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#ichthyology

#NewSpecies!
New bandfish from #taiwan just swam in:

Owstonia smithvanizi

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C6C0704-F2DE-57E4-92F1-8BEDDAD233BD
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1262.167436
#ZooKeys #OwstoniaSmithvanizi

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Owstonia smithvanizi, fresh specimen, holotype.

#NewSpecies!
New danio from #srilanka just swam in:

Devario altus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0947107F-B231-5F53-8D7E-9F781706A0C3
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.9.162251
#EvolutionarySystematics #DevarioAltus

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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishfriday #ichthyology #danio #freshwater

Coloration of Devario altus in aquarium.

#NewSpecies!
New croaker from #indonesia just swam in:

Johnius javaensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/48F92633-7D63-5EF9-8CB9-4FF4249C2D28
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1259.160425
#ZooKeys #JohniusJavaensis

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Fresh specimen of Johnius javaensis, paratype.

#Fish species living in the deep sea feature a surprisingly large range of body shapes that #evolved in different ways and at different rates depending on where the fishes live in the #ocean
#EvolutionaryBiology #Biology #Ichthyology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/ebio11132501.html

#NewSpecies!
New sillaginid from #iran just swam in:

Sillago persica

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/34BBE2EF-79D7-5910-911C-58EB6EEF62DC
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1255.162247
#ZooKeys #SillagoPersica

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#NewSpecies!
New freshwater fish from #indonesia just swam in:

Desmopuntius mahakamensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/42EFEDDE-8A45-5E0F-A8C1-ADE636009C32
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1256.158411
#ZooKeys #DesmopuntiusMahakamensis

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Schematic illustration of lateral pattern and interaxial streak of Desmopuntius mahakamensis, holotype.

#NewSpecies!
New cave-dwelling goby from #saudiarabia just swam in:

Trimma berumeni

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/89DBA89D-CCF6-54A8-AD75-6C1DB12FC0C0
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1255.159341
#ZooKeys #TrimmaBerumeni

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Freshly collected Trimma berumeni, holotype.

#NewSpecies!
New labeonine fish from #india just swam in:

Garra nambashiensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/97633B3B-FF8B-7635-FF68-FCB0FBA0FE47
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.7
#Zootaxa #GarraNambashiensis

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Garra nambashiensis, holotype, dorsal, lateral, and ventral view.

#NewSpecies!
New loach from #laos just swam in:

Sewellia pudens

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD1C70-FFA1-2914-FC6C-FD199E10CCE6
Publication: https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2025-0022
#RafflesBulletinOfZoology #SewelliaPudens

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#NewSpecies!
New pipefish from the #seychelles just surfaced:

Festucalex rosa

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F087F1-FFCB-FFFD-3FC4-D1E7DC36460B
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.5.8
#Zootaxa #FestucalexRosa

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Holotype of Festucalex rosa, freshly collected.

Understanding people’s attitudes to interactions with #sharks could help halt the global decline of shark numbers, according to new research carried out on Ascension Island.
#Conservation #Ichthyology #MarineBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/cons10102501.html

#NewSpecies!
New cave-dwelling loach from #china just surfaced:

Yunnanilus mentibarbatus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0830374A-286A-5598-AECA-85D41730F51E
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.162354
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #YunnanilusMentibarbatus

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Living photo of the holotype of Yunnanilus mentibarbatus.

I find juvenile Atlantic Tripletails *(Lobotes surinamensis)* to be rather amusing. In most cases, a fish lying on its side on the surface of the water is not in good health, but the ocean sunfish will do that to entice birds to remove parasites from them. This fish was only about 6 inches long though, so I suspect that in this species the behavior is a form of camouflage-- perhaps mimicking dead leaves-- or perhaps temperature regulation, but I couldn't find anything definitive.

Link to iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/319068900

Source for ocean sunfish claim: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3460849/

#fish #marinebiology #ichthyology #texas #inaturalist

An Atlantic Tripletail lying on the surface of the water. It is a rather deep-bodied, narrow fish, with a rounded caudal/tail fin and a mottled yellow and brown coloration, reminiscent of an old banana.

#NewSpecies!
New croaker from #indian #ocean just surfaced:

Johnius medidentatus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8A9FCCA9-53FE-5251-A954-6152C1134728
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.153172
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #JohniusMedidentatus

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Johnius medidentatus, non-type specimen from Odisha.

Unveiling two new Barbatula species from Europe: A Comprehensive Study on Taxonomy and Evolution doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70108 #Freshwater #Fish #NewSpecies #Taxonomy #Ichthyology #Biodiversity #EuropeanFishes #FishSci #JFB

http://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70108

In 1938, the first specimen of a coelacanth, an early fish thought to have gone extinct 65 million years ago, was found. #Poetry #Science #History #Ichthyology #Coelacanth (https://sharpgiving.com/Sharp/thebookofscience/items/p1938b.html)

The stress of captivity is likely to be causing reared #salmon to be less symmetrical in appearance, according to a new study.
#Ichthyology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/09/ich09262501.html