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Editor, Dr M.R. de Carvalho (mrcarvalho@ib.usp.br) Chondrichthyes; South American freshwater
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Trav. 14, no. 101, São Paulo, SP, 05508-900, Brasil  
Editor, Dr A.C. Gill (gill.anthony@gmail.com) Gobioidei; Asian freshwater
School of Life Science, P.O. Box 874501, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, USA.
 Editor, Dr L. A.  Rocha (rochal@hawaii.edu) Marine and estuarine, except Gobioidei - see Gill; North American freshwater
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Coconut Island, P.O. Box 1346 Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744, USA 
Editor, Dr J. Friel (jpf19@cornell.edu) African freshwater
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
Editor, Dr L. Page (lpage1@ufl.edu) No longer accepting new submissions; see Carvalho, Friel or Rocha
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA

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2008

 Article 
Zootaxa 1760: 37-49 (30 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 20 Mar. 2008
Larval development in the lutjanid subfamily Lutjaninae (Pisces): the Indo-Pacific genus Pinjalo
JEFFREY M LEIS (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1757: 31-48 (28 Apr. 2008) 7 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 19 Mar. 2008
Neoplecostomus (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the upper Rio Parana basin, Brazil, with description of three new species
CLAUDIO HENRIQUE ZAWADZKI, CARLA SIMONE PAVANELLI & FRANCISCO LANGEANI (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1747: 1-33 (11 Apr. 2008) 11 plates; 38 references                              Accepted: 21 Feb. 2008
The genus Kali Lloyd (Chiasmodontidae: Teleostei) with description of new two species, and the revalidation of K. kerberti Weber
MARCELO R. S. MELO (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1747: 61-68 (11 Apr. 2008) 5 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 19 Mar. 2008
A new species of Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from rio Portuguesa, rio Orinoco basin, Venezuela
RICARDO C. BENINE & GUILHERME A. M. LOPES (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1743: 62-68 (7 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 22 Feb. 2008
Garra findolabium, a new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from the Red River drainage in Yunnan, China
FENG-LIAN LI, WEI ZHOU & QIANG FU (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1739: 41-52 (2 Apr. 2008) 5 plates; 29 references                              Accepted: 25 Jan. 2008
Triplophysa lixianensis, a new nemacheiline loach species (Pisces: Balitoridae) from the upper Yangtze River drainage in Sichuan Province, South China
CHUNLIN HE, ZHAOBIN SONG & E ZHANG (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1734: 1-26 (28 Mar. 2008) 10 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 18 Jan. 2008
Three new angel sharks (Chondrichthyes: Squatinidae) from the Indo-Australian region
PETER R. LAST & WILLIAM T. WHITE (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1734: 27-42 (28 Mar. 2008) 7 plates; 41 references                              Accepted: 15 Jan. 2008
Description of a new annual rivulid killifish genus from Venezuela
TOMAS HRBEK (Puerto Rico) & DONALD C. TAPHORN (Venezuela)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1734: 65-68 (28 Mar. 2008) 1 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 18 Jan. 2008
New record of the smalleye stingray, Dasyatis microps (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), from the western Indian Ocean
SIMON J. PIERCE (Mozambique), WILLIAM T. WHITE (Australia) & ANDREA D. MARSHALL (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1731: 24-32 (25 Mar. 2008) 4 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 5 Feb. 2008
A new species of leaf fish, Nandus andrewi (Teleostei: Perciformes: Nandidae) from northeastern India
HEOK HEE NG & ZEEHAN JAAFAR (Singapore)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1731: 33-41 (25 Mar. 2008) 2 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 19 Feb. 2008
A new species of Pseudancistrus from the Rio Caroni Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)
JONATHAN W. ARMBRUSTER (USA) & DONALD C. TAPHORN (Venezuela)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1729: 23-36 (20 Mar. 2008) 8 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 28 Jan. 2008
A review of the Nemacheilinae genus Oreonectes Gunther with descriptions of two new species (Teleostei: Balitoridae)
LI-NA DU, XIAO-YONG CHEN & JUN-XING YANG (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1726: 33-48 (12 Mar. 2008) 6 plates; 50 references                              Accepted: 25 Jan. 2008
Biogeography of Glandulocaudinae (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) revisited: phylogenetic patterns, historical geology and genetic connectivity
NAERCIO A. MENEZES (Brazil), ALEXANDRE C. RIBEIRO (Brazil), STANLEY WEITZMAN (USA) & RODRIGO A. TORRES (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1724: 1-51 (10 Mar. 2008) 24 plates; 31 references                              Accepted: 29 Jan. 2008
The Australoheros (Teleostei: Cichlidae) species of the Uruguay and Parana River drainages
OLDRICH RICAN (Czech Republic) & SVEN O. KULLANDER (Sweden)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1724: 52-60 (10 Mar. 2008) 4 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 18 Jan. 2008
A new Hemigrammus Gill from upper rio Parana system, Southeastern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae)
Manoela M. F. Marinho, Fernando R. Carvalho, Francisco Langeani & Flavio L. Tatsumi (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1717: 24-30 (3 Mar. 2008) 2 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
Morphological measurements of manta rays (Manta birostris) with a description of a foetus from the east coast of Southern Africa
ANDREA D. MARSHALL, SIMON J. PIERCE & MICHAEL B. BENNETT (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1715: 43-56 (29 Feb. 2008) 5 plates; 21 references                              Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
A new species of Stiphodon from southern Sumatra (Pisces: Gobioidei: Sicydiinae)
RONALD E. WATSON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1715: 1-26 (29 Feb. 2008) 8 plates; 75 references                              Accepted: 15 Jan. 2008
The coastal fishes of Madeira Island-new records and an annotated check-list
PETER WIRTZ (Portugal), RONALD FRICKE (Germany) & MANUEL JOSE BISCOITO (Portugal)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1707: 37-48 (20 Feb. 2008) 6 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 15 Jan. 2008
Morphological development of Hypophthalmus fimbriatus and H. marginatus post-yolk-sac larvae (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)
EDINBERGH CALDAS DE OLIVEIRA, ANDREA BIALETZKI & LUCIANA FUGIMOTO ASSAKAWA (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1691: 1-52 (29 Jan. 2008) 18 plates; 54 references                              Accepted: 15 Nov. 2007
Cardinalfishes of the genus Nectamia (Apogonidae, Perciformes) from the Indo-Pacific region with descriptions of four new species
THOMAS H. FRASER (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1687: 67-68 (23 Jan. 2008) 0 plates; 9 references                                Accepted: 20 Dec. 2007
On the validity of Fenerbahce Ozdikmen et al., 2006 as replacement for Adamas Huber, 1979 (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae)
 RAINER SONNENBERG (Germany) & JOUKE R. VAN DER ZEE (Belgium)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1686: 1-28 (21 Jan. 2008) 12 plates; 42 references                              Accepted: 28 Nov. 2007
The “Celestial Pearl danio” is a miniature Danio (s.s) (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae): evidence from morphology and molecules
KEVIN W. CONWAY, WEI-JEN CHEN & RICHARD L. MAYDEN (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1686: 29-36 (21 Jan. 2008) 3 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 26 Nov. 2007
 A new species of Gorogobius (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Sao Tomé Islands
MARCELO KOVACIC (Croatia) & ULRICH K. SCHLIEWEN (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1686: 37-47 (21 Jan. 2008) 6 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 23 Nov. 2007
 Pseudomystus heokhuii, a new species of bagrid catfish from Sumatra (Teleostei: Bagridae)
KELVIN K. P. LIM & HEOK HEE NG  (Singapore)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1685: 47-54 (21 Jan. 2008) 2 plates; 31 references                              Accepted: 23 Nov. 2007
 Fishes of La Venta River in Chiapas, Mexico
ALFONSO ;NGEL GONZ;LEZ-DQAZ  (Mexico), REBECCA MARQA QUIYONES  (USA), JOSI VEL;ZQUEZ-MARTQNEZ  (Mexico) & ROCQO RODILES-HERN;NDEZ (Mexico)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1682: 33-44 (16 Jan. 2008) 5 plates; 20 references                               Accepted: 10 Dec. 2007
Description of a new genus and two new species of labeonine fishes from South China (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)
E ZHANG, XIN QIANG & JIA-HU LAN (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1680: 62-68 (14 Jan. 2008) 3 plates; 10 references                               Accepted: 6 Dec. 2007
Crystallaria cincotta, a new species of darter (Teleostei: Percidae) from the Elk River of the Ohio River drainage, West Virginia
STUART A. WELSH & ROBERT M. WOOD (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1678: 63-68 (11 Jan. 2008) 4 plates; 13 references                               Accepted: 11 Dec. 2007
Gymnothorax baranesi, a new moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the Red Sea
DAVID G. SMITH  (USA), ERAN BROKOVICH  (Israel) & SHAI EINBINDER (Israel)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1674: 39-49 (7 Jan. 2008) 4 plates; 37 references                              Accepted: 26 Nov. 2007
Hyphessobrycon rutiliflavidus n. sp., a new characid fish from the upper rio Paraguai, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae)
FERNANDO ROGIRIO CARVALHO, FRANCISCO LANGEANI, CARLOS SUETOSHI MIYAZAWA & WALDO PINHEIRO TROY (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1673: 49-67 (4 Jan. 2008) 6 plates; 21 references                              Accepted: 30 Oct. 2007
Two new wobbegong sharks, Orectolobus floridus sp. nov. and O. parvimaculatus sp. nov. (Orectolobiformes: Orectolobidae), from southwestern Australia
PETER R. LAST & JUSTIN A. CHIDLOW (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1671: 3-31 (1 Jan. 2008) 5 plates; 31 references                                  Accepted: 11 Dec. 2007
Five new species of the damselfish genus Chromis (Perciformes: Labroidei: Pomacentridae) from deep coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific
RICHARD L. PYLE, JOHN L. EARLE & BRIAN D. GREENE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1671: 33-58 (1 Jan. 2008) 13 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 24 Oct. 2007
Three new legskates of the genus Sinobatis (Rajoidei: Anacanthobatidae) from the Indo–West Pacific
PETER R. LAST (Australia) & BERNARD SéRET (France)
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2007

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1669: 1-134 (21 Dec. 2007)  81 plates; 46 references                            Accepted: 21 Oct. 2007
Taxonomic revision of the seasonal South American killifish genus Simpsonichthys (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheiloidei: Rivulidae)
WILSON J. E. M. COSTA (Brasil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1666: 53-68 (19 Dec. 2007)  9 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 9 Nov. 2007
A new handfish, Brachionichthys australis sp. nov. (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with a redescription of the critically endangered spotted handfish, B. hirsutus (Lacepede)
PETER R. LAST, DANIEL C. GLEDHILL & BRONWYN H. HOLMES (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1663: 47-57 (17 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 21 Oct. 2007
A new species of Psilorhynchus (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from the Ataran River Basin, Myanmar, with comments on the generic name Psilorhynchoides
KEVIN W. CONWAY (USA) & MAURICE KOTTELAT (Singapore)
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 Erratum 
Zootaxa 1657: 68 (7 Dec. 2007)  
Erratum ( Verburg, P. & Bills, R. (2007) Two new cichild species Neolamprologus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanga-nyika, East Africa. Zootaxa, 1612, 25-54.)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1657: 23-39 (7 Dec. 2007)  9 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 14 Nov. 2007
Four new species of deep-water catsharks of the genus Parmaturus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from New Caledonia, Indonesia and Australia
BERNARD SERET (France) & PETER R. LAST (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1646: 31-39 (26 Nov. 2007)  4 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 21 Oct. 2007
A new species of Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) from the endorheic RRo SalR basin, Tucuman, northwestern Argentina
JUAN MARCOS MIRANDE, GAST[N AGUILERA & MARQA DE LAS MERCEDES AZPELICUETA (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1639: 1-21 (16 Nov. 2007)  11 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 10 Oct. 2007
Halaelurus maculosus n. sp. and H. sellus n. sp., two new species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo-West Pacific
WILLIAM T. WHITE, PETER R. LAST & JOHN D. STEVENS (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1638: 39-49 (14 Nov. 2007)  9 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 8 Oct. 2007
The first case of aggressive mimicry among lamprologines in a new species of Lepidiolamprologus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika
ROBERT SCHELLY (USA), TETSUMI TAKAHASHI (Japan), ROGER BILLS (South Africa) & MICHIO HORI (Japan)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1635: 55-61 (12 Nov. 2007)  3 plates; 4 references                            Accepted: 8 Oct. 2007
A new species of Cynopotamus Valenciennes, 1849 (Characiformes, Characidae) with a key to the species of the genus
NAERCIO A. MENEZES (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1628: 59-68 (2 Nov. 2007)  3 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 26 Sep. 2007
Scarus maculipinna, a new species of parrotfish (Perciformes, Scaridae) from the eastern Indian Ocean
MARK W. WESTNEAT (USA), UKKRIT SATAPOOMIN (Thailand) & JOHN E. RANDALL (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1626: 51-58 (31 Oct. 2007)  3 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 12 Sep. 2007
A new phreatic catfish of the genus Phreatobius Goeldi 1905 from groundwaters of the Itenez River, Bolivia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae)
LUIS FERNANDEZ (USA), LISANDRO J. SAUCEDO (Bolivia), FERNANDO M. CARVAJAL-VALLEJOS (Bolivia) & SCOTT A. SCHAEFER (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1618: 1-50 (19 Oct. 2007)  26 plates; 71 references                            Accepted: 22 Jun. 2007
Phylogeny of species formerly assigned to the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes: Cichlidae)
JUAN J. SCHMITTER-SOTO (Mexico)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1618: 51-60 (19 Oct. 2007)  3 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 29 Aug. 2007
Taxonomic status of the Guadalupe Darter, Percina apristis (Teleostei: Percidae)
ROBERT H. ROBINS & LAWRENCE M. PAGE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1616: 23-35 (17 Oct. 2007)  5 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 12 Sep. 2007
A new species of Chondrostoma Agassiz, 1832 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) with sexual dimorphism from the lower Rio Tejo Basin, Portugal
HUGO F. GANTE (Portugal), CARLOS D. SANTOS (USA) & MARIA JUDITE ALVES (Portugal)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1614: 17-29 (15 Oct. 2007)  10 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 24 Aug. 2007
Micralestes (Characiformes, Alestidae) of the lower Congo River, with a description of a new species endemic to the lower Congo River rapids in the Democratic Republic of Congo
MELANIE L.J. STIASSNY (USA) & VICTOR MAMONEKENE (Republic of Congo)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1614: 53-60 (15 Oct. 2007)  2 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 12 Sep. 2007
A new species of Jupiaba Zanata, 1997 (Ostariophysi, Characiformes, Characidae) from the rio Tocantins drainage, Brazil
THIAGO N. A. PEREIRA & PAULO H. F. LUCINDA (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1612: 25-44 (10 Oct. 2007)  10 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 27 Aug. 2007
Two new cichild species Neolamprologus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika, East Africa
PIET VERBURG (USA) & ROGER BILLS (South Africa)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1612: 55-62 (10 Oct. 2007)  5 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 22 Aug. 2007
Description of a new cyprinid species, Labeo meroensis n. sp. (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), from the River Nile
TIMO MORITZ (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1610: 53-59 (8 Oct. 2007)  4 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 27 Aug. 2007
A new species of Hemigrammus Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from Rio Caura, Venezuela
RICARDO C. BENINE & GUILHERME A. M. LOPES (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1608: 11-19 (5 Oct. 2007)  1 plates; 45 references                            Accepted: 6 Sep. 2007
Fishes (Elasmobranchii and Actinopterygii) of Picaozinho reef, Northeastern Brazil, with notes on their conservation status
ALLAN T. DE SOUZA, MARTINA DI IULIO ILARRI, PAULO ROBERTO DE MEDEIROS, RENATO GROTTA GREMPEL , RICARDO S. ROSA & CLAUDIO L. S. SAMPAIO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1608: 41-49 (5 Oct. 2007)  5 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 29 Aug. 2007
Botia udomritthiruji, a new species of botiid loach from southern Myanmar (Teleostei: Botiidae)
HEOK HEE NG (Singapore)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1608: 51-58 (5 Oct. 2007)  5 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 3 Sep. 2007
Akysis pulvinatus, a new species of catfish (Siluriformes: Akysidae) from southern Thailand
HEOK HEE NG (Singapore)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1605: 33-46 (1 Oct. 2007)  10 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 24 Jul. 2007
Two new species of Pseudoscopelus (Teleostei: Chiasmodontidae), with a new diagnosis for the genus
MARCELO R. S. MELO, H. J. WALKER, JR & CYNTHIA KLEPADLO (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1605: 47-58 (1 Oct. 2007)  2 plates; 38 references                            Accepted: 3 Aug. 2007
A brief review of Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) species from the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, China, with description of a new species
JINLU LI, NAIFA LIU & JUNXING YANG (P.R. China)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1603: 1-78 (28 Sep. 2007)  30 plates; 83 references                           Accepted: 22 Jun. 2007
A systematic revision of the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with the description of two new genera and six new species
JUAN J. SCHMITTER-SOTO (Mexico)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1591: 1-38 (21 Sep. 2007)  32 plates; 98 references                            Accepted: 9 Aug. 2007
Description of three new species of the genus Chromaphyosemion Radda, 1971 (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from the coastal plains of Cameroon with a preliminary review of the Chromaphyosemion splendopleure complex
RAINER SONNENBERG (Germany)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1591: 67-68 (21 Sep. 2007)  1 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 25 Aug. 2007
The Persian/Arabian Gulf's sole great white shark Carcharodon carcharias (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) record from Kuwait: misidentification of a sandtiger shark Carcharias taurus (Lamniformes: Odontaspididae)
ALEC B. M. MOORE (UK), LEONARD J. V. COMPAGNO (South Africa) & IAN K. FERGUSSON (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1587: 43-52 (17 Sep. 2007)  7 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 1 Aug. 2007
A new species of the freshwater fish genus Astyanax (Ostariophysi: Characidae) from the rio Iguacu basin, southeastern Brazil
VINICIUS ABILHOA & LUIZ FERNANDO DUBOC (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1587: 61-68 (17 Sep. 2007)  6 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 15 Aug. 2007
A new species of the genus Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from the coastal area of northeastern Mozambique
STEFANO VALDESALICI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1580: 63-68 (10 Sep. 2007)  3 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 22 Aug. 2007
A new species of Cottunculus (Teleostei: Psychrolutidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge
INGVAR BYRKJEDAL (Norway) & ALEXEI M. ORLOV (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1579: 1-39 (10 Sep. 2007)  0 plates; 170 references                            Accepted: 1 Aug. 2007
Checklist of Copepoda associated with fishes from Brazil
JOSE L. LUQUE & LUIZ E. R. TAVARES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1578: 41-68 (7 Sep. 2007) 12 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 9 Jul. 2007
New species of the amphiliid catfish genera Amphilius, Doumea and Phractura and the taxonomy of Paramphilius from West Central Africa (Siluriformes, Amphiliidae)
PAUL H. SKELTON (S. Africa)
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Zootaxa 1560: 43-53 (27 Aug. 2007) 5 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 9 Aug. 2007
Oligosarcus perdido (Characiformes, Characidae), a new species of freshwater fish from Serra da Bodoquena, upper Rio Paraguai basin, Brazil
ALEXANDRE C. RIBEIRO, MARCEL R. CAVALLARO & OTAVIO FROEHLICH (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1560: 19-30 (27 Aug. 2007) 8 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 20 Jul. 2007
Cirrhigaleus australis n. sp., a new Mandarin dogfish (Squaliformes: Squalidae) from the south-west Pacific
WILLIAM T. WHITE, PETER R. LAST & JOHN D. STEVENS (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1557: 59-66 (22 Aug. 2007) 4 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 2 Jul. 2007
Caenotropus schizodon, a new chilodontid fish from the Rio Tapajos drainage, Brazil (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Chilodontidae)
ALEXANDRE SCHARCANSKY & CARLOS ALBERTO SANTOS DE LUCENA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1553: 59-68 (20 Aug. 2007) 5 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 8 Jun. 2007
Hypostomus rhantos (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new species from southern Venezuela
JONATHAN W. ARMBRUSTER, LEIGH A. TANSEY & NATHAN K. LUJAN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1551: 31-47 (15 Aug. 2007) 6 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 2 May 2007
A review of the systematics of western North Pacific angel sharks, genus Squatina, with redescriptions of Squatina formosa, S. japonica, and S. nebulosa (Chondrichthyes: Squatiniformes, Squatinidae)
JONATHAN H. WALSH & DAVID A. EBERT (USA)
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Zootaxa 1549: 1-28 (15 Aug. 2007) 1 plates; 52 references                            Accepted: 25 May 2007
Three new percid fishes (Percidae: Percina) from the Mobile Basin drainage of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee
James D. Williams, David A. Neely, Stephen J. Walsh & Noel M. Burkhead (USA)
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Zootaxa 1545: 1-16 (9 Aug. 2007) 5 plates; 43 references                            Accepted: 18 May 2007
Morphological variation and sexual dimorphism in the California skate, Raja inornata Jordan and Gilbert, 1881 from the Gulf of California, Mexico
JOSE LEONARDO CASTILLO GENIZ, OSCAR SOSA NISHIZAKI & JUAN CARLOS PEREZ JIMENEZ (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1545: 49-57 (9 Aug. 2007) 3 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 18 Jun. 2007
A new species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Andean Cordillera of Peru with comments on relationships within the genus
LUIS FERNANDEZ (USA) & ROBERTO QUISPE CHUQUIHUAMANI (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1541: 49-55 (2 Aug. 2007) 4 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 8 Jun. 2007
Trichomycterus santanderensis: A new species of troglomorphic catfish (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from Colombia
CESAR A. CASTELLANOS-MORALES (Puerto Rico)
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Zootaxa 1532: 41-49 (26 Jul. 2007) 4 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 18 Jun. 2007
Fundulopanchax kamdemi (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) a new species from Korup National Park, western Cameroon
CHRISTIAN AKUM (Cameroon), RAINER SONNENBERG (Germany), JOUKE R. VAN DER ZEE (Belgium) & RUDOLF H. WILDEKAMP (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1531: 39-48 (23 Jul. 2007) 0 plates; 37 references                            Accepted: 13 Jun. 2007
Metazoan parasites of fishes from Coyuca Lagoon, Guerrero, Mexico
JUAN VIOLANTE-GONZALEZ & M. LEOPOLDINA AGUIRRE-MACEDO (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1529: 33-48 (19 Jul. 2007) 9 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 30 May 2007
Description of Cathorops manglarensis, a new species from the Colombian Pacific, with redescription of Cathorops multiradiatus (Siluriformes; Ariidae)
ALEXANDRE P. MARCENIUK (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1526: 51-61 (12 Jul. 2007) 3 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 13 Jun. 2007
Coryphopterus kuna, a new goby (Perciformes: Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from the western Caribbean, with the identification of the late larval stage and an estimate of the pelagic larval duration
BENJAMIN C. VICTOR (USA)
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Zootaxa 1526: 63-68 (12 Jul. 2007) 3 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 4 Jun. 2007
A new species of Metahomaloptera (Teleostei: Balitoridae) from China
JIAN YANG, XIAOYONG CHEN & JUNXING YANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1525: 61-68 (12 Jul. 2007) 3 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 30 May 2007
On a new species of the genus Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Ostariophysi: Characidae)
PAULO H. F. LUCINDA, LUIZ R. MALABARBA & RICARDO C. BENINE (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1523: 1-48 (9 Jul. 2007) 2 plates; 71 references                            Accepted: 13 Apr. 2007
Coastal Fishes of Sao Tome and Principe islands, Gulf of Guinea (Eastern Atlantic Ocean)-an update
PETER WIRTZ (Portugal), CARLOS EDUARDO L. FERREIRA (Brazil), SERGIO R. FLOETER (Brazil), RONALD FRICKE (Germany), JOAO LUIZ GASPARINI (Brazil), TOMIO IWAMOTO (USA), LUIZ ROCHA (USA), CLAUDIO L. S. SAMPAIO (Brazil) & ULRICH K. SCHLIEWEN (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1523: 59-64 (9 Jul. 2007) 4 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 2 May 2007
Relationships of the New World cichlid genus Hypsophrys Agassiz 1859 (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with diagnoses for the genus and its species
PROSANTA CHAKRABARTY & JOHN S. SPARKS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1520: 1-18 (5 Jul. 2007) 9 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 6 Apr. 2007
A new species of Bedotia (Teleostei: Atherinomorpha: Bedotiidae) from the Rianila drainage of Eastern Madagascar, with redescriptions of Bedotia madagascariensis and Bedotia geayi
PAUL V. LOISELLE & DAMARIS RODRIGUEZ (USA)
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Zootaxa 1520: 19-36 (5 Jul. 2007) 9 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 2 May 2007
Description of a new species of catshark, Atelomycterus marnkalha n. sp. (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from north-east Australia
IAN P. JACOBSEN & MIKE B. BENNETT (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1512: 1-38 (21 Jun. 2007) 28 plates; 46 references                            Accepted: 23 Mar. 2007
Taxonomy of the catfish genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) with recognition of eight species
URIEL ANGEL BUITRAGO-SUAREZ and BROOKS M. BURR (USA)
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Zootaxa 1509: 68 (18 Jun. 2007) 0 plates; 7 references                                  Accepted: 2 Jun. 2007
Synbranchus doeringii Weyenbergh, 1877, a justified emendation of S. doringii (Pisces: Synbranchidae)
STEFAN KOERBER (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1494: 45-65 (31 May 2007) 14 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 9 Mar. 2007
The Maugean Skate, Zearaja maugeana sp. nov. (Rajiformes: Rajidae) - a micro-endemic, Gondwanan relict from Tasmanian estuaries
PETER R. LAST & DANIEL C. GLEDHILL (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1484: 1-38 (28 May 2007) 15 plates; 92 references                            Accepted: 31 Mar. 2007
Molecular systematics of Serrasalmidae: Deciphering the identities of piranha species and unraveling their evolutionary histories
BARBIE FREEMAN, LEO G. NICO, MATTHEW OSENTOSKI, HOWARD L. JELKS & TIMOTHY M. COLLINS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1472: 29-54 (14 May 2007) 1 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 16 Mar. 2007
A catalogue of the fishes held in the Istanbul University, Science Faculty, Hydrobiology Museum
NURETTIN MERIC, LUTFIYE ERYILMAZ & MUFIT OZULUG (Turkey)
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Zootaxa 1471: 27-41 (10 May 2007) 9 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 10 Nov. 2006
Freshwater Sawfish Pristis microdon Latham, 1794 (Chondrichthyes : Pristidae) in the Kimberley region of Western Australia
DEAN C. THORBURN, DAVID L. MORGAN, ANDREW J. ROWLAND & HOWARD S. GILL (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1471: 53-59 (10 May 2007) 3 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 31 Dec. 2006
Ituglanis paraguassuensis sp. n. (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae): a new catfish from the rio Paraguacu, northeastern Brazil
Rafael M. Campos-Paiva & Wilson J. E. M. Costa (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1466: 19-34 (7 May 2007) 3 plates; 28 references                             Accepted: 9 Mar. 2007
Two new species of the scorpionfish genus Trachyscorpia (Sebastidae: Sebastolobinae) from the southern Indo-west Pacific, with comments on the distribution of T. eschmeyeri
HIROYUKI MOTOMURA (Japan), PETER R. LAST (Australia) & GORDON K. YEARSLEY (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1463: 13-20 (30 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 28 references                             Accepted: 4 Apr. 2007
Balantiocheilos ambusticauda, a new and possibly extinct species of cyprinid fish from Indochina (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)
HEOK HEE NG (USA) & MAURICE KOTTELAT (Singapore)
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Zootaxa 1462: 1-40 (30 Apr. 2007) 16 plates; 76 references                             Accepted: 16 Mar. 2007
The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis
RAPHAEL COVAIN & SONIA FISCH-MULLER (Switzerland)
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Zootaxa 1451: 1-40 (19 Apr. 2007) 20 plates; 78 references                             Accepted: 1 Feb. 2007
A taxonomic revision of the catshark genus Haploblepharus Garman 1913 (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)
BRETT A. HUMAN (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 1450: 45-56 (19 Apr. 2007) 6 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
Two new fish species of the genus Puntius Hamilton (Cyprinidae) from Manipur, India, with notes on P. ticto (Hamilton) and P. stoliczkanus (Day)
I. LINTHOINGAMBI & W. VISHWANATH (India)
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Zootaxa 1446: 31-42 (12 Apr. 2007) 6 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 23 Feb. 2007
Merodoras nheco, new genus and species from Rio Paraguay basin, Brazil(Siluriformes, Doradidae), and nomination of the new subfamily Astrodoradinae
HORáCIO HIGUCHI, JOSé L. O. BIRINDELLI, LEANDRO M. SOUSA & HERALDO A. BRITSKI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1440: 1-19 (5 Apr. 2007) 8 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
A review of the genus Pareuchiloglanis (Sisoridae) from the Lancangjiang (upper Mekong River) with descriptions of two new species from Yunnan, China
XU LI, WEI ZHOU  (P.R. China), ALFRED W. THOMSON (USA), QING ZHANG  (P.R. China) & YING YANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1434: 1-26 (29 Mar. 2007) 11 plates; 39 references                             Accepted: 23 Jan. 2007
Intraspecific variation of the caudal fin skeleton in Osteoglossum bicirrhosum Cuvier 1829 (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha: Osteoglossidae)
M.E.C. LEAL & P.M. BRITO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1425: 45-51 (15 Mar. 2007) 4 plates; 12 references                               Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Two new species of Elacatinus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Mexican coast of the Gulf o