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SUMMARY OF CHANGES AND ADDITIONS IN

Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes

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Below is a brief summary of some of the changes made in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes in the update of 4 Sep 2024. The lists are not exhaustive.

Original TaxonWasPrevious TaxonNowCurrent Taxon
Acanthopsis Synonym of Cobitis Linnaeus 1758 Unknown
Aulus of Fistularia Linnaeus 1758 Aulostomus Lacepède 1803
Diplocheilos Synonym of Osteochilus Günther 1868 Synonym of Labeo Cuvier 1816
Elipesurus Valid as Elipesurus Schomburgk 1843 Uncertain Elipesurus Schomburgk 1843
Gastrophysus Synonym of Takifugu Abe 1949 Synonym of Lagocephalus Swainson 1839
Hippocampus Synonym of Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 Synonym of Phyllopteryx Swainson 1839
Lythrurus Uncertain of Lythrurus Jordan 1876 Valid as Lythrurus Jordan 1876
Nemapterois Synonym of Dendrochirus Swainson 1839 Valid as Nemapterois Fowler 1938
Pteropterus Synonym of Pterois Oken 1817 Valid as Pteropterus Swainson 1839
Tenuicephalus Valid as Tenuicephalus Schwarzhans & Møller 2021 Synonym of Tenuicephalichthys Schwarzhans & Møller 2024
Alburnoides taeniatus nikolskyi Synonym of Alburnoides taeniatus (Kessler 1874) Synonym of Alburnus taeniatus Kessler 1874
Ambassis interrupta reticulatus Synonym of Ambassis agrammus Günther 1867 Synonym of Pseudoambassis agrammus (Günther 1867)
Amia melas Synonym of Apogon melanopterus (Fowler & Bean 1930) Uncertain Ostorhinchus
Anguilla (Ophisurus) puncticulata Synonym of Pisodonophis hijala (Hamilton 1822) Synonym of Ophichthus hijala (Hamilton 1822)
Apogon sabahensis Synonym of Apogon griffini (Seale 1910) Synonym of Ostorhinchus griffini (Seale 1910)
Arius arafurensis Synonym of Netuma proxima (Ogilby 1898) Synonym of Pararius proximus (Ogilby 1898)
Arius sagoroides Synonym of Hexanematichthys mastersi (Ogilby 1898) Synonym of Pararius mastersi (Ogilby 1898)
Bembrops filodorsalia Synonym of Bembrops filiferus Gilbert 1905 Synonym of Bembrops filifer Gilbert 1905
Bembrops indica Synonym of Bembrops filiferus Gilbert 1905 Synonym of Bembrops filifer Gilbert 1905
Blennius knipowitschi Synonym of Lipophrys adriaticus (Steindachner & Kolombatović 1883) Synonym of Microlipophrys adriaticus (Steindachner & Kolombatović 1883)
Blennius persicus Synonym of Antennablennius bifilum (Günther 1861) Valid as Antennablennius persicus (regan 1905)
Brachirus bellus Valid as Dendrochirus bellus (Jordan & Hubbs 1925) Valid as Neochirus bella (Jordan & Hubbs 1925)
Ceratichthys hyalinus Synonym of Notropis amblops (Rafinesque 1820) Synonym of Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque 1820)
Cheilio lineatus Synonym of Siphonognathus radiatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) Synonym of Sheardichthys radiatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1834)
Chloea nakamurae Synonym of Gymnogobius castaneus (O'Shaughnessy 1875) Valid as Gymnogobius nakamurae (Jordan & Richardson 1907)
Clinus ocellifer Synonym of Gibbonsia evides (Jordan & Gilbert 1883) Synonym of Gibbonsia elegans (Cooper 1864)
Coryphaena quinquemaculata Synonym of Xyrichtys pentadactylus (Linnaeus 1758) Synonym of Iniistius pentadactylus (Linnaeus 1758)
Crenicichla guentheri Synonym of Crenicichla hemera Kullander 1990 Synonym of Hemeraia hemera (Kullander 1990)
Dendrochirus chloreus Synonym of Dendrochirus barberi (Steindachner 1900) Synonym of Neochirus barberi (Steindachner 1900)
Dendrochirus hemprichi Valid as Dendrochirus hemprichi Matsunuma, Motomura & Bogorodsky 2017 Valid as Neochirus hemprichi (Matsunuma, Motomura & Bogorodsky 2017)
Dendrochirus hudsoni Synonym of Dendrochirus barberi (Steindachner 1900) Synonym of Neochirus barberi (Steindachner 1900)
Dendrochirus tuamotuensis Valid as Dendrochirus tuamotuensis Matsunuma & Motomura 2013 Valid as Neochirus tuamotuensis (Matsunuma & Motomura 2013)
Dermatorus melampeplus Valid as Tenuicephalus melampeplus (Alcock 1896) Valid as Tenuicephalichthys melampeplus (Alcock 1896)
Diagramma goeldii Synonym of Genyatremus cavifrons (Cuvier 1830) Synonym of Genyatremus luteus (Bloch 1790)
Dicerobatis monstrum Synonym of Mobula diabolus (Shaw 1804) Synonym of Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre 1788)
Glyptosternon punctatum Synonym of Glyptothorax fokiensis (Rendahl 1925) Synonym of Glyptothorax sinensis (Regan 1908)
Gobio uranoscopus carpathorossicus Synonym of Romanogobio kesslerii (Dybowski 1862) Valid as Romanogobio carpathorossicus (Vladykov 1925)
Gobiosoma viridistriatum Synonym of Elacatinus multifasciatus (Steindachner 1876) Synonym of Tigrigobius multifasciatus (Steindachner 1876)
Gobius lineatus Synonym of Elacatinus multifasciatus (Steindachner 1876) Synonym of Tigrigobius multifasciatus (Steindachner 1876)
Gonorhynchus brachypterus Synonym of Garra rupecula (McClelland 1839) Synonym of Garra rupicola (McClelland 1839)
Grammistes hepatus Synonym of Genyatremus cavifrons (Cuvier 1830) Synonym of Genyatremus luteus (Bloch 1790)
Labrus tinea Synonym of Labrus tinca (Linnaeus 1758) Synonym of Symphodus tinca (Linnaeus 1758)
Leptodoras trimaculatus Synonym of Nemadoras trimaculatus (Boulenger 1898) Synonym of Tenellus trimaculatus (Boulenger 1898)
Leuciscus longirostris Synonym of Notropis buccatus (Cope 1865) Synonym of Ericymba buccatus (Cope 1865)
Microrhynchus epinepheli Synonym of Phaenomonas foresti (Cadenat & Roux 1964) Synonym of Phaenomonas longissima (Cadenat & Marchal 1963)
Mugil belanak Synonym of Planiliza tade (Fabricius 1775) Synonym of Moolgarda tade (Fabricius 1775)
Mugil bontah Synonym of Planiliza tade (Fabricius 1775) Synonym of Moolgarda tade (Fabricius 1775)
Mugil poicilus Synonym of Planiliza tade (Fabricius 1775) Synonym of Moolgarda tade (Fabricius 1775)
Mullus chryserydros Synonym of Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepède 1801) Synonym of Parupeneus ciliatus (Lacepède 1801)
Muraenesox exodon Synonym of Congresox exodon (McClelland 1844) Synonym of Congresox talabon (Cuvier 1829)
Nemachilus yarkandensis longibarbus Synonym of Triplophysa yarkandensis (Day 1877) Synonym of Hedinichthys yarkandensis (Day 1877)
Nemapterois biocellatus Valid as Dendrochirus biocellatus (Fowler 1938) Valid as Nemapterois biocellatus Fowler 1938
Noemacheilus barapaniensis Synonym of Schistura elongata (Sen & Nalbant 1982) Synonym of Physoschistura elongata Sen & Nalbant 1982
Odax frenatus Synonym of Siphonognathus radiatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) Synonym of Sheardichthys radiatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1834)
Odax pusillus Synonym of Siphonognathus radiatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) Synonym of Sheardichthys radiatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1834)
Parachela breitensteinii Synonym of Parachela hypoththalmus (Bleeker 1860) Synonym of Parachela hypophthalmus (Bleeker 1860)
Perca fusca Synonym of Epinephelus boenak (Bloch 1790) Synonym of Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch 1790)
Porogadus silus Valid as Tenuicephalus silus (Carter & Sulak 1984) Valid as Tenuicephalichthys silus (Carter & Sulak 1984)
Pseudomystus carnosus Valid as Pseudomystus carnosus Ng & Lim 2005 Synonym of Pseudomystus moeschii (Boulenger 1890)
Pseudoscarus dumerilii Synonym of Siphonognathus radiatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) Synonym of Sheardichthys radiatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1834)
Pterois antennaria of Pterois Synonym of Pteropterus antennatus (Bloch 1787)
Pterois barberi Valid as Dendrochirus barberi (Steindachner 1900) Valid as Neochirus barberi (Steindachner 1900)
Pterois brachyptera Valid as Dendrochirus brachypterus (Cuvier 1829) Valid as Neochirus brachyptera (Cuvier 1829)
Pterois cincta Valid as Pterois cincta Rüppell 1838 Valid as Pteropterus cinctus (Rüppell 1838)
Pterois ellioti Synonym of Pterois antennata (Bloch 1787) Synonym of Pteropterus antennatus (Bloch 1787)
Pterois paucispinula Valid as Pterois paucispinula Matsunuma & Motomura 2014 Valid as Pteropterus paucispinula (Matsunuma & Motomura 2014)
Pterois radiata Valid as Pterois radiata Cuvier 1829 Valid as Pteropterus radiatus (Cuvier 1829)
Pterois sphex Valid as Pterois sphex Jordan & Evermann 1903 Valid as Pteropterus sphex (Jordan & Evermann 1903)
Pterois (Pseudomonopterus) vittata Synonym of Pterois radiata Cuvier 1829 Synonym of Pteropterus radiatus (Cuvier 1829)
Pteropterus brevipectoralis Valid as Pterois brevipectoralis (Mandrytsa 2002) Valid as Pteropterus brevipectoralis Mandrytsa 2002
Pteropterus mombasae Valid as Pterois mombasae (Smith 1957) Valid as Pteropterus mombasae Smith 1957
Raia inornata inermis Synonym of Beringraja inornata (Jordan & Gilbert 1881) Synonym of Caliraja inornata (Jordan & Gilbert 1881)
Raja jordani Synonym of Beringraja inornata (Jordan & Gilbert 1881) Synonym of Caliraja inornata (Jordan & Gilbert 1881)
Salmo illanca Synonym of Salmo lacustris Linnaeus 1758 Synonym of Salmo trutta Linnaeus 1758
Salmo microps Synonym of Salmo lacustris Linnaeus 1758 Synonym of Salmo trutta Linnaeus 1758
Salmo saramao Synonym of Oncorhynchus formosanus (Jordan & Oshima 1919) Synonym of Oncorhynchus masou (Brevoort 1856)
Sciaena macrolepidota Uncertain of Dormitator Uncertain Ophiocara macrolepidotum (Bloch 1792)
Scomber equula minimus Synonym of Leiognathus berbis (Valenciennes 1835) Synonym of Equulites berbis (Valenciennes 1835)
Scorpaena antennata Valid as Pterois antennata (Bloch 1787) Valid as Pteropterus antennatus (Bloch 1787)
Scorpaena bandanensis Valid as Parascorpaena bandanensis (Bleeker 1851) Synonym of Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier 1829)
Scorpaena barffi Synonym of Pterois radiata Cuvier 1829 Synonym of Pteropterus radiatus (Cuvier 1829)
Selachophidium americanum Valid as Monomitopus americanus (Nielsen 1971) Valid as Selachophidium americanum (Nielsen 1971)
Squalus littoralis Synonym of Odontaspis taurus (Rafinesque 1810) Synonym of Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810
Syngnathus cilo Synonym of Trachyrhamphus bicoractatus (Bleeker 1857) Synonym of Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus (Bleeker 1857)
Tenuicephalus multitrabs Valid as Tenuicephalus multitrabs Schwarzhans & Møller 2021 Valid as Tenuicephalichthys multitrabs (Schwarzhans & Møller 2021)
Tenuicephalus squamilabrus Valid as Tenuicephalus squamilabrus Schwarzhans & Møller 2021 Valid as Tenuicephalichthys squamilabrus (Schwarzhans & Møller 2021)

Changed Authors or Years

TaxonPrevious AuthorCurrent Author
Diplocheilos Bleeker [P.] 1860 Bleeker [P.] 1859
Betadevario Pramod [P. K.], Fang [F.], Rema Devi [K.], Liao [T.-Y.], Indra [T. J.], Beevi [J.] & Kullander [S. O.] 2010 Pramod [P. K.], Fang [F.], Rema Devi [K.], Liao [T.-Y.], Indra [T. J.], Jameela Beevi [K. S.] & Kullander [S. O.] 2010
Pimelodus conirostris Valenciennes [A.] 1840 Cuvier [G.] 1829
Raja thouin Anonymous 1798 Anonymous [Lacepède [B. G. E.]] 1798

Added Genera

Acerana  Kaup [J. J.] 1855
Neochirus  Chou [T.-K.], Liu [M.-Y.] & Liao [T.-Y.] 2023
Tenuicephalichthys  Schwarzhans [W.] & Møller [P. R.] 2024

Added Species

Akarotaxis gouldae  Corso [A. D.], Desvignes [T.], McDowell [J. R.], Cheng [C.-H. C.], Biesack [E. E.], Steinberg [D. K.] & Hilton [E. J.] 2024.   Southern Ocean: western Antarctic Peninsula,
Cambeva damnata  Costa [W. J. E. M.], Azevedo-Santos [V. M.], Ottoni [F. P.], Vilardo [P. J.] & Katz [A. M.] 2024.   South America: upper Rio das Velhas drainage, São Francisco River basin, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
Cambeva perobana  Martins [I. C.], Reis [R. B. dos], Stabile [B. H. M.] & Graça [W. J. da] 2024.   South America: Piquiri and Ivaí River drainages, upper Paraná River basin, Paraná State, Brazil.
Gaidropsarus mauritanicus  Knorrn [A. H.], Beuck [L.] & Freiwald [A.] 2024.   Eastern Atlantic: off Mauritania.
Glyptothorax pongoensis  Tenali [D. R.] & Singh [P.] 2024.   South Asia: Yongmon River drainage, Ganga-Brahmaputra basin, Nagaland, India.
Gobiodon spadix  Sato [M. C.] & Motomura [H.] 2024.   Western Pacific: southern Japan, Papua New Guinea and northeastern Australia.
Harriotta avia  Finucci [B.], Didier [D.], Ebert [D. A.], Green [M. E.] & Kemper [J. M.] 2024.   Indo-West Pacific: Western to southern Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.
Leporinus inexpectatus  Britski [H. A.], Garavello [J. C.], Oliveira [C.] & Birindelli [J. L.] 2024.   South America: upper Paraná River basin, Brazil and Paraguay.
Listrura bernunssa  Medeiros [L. S. de], Donin [L. M.], Ferrer [J.], Lima [S. M. Q.] & de Pinna [M.] 2024.   South America: Santa Catarina Island, Santa Catarina State, Brazil.
Melanorivulus melanopterus  Nielsen [D. T. B.] & Ohara [W. M.] 2024.   South America: upper rio Galera drainage, rio Guaporé basin, Mato Grosso State, Brazil.
Melanorivulus terena  Volcan [M. V.], Severo-Neto [F.] & Lanés [L. E. K.] 2024.   South America: Taquari River drainage, Paraguay River basin, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil.
Micropterus parallelus  Ross [A. T.] & Stauffer [J. R., Jr.] 2024.   
Ophidion galapagensis  Lea [R. N.] & Robins [C. R.] 2024.   Eastern Pacific: Galápagos Archipelago and the outlying Isla del Coco.
Pseudomystus tuberosus  Ng [H. H.] & Tan [H. H.] 2024.   Southeast Asia: Kahayan River drainage, south central Borneo, Indonesia.
Psilorhynchus kosygini  Shangningam [B.] 2024.   South Asia: Tepuiki River drainage, Barak River basin, Nagaland, north-east India.
Rhinogobius lithopolychroma  Li [L.-Z.], Li [C.-Y.], Shao [W.-H.], Fu [S.-X.] & Zhou [C.-W.] 2024.   East Asia: Youshui River drainage, Yuan River basin, Chongqing, southwestern China.
Rhinogobius nami  Maeda [K.], Kobayashi [H.], Iida [M.] & Tran [H. D.] 2024.   Southeast Asia: middle and upper Han River drainage, Da Nang City, central Vietnam.
Rhinogobius rong  Maeda [K.], Kobayashi [H.], Iida [M.] & Tran [H. D.] 2024.   Southeast Asia: Da Nang City and Thua Thien Province, central Vietnam.
Rhinogobius sudoccidentalis  Li [L.-Z.], Li [C.-Y.], Shao [W.-H.], Fu [S.-X.] & Zhou [C.-W.] 2024.   East Asia: Youshui River drainage, Yuan River basin, Chongqing and Guizhou Provinces, southwestern China.

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