memorias del VIII Simposio Colombiano de Ictiología:55-61.

Miller, R. R., W. L. Minckley, and S. M. Norris. 2005. Freshwater Fishes of México. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Muriel-Cunha, J., and M. de Pinna. 2005. New data on cistern catfish, Phreatobius cisternarum, from subterranean waters at the mouth of the Amazon River (Siluriformes, Incertae sedis). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 45:327–339.

Ng, H. H. 2005. Amblyceps carinatum, a new species of hillstream catfish from Myanmar (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53:243–249.

Ng, H. H. 2005. Conta pectinata, a new erethistid catfish (Teleostei: Erethistidae) from northeast India. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 16:23–28.

Ng, H. H. 2005. Erethistoides sicula, a new catfish (Teleostei: Erethistidae) from India. Zootaxa 1021:1–12.

Ng, H. H. 2005. Glyptothorax botius (Hamilton, 1822), a valid species of catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from northeast India. Zootaxa 930:1–19.

Ng, H. H. 2005. Gogangra laevis, a new species of riverine catfish from Bangladesh (Teleostei: Sisoridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 16:279–286.

Ng, H. H. 2005. Pseudolaguvia foveolata, a new catfish (Teleostei: Erethistidae) from northeast India. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 16:173–178.

Ng, H. H. 2005. Two new species of Pseudolaguvia (Teleostei: Erethistidae) from Bangladesh. Zootaxa 1044:35–47.

Ng, H. H., and B. P.-L. Chan. 2005. Revalidation and redescription of Pterocryptis anomala (Herre, 1933), a catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from southern China. Zootaxa 1060:51–64.

Ng, H. H., and D. R. Edds. 2005. Two new species of Erethistoides (Teleostei: Erethistidae) from Nepal. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 16:239–248.

Ng, H. H., and D. R. Edds. 2005. Two new species of Pseudecheneis, rheophilic catfishes (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Nepal. Zootaxa 1047:1–19.

Ng, H. H., and J. Freyhof. 2005. A new species of Pseudomystus (Teleostei: Bagridae) from Central Vietnam. Copeia 2005:745–750.

Ng, H. H., and R. K. Hadiaty. 2005. Two new bagrid catfishes (Teleostei: Bagridae) from the Alas River drainage, northern Sumatra. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 16:83–92.

Ng, H. H., and M. Kottelat. 2005. Caelatoglanis zontatus, a new genus and species of the Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Myanmar, with comments on the nomenclature of Laguvia and Hara species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 16:13–22.

Ng, H. H., and K. K. P. Lim. 2005. The identity of Pseudomystus moeschii (Boulenger, 1890), with the description of two new species of bagrid catfishes from Southeast Asia (Teleostei: Bagridae). Zootaxa 851:1–18.

Ng, H. H., and I. Rachmatika. 2005. Glyptothorax exodon, a new species of rheophilic catfish from Borneo (Teleostei: Sisoridae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53:251–255.

Ng, H. H., and W. J. Rainboth. 2005. Four new species of Akysis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Akysidae) from mainland Southeast Asia, with comments on A. similis. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 13:33–42.

Ng, H. H., and M. H. Sabaj. 2005. Akysis hardmani (Siluriformes: Akysidae), a new species of catfish from Thailand. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 16:215–222.

Ng, H. H., and D. J. Siebert. 2005. Pseudomystus stenogrammus, a new species of bagrid catfish from Borneo (Teleostei, Bagridae). Zootaxa 813:1–7.

Ng, H. H., and J. S. Sparks. 2005. Revision of the endemic Malagasy catfish family Anchariidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes), with descriptions of a new genus and three new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 16:303–323.

Oyakawa, O. T., A. Akama, and A. M. Zanata. 2005. Review of the genus Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 from rio Ribeira de Iguape basin, with description of a new species (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae). Zootaxa 921:1–27.

Peng, Z. G., Y. G. Zhang, S. P. He, and Y. Y. Chen. 2005. Phylogeny of Chinese catfishes inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences. Acta Genetica Sinica 32:145–154.

Pereira, E. H. L. 2005. Resurrection of Pareiorhaphis Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae), and description of a new species from the rio Iguaçu basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:271–276.

Provenzano R., F., A. Machado-Allison, B. Chernoff, P. Willink, and P. Petry. 2005. Harttia merevari a new species of catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Venezuela. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:519–524.

Rapp Py-Daniel, L. H., and J. Zuanon. 2005. Description of a new species of Parancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Xingu, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:571–577.

Reis, R. E., and C. C. Kaefer. 2005. Two new species of the Neotropical catfish genus Lepthoplosternum (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae). Copeia 2005:724–731.

Reis, R. E., P.-Y. Le Bail, and J. H. A. Mol. 2005. New arrangement in the synonymy of Megalechis Reis, 1997 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae). Copeia 2005:678–682.

Retzer, M. E. 2005. Description of a new species of Acestridium (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 972:1–6.

Ribeiro, A. C., M. Carvalho, and A. L. A. Melo. 2005. Description and relationships of Otothyropsis marapoama, a new genus and species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from rio Tietê basin, southeastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:489–498.

Rodiles-Hernández, R., D. A. Hendrickson, J. G. Lundberg, and J. M. Humphries. 2005. Lacantunia enigmatica (Teleostei: Siluriformes) a new and phylogenetically puzzling freshwater fish from Mesoamerica. Zootaxa 1000:1–24.

Rodríguez, M. S., and A. M. Miquelarena. 2005. A new species of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paraná and Uruguay river basins, Misiones, Argentina. Zootaxa 945:1–15.

Rodríguez, M. S., and A. M.  Miquelarena. 2005 Una nueva especie de Loricaria (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) para la cuenca del río San Francisco, Jujuy, Argentina. Anales de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales, Buenos Aires 55 (for 2003):139--149.

Sabaj, M. H. 2005. Taxonomic assessment of Leptodoras (Siluriformes: Doradidae) with descriptions of three new species. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:637–678.

Sarmento-Soares, L. M., and P. A. Buckup. 2005. A new Glanidium from the Rio São Francisco basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae). Copeia 2005:846–853.

Sarmento-Soares, L. M., R. F. Martins-Pinheiro, A. T. Aranda, and C. C. Chamon. 2005. Trichomycterus pradensis, a new catfish from southern Bahia coastal rivers, northeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 16:289–302.

Schaefer, S. A., F. Provenzano R., M. C. C. de Pinna, and J. N. Baskin. 2005. Noteworthy Venezuelan glanapterygine catfishes (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae), with discussion of their biogeography and psammophily. American Museum Novitates 3496:1–27.

Shibatta, O. A., and R. C. Benine. 2005. A new species of Microglanis Eigenmann, 1912 (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:579–585.

Shibatta, O. A., and C. S. Pavanelli. 2005. Description of a new Batrochoglanis species (Siluriformes, Pseudopimelodidae) from the rio Paraguai basin, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Zootaxa 1092:21–30.

Takako, A. K., C. Oliveira, and O. T. Oyakawa. 2005. Revision of the genus Pseudotocinclus (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), with the description of two new species. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:499–508.

Vari, R. P., C. J. Ferraris, Jr., and M. C. C. de Pinna. 2005. The Neotropical whale catfishes (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae), a revisionary study. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:127–238.

Vishwanath, W., and A. Darshan. 2005. A new catfish species of the genus Sisor Hamilton (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Manipur, India. Zoos’ Print Journal 20:1952–1954.

Vishwanath, W., and I. Linthoingambi. 2005. A new sisorid catfish of the genus Glyptothorax Blyth from Manipur, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 102:201–203.

Wang, D., Y.-H. Zhao, and C.-G. Zhang. 2005. Revision of Arius arius (formerly Arius sinensis) in China and its sexual differences (Siluriformes: Ariidae). Acta Zoologica Sinica 51:431–439. [In Chinese, with English abstract]

Wang, D., Y.-H. Zhao, and C.-G. Zhang. 2005. Revision of giant sea-catfish Arius thalassinus in China and a new Chinese record of the species A. bilineatus (Siluriformes: Ariidae). Acta Zoologica Sinica 51:423–430.

Werneke, D. C., J. W. Armbruster, N. K. Lujan, and D. C. Taphorn. 2005. Hemiancistrus guahiborum, a new suckermouth armored catfish from Southern Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 3:543–548.

Werneke, D. C., M. H. Sabaj, N. K. Lujan, and J. W. Armbruster. 2005. Baryancistrus demantoides and Hemiancistrus subviridis, two new uniquely colored species of loricariids from Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 3:533–542.

Wosiacki, W. B. 2005. A new species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from south Brazil and redescription of T. iheringi (Eigenmann). Zootaxa 1040:49–64.

Wosiacki, W. B., and O. T. Oyakawa. 2005. Two new species of catfish genus Trichomycterus (Siluriformes - Trichomycteridae) from the rio Ribeira de Iguape Basin, Southeastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 3:465–472.

Zhou, W., and Y.-W. Zhou. 2005. Phylogeny of the genus Pseudecheneis (Sisoridae) with an explanation of its distribution pattern. Zoological Studies 44:417–433.

Zuanon, J., and I. Sazima. 2005. The ogre catfish: prey scooping by the auchenipterid Asterophysus batrachus. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 10:15–22.