Peer-reviewed publications by SAIAB Scientists, Honorary Research Associates and Postgraduate Students using SAIAB’s address – 2026.
Open Access
Azevedo-Santos, V. M., Uzeda, P. L. C., Costa, W. J. E. M., Katz, A. M., & Ottoni, F. P. (2026). Choosing the type locality of a species. BioScience.
https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biag015
Barnard, M., Codron, D., Dutton, H. R., Bullard, S. A., Du Preez, L. H., & Netherlands, E. C. (2025). Life in cold blood: Exploring the cryptic diversity of species of Haemogregarina in Southern Africa’s terrapins. International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife, 29, 101179.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2025.101179
Dutton, H. R., Jacobs, F. J., Beytell, P. C., Netherlands, E. C., DuPreez, L. H., & Bullard, S. A. (2026). New Genus and Species of Liolopidae Odhner, 1912 (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) Infecting Nile Crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti, 1768) (Crocodilia: Crocodylidae) in the Kavango River, Namibia. Journal of Parasitology, 112(1), 21–27.
https://doi.org/10.1645/25-36
Groeneveld, M. J., Klein, J. D., Van Staden, M., Bennett, R. H., Dicken, M. L., Ebert, D. A., Mann, B. Q., Perumal, K., Watson, R. G. A., & Merwe, A. E. B. D. (2026). Molecular taxonomy of the guitarfish genus Acroteriobatus (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae). Marine Biodiversity, 56(1).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01617-x
Harwood, M., Broom, C. J., Van Wyk, A., Castañeda, R. A., Wong, M. Y., Bernard, A. T., Stebbing, P. D., Dunn, A. M., & South, J. (2026). Application, development and opportunities of Remote Underwater Video for freshwater fisheries management. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 427, 5.
https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2026001
Mutshekwa, T., Mlambo, M. C., Naidoo, T., Kolisi, S., Odume, O. N., Mudzielwana, R., & Motitsoe, S. N. (2026). Plastic particles in pristine waters? Investigating microplastic contamination in natural springs. Water Air & Soil Pollution, 237(8).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-026-09081-4
Sardenne, F., Van Der Lingen, C. D., Vagner, M., Geja, Y., Puccinelli, E., Mathieu-Resuge, M., Grand, F. L., Munaron, J., Buscaglia, M., Serre, S., Soudant, P., & Pecquerie, L. (2026). Resource partitioning among small pelagic fish remains stable regardless of food availability in a seasonally pulsed upwelling system. Progress in Oceanography, 242, 103678.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2026.103678
Schmidt, R. C., Skelton, P. H., & Page, L. M. (2026b). A note on the recognition of genera Amphilius and Anoplopterus within mountain catfishes (Amphiliidae: Amphiliinae) of Africa. Zootaxa, 5741(1), 197–200. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.1.10
Tapfuma, D. T., Chakona, A., & Naik, Y. (2026). Synergistic effects of metal pollution and habitat degradation from artisanal gold mining drive species-specific oxidative stress and biodiversity loss in a semi-arid river catchment. Environmental Pollution, 393, 127683.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2026.127683
Uzeda, P. L. C., Sartori, L. J., Katz, A. M., Ottoni, F. P., Costa, W. J. E. M., Langeani, F., & Azevedo‐Santos, V. M. (2026). Integrative taxonomy reveals four new species of the armoured catfish genus Pareiorhina ( Siluriformes: Loricariidae ) from the upper Paraná River basin, Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70319
Van Wyk, A. J., Stuart‐Smith, R. D., Goetze, J. S., Maire, E., Heyns‐Veale, E., Smit, K., Langlois, T. J., MacNeil, M. A., Matus, A. P., Lombard, A. T., Carolina, A., Semmens, C., Clausius, E., Rolim, F. A., Lefcheck, J. S., Monk, J., Schmid, J. K., Tattersall, K., Ghigliotti, L., . . . Bernard, A. (2026). Global Analysis of Shallow Underwater Fish observation Research: 70 years of progress, persistent geographic biases and a Path forward. Fish and Fisheries.
https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.70072
Whitfield, A. K. (2026). Adapted to past, present and future aquatic environments: a review of the biology and ecology of the eurytopic Indo-Pacific tarpon Megalops cyprinoides. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 109(1).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-026-01809-9
Yang, L., Skelton, P. H., & Naylor, G. J. (2025). Polyploid evolution, phylogenetic relationships, and biogeography of sub-Saharan Africa’s only tetraploid fish group – Pseudobarbus and allies (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 216, 108526.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108526