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Public Statement on Recent Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives Sincerely, the Executive Board of the ASIH (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists) #TeamFish #TeamHerps #ASIH Full text also available here: asih.org/2025-asih-exec…

Are you curious about high frequencies of lead-backed morph Red-backed salamanders (trying saying that 10 times really fast)? Read this new paper by Moore and Ouellet: DOI link: doi.org/10.1643/h20230… 50-day free access link: ichthyologyandherpetology.org/ihbjbe/tsh2023…

A new paper on seasonal dynamics of head shape in Chamberlain's Dwarf Salamanders (they are really tiny) by Dustin Siegel Jon Davenport, Ph.D. Chris Murray et al. DOI link: doi.org/10.1643/h20240… 50-day free access link: ichthyologyandherpetology.org/ihbjbe/unh2024…

Description of the Sicklefin Redhorse (Catostomidae: Moxostoma) by Robert E. Jenkins, Scott D. Favrot, Byron J. Freeman, Brett Albanese, and Jonathan W. Armbruster Date of publication: 18 February 2025 OPEN ACCESS DOI link: doi.org/10.1643/i20240…

New Species of the Genus Hypanus (Dasyatidae) from the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean by P. A. Mejía-Falla, A. F. Navia, D. Cardeñosa, and J. Tavera DOI link: doi.org/10.1643/i20240… 50-day free access link: ichthyologyandherpetology.org/ihbjbe/phi2024…

A New and Unique Species of Ricefish from the Lariang River Basin, Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the First Known Sympatric Ricefish Species Pair from Sulawesi Rivers by Jan Möhring et al. OPEN ACCESS DOI link: doi.org/10.1643/i20240…

First Documentation of Pelagic Larvae of Prickly Sculpin in Willamette Basin Reservoirs Using a Novel Light Trapping Method by Dr. CA Murphy, Cortés, Pollock, Gerth, Ivan Arismendi (he/his) 🇨🇱🇺🇸, and Konstantinidis OSU Fisheries, Wildlife, & Conservation Sciences USGSCoopUnits 🐾 🎣 OPEN ACCESS DOI link: doi.org/10.1643/i20240…

Follow the links below to learn about mass mortality in turtles in protected urban wetlands from research by Wijewardena et al.: Open access DOI link: doi.org/10.1643/h20240…

Long-Term Changes in Fish Assemblage Structure Associated with Hydrological Alteration in the Lower Rio Grande/Rio Bravo del Norte by Hogan, Selwyn, and Taylor DOI link: doi.org/10.1643/i20240… 50-day free access link: ichthyologyandherpetology.org/ihbjbe/pli2024…

Morphological Differentiation Between Introduced and Native Populations of Three Species of Cichlid by Russell and Hilton DOI link: doi.org/10.1643/i20240… 50-day free access link: ichthyologyandherpetology.org/ihbjbe/oii2024…

JMIH abstracts are due March 25! Please join us this summer in St. Paul, Minnesota July 9 to 13th! burkclients.com/JMIH/meetings/…

We are aware of the uncertainty of meeting travel, so MMPC is extending the abstract submission deadline until midnight, 1 May 2025. We hope that you will submit an abstract and join your colleagues and friends at #JMIH25 in St. Paul this summer! burkclients.com/JMIH/meetings/…

A New Species of Psalidodon (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) from the Upper Rio São Francisco Basin, Brazil, with Comments on Hasemania by Teixeira, Salvador, Mirande, and Lima DOI link: doi.org/10.1643/i20240… 50-day free access link: ichthyologyandherpetology.org/ihbjbe/lni2024…

Integrative Taxonomy Reveals a New Species of Imparfinis (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Upper Xingu River Basin by Silva, Sabaj, de Carvalho, and Oliveira DOI link: doi.org/10.1643/i20230… 50-day free access link: ichthyologyandherpetology.org/ihbjbe/mji2023…

Scientist Spotlight: Cristina Cox Fernandes, Ph.D. DOI link: doi.org/10.1643/t20250… 50-day free access link: ichthyologyandherpetology.org/ihbjbe/put2025…

Species of the Eel Family Colocongridae (Order Anguilliformes), with Description of a New Species by Hsuan-Ching Ho, David G. Smith (posthumous), and John J. Pogonoski OPEN ACCESS DOI link: doi.org/10.1643/i20240…