2006 Publications on Catfishes (Siluriformes)

Acero P., A., and R. Betancur-R. 2006. Real identity of the northern Colombian endemic sea catfish Galeichthys bonillae Miles, 1945 (Siluriformes: Ariidae). Cybium 30:215–219.

Aguilera, G., and J. M. Mirande. 2006. First record of Cetopsis starnesi (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae) from Argentina. Zeitschrift für Fischkunde 8:1–2.

Alencar, A. R., and W. J. E. M. Costa. 2006. Trichomycterus pauciradiatus, a new catfish species from the upper rio Paraná basin, southeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Zootaxa 1269:43–49.

Almirón, A. E., M. de las M. Azpelicueta, J. Casciotta, and T. Litz. 2006. A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Otothyrini) from the Republica Oriental del Uruguay. Revue suisse de Zoologie, Annales de la Société zoologique suisse et du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Genève 113:87–94.

Ardila Rodríguez, C. A. 2006. Trichomycterus sandovali, (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) una neuva especie de pez cavernícola para el Departamento de Santander, Colombia. Peces del Departamento de Santander, Colombia 2:1–16, 2 pls, map.

Armbruster, J. W., and L. M. Page. 2006. Redescription of Pterygoplichthys punctatus and description of a new species of Pterygoplichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 4:401–409.

Batista, J. S., and J. A. Alves-Gomes. 2006. Phylogeography of Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii (Siluriformes – Pimelodidae) in the Amazon Basin offers preliminary evidence for the first case of "homing" for an Amazonian migratory catfish. Genetics and Molecular Research 5:723–740.

Betancur-R., R., and A. Acero P. 2006. A new species of Notarius (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the Colombian Pacific. Zootaxa 1249:47–59.

Casciotta, J., M. de las M. Azpelicueta, A. Almirón, and T. Litz. 2006. Hisonotus candombe, a new species from the río Uruguay basin in the República Oriental del Uruguay (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Otothyrini). Spixiana 26 147–152.

Covain, R., P.-Y. Le Bail, P. Sagnes, and S. Fisch-Muller. 2006. Les espèces du genre Harttia (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) en Guyane française: morphologie, taxinomie et distribution. Cybium (3^e série) 30:3–18.

Day, J. J., and M. Wilkinson. 2006. On the origin of the Synodontis catfish species  flock from Lake Tanganyika. Biology Letters doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0532:1–5.

Diogo, R., and R. Bills. 2006. Osteology and myology of the cephalic region and pectoral girdle of the South African catfish Austroglanis gilli, with comments on the autapomorphies and phylogenetic relationships of the Austroglanididae (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Animal Biology 56:39–62.

Diogo, R., M. Chardon, and P. Vandewalle. 2006. Osteology and myology of the cephalic region and pectoral girdle of the Cetopsis coecutiens Spix & Agassiz, 1829, comparison with other cetopsids, and comments on the synapomorphies and phylogenetic relationships of the Cetopsidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Belgian Journal of Zoology 136:3–13.

Diogo, R., M. Chardon, and P. Vandewalle. 2006. Osteology and myology of the cephalic region and pectoral girdle of the Nematogenys inermis Guicnenot, 1848, with comments on the autapomorphies and phylogenetic relationships of the Nematogenyidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Belgian Journal of Zoology 136:15–24.

Do Nascimiento, C., and F. Provenzano. 2006. The genus Henonemus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) with a description of a new species from Venezuela. Copeia 2006:198–205.

Egge, J. J. D., and A. M. Simons. 2006. The challenge of truly cryptic diversity: diagnosis and description of a new madtom catfish (Ictaluridae: Noturus). Zoologica Scripta 35:581–595.

Fernández, L., and K. Osinaga. 2006. A new Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Aguarague National Park of the Bolivian preandean region, with comments on the relationships within the genus. Environmental Biology of Fishes 75:385–393.

Friel, J. P., and T. R. Vigliotta. 2006. Synodontis acanthoperca, a new species from the Ogooue River system, Gabon with comments on spiny ornamentation and sexual dimorphism in mochokid catfishes (Siluriformes: Mochokidae). Zootaxa 1125:45–56.

Hardman, M., and J. G. Lundberg. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and a chronology of diversification for "phractocephaline" catfishes (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) based on mitochondrial DNA and nuclear recombination activating gene 2 sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40:410–418.

Jansen, G., S. Devaere, P. H. H. Weekers, and D. Adriaens. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships and divergence time estimate of African anguilliform catfish (Siluriformes: Clariidae) inferred from ribosomal gene and spacer sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38:65–78.

Jayaram, K. C. 2006. Catfishes of India. Narendra Publishing House, Delhi.

Jerep, F. C., O. A. Shibatta, E. H. L. Pereira, and O. T. Oyakawa. 2006. Two new species of Isbrueckerichthys Derijst, 1996 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Paranapanema basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 1372:53–68.

Knaack, J. 2006. Notes on the knowledge Callichthyidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes). I. Redescription of Lepthoplosternum pectorale (Boulenger, 1895), part 1. Zoologische Abhandlungen 56:49–80.

Koblmüller, S., C. Sturmbauer, E. Verheyen, A. Meyer, and W. Salzburger. 2006. Mitochondrial phylogeny and phylogeography of East Afridcan squeaker catfishes (Siluriformes: Synodontis). BMC Evolutionary Biology 6:49. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/6/49

Lehmann A., P. 2006. Otocinclus batmani, a new species of hypoptopomatine catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Colombia and Peru. Neotropical Ichthyology 4:379–383.

Mori, H., and O. A. Shibatta. 2006. A new species of Microglanis Eigenmann, 1912 (Siluriformes, Pseudopimelodidae) from rio São Francisco basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 1302:31–42.

Murdy, E. O., and C. J. Ferraris, Jr. 2006. A revision of the marine catfish genus Euristhmus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Plotosidae). The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 22:77–90.

Near, T. J., and M. Hardman. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of Noturus stanauli and N. crypticus (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae), two imperiled freshwater fish species from the southeastern United States. Copeia 2006:378–383.

Ng, H. H. 2006. Akysis longifilis, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Akysidae) from Myanmar. Zootaxa 1150:19–30.

Ng, H. H. . 2006. Erethistoides infuscatus, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Erethistidae) from South Asia. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters 17:283–287.

Ng, H. H. 2006. The identity of Batasio tengana (Hamilton, 1822), with the description of two new species of Batasio from north-eastern India (Teleosei: Bagridae). Journal of Fish Biology 68 (suppl. A):101–118.

Ng, H. H. 2006. The identity of Pseudecheneis sulcata (M’Clelland, 1842), with descriptions of two new species of rheophilic catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Nepal and China. Zootaxa 1254:45–68.

Ng, H. H. 2006. A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Asian Catfish Family Sisoridae (Teleostei: Siluriformes), and the Evolution of Epidermal Characters in the Group. Unpubl. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Ng, H. H. 2006. Pseudecheneis suppaetula, a new species of glyptosternine catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from India. Zootaxa 1267:59–68.

Ng, H. H. 2006. Pseudolaguvia ferula, a new species of sisoroid catfish (Teleostei: Erethistidae) from India. Zootaxa 1229:59–68.

Ng, H. H., and R. M. Bailey. 2006. Chiloglanis productus, a new species of suckermouth catfish (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from Zambia. Occasional Papers of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology no. 738:1–13.

Ng, H. H., and K. K. P. Lim. 2006. Two new species of Leiocassis (Teleostei: Bagridae), riverine catfishes from northeast Borneo. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 17:165–172.

Ortega-Lara, A., and P. Lehmann A. 2006. Cruciglanis, a new genus of pseudopimelodid catfish (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) with description of a new species from the Colombian Pacific coast. Neotropical Ichthyology 4:147–156.

Parisi, B. M., J. G. Lundberg, and C. Do Nacimiento. 2006. Propimelodus caesius a new species of long-finned pimelodid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from the Amazon Basin, South America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 155:67–78.

Peng, Z.-G., S.-W. Ho, Y.-G.  Zhang, and S.-P. He. 2006. Uplift of the Tibetan plateau: Evidence from divergence times of glyptosternoid catfishes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39:568–572.

Provenzano R., F., and N. Milani. 2006. Cordylancistrus nephelion (Siluriformes, Loricariidae), a new and endangered species of suckermouth armored catfish from the Tuy River, north-central Venezuela. Zootaxa 1116:29–41.

Reis, R. E., and T. A. K. Borges. 2006. The South American catfish genus Entomocorus (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae), with the description of a new species from the Paraguay River basin. Copeia 2006:412–422.

Reis, R. E., E. H. L. Pereira, and J. W. Armbruster. 2006. Delturinae, a new loricariid catfish subfamily (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with revisions of Delturus and Hemipsilichthys. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 147:277–299.

Retzer, M. E. 2006. A new species of Farlowella Eigenmann and Eigenmann (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a stickcatfish from Bolivia. Zootaxa 1282:59–68.

Ribeiro, F. R. V., and C. A. S. de Lucena. 2006. A new species of Pimelodus LaCépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the rio São Francisco drainage, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 4:411–418.

Ribeiro, F. R. V., and C. A. S. de Lucena. 2006. Nova espécie de Pimelodus (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae) dos rios Tapajós e Tocantins, Brasil. Iheringia, Série Zoologia 96:321–327.

Salcedo, N. J. 2006. New species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from central Peru. Copeia 2006:60–67.

Salcedo, N. J. 2006. Two new species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Huallaga River in central Peru. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 17:207–220.

Sarmento-Soares, L. M., R. F. Martins-Pinheiro, A. T. Aranda, and C. C. Chamon. 2006. Ituglanis cahyensis, a new catfish from Bahia, Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Neotropical Ichthyology 4:309–318.

Sarmento-Soares, L. M., R. F. Martins-Pinheiro, A. T. Aranda, and C. C. Chamon. 2006. Microglanis pataxo, a new catfish from southern Bahia coastal rivers, northeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 4:157–166.

Sullivan, J. P., J. G. Lundberg, and M. Hardman. 2006. A phylogenetic analysis of the major groups of catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) using rag1 and rag2 nuclear gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41:636–662.

Tamang, L., S. Chaudhury, and D. Chauhury. 2006. On a new record of freshwater fish, Pseudolaguvia shawi (Hora) from Arunachal Pradesh, India (Teleostomi, Erethistidae). Zoos' Print Journal 21:2443–2446.

Thomson, A. W., and L. M. Page. 2006. Genera of the Asian catfish families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Zootaxa 1345:1–90.

Vari, R. P., and C. J. Ferraris, Jr. 2006. The catfish genus Tetranematichthys (Auchenipteridae). Copeia 2006:168–180.

Villa-Verde, L., and W. J. E. M. Costa. 2006. A new glanapterygine catfish of the genus Listrura (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the southeastern Brazilian coastal plains. Zootaxa 1142:43–50.

Vishwanath, W., and A. Darshan. 2006. A new species of the genus Batasio Blyth (Teleostei: Bagridae) from Manipur, India. Zoos' Print Journal 21:2160–2163.

Vishwanath, W., and H. Joyshree. 2006. A new sisorid catfish of the genus Exostoma Blyth from Manipur, India. Zoos' Print Journal 21 (for 2007):2531–2534. Holotype illustrated in only in web page supplement

Wright, J. J., and L. M.  Page. 2006. Taxonomic revision of Lake Tanganyikan Synodontis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae). Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin 46:99–154.

Yao, J.-L., Y.-F. Chen, and Y.-Z. Yan. 2006. Morphological variations and species validity of Pareuchiloglanis sinensis and P. antennalis in southwestern China. J. Jishou Univ. (Nat. Sci. Ed.) 31:11–17. [In Chinese, English abst.]