Neostethus

Neostethus is a genus of fishes in the family Phallostethidae, native to freshwater and brackish habitats in southeast Asia, with the majority of the species restricted to the Philippines.^[1]

Neostethus
Neostethus lankesteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Phallostethidae
Subfamily:	Phallostethinae
Genus:	Neostethus Regan, 1916
Type species
Neostethus lankesteri Regan, 1916
Synonyms
Plectrostethus G. S. Myers, 1935 Ceratostethus G. S. Myers, 1937 Ctenophallus Herre, 1939 Sandakanus Herre, 1942 Solenophallus Herre, 1953

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Neostethus amaricola (Villadolid & Manacop, 1934)
• Neostethus bicornis Regan, 1916
• Neostethus borneensis Herre, 1939
• Neostethus ctenophorus (Aurich, 1937)
• Neostethus geminus Parenti, 2014^[2]
• Neostethus djajaorum Parenti & Louie, 1998
• Neostethus lankesteri Regan, 1916
• Neostethus palawanensis (G. S. Myers, 1935)
• Neostethus robertsi Parenti, 1989
• Neostethus thessa (Aurich, 1937)
• Neostethus villadolidi Herre, 1942
• Neostethus zamboangae Herre, 1942