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Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types

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Osteichthyes Nematognathi taxonomy nomenclature biodiversity freshwater fishes

Abstract

A checklist of Recent and fossil catfishes (Order Siluriformes) is presented, summarizing taxonomic literature published through 2005. From 4624 nominal species group names and 810 genus group names, 3093 species are recognized as valid, and are distributed among 478 genera and 36 families. Distributional summaries are provided for each species, and nomenclatural synonymies, including relevant information on all name-bearing types, are included for all taxa. One new name is proposed herein: Clariallabes teugelsi, as a replacement for Clarias (Allabenchelys) dumerili longibarbis David & Poll, 1937, which is preoccupied by Clarias longibarbis Worthington, 1933, but has been treated as a valid species of Clariallabes by Teugels. Acrochordonichthys melanogaster Bleeker, 1854, is designated as type species of Acrochordonichthys Bleeker, 1857, inasmuch as no earlier valid designation has been found. A new genus Pseudobagarius, is proposed for the “pseudobagarius group” of species formerly placed in Akysis. The status of 228 species group names remains unresolved and 31 names based on otoliths ascribed to catfishes are listed but not placed into the checklist. The current emphasis given to catfish taxonomy at present is likely to result in a dramatic increase in the total number of valid taxa as well as major changes in the membership of some of the higher level taxa recognized here.

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    Boulenger, G.A. (1887a) On new fishes from the lower Congo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 5), 19, 148–149.

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    Boulenger, G.A. (1887c) An account of the fishes collected by Mr. C. Buckley in eastern Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1887, 274–283, pls. 20–24.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1889) Descriptions of a new snake and two new fishes obtained by Dr. H. von Ihering in Brazil. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 6), 4, 265–267.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1890a) List of the reptiles, batrachians and freshwater fishes collected by Professor Moesch and Mr. Iversen in the district of Deli, Sumatra. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1890, 31–40.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1890b) Descriptions of two new species of the siluroid genus Arges. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1890, 450–452, pl. 41.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1891) An account of the siluroid fishes obtained by Dr. H. von Ihering and Herr Sebastian Wolff in the Province Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1891, 231–235, pls. 25–26.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1892a) Description of a new siluroid fish from China. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 6), 9, 247.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1892b) On some new or little-known fishes obtained by Dr. J. W. Evans and Mr. Spencer Moore during their recent expedition to the Province of Matto Grosso, Brazil. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 6), 10, 9–12, pls. 1–2.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1894a) Descriptions of new freshwater fishes from Borneo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 6), 13, 245–251.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1894b) Description of a new siluroid fish from Burma. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 6), 14, 196.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1895a) Descriptions of two new fishes obtained by Mr. C. Hose in Sarawak. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 6), 15, 247.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1895b) [Abstract of a report on a large collection of fishes formed by Dr. C. Ternetz in Matto Grosso and Paraguay, with descriptions of new species]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1895, 523–529.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1896a) Descriptions of new fishes from the upper Congo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 6), 17, 309–311.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1896b) Description of a new siluroid fish from the Organ Mountains, Brazil. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 6), 18, 154.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1896c) On a collection of fishes from the Rio Paraguay. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 24, 25–39, pls.1–6.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1897a) On a collection of fishes from the island of Marajo, Brazil. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 6), 20, 294–299.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1897b) Descriptions of new fishes from the upper Congo.— II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 6), 20, 422–427.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1897c) Viaggio del Dott. Alfredo Borelli nel Chaco boliviano e nella Repubblica Argentina. III.— Poissons. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Università di Torino, 12, 1–4.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1898a) Description of a new siluroid fish from West Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 2, 415.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1898b) Descriptions of two new siluroid fishes from Brazil. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 2, 477–478.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1898c) Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell' Equateur e regioni vicine. Poissons de l'Équateur.— Part I. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Università di Torino, 13, 1–13.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1898d) Report on the fishes recently obtained by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1898, 494–497.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1898e) On a collection of fishes from the Rio Jurua, Brazil. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 14, 421–428, pls. 39–42.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1898f) Report on the collection of fishes made by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika during his expedition, 1895–96. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 15, 1–30, pls. 1–8.

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    Boulenger, G.A. (1900a) Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Sixième Partie. Mormyres, Characins, Cyprins, Silures, Acanthoptérygiens, Dipneustes. Annales du Musée du Congo, Zoologie, 1, 129–164, pls. 48–56.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1900b) Descriptions of three new species of siluroid fishes from southern Brazil. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 5, 165–166.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1900c) Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika. I.— Cyprinidae, Siluridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 6, 478–481.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1900d) On some little-known African silurid fishes of the subfamily Doradinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 6, 520–529.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1900e) List of the fishes collected by Mr. J. S. Budgett in the river Gambia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1900, 511–516.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1901a) Les Poissons du Bassin du Congo. Publication de l'État Indépendant du Congo, Brussels, lxii + 532 p., 25 pls., 1 map.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1901b) Descriptions of four new African freshwater fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 7, 80–82.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1901c) Descriptions of three new siluroid fishes of the genus Synodontis discovered by Mr. W. L. S. Loat in the White Nile. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 8, 10–12.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1901d) Diagnoses of four new fishes discovered by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lakes Albert and Albert Edward. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 8, 12–14.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1901e) Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by Mr. W. L. S. Loat in the Nile. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 8, 444–446.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1901f) Description of a new silurid fish of the genus Anoplopterus, from Cameroon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 8, 447–448.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1901g) Description of a new silurid fish of the genus Gephyroglanis, from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 2, 227–228, pl. 13.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1902a) Descriptions of two new fishes of the genus Loricaria from north-western Ecuador. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 9, 69–71.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1902b) Descriptions of new fishes and reptiles discovered by Dr. F. Silvestri in South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 9, 284–288.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1902c) Descriptions of new fishes from the collection made by Mr. E. Degen in Abyssinia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 10, 421–439.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1902d) Additions à la faune ichthyologique de bassin du Congo. Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Annales du Musée du Congo, Zoologie, 2, 19–57, pl. 7–16.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1902e) Contributions to the ichthyology of the Congo.— I. On some new fishes from the French Congo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1902, pt. 1, 234–237, pls. 22–24.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1902f) On the fishes collected by Mr. S. L. Hinde in the Kenya District, East Africa, with descriptions of four new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1902, pt. 1, 221–224, pls. 16–17.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1902g) Contributions to the ichthyology of the Congo— II. On a collection of fishes from the Lindi River. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1902, pt.1, 265–271, pl. 28–30.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1902h) Descriptions of two new fishes discovered by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in southern Nigeria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1902, pt. 2, 623–624, pl. 37.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1903a) Description of a new fish of the genus Arges from Venezuela. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 11, 601–602.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1903b) Description of a new silurid fish of the genus Clarias from British Central Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 12, 362–363.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1903c) Descriptions of new freshwater fishes from southern Cameroon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 12, 435–441.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1903d) Second account of the fishes collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in the Niger Delta. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1902, pt. 2, 324–330, pls. 28–29.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1903e) On the fishes collected by Mr. G. L. Bates in southern Cameroon. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1903, pt.1, 21–29, pls. 1–5.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1904a) Descriptions of new West-African freshwater fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 14, 16–20.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1904b) Report on the fishes collected by Mr. Oscar Neumann and Baron Carlo von Erlanger in Gallaland and southern Ethiopia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1903, pt. 2, 328–334, pls. 29–31.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1904c) Descriptions of three new fishes discovered by the late Mr. J. S. Budgett in the Niger. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1904, pt. 1, 197–199, pls. 7–8.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1905a) On a small collection of fishes from the Kasai river (Congo). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 16, 640–642.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1905b) On a collection of fishes from Lake Bangwelo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 16, 642–647.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1905c) On a second collection of fishes made by Mr. S. L. Hinde in the Kenya District, East Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1905, pt. 1, 62–64, pl. 7.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1906a) On some fishes from the Kwango River (Congo System) in Angola, collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 17, 110–112.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1906b) Descriptions of new fishes discovered by Mr. E. Degen in Lake Victoria. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 17, 433–452.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1906c) Description of a new fish of the genus Clarias from Uganda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 17, 569.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1906d) On a second species of the silurid genus Mochocus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 18, 147–148.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1906e) Description of a new silurid fish of the genus Doumea, Sauvage, from Angola. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 18, 347–348.

    Boulenger, G.A. (1906f) Fourth contribution to the ichthyology of Lake Tanganyika.— Report on the collection of fishes made by Dr. W. A. Cunnington during the Third Tanganyika Expedition, 1904–1905. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 17, 537–619, pls. 30–41.

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