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FACTSHEETS
Every month. An in-depth look at over 300 species of catfish. August 2026. Leiarius marmoratus (Gill, 1870)
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PHOTO GALLERY
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photographers in the hobby, including a mini factsheet
on each species.
CATFISH
ARTICLES
There is more than 100 articles
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written on Catfish.
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LATEST UPDATES
19th August 2026: The Thorny History of the Holotype of Rinelepis histrix Valenciennes, 1840 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), an Eighteenth-Century Naturalist Relic. Link here
1st August 2026: Factsheet of the Month Leiarius marmoratus
27th July 2026: A Hidden diversity of the catfish genus Trachelyichthys a revisionary study with description of four new species from the Amazon basin T. displicatus, T. epachrus, T. gaiophanes, T. varii
25th July 2026: A new species of Tridensimilis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Tapajós basin T. magnus
25th July 2026: A new Corydoras (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the Rio Tefé basin C. isaacisbrueckeri
1st July 2026: Factsheet of the Month Pseudostegophilus nemurus
1st June 2026: Factsheet of the Month Bagarius suchus
25th May 2026: A new Aspidoras from the Mato Grosso has been coded (CW225)
1st May 2026: Factsheet of the Month Kryptopterus cryptopterus
1st May 2026: Phylogenetic placement and description of a new species of Leptorhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Amazon basin L. kamilai
21st April 2026: A new species of Phenacorhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Bermejo River, Argentina P. bermejo
20th April 2026: A new species of Pterobunocephalus from the upper Putumayo, Napo and Pastaza rivers, Ecuador P. carvalhoi
