Newly discovered / described species 2020

- Discription of a new species of codlet from the Pacific :

Bregmaceros anchovia sp. nov., a new codlet species from the western Pacific Ocean (Gadiformes: Bregmacerotidae) | HO | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new catfish-species from China :

Exostoma dulongensis , a new glyptosternine catfish from the Irrawaddy basin, Yunnan, China (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) | LUO | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new fish-species from Brazil :

A new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the upper rio São Francisco basin, Minas Gerais, Brazil | ZANATA | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of bitterling from China :

Rhodeus flaviventris , a new bitterling (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Acheilognathinae) from China | LI | Zootaxa

 

18 species of aquatic beetles were found in Venezuela, Suriname, and Guyana

18 New Species of Beetles Discovered in South America by Undergraduate Student

 

3 species of geckos that are located in the Mysore Plateau in India.

Researchers find three new species of geckos lurking under granite rocks in the Mysore Plateau

4 species of xenophyophores discovered in the Clarion Clipperton Zone region of the Pacific Ocean.

Scientists Just Discovered 4 New Single-Celled Species on Pacific Floor

1 species of velvet spider from Iran. This is the first time the species has been found living outside of the Mediterranean Sea and is named after actor Joaquin Phoenix.

Why Was The Velvet Spider Named After 'Joker' Actor Joaquin Phoenix? | Al Bawaba

 

- Discription of 2 new stick insect-species from the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica / Panama :

Studies on neotropical Phasmatodea XXII: Two new species of Taraxippus (Phasmatodea: Cladomorphinae: Hesperophasmatini) and the first record of the genus from Central America

 

- New genus and new species of snake from South Africa :

Eastern Cape researchers discover new snake species

- Abstract of the discription of a new snake-species from China :
A new species of the genus Smithophis (Squamata: Serpentes: Natricidae) from southwestern China and northeastern Myanmar | VOGEL | Zootaxa

 

A subspecies of moth that was found in Israel in 2005, but didn’t get an official name until June 2020

Pune-based ZSI scientist claims discovery of new moth sub-species

A species of Smaug dragon lizard found in the mountaintops of Southern Africa

Dragon lizard is a brand new species in the Smaug family - Futurity

A species of bee that was discovered in North America has a name based on Canadian astronaut Colonel Christopher Hadfield.

New bee species honours high-flying Canadian hero

 

- Discription of a new species of deep-water dogfish shark from Japan :

Squalus shiraii sp. nov. (Squaliformes, Squalidae), a new species of dogfish shark from Japan with regional nominal species revisited

 

Was already mentioned previously ( see post # 74 ).

 

Was already mentioned previously, (see post #114)

 

- Abstract of the discription of a new genus and new species of barb from India :

Taxonomy and systematics of the ‘Maharaja Barbs’ (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with the description of a new genus and species from the Western Ghats, India | KATWATE | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 3 new species of Stone loaches from Anatolia :

Revision of the genus Seminemacheilus , with the description of three new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) | YOĞURTÇUOĞLU | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new burrowing crayfishes from the USA :

Two new species of burrowing crayfish in the genus Lacunicambarus (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from Alabama and Mississippi | GLON | Zootaxa

 

- Discription of a new cichlid-species from Lake Malawi :

Protomelas krampus, a new paedophagous cichlid from Lake Malawi (Teleostei, Cichlidae) | Dierickx | European Journal of Taxonomy

- Discription of a new frog-species from Peru :

A new species of frog (Terrarana, Strabomantidae, Phrynopus) from the Peruvian Andean grasslands

 

- Abstract of the discription of a new catfish-species from the Orinoco basin :

A new species of Pimelodella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Orinoco River basin | CORTÉS-HERNÁNDEZ | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new Goby-species from the Pacific Ocean :

A new species of Trimma (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the northern Palauan Islands, western Pacific Ocean | WINTERBOTTOM | Zootaxa

- New Scorpion-species on Sri Lanka :

An intrusive killer scorpion points the way to six new species in Sri Lanka

 

- Abstract of the discription of a new shrew-species from Honduras :

A new species of long-tailed shrew of the genus Sorex (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) from Sierra de Omoa, Honduras | ANDINO-MADRID | Zootaxa

 

- Discription of a new cave-fish species from Cuba :

A new species of the cave-fish genus Lucifuga (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae), from eastern Cuba

- Discription of 6 new catfish-species from South America :

https://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v18n2/1982-0224-ni-18-02-e190081.pdf

 

New species of fan-throated lizard from the northern Karnataka region of India.

Mangaluru: Class 12 student part of research team that discovered fan-throated lizard | Mangaluru News - Times of India

1 new genus containing 20 new species of trapdoor spiders from Australia.

New group of trapdoor spiders discovered in eastern Australia

 

- Discription of a new species of salamander from Thailand :

View of A New Species of Tylototriton (Urodela: Salamandridae) from Nan Province, Northern Thailand

 

New species of frog found in central Peru.

New Frog Species Is Discovered in Peru

 

I don't think this was reported on yet. Back in February a species of microscopic Myxozoan was discovered that doesn't breathe and has no mitochondrial genome. Scientists are unsure how it gets its energy:

Scientists discover first known animal that doesn't breathe | Live Science

 

- Discription of a new crab-species from the Gulf of Mexico :

A new crab of the genus Nanoplax from the Gulf of Mexico, and assignment of Micropanope pusilla to a new genus (Crustacea, Brachyura, Pseudorhombilidae) | FELDER | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new snake-species from Sri Lanka :

A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from southwestern Sri Lanka | GOWER | Zootaxa

 

- Abstract of the discription of a new Cichla-species from Guyana and Venezuela :

Cichla cataractae (Cichliformes: Cichlidae), new species of peacock bass from the Essequibo Basin, Guyana and Venezuela