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LATEST UPDATES
1st May 2024: Factsheet of the Month Olyra longicaudata "Asian Fighting Catfish, Bannertail Catfish"
23rd April 2024: Paper on the Ancistrini tribe from Southern Brazil PDF file
23rd April 2024: Paper on the Scleromystax barbatus populations from Atlantic Rainforest streams PDF file
23rd April 2024: New Microglanis described Microglanis lucenai (PDF file)
6th April 2024: New Pimelodella described Pimelodella guato
2nd April 2024: New Chiloglanis described Chiloglanis carnatus
1st April 2024: Factsheet of the Month Trachelyopterichthys taeniatus "Striped Woodcat "
1st April 2024: New Article - Olyra from India
1st April 2024: New Article - Characteristics of Rineloricaria fallax
22nd March 2024: Three new species of sisorid catfishes are described from the lower Yarlung Tsangpo River, Xizang, China PDF link here
1st March 2024: Factsheet of the Month Bagre bagre "Coco sea catfish"