#NewSpeciesAlert! We discovered & described a new species of gall wasp, Belonocnema mesoamericana, on the central American live oak, Quercus oleoides. Great collaboration between Alejandro Zaldivar & lab at #UNAM, @ymilesz.bsky.social at #EdinburghUni, and my lab at #RiceUniversity. #biodiversity

Scientists identify rare new snapping “pistol’ shrimp in Kerala estuary | Research Matters COCHIN, INDIA Scientists have discovered a new species of snapping shrimp in the mangrove-rich waters of the Cochin estuary. The tiny crustacean, which uses a specialised claw to create miniature soni...

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A new pistol shrimp has been found in India by researchers at CUSAT! 𝘈𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘪, was discovered in the mangrove-rich waters of Kerala.

For a deep dive, check out: researchmatters.in/news/scienti...

#scicomm #biodiversity #ScienceIndia

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New plant species discovered from the sun-drenched plateaus of Ratnagiri, in Maharashtra. Lepidagathis konkanensis is a yellow-flowered shrub endemic to the region.

For a deep dive, check out: researchmatters.in/news/konkans...

#Maharashtra #scicomm #science #IndianScience

New species of rare white-flowered ginger discovered in Northeast India | Research Matters A team of researchers have discovered a new species of ginger hidden in the lush, remote Siang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh. Named Parakaempferia alba, the plant was identified by researchers from the ...

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CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, along with the collaborative efforts from the local colleges have identified Parakaempferia alba (white ginger) from the remote Siang valley in Arunachal Pradesh.

Check out the full story: researchmatters.in/news/new-spe...

“It was one of the shocks of my life": third species of manta ray confirmed after decades of suspicion  | Discover Wildlife Scientists say that recognising the newly named Atlantic manta ray as a distinct species is crucial for conservation efforts.

#NewSpeciesAlert: There’s a newly recognized #mantaray in town. 🔬🧬

Say hello to the Atlantic manta ray (𝑀𝑜𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑦𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑒), the third confirmed manta species—15 years after the first suspicions.

www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Ding J, Lei W, Haryono H, Shi W, Zhang W (2025) Phylogenetic analysis of 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑎 complex (Teleostei, Osphronemidae) from Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra Island with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1238: 161-181. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1238.142857

#NewSpeciesAlert - 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑖𝑎𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑠 and 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑦𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑖, two new species of 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 are described from Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra, Indonesia, both part of the 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑎 complex. #WildBetta #Betta
🔓 zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1428...

Quel superbe poisson à nageoires rayonnées, Dibango volans. Bravo @donalddavesne.bsky.social et Giorgio Carnevale pour cette belle étude sur ce pésasse marin.

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Tooth of Distobatus potiguarense nov. sp. from the Albian-Cenomanian Açu Formation of the Potiguar Basin in northeastern Brazil.

⚠️ Thrilled to share our new paper on: First occurrence of Distobatus Werner, 1989 (Elasmobranchii: Hybodontiformes) in the middle Cretaceous of Brazil
👉 P Brito, I Veiga, @didierdutheil.bsky.social , L Bergqvist
📰 Cretaceous Research
➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...
#NewSpeciesAlert #paleontology #shark

#NewSpeciesAlert - 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑎 ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑘ℎ𝑢𝑖𝑖, a new species of miniature loach is described from central Borneo, Indonesia. The largest known specimen is 21.5 mm SL.
🔓 (direct PDF) - lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/u...

The lost long tail of early bird evolution Fossil find reveals the earliest known short-tailed bird.

📍Baminornis zhenghensis, le premiers dinosaure non-avian connu avec un pygostile du Jurassic supérieur de Chine
by Runsheng Chen et al. in @nature.com
#NewSpeciesAlert #Aves #BirdEvolution

➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Insights into stem Batomorphii: A new holomorphic ray (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the upper Jurassic of Germany The Late Jurassic fossil deposits of southern Germany, collectively known as the ’Solnhofen Archipelago’, are one of the world’s most important sources of Mesozoic vertebrates. Complete skeletons of c...

Very nice article on a new order of batoids from the Upper Jurassic of Solnhofen, Apolithabatiformes including a new species.
#NewSpeciesAlert #NewOrder #paleontology #Germany
➡️ @plosone.org
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#NewSpeciesAlert 🌊 Meet Saurida weijeni sp. nov., a newly discovered #deepseafish from Guimaras Island, Phils. and the North Macclesfield Bank! 🐟 With its big mouth & canine-like teeth, it's a true marvel of the deep! #MarineBiodiversity #FishDiversity zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/63/... #UPMSI

Re-evaluation of the Bahariya Formation carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and its implications for allosauroid phylogeny The first partial skeleton of a carcharodontosaurid theropod was described from the Egyptian Bahariya Oasis by Ernst Stromer in 1931. Stromer referred the specimen to the species Megalosaurus saharicu...

🦖 Ré-évaluation du Carcharodontosauridés de la Formation Bahariya (Dinosauria : Theropoda) et de ses implications pour la phylogénie des allosauroïdes
#NewSpeciesAlert #dinosaur #AfricanDinosaur #Egypt #Cretacous
➡️ @plosone.org
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Uncovering Alto Mayo's hidden biodiversity Results from a Rapid Biological Assessment of Alto Mayo, Peru

✨ Hidden Treasures in Peru! ✨

Scientists in Alto Mayo uncovered 27 species new to science 🌍 & 49 threatened with extinction according to the IUCN Red List. www.conservation.org/stories/new-... #marinelife #newspeciesalert #newspecies #newfishspecies

Lukhaup, C.; Eprilurahman, R.; von Rintelen, T. Two New Species of Crayfish of the Genus 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑥 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from Western and Eastern Indonesian New Guinea. Arthropoda 2024, 2, 264-293. https://doi.org/10.3390/arthropoda2040019

#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑥 𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑘𝑜 & 𝐶. 𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, two beautiful #NewSpecies of #FreshwaterCrayfish are described from Western and Eastern Indonesian #NewGuinea. #CrusteaceansInTheNews #Crayfish
🔓 www.mdpi.com/2813-3323/2/...

Courtney A. Hildebrandt, Catheline Y. M. Froehlich, Ole B. Brodnicke, O. Selma Klanten, Peter R. Møller & Marian Y. L. Wong, Two new species of 𝐺𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with notes on South Pacific and Indian Ocean populations of 𝐺𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑥. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 72: 488–510, 17th December 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2024-0036

#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝐺𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠 and 𝐺𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠, two #NewSpecies of miniature #coral #gobies are described from #PapuaNewGuinea. #CoralReef #Goby #Gobiidae #Biodiversity
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Conway, K.W., Moore, G.I. & Summers, A.P.: A new genus and four new species of seagrass-specialist clingfishes (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from temperate southern Australia, Zootaxa, 5552 (1): 1-66, December 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5552.1.1

#NewSpeciesAlert - A #NewGenus ( #𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑡ℎ𝑦𝑠 ) and four #NewSpecies of #seagrass-specialist #clingfishes (#Gobiesocidae) from southern #Australia.
🔒 mapress.com/zt/article/v...

#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝑍𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑜𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠 (Perciformes: #Zenarchoperidae), a new estuary garfish from southwestern #Taiwan. #Ichthyology #Biodiversity
🔓 mapress.com/zt/article/v...

Through genetic and physical analysis, scientists have confirmed that two groups of longtooth #groupers found near Vietnam, China, and southern Taiwan are distinct species. phys.org/news/2024-12... #newspeciesalert #MarineLife #newfishspecies

Alejandro Romero-Figueroa and Tiago P. Carvalho "Four New Species of Phenacogaster (Characiformes: Characidae) and a Review of Its Diversity in Colombia," Ichthyology & Herpetology 112(4), 619-644, (11 December 2024). https://doi.org/10.1643/i2023094

#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝑃ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑎𝑟𝑖, 𝑃. 𝑛𝑢𝑘𝑎𝑘, 𝑃. 𝑡𝑢𝑘𝑎𝑛𝑜 and 𝑃. 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑦𝑢𝑝𝑒, four new species of #characins (#tetras) are described from the #Amazon and #Orinoco River basins of #Columbia.
🔒 bioone.org/journals/ich...
50-day free access - www.ichthyologyandherpetology.org/ihbjbd/tm202...

Huang W-C, Hibino Y, Balisco RA, Liao T-Y (2024) Description of a new uniformly brown estuarine moray eel (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae) from the Central Indo-Pacific Ocean. In: Ho H-C, Russell B, Hibino Y, Lee M-Y (Eds) Biodiversity and taxonomy of fishes in Taiwan and adjacent waters. ZooKeys 1220: 15-34. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1220.129685

#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝑈𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑔𝑖𝑢𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠, a #NewSpecies of estuarine #MorayEel is described from #Japan, #Taiwan, the #Philippines, southern #Indonesia, and #Fiji. #Anguilliformes #Muraenidae #Eels
🔓 zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1296...

I-Shiung Chen, 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑜𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠, a new genus and species of inland water sleeper (Teleostei: Eleotridae) from eastern Taiwan, Zootaxa, Vol. 5550 No. 1, 235-239: 10 Dec. 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.23

#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑜𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠, a new genus and highly unusual #NewSpecies of #freshwater #SleeperGoby is described from eastern #Taiwan. #Gobies #Eleotridae
🔓 mapress.com/zt/article/v...

Chen et al., A new marine goby of genus, 𝐿𝑢𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑢𝑠 Tanaka, 1915 was collected from the Philippines. Zootaxa 5550 (1): 183–188. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.18

#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝐿𝑢𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝑟𝑢𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠, a new species of miniature #reef #goby is described from the #Philippines. #Gobies #Gobiidae #ReefTank
🔓 mapress.com/zt/article/v...

This discovery by marine biologists from Japan and Vietnam underscores the power of genetic and physical studies in revealing the ocean's hidden diversity. 🌊✨

Explore: bit.ly/2GroupersAsia. #newspeciesalert #newinscience #groupers #asia

Uzeda, P. L. C., Paiola, I., Cesar, P. S., Okubo, V. K. N., Marques-Frisoni, W. J., Andrade, B. N., & Langeani, F.. (2024). Two new species of 𝑁𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑢𝑠 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from high altitudes of the upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 22(4), e240021. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2024-0021

#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝑁𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑖 and 𝑁. 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑠, two #NewSpecies of #loricariid #catfish are described from the headwaters of #rioSapucaí, upper #rioParaná basin, #SerraDaMantiqueira, southeastern #Brazil.
🔓 www.scielo.br/j/ni/a/vM8QL...

Maurice Kottelat, Tan Heok Hui & Veryl Hasan, 𝐾𝑎𝑝𝑢𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠, a new species of nemacheilid loach from Borneo (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 72: 479–487, 2nd December 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2024-0035

#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝐾𝑎𝑝𝑢𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠, a #NewSpecies of #nemacheilid loach from #Borneo (Teleostei: #Nemacheilidae). #Loaches #Loach #Taxonomy
🔓 (direct PDF) - lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/u...

Rocha LA, Pinheiro HT, Najeeb A, Rocha CR, Shepherd B (2024) 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑑ℎ𝑎ℎ (Teleostei, Pomacentridae), a new species of damselfish from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Maldives. ZooKeys 1219: 165-174. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1219.126777

#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑑ℎ𝑎ℎ (Teleostei, #Pomacentridae), a #NewSpecies of #damselfish from #mesophotic #coral #ecosystems of the #Maldives. #IndianOcean #Reef
🔓 zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1267...

Cryptic diversity of Leurus wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Metopiinae), parasitoids of caterpillars in Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica | Zootaxa

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ZUÑIGA et al Cryptic diversity of Leurus wasps ( #Hymenoptera : #Ichneumonidae: #Metopiinae), parasitoids of caterpillars in #AreadeConservaciónGuanacaste, #CostaRica in #Zootaxa

doi.org/10.11646/zoo...

Dierickx, K., Wamuini Lunkayilakio, S., Bills, R., & Vreven, E. (2024). Morphometric synthesis of 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑦𝑟𝑢𝑠 (Teleostei, Mormyridae) with the description of four new species. Journal of Fish Biology, 1–47. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15983

#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑦𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑖, 𝑃. 𝑘𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖, 𝑃. 𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑖 and 𝑃. 𝑤𝑒𝑦𝑙𝑖, four #NewSpecies of #mormyrids are described from DR #Congo and #Mozambique. #JFB #Mormyridae
🔒 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Dann, L., Dahanukar, N., & Raghavan, R. (2024). 𝑂𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑡ℎ𝑦𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑗𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎, a new species of cyprinid fish from Meghalaya, India (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.16001

#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝑂𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑡ℎ𝑦𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑗𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎, a NewSpecies of #cyprinid fish from #Meghalaya, #India (Cypriniformes: #Cyprinidae). #JFB #Barb #Barbs
🔒 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...