New Discoveries
Published:
17 December 2019
5
new species
Integrating phylogeography and high-resolution X-ray CT reveals five new cryptic species and multiple hybrid zones among Australian earless dragons.
Melville J, Chaplin K, Hipsley CA, Sarre SD, Sumner J, Hutchinson M.
Royal Society open science 6: 191166
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Published:
8 December 2019
1
new species
Scorpaena regina, a new scorpionfish (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the east coast of Queensland, Australia
Kunto Wibowo, Jeffrey W. Johnson, Hiroyuki Motomura
Zootaxa 4706(2): 275–295
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
3 December 2019
2
new species
Review of the Stemonosudis rothschildi species complex, with descriptions of two new species from the Indo-west Pacific Ocean (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae)
Hsuan-Ching Ho, Barry Russell, Ken Graham, Peter N. Psomadakis
Zootaxa 4702(1): 216–229
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
27 November 2019
2
new species
Two new species of dwarf rainbowfishes (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae) from northern Australia and southern New Guinea
Michael P. Hammer, Gerald R. Allen, Keith C. Martin, Mark Adams, Peter J. Unmack
Zootaxa 4701(3): 301–234
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Published:
5 November 2019
1
new species
Chelidoperca cerasina sp. nov., a new perchlet (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the southwest Pacific Ocean
Akari Ogino, Szu-Hsuan Lee, Wei-Jen Chen & Mizuki Matsunuma
Ichthyological Research 67: 117–132
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
4 November 2019
1
new species
A diminutive species of emu (Casuariidae: Dromaiinae) from the late Miocene of the Northern Territory, Australia
Adam M. Yates & Trevor H. Worthy
Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology e1665057
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
4 November 2019
1
new species
Chelidoperca cerasina sp. nov., a new perchlet (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the southwest Pacific Ocean
Ogino, A., Lee, SH., Chen, WJ. et al.
Ichthyol. Res. (2019)
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
23 October 2019
1
new species
A new species of rock-dwelling gecko (Gekkonidae: Gehyra) from the Mt Surprise region of northern Queensland, Australia
Stephen M. Zozaya, Jéssica Fenker & Stewart L. Macdonald
Zootaxa 4688 (4): 503–518
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
7 October 2019
1
new species
Three new goatfishes of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with a redescription of colour patterns in U. margarethae
F. Uiblein, D.C. Gledhill, D.A. Pavlov, T.A. Hoang & S. Shaheen
Zootaxa 4683(2): 151–196
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
7 October 2019
3
new species
Description of three new velvet geckos (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from inland eastern Australia, and redescription of Oedura monilis De Vis
Conrad J. Hoskin
Zootaxa 4683(2): 242–270
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Published:
2 October 2019
1
new species
Ferrodraco lentoni gen. et sp. nov., a new ornithocheirid pterosaur from the Winton Formation (Cenomanian–lower Turonian) of Queensland, Australia
Adele H. Pentland, Stephen F. Poropat, Travis R. Tischler, Trish Sloan, Robert A. Elliott, Harry A. Elliott, Judy A. Elliott & David A. Elliott
Scientific Reports 9 (13454)
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Published:
24 September 2019
1
new species
Epinephelus fuscomarginatus (Perciformes: Epinephelidae), a new species of grouper from off the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
J.W. Johnson & J.W. Wilmer
Zootaxa 4764(3): 329–348
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Published:
27 August 2019
1
new species
Ctenophorus spinodomus sp. nov., a new species of dragon lizard (Squamata: Agamidae) from Triodia Mallee habitat of southeast Australia
Ross A. Sadlier, Donald J. Colgan, Cecilie A. Beatson & Harold G. Cogger
Records of the Australian Museum 71(5): 199–215
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Published:
14 July 2019
2
new species
A new genus and two new species of miniature clingfishes from temperate southern Australia (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae)
Kevin W. Conway, Glenn I. Moore & Adam P. Summers
ZooKeys 864: 35-65
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Published:
20 June 2019
1
new species
Isisfordia molnari sp. nov., a new basal eusuchian from the mid-Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, Australia
Lachlan J. Hart, Phil R. Bell, Elizabeth T. Smith & Steven W. Salisbury
PeerJ 7:e7166
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
19 June 2019
5
new species
Taxonomic revision of dragon lizards in the genus Diporiphora (Reptilia: Agamidae) from the Australian monsoonal tropics.
Melville, J., Smith Date, K.L., Horner, P., and Doughty, P.
Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 23–55
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
4 June 2019
1
new species
Description of a new species of the genus Acropoma (Acropomatidae) from the Arafura Sea with a redescription of Acropoma leobergi Prokofiev 2018 and the first record of Acropoma boholensis Yamanoue and Matsuura 2002 from the South China Sea
Okamoto, M., Williams, J.T., Carpenter, K.E. et al.
Ichthyol. Res. (2019)
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
3 June 2019
1
new species
A new species of Lerista Bell, 1833 (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, belonging to the Lerista allanae clade but strongly disjunct from other members of the clade
Andrew P. Amey, Patrick J. Couper, Jessica Worthington Wilmer
Zootaxa 4613(1): 161-171
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
21 May 2019
2
new species
Taxonomy and conservation of grassland earless dragons: new species and an assessment of the first possible extinction of a reptile on mainland Australia
Melville, J., Chaplin, K., Hutchinson, M., Sumner, J., Gruber, B., MacDonald, A.J. & Sarre, S.D.
Royal Society open science 6: 190233
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Published:
14 May 2019
1
new species
A new species of cardinalfish from Australia (Percomorpha: Apogonidae: Gymnapogon)
Thomas H. Fraser
Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 32:89-97
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Published:
7 April 2019
2
new species
Two new species of Lerista Bell, 1833 (Reptilia: Scincidae) from north Queensland populations formerly assigned to Lerista storri Greer, McDonald and Lawrie, 1983
Andrew P. Amey, Patrick J. C. Couper & Jessica Worthington Wilmer
Zootaxa 4577(3): 473–493
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Published:
3 April 2019
1
new species
A new species of bristlebird (Passeriformes, Dasyornithidae) from the early Miocene of Australia
Jacqueline M. T. Nguyen
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1575838
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Published:
31 March 2019
1
new species
Redescription of Iniistius jacksonensis (Ramsay 1881) and description of Iniistius opalus sp. nov. from northern Australia (Perciformes: Labridae)
Yoshino Fukui
Ichthyological Research 66(2): 258–268
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Published:
31 March 2019
1
new species
A new species of Phyllurus leaf-tailed gecko (Lacertilia: Carphodactylidae) from The Pinnacles, north-east Australia
Conrad J. Hoskin, Lorenzo V. Bertola, Megan Higgie
Zootaxa 4576 (1): 127–139
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Published:
12 March 2019
1
new species
Hidden in plain sight: reassessment of the pig-footed bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus (Peramelemorphia, Chaeropodidae), with a description of a new species from central australia, and use of the fossil record to trace its past distribution
Kenny J. Travouillon, Bruno F. Simões, Roberto Portela Miguez, Selina Brace, Philippa Brewer, David Stemmer, Gilbert J. Price, Jonathan Cramb, Julien Louys
Zootaxa 4566(1): 1-69
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Published:
5 March 2019
5
new species
Aphyonid-clade species of Australia (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with four species new to Australian waters and a new species of Barathronus
Jorgen G. Nielsen, John J. Pogonoski, Sharon A. Appleyard
Zootaxa 4564 (2): 554–572
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Published:
26 February 2019
1
new species
Late Silurian vertebrate microfossils from the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia
Carole J. Burrow, Susan Turner, Kate Trinajstic & Gavin C. Young
Alcheringa 43(2): 204-219
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Published:
13 February 2019
0
new species
Hippocampus whitei Bleeker, 1855, a senior synonym of the southern Queensland seahorse H. procerus Kuiter, 2001: molecular and morphological evidence (Teleostei, Syngnathidae)
Graham Short, David Harasti, Healy Hamilton
ZooKeys 824: 109-133
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Published:
24 January 2019
1
new species
Tosanoides bennetti, a new species of anthiadiine fish (Pisces: Serranidae) from the Coral Sea, Australia
Gerald R. Allen and Fenton Walsh
Aqua 25(1): 25-34
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