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LATEST UPDATES
22nd March 2024: Three new species of sisorid catfishes are described from the lower Yarlung Tsangpo River, Xizang, China PDF link here
1st March 2024: Factsheet of the Month Bagre bagre "Coco sea catfish"
16th February 2024: New Ancistrus described Ancistrus megacanthus
16th February 2024: Corydoras sp. (CW083) now described Corydoras caramater
1st February 2024: Factsheet of the Month Rineloricaria morrowi "Yellow suckermouth catfish"
1st January 2024: Factsheet of the Month Zaireichthys pallidus "Pale sand catlet"
29th December 2023: Taxonomic revision of Sturisoma Swainson, 1838 (Loricariidae: Loricariinae), with descriptions of four new species (S. ghazziae, S. careirensia, S. rappydanielae, S. defranciscoi) PDF & Text link
27th December 2023: Six new CW numbers CW199, CW200, CW201, CW202, CW203, CW204
22nd December 2023: Ancistrus sp. (L267) now described Ancistrus yanesha