SUMMARY OF CHANGES AND ADDITIONS IN

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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 5 December 2023. The lists are not exhaustive.

Original Taxon	Was	Previous Taxon	Now	Current Taxon
Alburnus atropatenae	Synonym of	Alburnus ulanus	Valid as	Petroleuciscus atropatenae
Alestes abeli	Valid as	Brycinus abeli	Valid as	Brachyalestes abeli
Alestes affinis	Valid as	Brycinus affinis	Valid as	Brachyalestes affinis
Alestes bequaerti	Synonym of	Brycinus imberi	Synonym of	Brachyalestes imberi
Alestes bimaculatus	Valid as	Brycinus bimaculatus	Valid as	Brachyalestes bimaculatus
Alestes bouboni	Synonym of	Brycinus nurse	Synonym of	Brachyalestes nurse
Alestes carolinae	Valid as	Brycinus carolinae	Valid as	Brachyalestes carolinae
Alestes comptus	Valid as	Brycinus comptus	Valid as	Brachyalestes comptus
Alestes curtus	Synonym of	Brycinus imberi	Synonym of	Brachyalestes imberi
Alestes dageti	Synonym of	Brycinus nurse	Synonym of	Brachyalestes nurse
Alestes erythropterus	Synonym of	Brycinus nurse	Synonym of	Brachyalestes nurse
Alestes ferox	Valid as	Brycinus ferox	Valid as	Brachyalestes ferox
Alestes fuchsii	Synonym of	Brycinus imberi	Synonym of	Brachyalestes imberi
Alestes humilis	Valid as	Brycinus humilis	Valid as	Brachyalestes humilis
Alestes imberi	Valid as	Brycinus imberi	Valid as	Brachyalestes imberi
Alestes jacksonii	Valid as	Brycinus jacksonii	Valid as	Brachyalestes jacksonii
Alestes kingsleyae	Valid as	Brycinus kingsleyae	Valid as	Brachyalestes kingsleyae
Alestes langi	Synonym of	Brycinus lateralis	Synonym of	Brachyalestes lateralis
Alestes lateralis	Valid as	Brycinus lateralis	Valid as	Brachyalestes lateralis
Alestes lemairii	Synonym of	Brycinus imberi	Synonym of	Brachyalestes imberi
Alestes minutus	Valid as	Brycinus minutus	Valid as	Brachyalestes minutus
Alestes natalensis	Synonym of	Brycinus lateralis	Synonym of	Brachyalestes lateralis
Alestes nigricauda	Valid as	Brycinus nigricauda	Valid as	Brachyalestes nigricauda
Alestes opisthotaenia	Valid as	Brycinus opisthotaenia	Valid as	Brachyalestes opisthotaenia
Alestes peringueyi	Valid as	Brycinus peringueyi	Valid as	Brachyalestes peringueyi
Alestes sadleri	Valid as	Brycinus sadleri	Valid as	Brachyalestes sadleri
Alestes schoutedeni	Synonym of	Brycinus macrolepidotus	Valid as	Brycinus schoutedeni
Alestes taeniurus	Valid as	Brycinus taeniurus	Valid as	Brachyalestes taeniurus
Alestes tessmanni	Valid as	Brycinus tessmanni	Valid as	Brachyalestes tessmanni
Alestes thamalakanensis	Synonym of	Brycinus lateralis	Synonym of	Brachyalestes lateralis
Alestes fuchsii taeniata	Synonym of	Brycinus imberi	Synonym of	Brachyalestes imberi
Alestes nurse nana	Synonym of	Brycinus nurse	Synonym of	Brachyalestes nurse
Aphritis undulatus	Uncertain of	Pseudaphritis	Uncertain of	Eleginops maclovinus
Apogon duops	Synonym of	Apogonichthyoides taeniatus	Synonym of	Apogonichthyoides pharaonis
Astyanax hasemani	Synonym of	Diapoma alburnum	Synonym of	Diapoma alburnus
Auxis rochei eudorax	Synonym of	Auxis rochei	Valid as	Auxis eudorax
Balitora elongata	Valid as	Hemimyzon elongatus	Valid as	Balitora elongata
Balitora tchangi	Valid as	Hemimyzon tchangi	Valid as	Balitora tchangi
Brachyalestes rueppellii	Synonym of	Brycinus nurse	Synonym of	Brachyalestes nurse
Brycinus epuluensis	Valid as	Brycinus epuluensis	Valid as	Brachyalestes epuluensis
Brycinus fwaensis	Valid as	Brycinus fwaensis	Valid as	Brachyalestes fwaensis
Bryconamericus conventus	Valid as	Argopleura conventus	Valid as	Argopleura conventa
Chalceus guile	Synonym of	Brycinus nurse	Synonym of	Brachyalestes nurse
Clupea (Thryssa) cuvierii	Synonym of	Thryssa malabarica	Valid as	Thryssa cuvierii
Cyanocharax dicropotamicus	Valid as	Diapoma dicropotamicus	Valid as	Diapoma dicropotamicum
Cyprinodon chantrei	Synonym of	Anatolichthys danfordii	Valid as	Anatolichthys chantrei
Deuterodon euspilurus	Valid as	Odontostilbe euspilurus	Valid as	Odontostilbe euspilura
Didogobius amicuscaridis	Valid as	Didogobius amicuscaridis	Valid as	Peter amicuscaridis
Didogobius helenae	Valid as	Didogobius helenae	Valid as	Marcelogobius helenae
Didogobius janetarum	Valid as	Didogobius janetarum	Valid as	Marcelogobius janetarum
Didogobius splechtnai	Valid as	Didogobius splechtnai	Valid as	Marcelogobius splechtnai
Didogobius wirtzi	Valid as	Didogobius wirtzi	Valid as	Peter wirtzi
Engraulis grayi	Synonym of	Thryssa hamiltonii	Synonym of	Thryssa malabarica
Enneapterygius cerasinus	Synonym of	Enneapterygius philippinus	Synonym of	Enneapterygius cerasinus
Enneapterygius fuligicauda	Synonym of	Enneapterygius philippinus	Valid as	Enneapterygius fuligicauda
Enneapterygius pardochir	Synonym of	Enneapterygius philippinus	Synonym of	Enneapterygius minutus
Enneapterygius punctulatus	Synonym of	Enneapterygius philippinus	Synonym of	Enneapterygius minutus
Enneapterygius similis	Valid as	Enneapterygius similis	Synonym of	Enneapterygius fuligicauda
Enneapterygius tusitalae	Synonym of	Enneapterygius philippinus	Synonym of	Enneapterygius minutus
Enneapterygius unimaculatus	Valid as	Enneapterygius unimaculatus	Synonym of	Enneapterygius cerasinus
Enneapterygius waigiensis	Synonym of	Enneapterygius philippinus	Synonym of	Enneapterygius tutuilae
Hemibrycon gutierrezi	Valid as	Hemibrycon gutierrezorum	Valid as	Hemibrycon gutierrezi
Micralestes lerneri	Synonym of	Brycinus sadleri	Synonym of	Brachyalestes sadleri
Myletes guile	Synonym of	Brycinus nurse	Synonym of	Brachyalestes nurse
Myletes nurse	Valid as	Brycinus nurse	Valid as	Brachyalestes nurse
Nemachilus frenatus afrenatus	Synonym of	Oxynoemacheilus frenatus	Valid as	Oxynoemacheilus afrenatus
Neomerinthe procurva	Valid as	Neomerinthe procurva	Synonym of	Neomerinthe bucephalus
Pseudochromis paccagnellae	Valid as	Pictichromis paccagnellorum	Valid as	Pictichromis paccagnellae
Tetragonopterus alburnus	Valid as	Diapoma alburnum	Valid as	Diapoma alburnus
Thrissa hamiltonii	Valid as	Thryssa hamiltonii	Synonym of	Thryssa malabarica
Trichomycterus pradensis	Synonym of	Trichomycterus immaculatus	Valid as	Trichomycterus pradensis
Tripterygium callionymi	Synonym of	Enneapterygius philippinus	Synonym of	Enneapterygius tutuilae
Tripterygium minutum	Synonym of	Enneapterygius philippinus	Valid as	Enneapterygius minutus

Added Genera

Marcelogobius Schliewen [U. K.] 2023
Peter Schliewen [U. K.] 2023

Added Species

Amblyceps crassioris	Vijayakrishnan [B.] & Praveenraj [J.] 2023	South Asia: Mahanadi River drainage, Odisha, India.
Awaous (Awaous) motla	Seth [J. K.], Roy [S.], Sura [S.], Puvala [D.], Mishra [S. S.] & Mohapatra [A.] 2023	South Asia: middle Mahanadi River basin, Odisha, India.
Balitora anlongensis	Luo [T.], Chen [Z.-X.], Zhao [X.-R.], Yu [J.], Lan [C.-T.] & Zhou [J.] 2023	East Asia: vertical cave at NaNao Village, Xinglong Town, Anlong County, Pearl River basin, Guizhou Province, China.
Brachyalestes jackiae	Stiassny [M. L. J.] & Melo [B. F.] 2023	Central Africa: Lulua River drainage, Congo basin, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Centrogenys algrahami	Matsunuma [M.] & Johnson [J. W.] 2023	Western Pacific: northern and northeastern Australia.
Centrogenys pogonoskii	Matsunuma [M.] & Johnson [J. W.] 2023	Western Pacific: western, northern and eastern Australia.
Creagrutus cimitarraensis	Ardila Rodríguez [C. A.] 2023	South America: río Carare drainage, Departamento de Santander, Colombia.
Creagrutus corredori	Ardila Rodríguez [C. A.] 2023	South America: Río Tucurinca drainage, Departamento del Magdalena, Colombia.
Creagrutus embera	Ardila Rodríguez [C. A.] 2023	South America: Río Sinú drainage, Departamento de Córdoba, Colombia.
Creagrutus florianensis	Ardila Rodríguez [C. A.] 2023	South America: río Minero drainage, Departamento de Santander, Colombia.
Creagrutus narvaezi	Ardila Rodríguez [C. A.] 2023	South America: Río Fundación drainage, Departamento del Magdalena, Colombia.
Didogobius lanceolatus	Schliewen [U. K.], Knorrn [A. H.] & Böhmer [R.] 2023	Eastern Atlantic: southern Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania.
Enneapterygius olivaceus	Dewa [Y.], Tashiro [S.] & Motomura [H.] 2023	Western Pacific: southern Japan and the Philippines.
Eustomias (Haploclonus) antea	Villarins [B. T.], Fischer [L. G.], Prokofiev [A. M.] & Mincarone [M. M.] 2023	Western Atlantic: northern Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil.
Eustomias (Haploclonus) lucenae	Villarins [B. T.], Fischer [L. G.], Prokofiev [A. M.] & Mincarone [M. M.] 2023	Western Atlantic: Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Eustomias (Nominostomias) bertrandi	Villarins [B. T.], Fischer [L. G.], Prokofiev [A. M.] & Mincarone [M. M.] 2023	Western Atlantic: eastern Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil.
Eustomias (Nominostomias) ophioglossa	Villarins [B. T.], Fischer [L. G.], Prokofiev [A. M.] & Mincarone [M. M.] 2023	Western Atlantic: eastern Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil.
Glyptothorax primusplicae	Shangningam [B.] & Kosygin [L.] 2023	South Asia: upper Chakpi River drainage, Chindwin-Irrawaddy River basin, Manipur, India.
Malakichthys formosus	Ng [S.-L.], Liu [K.-M.] & Joung [S.-J.] 2023	Northwestern Pacific: northern South China Sea, southwestern Taiwan.
Neomerinthe harenartis	Matsumoto [T.] & Motomura [H.] 2023	Southwestern Pacific: Vanuatu.
Neomerinthe ignea	Matsumoto [T.], Muto [N.] & Motomura [H.] 2023	Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia (Sumbawa Island), Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna Islands, and Papua New Guinea.
Ophichthus naevius	Kodeeswaran [P.], Kathirvelpandian [A.], Mohapatra [A.], Kumar [T. T. P. A.] & Sarkar [U. K.] 2023	Indian Ocean: Cuddalore coast, Bay of Bengal, southeast India.
Physoschistura mango	Conway [K. W.] & Kottelat [M.] 2023	South Asia: waters around Hopong Town, Shan State, Myanmar.
Scomberomorus avirostrus	Abdussamad [E. M.], Toji [T.], Margaret [A. M. R.], Mini [K. G.], Rajesh [K. M.] et al. 2023	Northern Indian Ocean: eastern Arabian Sea, India and Pakistan.
Thrissina aurora	Hata [H.], Lavoué [S.], Chungthanawong [S.] & Motomura [H.] 2023	Indian Ocean: Phuket, Andaman Sea, Thailand.
Trichomycterus zapatocaensis	Ardila Rodríguez [C. A.] 2023	South America: Cueva del Nitro, Municipio de Zapatoca, Departamento de Santander, Colombia.
Triplophysa anlongensis	Lan [C.-T.], Song [L.-X.], Luo [T.], Zhao [X.-R.], Xiao [N.] & Zhou [J.] 2023	East Asia: vertical cave at NaNao Village, Xinglong Town, Anlong County, Guizhou Province, China.
Triplophysa cehengensis	Luo [T.], Mao [M.-L.], Zhao [X.-R.], Xiao [N.] & Zhou [J.] 2023	East Asia: cave in Longjing Village, Rongdu Town, Ceheng County, Guizhou Province, China.
Triplophysa panzhouensis	Yu [J.], Luo [T.], Lan [C.-T.], Xiao [N.] & Zhou [J.] 2023	East Asia: vertical cave at Hongguo Town, Panzhou City, Guizhou Province, China.
Triplophysa rongduensis	Mao [M.-L.], Zhao [X.-R.], Yu [J.], Xiao [N.] & Zhou [J.] 2023	East Asia: cave in Rongbei Village, Rongdu Town, Ceheng County, Guizhou Province, China.

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