2008 Publications on Catfishes (Siluriformes)

total new species = 110

Aguilera, O. A., J. Bocquentin, J. G. Lundberg and A. Maciente. 2008. A new cajaro catfish (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae: Phractocephalus)  from the Late Miocene of southwestern Amazonia and its relationship to †  Phractocephalus nassi  of the Urumaco Formation. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 82( 2):  231--245.

Alcaraz, H.S.V., W.J. da Graça, and O.A. Shibatta. 2008. Microglanis carlae, a new species of bumblebee catfish (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the río Paraguay basin in Paraguay. Neotropical Ichthyology 6:425--432.

Armbruster, J.W. 2008. The genus Peckoltia with the description of two new species and a reanalysis of the phylogeny of the genera of the Hypostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa 1822:1--76.

Armbruster, J.W., and D.C. Taphorn. 2008. A new species of Pseudancistrus from the Río Caroní, Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa 1731:33–41.

Azpelicueta, M.de la M., J.G. Lundberg, and M. Loureiro. 2008. Pimelodus pintado (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae), a new species of catfish from affluent rivers of Laguna Merín, Uruguay, South America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 157:149–162.

Barbosa, M.A., and W.J.E.M. Costa. 2008. Description of a new species of catfish from the upper rio Paraíba do Sul basin, south-eastern Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) and re-description of Trichomycterus itatiayae. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 14:175--186.

Betancur-R., R., A.P. Marceniuk, and P. Béarez. 2008. Taxonomic Status and Redescription of the Gillbacker Sea Catfish (Siluriformes: Ariidae: Sciades parkeri). Copeia 2008:827--834.

Bichuette, M.E., M.C.C. de Pinna, and E. Trajano. 2008. A new species of Glaphyropoma: the first subterranean copionodontine catfish and the first occurrence of opercular odontodes in the subfamily (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Neotropical Ichthyology 6:301--306.

Bichuette, M.E., and E. Trajano. 2008. Ituglanis mambai, a new subterranean catfish from a karst area of Central Brazil, rio Tocantins basin (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Neotropical Ichthyology 6:9–15.

Birindelli, J.L.O., L.M. Sousa, and M.H. Sabaj Pérez. 2008. New species of thorny catfish, genus Leptodoras Boulenger (Siluriformes: Doradidae), from Tapajós and Xingu basins, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 6:465--480.

Bockmann, F.A., and A.M. Miquelarena. 2008. Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of a new catfish species from northeastern Argentina with comments on the phylogenetic relationships of the genus Rhamdella Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1888 (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae). Zootaxa 1780:1–54.

Carvalho, T.P. 2008. A new species of Corumbataia (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from Upper Rio Tocantins Basin, Central Brazil. Copeia 2008:552--557.

Carvalho, T.P., P. Lehmann A., E.H.L. Pereira, and R.E. Reis. 2008. A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Laguna dos Patos Basin, Southern Brazil. Copeia 2008:510--516.

Carvalho, T.P., P. Lehmann A., and R.E. Reis. 2008. Gymnotocinclus anosteos, a new uniquely-plated genus and species of loricariid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from the upper rio Tocantins basin, central Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 6:329--338.

Castellanos-Morales, C.A. 2008. Trichomycterus uisae: a new species of hypogean catfish (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the northeastern Andean Cordillera of Colombia. Neotropical Ichthyology 6:307--314.

Cheng, J.-L., H. Ishihara, and E. Zhang. 2008. Pseudobagrus brachyrhabdion, a new catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) from the middle Yangtze River drainage, South China. Ichthyological Research 55:112–123.

Chiachio, M.C., C. Oliveira, & J. I. Montoya-Burgos. 2008. Molecular systematic and historical biogeography of the armored Neotropical catfishes Hypoptopomatinae and Neoplecostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 49 (2) 606-617.

Cramer, C. A. , A. M. R. Liedke, S. L. Bonatto, and R. E. Reis. 2008. The phylogenetic relationships of the Hypoptopomatinae and Neoplecostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) as inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I sequences. Bulletin of Fish Biology 9:51--59.

de Chambrier, S., and J.I. Montoya-Burgos. 2008. Pseudancistrus corantijniensis, a new species from the Guyana Shield (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with a molecular and morphological description of the Pseudancistrus barbatus group. Zootaxa 1918:45--58.

de Souza, L.S., M.R.S. Melo, C.C. Chamon, and J.W. Armbruster. 2008. A new species of Hemiancistrus from the rio Araguaia basin, Goiás state, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 6:419--424.

De Weirdt, D., E. Vreven, and Y. Fermon. 2008. Synodontis ngouniensis, new species (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from the Ngounié and Nyanga basins, Gabon and Republic of Congo. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 19:121--128.

Do Nascimiento, C., and N. Milani. 2008. The Venezuelan species of Phenacorhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae), with the description of two new species and a remarkable new tooth morphology for siluriforms. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157:163–180.

Fichberg, I., and C.C. Chamon. 2008. Rineloricaria osvaldoi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a new species of armored catfish from rio Vermelho, Araguaia basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 6:347--354.

Friel, J.P. 2008. Pseudobunocephalus, a new genus of banjo catfish with the description of a new species from the Orinoco River system of Colombia and Venezuela (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 6:293--300.

Friel, J.P., and J.P. Sullivan. 2008. Synodontis woleuensis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae), a new species of catfish from Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157:3–12.

Friel, J.P., and T.R. Vigliotta. 2008. Atopodontus adriaensi, a new genus and species of African suckermouth catfish from the Ogooué and Nyanga River systems of Gabon (Siluriformes: Mochokidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157:13–23.

Geerinckx, T, Y Verhaegen, and D Adriaens. 2008. Ontogenetic allometries and shape changes in the suckermouth armoured catfish Ancistrus cf. triradiatus Eigenmann (Loricariidae, Siluriformes), related to suckermouth attachment and yolk-sac size. Journal of Fish Biology 72:803–814.

Ghazzi, M.S. 2008. Nove espécies novas do gênero Rineloricaria (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) do rio Uruguai, do sul do Brasil. Iheringia, Sér. Zool., Porto Alegre 98:100–122.

Hardman, M. 2008. A new species of catfish genus Chrysichthys from Lake Tanganyika (Siluriformes: Claroteidae). Copeia 2008:43–56.

Hardman, M. 2008. A new species of Chrysichthys (Siluriformes: Claroteidae) from Lake Turkana, Kenya. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157:25–36.

Hardman, M., and M.L.J. Stiassny. 2008. A sexually dimorphic species of Chrysichthys (Siluriformes: Claroteidae) from Lac Mai-Ndombe, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 19 175--184.

Ingenito, L.F.S., M.S. Ghazzi, L.F. Duboc, and V. Abilhoa. 2008. Two new species of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Iguaçu basin, southern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 6:355--366.

Lim, K.K.P., and H.H. Ng. 2008. Pseudomystus heokhuii, a new species of bagrid catfish from Sumatra (Teleostei: Bagridae). Zootaxa 1686:37–47.

Lima, S.M.Q., H. Lazzarotto, and W.J.E.M. Costa. 2008. A new species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from lagoa Feia drainage, southeastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 6:315-322.

Linthoingambi, I., and W. Vishwanath. 2008. Two new catfish species of the genus Amblyceps from Manipur, India (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 19:167--174.

Lujan, N.K. 2008. Description of a new Lithoxus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Guayana Highlands with a discussion of Guiana Shield biogeography. Neotropical Ichthyology 6:413--418.

Lujan, N.K., and C.C. Chamon. 2008. Two new species of Loricariidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from main channels of the upper and middle Amazon Basin, with discussion of deep water specialization in loricariids. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 19:271--282.

Lundberg, J.G., and W.M. Dahdul. 2008. Two new cis-Andean species of the South American catfish genus Megalonema allied to trans-Andean Megalonema xanthum, with description of a new subgenus (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 6:439--454.

Marceniuk, A.P., and R. Betancur-R. 2008. Revision of the species of the genus Cathorops (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from Mesoamerica and the Central American Caribbean, with description of three new species. Neotropical Ichthyology 6:25–44.

Mattos, J.L.O., W.J.E.M. Costa, and C. de S. Gama. 2008. A new miniature species of Ammoglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 19 161--166.

Musschoot, T., and P. Lalèyè. 2008. Designation of a neotype for Synodontis schall (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) and description of two new species of Synodontis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae). Journal of Natural History 42:1303–1331.

Ng, H.H. 2008. Akysis vespertinus, a new species of catfish from Myanmar (Siluriformes: Akysidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 19:255--262.

Ng, H.H. 2008. Batasio procerus, a new species of catfish from northern Myanmar (Siluriformes: Bagridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 19:1–6.

Ng, H.H. 2008. A new species of Nanobagrus (Teleostei: Bagridae) from southern Borneo. Copeia 2008:93–98.

Ng, H.H. 2008. Ompok supernus, a new catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from Borneo. Zootaxa 1877:59-68.

Ng, H. H., and J.  Freyhof. 2008. Two new species of Glyptothorax (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from central Vietnam. Zootaxa 1873:11-25.

Ng, H.H., and R.K. Hadiaty. 2008. Glyptothorax plectilis, a new species of hillstream catfish from northern Sumatra (Teleostei: Sisoridae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157:137-147.

Ng, H. H., and M. Kottelat. 2008. Confirmation of the neotype designation fro Tachysurus sinensis La Cepède, 1803 (Teleostei: Bagridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 19 153--154.

Ng, H.H., and M. Kottelat. 2008. Glyptothorax rugimentum, a new species of catfish from Myanmar and Western Thailand (Teleostei: Sisoridae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 56 (1):129–134.

Ng, H.H., and M. Kottelat. 2008. The identity of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758), with the designation of a neotype (Teleostei: Clariidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153:725–732.

Ng, H.H., and W.J. Rainboth. 2008. Glyptothorax coracinus, a new species of hillstream catfish from Cambodia (Teleostei: Sisoridae). Zootaxa 1839:60–68.

Ng, H.H., J.S. Sparks, and P.V. Loiselle. 2008. A new species of catfish of the genus Gogo from northeastern Madagascar (Siluriformes: Anchariidae). Copeia 2008:395–400.

Pethiyagoda, R., Silva A., and K. Maduwage. 2008. Mystus ankutta, a new catfish from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Bagridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 19:233--242.

Piorski, N.M., J.C. Garavello, M. Arce H., and M.H. Sabaj Pérez. 2008. Platydoras brachylecis, a new species of thorny catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from northeastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 6:481--494.

Prokofiev, A.M. 2008. [A new species of eel catfishes of the genus Plotosus Nha Trang Bay (South China Sea, Central Vietnam) (Siluriformes: Plotosidae)]. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 48:702--706. [Translated into English in Journal of Ichthyology, 48 (8): 671-675.]

Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., and I. Fichberg. 2008. A new species of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from rio Daraá, rio Negro basin, Amazon, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 6:339--346.

Rengifo, B., N.K. Lujan, D. Taphorn, and P. Petry. 2008. A new species of Gelanoglanis (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the Marañon River (Amazon Basin), northeastern Perú. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157:181–188.

Retzer, M.E. 2008. Geographic variation in Parauchenoglanis ngamensis (Boulenger 1911), (Siluriformes: Auchenoglanididae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157:45–50.

Ribeiro, F.R.V., C.A.S. Lucena, and P.H.F. Lucinda. 2008. Three new Pimelodus species (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the rio Tocantins drainage, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 6:455--464.

Rocha, M.S., R.R. de Oliveira, and L.H. Rapp Py-Daniel. 2008. A new species of Gladioglanis Ferraris & Mago-Leccia from rio Aripuanã, Amazonas, Brazil (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Neotropical Ichthyology 6:433--438.

Rocha, M.S., R.R. de Oliveira, and L.H. Rapp Py-Daniel. 2008. Scoloplax baskini: a new spiny dwarf catfish from rio Aripuanã, Amazonas, Brazil (Loricarioidei: Scoloplacidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 6:323--328.

Rodriguez, M.S., and A. Miquelarena. 2008. Rineloricaria isaaci (Loricariidae: Loricariinae), a new species of loricariid catfish from the Uruguay River basin. Journal of Fish Biology 73:1635-1647.

Rodriguez, M.S., and R.E. Reis. 2008. Taxonomic review of Rineloricaria (Loricariidae: loricariinae) from the Laguna dos Patos drainage, southern Brazil, with the descriptions of two new species and the recognition of two species groups. Copeia 2008:333–349.

Sabaj, M.H., D.C. Taphorn, and O.E. Castillo. 2008. Two new species of thicklip thornycats, genus Rhinodoras (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Doradidae). Copeia 2008:209–226.

Sabaj Pérez, M.H., and J.L.O. Birindelli. 2008. Taxonomic revision of extant Doras Lacepède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Doradidae) with descriptions of three new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157:189-233.

Sarmento-Soares, L.M., and R.F. Martins-Pinheiro. 2008. A systematic revision of Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae). Neotropical Ichthyology 6:495--542.

Schaefer, S. A. & F. Provenzano, 2008. The Lithogeninae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae): anatomy, interrelationships, and description of a new species. American Museum Novitates 3637: 1–49.

Seegers, L. 2008. Die Welse Afrikas. Ein Handbuch für Bestimmung und Pflege/The Catfishes of Africa, A Handbook for Identification and Maintenance. Tetra Verlag, Berlin-Velten.

Souza-Filho, H.S. de, and O.A Shibatta. 2008. Descrição de uma espécie nova de Pimelodus (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae) da bacia do alto rio Paraguai. Iheringia, Sér. Zool., Porto Alegre 97 [for 2007]:472–480.

Sullivan, J.P., Z.-G. Peng, J.G. Lundberg, J. Peng, and S. He. 2008. Molecular evidence for diphyly of the Asian catfish family Amblycipitidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) and exclusion of the South American Aspredinidae from Sisoroidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157:51–65.

Tamang, L., S. Chaudhry, and D. Choudhury. 2008. Erethistoides senkhiensis, a new catfish (Teleostei: Erethistidae) from India. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 19 185--191.

Thomas, M.R., and L.H. Rapp Py-Daniel. 2008. Three new species of the armored catfish genus Loricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from river channels of the Amazon basin. Neotropical Ichthyology 6:379--394.

Thomson, A.W., J.A. López, R.K. Hadiaty, and L.M. Page. 2008. A new species of Nanobagrus (Teleostei: Bagridae) from southern Sumatra. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157:67–72.

Vigliotta, T.R. 2008. A phylogenetic study of the African catfish family Mochokidae (Osteichthyes, Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a key to genera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157:73–136.

Wosiack, W.B., and M. de  Pinna. 2008. A new species of the Neotropical catfish genus Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) representing a new body shape for the family. Copeia 2008:273–278.

Wosiacki, W.B., and M. de  Pinna. 2008. Trichomycterus igobi, a new catfish species from the rio Iguaçu drainage: the largest head in Trichomycteridae (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Neotropical Ichthyology 6:17–23.

Wright, J.J., and H.H. Ng. 2008. A new species of Liobagrus (Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae) from Southern China. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157:37–43.

Wright, J.J., and L.M.  Page. 2008. A new species of Synodontis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from tributaries of the Kasai River in northern Angola. Copeia 2008:294–300.

Yoshino, T., and H. Kishimoto. 2008. Plotosus japonicus, a new eeltail catfish (Siluriformes: Plotosidae) from Japan. Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. A, Suppl. 2:1–11.

Zawadzki, C.H., J.L.O. Birindelli, and F.C.T. Lima. 2008. A new pale-spotted species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Tocantins and rio Xingu basins in Central Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 6:395--402.

Zawadzki, C.H., C.S. Pavanelli, and F. Langeani. 2008. Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the upper Rio Parana basin, Brazil, with description of three new species. Zootaxa 1757:31–48.

Zawadzki, C.H., C. Weber, and C.S. Pavanelli. 2008. Two new species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Central Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 6:403--412.

Zhou, W., X. Li, and Y. Yang. 2008. A review of the catfish genus Pseudecheneis (Siluriformes; Sisoridae) from China, with the description of four new species from Yunnan. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56 (1):107–124.