Mike Ophir on Yasuhikotakia
Conservation
Eight new genera described
Inia araguaiaensis sp. nov. © Nicole Dutra
A new freshwater dolphin from Brazil has been described in the journal PloS ONE, and represents the first such find in almost a century. Continue reading »
Category: Discoveries, News | Tags: Amazon, Araguaia, araguaiaensis, cetacean, dolphin, Hrbek, Inia, PLoS ONE, Tocantins | 2 comments »
© Nora Brede
The snakehead that has been known to aquarium hobbyists as Channa sp. ‘Assam’, C. sp. ‘Lal Cheng’ or C. sp. ‘blue bleheri’ for a number of years is named C. andrao in the journal ‘Zootaxa’ this week. Continue reading »
Category: New Species, News, Uncategorized | Tags: blue bleheri, Channa, Lal Cheng, Ralf Britz, snakehead, Zootaxa | 2 comments »
Adult male individual of Dario kajal spec. nov. © Andreas Werth
The previously unidentified badid known to aquarists as Dario sp. ‘Jaintia Hills’ or D. sp. ‘Bangladesh’ is described by ichthyologists Dr. Ralf Britz and Dr. Sven Kullander in today’s issue of ‘Zootaxa’. Continue reading »
Category: New Species, News | Tags: Dario, Ralf Britz, Sven O. Kullander, Zootaxa | Comment »
C. desquamator has a massivley-enlarged lower jaw and elongate body. © Anthony Terceira
Two highly-specialised, previously unidentified pupfishes we featured in an article a while back are officially described in the latest issue of the Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Continue reading »
Category: New Species, News | Tags: Bahamas, Cyprinodon, pupfish | One comment »
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