Bibliography of Catfish Taxonomy

Bibliography of Catfish Taxonomy

Compiled by Carl J. Ferraris, Jr.

Updated 15 January 2004

Abbott, C. C. 1861. Descriptions of two new species of Pimelodus from Kansas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 12: 568-569.

Abu Gideiri, Y. B. 1967. A new species of genus Synodontis (Siluroidea, Teleostei). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 76 (1-2): 132-136.

Acero-P., A. 2002. Ariidae. Pp. 831-852, in: K. E. Carpenter (ed.) FAO Species Identification Guides for Fishery Purposes: The living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. FAO, Rome.

Acero-P., A., and R. Betancur-R. 2002a. Arius cookei, a new species of ariid catfish from the tropical American Pacific. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology, 5 (4): 133-138.

Acero-P., A., and R. Betancur-R. 2002b. Description of Arius neogranatensis, a new species of sea catfish from Colombia, with an identification key for Caribbean ariid fishes. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology, 6 (1): 133-138.

Adams, A., W. B. Baikie, and C. Barron. 1854. A manual of natural history for the use of travellers; being a description of the families of the animal and vegetable kingdoms: with remarks on the practical study of geology and meteorology. John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row, London. viii + 749 pp.

Adépo-Gourène, B., G. G. Teugels, L. M. Risch, M. M. Hanssens and J.-F. Agnèse. 1997. Morphological and genetic differentiation of 11 populations of the African catfish Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Siluroidei; Claroteidae), with consideration of their biogeography. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 75 (1): 102-109.

Adriaens, D., and W. Verraes. 1996. Ontogeny of cranial musculature in Clarias gariepinus (Siluroidei: Clariidae): the adductor mandibulae complex. Journal of Morphology, 229 (3): 255-269.

Aftab Ahmad, H. Rafiz, M. R. Mirza & Masud-Ul-Hasan. 1996. Food of Glyptothorax stocki Mirza & Nijssen (Pisces: Sisoridae). Biologia (Lahore), 42 (1/2): 87-92.

Agassiz, L. 1844. Recherches sur les poissons fossiles, Part. 4. Neuchâtel and Soleure. 5 vols.: i, xlix + 188 pp.; atlas, 11 pls.

Agassiz, L. 1846. Nomenclatoris Zoologici. Index universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium. Soliduri. i-viii + 1-393.

Agassiz, L. 1850. Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other similar regions. By Louis Agassiz. With a narrative of the tour, by J. Elliott Cabot. And contributions by other scientific gentlemen. Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, Boston. 428 p, 8 pl.

Agassiz, L. 1857. [The identity of the Glanis of Aristotle]. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 3: 325-334.

Agnèse, J. F., and G. G. Teugels 2001a. The Bathyclarias - Clarias species flock. A new model to understand rapid speciation in African Great lakes. Comptes Rendus de l=Academie des Sciences, serie III, Sciences de la Vie, no. 324: 683-688.

Agnèse, J. F., and G. G. Teugels. 2001b. Genetic evidence for monophyly of the genus Heterobranchus and paraphyly of the genus Clarias (Siluriformes, Clariidae). Copeia, 2001 (2): 548-552.

Agostinho, A. A., and L. C. Gomes (eds.). 1997. Reservatorio de Segredo. Bases ecológicas para o manejo. EDUEM, Maringa.

Agostinho, A. A., H. F. Julio, M. Petere. 1994. Itaipu reservoir (Brazil): impacts of the impoundment on the fish fauna and fisheries. Pp. 171-184, in: I.G. Cowx (ed.), Rehabilitation of freshwater fisheries. Fishing News Books, Oxford.

Ahl, E. 1925. Neue südamerikanische Fische aus dem Zool. Museum Berlin. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, (1/10): 106-109.

Ahl, E. 1931. Neue Süsswasserfische aus dem Stromgebiet des Amazonenstromes. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 1931: 206-211.

Ahl, E. 1934. Weitere Fische aus dem Toba-See in Sumatra. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 1934: 235-238.

Ahl, E. 1936. Beschreibungen dreier neuer Welse aus Brasilien. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 116 (3/4): 109-111.

Ahl, E. 1937. Zwei neue Süsswasserfische aus Südamerika. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 1937: 445-447.

Akama, A., and C. J. Ferraris, Jr. 2003. Entomocorus melaphareus, a new species of auchenipterid catfish (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes) from the lower and middle reaches of the Amazon River. Neotropical Ichthyology, 1 (2): 77-82.

Alexander, R. M. 1965. Structure and function in the catfish. Journal of Zoology, 148: 88-152.

Alfred, E. R. 1966. A new catfish of the genus Akysis from Malaya. Copeia, 1966 (3): 467-470.

Allen, G. R. 1985. Descriptions of two new species of freshwater catfishes (Plotosidae) from Papua New Guinea. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 12 (3): 247-256.

Allen, G. R. 1996. Freshwater fishes of Irian Jaya. Pp. 15-21, in: D. J. Kitchener and A. Suyanto (eds.), Proceedings of the first international conference on eastern Indonesian-Australian vertebrate fauna, Manado, Indonesia, November 22-26, 1994.

Allen, G. R. 1998. A review of the marine catfish genus Paraplotosus (Plotosidae) with the description of a new species from north-western Australia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 46 (1): 123-124.

Allen, G. R., and M. N. Feinberg. 1998. Descriptions of a new genus and four new species of freshwater catfishes (Plotosidae) from Australia. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology, 3 (1): 9-18.

Allen, G. R., L. R. Parenti, and D. Coates. 1992. Fishes of the Ramu River, Papua New Guinea. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 3 (4): 289-304.

Alonso de Arámburu, A., and R. H. Arámburu. 1962. Una nueva especie de Xyliphius de la Argentina (Siluriformes, Bunocephalidae). Physis (Buenos Aires), 23 (65): 219-222.

Amaral, M. F., J. M. R. Aranha and M. S. Menezes. 1998. Reproduction of the freshwater catfish Pimelodellapappenheimi in southern Brazil. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 33: 106-110.

Anderson, J. 1879. Pisces. Pp. 863-869, pl. 79, in: J. Anderson, Anatomical and zoological researches; comprising an account of the zoological results of the two expeditions to western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875, and a monograph of the two cetacean genera, Platanista and Orcella. in 2 vols. Bernard Quaritch, London.

Anonymous. 1830. Class Pisces. Pp. 686-694, in: Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.... By his Widow [Lady Stamford Raffles]. 701 pp. [Bennett sometimes cited as author, but there is no internal evidence to support this.]

Anseaume, L., and G. G. Teugels. 1999. On the rehabilitation of the clariid catfish genus Bathyclarias endemic to the east African rift Lake Malawi. Journal of Fish Biology, 55: 405-419.

Antunes, M. T. 1989. Miocene catfishes (Ariidae, Bagridae) from Lisbon: a Nilotic (or Sundanian) type fauna. Ciencias da Terra (UNL), no. 10: 9-22.

Anuradha, S. 1986. Contributions to the study of bagrid fishes. 19. Systematic position of Macrones halepensis colvillii Hora & Misra, 1943, with description of a new species (Siluriformes, Bagridae). Revue suisse de Zoologie, Annales de la Société zoologique suisse et du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Genève, 93 (2): 291-296.

Anuradha, S. and K. C. Jayaram. 1985. Contributions to the study of bagrid fishes, 18. Redescription of Mystus pelusius Solander, the type species of the genus Mystus Scopoli. Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India, 7 (1): 107-111.

Aquino, A. E. 1994 . Secondary sexual dimorphism of the dermal skeleton in two species of the Hypoptopomatine genus Otocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 5 (3): 217-222.

Aquino, A. E. 1996. Redescripcíon de Otocinclus flexilis Cope, 1894 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Hypoptopomatinae) con un nuevo sinónimo. Iheringia, Serie Zoologia, Porto Alegre, no. 81: 13-22.

Aquino, A. E. 1997. Las especies de Hypoptopomatinae (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae) en la Argentina. Revista de Ictiologia, 5 (1-2): 5-21.

Aquino, A. E., and A. M. Miquelarena 2001. Redescription of Hypoptopoma inexspectata (Holmberg, 1883), with notes on its anatomy (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Physis (Buenos Aires) Seccion B, 58: 1-18.

Aquino, A. E., and S. A. Schaefer. 2002. Revision of Oxyropsis Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). Copeia, 2002 (2): 374-390.

Aquino, A. E., S. A. Schaefer and A. M. Miquelarena. 2001. A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) of the upper Río Uruguay basin. American Museum Novitates, no. 3333: 1-12.

Armbruster, J. W. 1998a. Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armored catfishes of the Rhinelepis group (Loricariidae: Hypostominae). Copeia, 1998 (3): 620-636.

Armbruster, J. W. 1998. Modifications of the digestive tract for holding air in loricariid and scoloplacid catfishes. Copeia, 1998: 663-675.

Armbruster, J. W. 1998b. Review of the loricariid catfish genus Aphanotorulus and redescription of A. unicolor (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 8 (3): 253-262.

Armbruster, J. W. 2002. Hypancistrus inspector: a new species of suckermouth armored catfish (Loricariidae: Ancistrinae). Copeia, 2002 (1): 86-92.

Armbruster, J. W. 2003. The species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa, no. 249: 1-60.

Armbruster, J. W. 2003. Peckoltia sabaji, a new species from the Guyana Shield (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa, no. 344: 1-12.

Armbruster, J. W., and M. Hardman. 1999. Redescription of Pseudorinelepis genibarbis (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) with comments on behavior as it relates to air-holding. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 10 (1): 53-61.

Armbruster, J. W., and L. M. Page. 1996. Redescription of Aphanotorulus (Teleostei: Loricariidae) with description of one new species, A. ammophilus, from the Río Orinoco Basin. Copeia, 1996 (2): 379-389.

Armbruster, J. W., and L. M. Page. 1997. Generic reassignment of the loricariid species Monistiancistrus carachama Fowler 1940, Plecostomus lacerta Nichols, 1919, and Rhinelepis levis Pearson, 1924 (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Copeia, 1997 (1): 227-232.

Armbruster, J. W., and F. Provenzano. 2000. Four new species of the suckermouth armored catfish genus Lasiancistrus (Loricariidae: Ancistrinae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 11 (3): 241-254.

Armbruster, J. W., M. H. Sabaj, M. Hardman, L. M. Page, and J. H. Knouft. 2000. Catfish genus Corymbophanes (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) with description of one new species: Corymbophanes kaiei. Copeia, 2000 (4): 997-1006.

Arratia, G. 1983. Trichomycterus chungaraensis n. sp. and Trichomycterus laucaensis n. sp. (Pisces, Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from the high Andean range. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 18 (2): 65-87.

Arratia, G. 1983. Preferencias de habitat de peces siluriformes de aguas continentales de Chile (Fam. Diplomystidae y Trichomycteridae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 18: 217-237.

Arratia, G. 1987. Description of the primitive family Diplomystidae (Siluriformes, Teleostei, Pisces): morphology, taxonomy and phylogenetic implications. Bonner Zoologische Monographien, no. 24: 1-120.

Arratia, G. 1990. The South American Trichomycterinae (Teleostei: Siluriformes), a problematic group. Pp. 395-403, in: G. Peters and R. Hutterer (eds.), Vertebrates in the tropics. Mus. A. Koenig, Bonn.

Arratia, G. 1992. Development and variation of the suspensorium of primitive catfishes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi) and their phylogenetic relationships. Bonner Zoologische Monographien, 32: 1-149.

Arratia, G. 1998. Silvinichthys, a new genus of trichomycterid catfishes from the Argentinian Andes, with redescription of Trichomycterus nigricans. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 9 (4): 347-370.

Arratia, G., and A. Chang. 1975. Osteocráneo de Nematogenys inermis Guichenot, 1848, y consideraciones acerca de la primitividad del género (Pisces, Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae). Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago de Chile, Publicación Ocasional, 19: 3-7.

Arratia, G., A. Chang G., S. Menu-Marque and G. Rojas M. 1978. About Bullockia gen. nov., Trichomycterus mendozensis n. sp. and revision of the family Trichomycteridae (Pisces, Siluriformes). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 13 (3-4): 157-194.

Arratia, G., and A. Cione. 1996. The record of fossil fishes of southern South America. Münchner Geowissenschftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A - Geologie und Paläontologie, 30: 9-72.

Arratia, G., and L. Huaquin. 1995. Morphology of the lateral line system and of the skin of diplomystid and certain primitive loricarioid catfishes and systematic and ecological considerations. Bonner Zoologische Monographien, 36: 1-110

Arratia, G., and S. Menu-Marque. 1981. Revision of the freshwater catfishes of the genus Hatcheria (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) with commentaries on ecology and biogeography. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 207 (1/2): 88-111.

Arratia, G., and S. Menu-Marque. 1984. New catfishes of the genus Trichomycterus from the high Andes of South America (Pisces, Siluriformes) with remarks on distribution and ecology. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 111 (4): 493-520.

Arunachalam, M., J. A. Johnson and A. Manimekalan. 1999. New record of Heteropneustes microps (Gunther) (Clariidae: Heteropneustidae) from western Ghats rivers, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 96 (2): 330-332.

Arunkumar, L. 2000. Laguvia manipurensis, a new species of sisorid cat fish (Pisces: Sisoridae) from the Yu River system of Manipur. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 47 (3): 193-200.

Arunkumar, L., and H. Tombi Singh. 1997. Silurus morehensis, a new species of silurid cat fish (Order: Siluriformes, Family: Siluridae) from Manipur, India. Journal of Freshwater Biology, 9 (2): 72-76.

Ataur Rahman, A. K. 1976. A new species of the genus Gagata Bleeker from River of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Biological Sciences, 5 (1): 4-8.

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Axelrod, H. R. 1987. Two new species of catfishes (Siluriformes, Callichthyidae and Pimelodidae) from the Rio Unini, Amazonas, Brazil. Tropical Fish Hobbyist, 35 (12): 22-25.

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Azpelicueta, M. M. 1990. Tridentopsis cahuali n. sp. (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae), a new miniature tridentine from Paraguay System, in Argentina. Revue suisse de Zoologie, Annales de la Société zoologique suisse et du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Genève, 97 (4): 981-988.

Azpelicueta, M. M. 1994a. Los diplomistidos en Argentina (Siluriformes, Diplomystidae). Fauna de agua dulce Repub. Argentina, 40 [Pisces] (4): 5-27.

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Azpelicueta, M. M. 1995. Pimelodus absconditus, a new species of pimelodid catfish from thela Plata basin (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 6 (1): 71-76.

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Berg, L. S. 1931. Description of a new siluroid fish, Glyptosternum kurdistanicum, from the basin of the Tigris River. Izvestiia Akademii Nauk SSSR. Otdelenie Matematicheskikh i Estestvennykh Nauk, 1931: 1267-1270, pl. 1. [Not seen, original language unknown].

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Bertoletti, J. J., E. H. L. Pereira and J. F. P. da Silva. 1992. Nota sobre o gênero Trachelyopterus Valenciennes, 1840, no estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae). Comunicações do Museu de Ciências da PUCRS, Série Zoologia, Porto Alegre, 5 (10): 169-177.

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