Ronald Fricke

Ronald Fricke, German ichthyologist.

• Oberkonservator für Fische, Sektion Ichthyologie, Abteilung Zoologie, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart
• Email: ronfricke@web.de

Taxon names authored

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• 16 taxon names authored by Ronald Fricke

Eponyms

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• 1 eponym of Ronald Fricke

Publications

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1980

• Fricke, R. 1980. Neue Fundorte und noch nicht beschriebene Geschlechtsunterschiede einiger Arten der Gattung Callionymus (Pisces, Perciformes, Callionymidae), mit Bemerkungen zur Systematik innerhalb dieser Gattung und Beschreibung einer neuen Untergattung und einer neuen Art. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 83: 57–105.

1981

• Fricke, R. 1981. The kaianus–group of the genus Callionymus (Pisces: Callionymidae), with descriptions of six new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 42(14): 349–377.
• Fricke, R. 1981. Two new and a rare species of the genus Callionymus (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 83: 387–400.
• Fricke, R. 1981. On a new species of the family Callionymidae (Pisces, Perciformes, Callionymoidei), Callionymus stigmatopareius sp. nov. from Mozambique. Journal of Natural History 15(1) (for Jan.–Feb. 1981): 161–167.
• Fricke, R. 1981. Diplogrammus (Climacogrammus) pygmaeus sp. nov., a new callionymid fish (Pisces, Perciformes, Callionymoidei) from the South Arabian coast, northwestern Indian Ocean. Journal of Natural History 15(4) (for July/Aug. 1981): 685–692.
• Fricke, R. 1981. Four new species of the genus Callionymus (Teleostei: Callionymidae) from the Philippine Islands and adjacent areas. Zoologische Beiträge 27(1): 143–170.

1982

• Fricke, R. 1982. New species of Callionymus, with a revision of the variegatus–group of that genus (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Journal of Natural History 16(1): 127–146.
• Fricke, R. 1982. A new species of the genus Callionymus from India (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Journal of Natural History 16(3): 345–349.

1983

• Fricke, R. 1983. A new species of the genus Callionymus from St. Helena (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 84: 393–399.
• Fricke, R. 1983. Revision of the Indo–Pacific genera and species of the dragonet family Callionymidae (Teleostei). [Theses Zoologicae 3.] J. Cramer, Braunschweig: i–x + 1–774.
• Fricke, R. & Brunken, H. 1983. A new species of the cottid fish genus Stlengis (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes) from Indonesia. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 30(1): 10–14.
• Fricke, R. & Zaiser, M.J. 1983. A new callionymid fish, Synchiropus kiyoae, from the Izu Islands, Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 30(2): 122–128.

1984

• Fricke, R. 1984. A new species of the dragonet genus Synchiropus from the Mariana Islands (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 85: 67–72.
• Fricke, R. & Brunken, H. 1984. A new cottid fish of the genus Antipodocottus (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes) from eastern Australia, with a key to the species of the genera Stlengis and Antipodocottus. Journal of Natural History 18(1): 41–46.
• Fricke, R. & Heckele, U. 1984. A new dragonet (Callionymidae) of the genus Callionymus from Australia. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 30(4): 368–370.

1985

• Clark, G.T. & Fricke, R. 1985. A new species of dragonet, Synchiropus randalli, from Easter Island (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98(3): 539–543.
• Fricke, R. 1985. Polytypy of Synchiropus agassizi (Goode & Bean, 1888), with the description of a new subspecies from the western Atlantic (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 85: 235–249.
• Fricke, R. 1985. Protogrammus, a new genus of callionymid fishes, with a redescription of P. sousai from the eastern Atlantic. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 32(3): 294–298. Reference page. 
• Zaiser, M.J. & Fricke, R. 1985. Synchiropus moyeri, a new species of dragonet (Callionymidae) from Miyake–jima, Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 31(4): 389–397.

1987

• Fricke, R. 1987. A new species of Enneapterygius from Miyake–jima, Izu Islands, Japan (Teleostei: Tripterygiidae). Senckenbergiana Maritima 19(5–6): 331–338.

1989

• Fricke, R. 1989. New species and new records of Callionymus from the Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Hydrobiologia 183(1): 47–57.

1990

• Fricke, R. 1990. A new species of psychrolutid fish from Western Australia. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 36(4): 404–409. DOI: 10.11369/jji1950.36.404 Reference page. 
• Fricke, R. 1990. A new and rare species of dragonet (Teleostei: Callionymidae) from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) 446: 1–13.
• Fricke, R. & Koch, I. 1990. A new species of the lantern shark genus Etmopterus from southern Africa (Elasmobranchii: Squalidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 450: 1–9. BHL Reference page. 

1991

• Fricke, R. 1991. Types and historical materials in the fish collection of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart. Part 1. The Bleeker collection. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) No. 471: 1–85. Reference page. 
• Fricke, R. 1991. Ceratobregma striata, a new triplefin (Tripterygiidae) from northern Australia, and a record of Norfolkia brachylepis from Western Australia. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 37(4): 337–343.

1992

• Fricke, R. 1992. Revision of the family Draconettidae (Teleostei) with descriptions of two new species and a new subspecies. Journal of Natural History 26(1): 165–195.
• Fricke, R. 1992. Synchiropus kuiteri, a minute new dragonet (Callionymidae) from Flores, Indonesia. Revue Française d'Aquariologie et d'Herpétologie 19(3): 81–84.

1993

• Fricke, R. 1993. A new species of the genus Callionymus (Teleostei: Callionymidae) from Papua New Guinea. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) 491: 1–4.
• Fricke, R. 1993. Pisces Teleostei: Callionymidae of New Caledonia with descriptions of new species. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie 158: 361–376.
• Fricke, R. & Lee C.–L. 1993. Callionymus leucopoecilus a new dragonet (Callionymidae) from the Yellow Sea. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 39(4): 275–279.
• Fricke, R. & Zaiser Brownell, M. 1993. Two new dragonets of the genus Callionymus (Callionymidae) and a record of Callionymus corallinus from Miyake–jima, Izu Islands, Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 40(1): 1–10.

1994

• Fricke, R. 1994. Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of 2 new genera and 16 new species (Teleostei). Theses Zoologicae v. 24: i–ix + 1–585. ISBN 3-87429-370-X. Reference page. 
• Fricke, R. 1994. Tripterygiid fishes of the genus Enneapterygius from Bali, Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species (Teleostei: Blennioidei). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) 512: 1–13.

1995

• Fricke, R. & Al–Hassan, L.A.J. 1995. Raja pita, a new species of skate from the Arabian/Persian Gulf (Elasmobranchii: Rajiformes). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) 529: 1–8.
• Fricke, R. 1995. Types in the fish collection of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart. Part 3. Types of fishes described in 1850–1994. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) No. 524: 1–30. BHL Reference page. 

1997

• Fricke, R. 1997. Tripterygiid fishes of the western and central Pacific, with descriptions of 15 new species, including an annotated checklist of world Tripterygiidae (Teleostei). [Theses Zoologicae v. 31.] Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein: i–ix + 1–607.

1998

• Fricke, R. 1998. A new species of Eviota with vertical trunk bars from the Loyalty Islands (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) 577: 1–5.
• Fricke, R. 1998. Callionymid fishes trawled off Wallis and Futuna, central Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of two new species of Callionymus (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) 567: 1–9.

1999

• Fricke, R. 1999. Annotated checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Germany, with remarks of their taxonomic identity. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) 587: 1–67. Reference page. 
• Fricke, R. 1999. Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez). An annotated checklist with descriptions of new species. [Theses Zoologicae v. 31.] Koenigstein (Koeltz Scientific Books). i–viii + 1–759. Reference page. 

2000

• Fricke, R. 2000. Callionymidae of New Caledonia, with remarks on related species and descriptions of 10 new species from New Caledonia, Australia, New Guinea, and Hawaii (Teleostei). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) 617: 1–81.
• Fricke, R. 2000. Invalid neotypes. Copeia 2000(2): 639–640. hdl: 1448/230 [not seen] Reference page. 
• Springer, V.G. & Fricke, R. 2000. Description of two new blenniid fish species: Entomacrodus lemuria from the western Indian Ocean and E. williamsi from the western Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(2): 386–396.

2001

• Fricke, R. 2001. Enneapterygius trisignatus, a new species from northern Grande Terre, with a key to New Caledonian tripterygiid fishes (Teleostei). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) 630: 1–9.
• Gill, A.C. & Fricke, R. 2001. Revision of the western Indian Ocean fish subfamily Anisochrominae (Perciformes, Pseudochromidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Zoology) 67(2): 191–207.

2002

• Fricke, R. 2002. Centrodraco abstractum, a new species of deepwater dragonet from the Philippines (Teleostei: Draconettidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) 633: 1–8.
• Fricke, R. 2002. Callionymus ogilbyi, a new species of eastern Australian dragonet, with a redescription of Callionymus scaber McCulloch (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) 634: 1–12.

2004

• Fricke, R. 2004. Cocotropus richeri, a new species of velvetfish (Teleostei: Aploactinidae) from Lifou, Loyalty Islands. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Ser. A 660: 1–7.
• Fricke, R. 2004. Review of the pipefishes and seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) of New Caledonia, with descriptions of five new species. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) 668: 1–66.

2005

• Fricke, R. 2005. Types in the fish collection of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, described in 1845–2004. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) No. 684: 1–95. PDF. Reference page. 

2006

• Fricke, R. 2006. Two new species and a new record of dragonets from New Caledonia (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) 696: 1–14.

2007

• Fricke, R. 2007. A new species of the clingfish genus Apletodon (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from Sao Tome and Principe, eastern Central Atlantic. Ichthyological Research 54(1): 68–73.
• Wirtz, P., Ferreira, C.E.L., Floeter, S.R., Fricke, R., Gasparini, J.L. Iwamoto, T., Rocha, L.A., Sampaio, C.L.S. & Schliewen, U. 2007. Coastal fishes of São Tomé and Principe islands, Gulf of Guinea (eastern Atlantic Ocean) – an update. Zootaxa 1523: 1–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1523.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

2008

• Fricke, R. 2008. Authorship, availability and validity of fish names described by Peter (Pehr) Simon Forsskål and Johann Christian Fabricius in the 'Descriptiones animalium' by Carsten Niebuhr in 1775 (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 1: 1–76. ResearchGate Reference page. 

2010

• Fricke, R. 2010. Centrodraco atrifilum, a new deepwater dragonet species from eastern Australia (Teleostei: Draconettidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 3: 341–346.
• Fricke, R., Wirtz, P. & Brito, A. 2010. A new species of the clingfish genus Apletodon (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Cape Verde Islands, Eastern Central Atlantic. Ichthyological Research 57(1): 91–97.

2012

• Fricke, R. & Golani, D. 2012. Limnichthys marisrubri, a new species of sand diver (Teleostei: Creediidae) from the Red Sea. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 5: 287–292.

2013

• Fricke, R., Durville, P. & {{aut|Mulochau, T.} 2013. Scorpaenopsis rubrimarginatus, a new species of scorpionfish from Réunion, southwestern Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae). Cybium 37(3): 207–215.
• Fricke, R. & Golani, D. 2013. Callionymus profundus n. sp., a new species of dragonet from the Gulf of Aqaba (Gulf of Eilat), Red Sea (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 6: 277–285.
• Golani, D., Fricke, R. & Tikochinski, Y. 2013. Sillago suezensis, a new whiting from the northern Red Sea, and status of Sillago erythraea Cuvier (Teleostei: Sillaginidae). Journal of Natural History 2013: 413–468 [1–16].

2014

• Fricke, R. 2014. Callionymus madangensis, a new species of dragonet from Papua New Guinea, southwestern Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 13: 1–15.
• Fricke, R. 2014. Unguitrema nigrum, a new genus and species of clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from Madang, Papua New Guinea. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 13: 35–42.
• Fricke, R., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Mal, A.O. 2014. Review of the genus Diplogrammus (Teleostei: Callionymidae) of the Red Sea, with description of a new species from Saudi Arabia. Journal of Natural History 48(39–40): (1–30) 2419–2448.
• Fricke, R., Golani, D. & Appelbaum–Golani, B. 2014. Evoxymetopon moricheni, a new cutlassfish from the northern Red Sea (Teleostei: Trichiuridae). Ichthyological Research 61(3): 293–297 [1–4].
• Fricke, R., Golani, D. & Appelbaum–Golani, B. 2014. Emmelichthys marisrubri, a new rover from the southern Red Sea (Teleostei: Emmelichthyidae). Cybium 38(2): 83–87.
• Fricke, R., Jawad, L.A. & Al–Mamry, J.M. 2014. Callionymus omanensis, a new species of dragonet from Oman, north–western Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Journal of Fish Biology 85(5): 1303–1319 [1–17].
• Fricke, R., Allen, G.R., Andréfouët, S., Chen, W.-J., Hamel, M.A., Laboute, P., Mana, R., Hui, T.H & Uyeno, D. 2014. Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records. Zootaxa 3832(1): 1–248. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3832.1.1 Reference page. 
• Laan, R. van der, Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa 3882(1): 1–230. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 Reference page. 

2015

• Fricke, R., Golani, D. & Appelbaum-Golani, B. 2015. Suculentophichthus nasus, a new genus and new species of snake eel from the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (Teleostei: Ophichthidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 16: 56–66. PDF. Reference page. 
• Fricke, R., Wirtz, P. & Brito, A. 2015. Diplecogaster tonstricula, a new species of cleaning clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Canary Islands and Senegal, eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a review of the Diplecogaster-ctenocrypta species-group. Journal of Natural History, published online: September 18, 2015. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1079659 Reference page. 
• Fricke R. 2015. Centrodraco fidelis (Draconettidae), a new deepwater dragonet species from the southern Loyalty Ridge, southwestern Pacific Ocean / Centrodraco fidelis (Teleostei : Draconettidae), une nouvelle espèce de dragonnet profond du sud de la ride des Loyauté, océan Pacifique sud-ouest. Cybium 39 (3): 211–217. Online. Reference page. 

2016

• Farias, C., Ordines, F., García-Ruiz, C. & Fricke, R. 2016. Protogrammus alboranensis n. sp. (Teleostei: Callionymidae), a new species of dragonet from the Alboran Sea, western Mediterranean Sea. Scientia Marina 80(1). Reference page. 
• Fricke, R. 2016. Callionymus alisae, a new species of dragonet from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). FishTaxa 1(1): 55–66. PDF. Reference page. 
• Fricke, R. 2016. Callionymus petersi, a new species of dragonet from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 21: 38–57. PDF. Reference page. 
• Fricke, R. 2016. Redescription of Xenaploactis asperrima (Günther 1860) (Teleostei: Aploactinidae), based on a specimen from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. FishTaxa 1(2): 67–74. PDF. Reference page. 
• Fricke, R. 2016. Synchiropus novaehiberniensis, a new species of dragonet from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with a review of subgenus Synchiropus (Neosynchiropus) and description of a new subgenus (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Journal of Natural History, published online: August 10, 2016. Reference page. 
• Fricke, R., Golani, D. & Appelbaum-Golani, B. 2016. Diplodus levantinus (Teleostei: Sparidae), a new species of sea bream from the southeastern Mediterranean Sea of Israel, with a checklist and a key to the species of the Diplodus sargus species group. Scientia Marina 80(3): online July 1, 2016. DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04414.22B Reference page. 
• Fricke, R., Chen, J.–N. & Chen, W.–J. 2016. New case of lateral asymmetry in fishes: A new subfamily, genus and species of deep water clingfishes from Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean. Comptes Rendus Biologies 340: [1–16].

2017

• Fricke, R. 2017. Ostichthys kinchi, a new species of soldierfish from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Holocentridae). FishTaxa 2(1): 62–70.
• Fricke, R. 2017. Epigonus okamotoi, a new species of deepwater cardinalfish from New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Sea, western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Epigonidae). FishTaxa 2(3): 116–112.
• Fricke, R. 2017. Callionymus boucheti, a new species of dragonet from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with the description of a new subgenus (Teleostei: Callionymidae). FishTaxa 2(4): 180–194.
• Fricke, R. 2017. Ocosia sphex, a new species of waspfish from New Hanover, Papua New Guinea (Teleostei: Tetrarogidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 28: 1–9.
• Fricke, R. 2017. Ostichthys spiniger, a new species of soldierfish from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Holocentridae). Ichthyological Research 65 (1): [1–7] 127–133.
• Fricke, R. & Abu El–Regal, M.A. 2017. Schindleria elongata, a new species of paedomorphic gobioid from the Red Sea (Teleostei: Schindleriidae). Journal of Fish Biology 90(5): 1883–1890 [1–8].
• Fricke, R. & Abu El–Regal, M.A. 2017. Schindleria nigropunctata, a new species of paedomorphic gobioid fish from the Red Sea (Teleostei: Schindleriidae). Marine Biodiversity: [1–5].
• Fricke, R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2017. Enneapterygius niue, a new species of triplefin from Niue and Samoa, southwestern Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Tripterygiidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 25: 14–32.
• Fricke, R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2017. Helcogramma atauroensis, a new species of triplefin from Ataúro Island, Timor–Leste, eastern Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Tripterygiidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 26: 34–45.
• Fricke, R., Golani, D. & Appelbaum–Golani, B. 2017. Cynoglossus crepida, a new species of tonguesole from the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (Teleostei: Cynoglossidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 25: 77–87. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.321395 Reference page. 
• Fricke, R., Kawai, T., Yato, T. & Motomura, H. 2017. Peristedion longicornutum, a new species of armored gurnard from the western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Peristediidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 28: 90–102.
• Fricke, R. & Wirtz, P. 2017. Lecanogaster gorgoniphila, a new species of clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from São Tomé and Principe, eastern Atlantic Ocean. Arquipelago – Life and Marine Sciences 35: 1–10.
• Fricke, R., Golani, D., Appelbaum-Golani, B. 2017. Arnoglossus nigrofilamentosus n. sp., a new species of flounder (Teleostei: Bothidae) from off the Mediterranean coast of Israel, probably a new case of Lessepsian migration. Scientia Marina. 81(4): 457–465. DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04684.07A Reference page. 

2018

• Fricke, R. 2018. Two new species of stargazers of the genus Uranoscopus (Teleostei: Uranoscopidae) from the western Pacific Ocean. Pp 157–167 In Page, L.M., Chen, W-J. & Ciccotto, P.J. (eds.) Papers on fishes of Asia, including those presented at international conferences of the Asian Society of Ichthyologists in Taipei, Taiwan in 2016, and in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2017. Zootaxa 4476(1): 1–181. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4476.1.1 Reference page.  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4476.1.15 full article pdf Reference page. 
• Kai, Y. & Fricke, R. 2018. Taxonomic review of the deep water flathead genus Parabembras with description of the new species Parabembras multisquamata from the western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei, Parabembridae). ZooKeys 740: 59–76. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.740.21729. Reference page. 
• Fricke, R., Golani, D., Apppelbaum–Golani, B. & Zajonz, U. 2018. Dysomma alticorpus, a new species of cutthroat eel from the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (Teleostei: Synaphobranchidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies: 1–9.
• Fricke, R. & Quang, V.V. 2018. Callionymus vietnamensis, a new species of dragonet from the South China Sea off southern Vietnam, with a review of the subgenus Callionymus (Calliurichthys) Jordan & Fowler 1903 (Teleostei: Callionymidae). FishTaxa 3(2): 433–452.
• Fricke, R., Golani, D., Appelbaum-Golani, B., Zajonz, U. 2018. Scorpaena decemradiata new species (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea, a species distinct from Scorpaena porcus. Scientia Marina. 82(3): 169-184. DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04824.17A Reference page. 
• Golani, D. & Fricke, R. 2018. Checklist of the Red Sea Fishes with delineation of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, endemism and Lessepsian migrants. Zootaxa 4509(1): 1–215. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1 Reference page. 

2019

• Artüz, M.L. & Fricke, R. 2019. The marine teleost fishes of the Sea of Marmara; an updated and annotated checklist. Zootaxa 4565(4): 545–565. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.4.9 Reference page. 
• Brown, J., Beard, A., Clingham, E., Fricke, R., Henry, L. & Wirtz, P. 2019. The fishes of St Helena Island, central Atlantic Ocean—new records and an annotated check-list. Zootaxa 4543(2): 151–194. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.2.1 Reference page. 
• Fricke, R., Allen, G.R., Amon, D., Andréfouët, S., Chen, W-J., Kinch, J.P., Mana, R., Russell, B.C., Tully, D. & White, W.T. 2019. Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records. Zootaxa 4588(1): 1–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1 Reference page.