Dr. Jörg Freyhof PhD

Šlechtová, V., Dvořák, T., Freyhof, J., Kottelat, M., Levin, B., Голубцов, А., Šlechta, V., Bohlen, J. (2025). Author response: Reconstructing the phylogeny and evolutionary history of freshwater fishes (Nemacheilidae) across Eurasia since early Eocene [Preprint]. eLife. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.101080.2.sa0

Vardakas, L., Perdikaris, C., Freyhof, J., Zimmerman, B., Ford, M., Vlachopoulos, K., Koutsikos, N., Karaouzas, I., Chamoglou, M., Kalogianni, E. (2025). Global Patterns and Drivers of Freshwater Fish Extinctions: Can We Learn From Our Losses?. Global Change Biology, 31(5), e70244. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70244

Jouladeh-Roudbar, A., Lalramliana, Vatandoust, S., Ghanavi, H.R., Freyhof, J. (2023). Cabdio occidentalis, a new species from Lake Mashkid basin and the Makran region (Teleostei: Danionidae). Zootaxa, 5360(3), 437-447. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.7

Keinath, S., Sommerwerk, N., Fienitz, M., Freyhof, J. (2025). From coverage to extension: Evaluating indices for biodiversity monitoring in cities to reflect global and EU biodiversity targets. Ecological Indicators, 171, 113223. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113223

Jouladeh-Roudbar, A., Ghanavi, H.R., Kaya, C., Freyhof, J. (2023). Barbus urmianus, a synonym of Barbus cyri (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 5296(1), 16-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5296.1.2

Ridley, F., Overed-Sayer, C., Mair, L., Baisero, D., Böhm, M., Brooks, T., Butchart, S., Clausnitzer, V., Freyhof, J., Grill, G., Harrison, I., Jiménez, R., Lehner, B., Macfarlane, N., Plumptre, A., van Soesbergen, A., Worthington, T., Starnes, T. (2025). Mapping area of habitat for inland wetland species. Conservation Biology, e70163. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70163

Keinath, S., Freyhof, J., Kasper, K., Lutz, M., Velder, R., Riestenpatt, D., Petzold, F., Schwarz, J., Ponick, W., Eidner, R., Meißner, J., Bengsch, S., Sommerwerk, N. (2025). Towards Global Biodiversity Framework Target 12: mapping urban biodiversity monitoring programmes – a case study for Berlin, Germany. Urban Ecosystems, 28(4), 146. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-025-01760-0

Wirth, C., Bruelheide, H., Farwig, N., Maylin Marx, J., Sommerwerk, N., Freyhof, J. (2024). 5. Binnengewässer und Auen. In Settele, J. (Hrsg.), Faktencheck Artenvielfalt (521-646). Ergolding: oekom Verlag. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/9783987263361

Freyhof, J., Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. (2024). Luciobarbus lydianus and L. kottelati, two synonyms of L. graecus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 5415(3), 466-476. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5415.3.6

Freyhof, J., Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. (2023). Mystus misrai Anuradha, 1986, a valid species from the Orontes drainage (Teleostei: Bagridae). Zootaxa, 5306(4), 445-462. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5306.4.3

Jokar, M., Kamangar, B.B., Ghaderi, E., Freyhof, J. (2023). Glyptothorax sardashtensis, a new species of torrent catfish from the upper Lesser Zab drainage in Iran (Teleostei: Sisoridae). Zootaxa, 5254(4), 476-492. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5254.4.2

Keinath, S., De Silva, S., Sommerwerk, N., Freyhof, J. (2024). High levels of species' extirpation in an urban environment—A case study from Berlin, Germany, covering 1700–2023. Ecology and Evolution, 14(7), e70018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70018

Borkenhagen, K., Freyhof, J. (2023). Atlantor, a new generic name for Barbus reinii Günther, 1874 from Morocco(Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 5319(3), 429-434. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5319.3.9

Keinath, S., Sommerwerk, N., Scuto, L., Nello, T., Freyhof, J. (2025). First-time application of the IUCN urban Nature Indexes and its applicability for urban-related biodiversity conservation targets–A case study for Berlin, Germany. Ecological Indicators, 180, 114327. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114327

Freyhof, J., Jouladeh-Roudbar, A., Yoğurtçuoğlu, B., Kaya, C. (2025). Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Brill. URL: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111677811/html

Friedrichs-Manthey, M., Bowler, D.E., Freyhof, J. (2024). Freshwater fish in mid and northern German rivers – Long-term trends and associated species traits. Science of The Total Environment, 957, 177759. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177759

Hochkirch, A., Bilz, M., Ferreira, C.C., Danielczak, A., Allen, D., Nieto, A., Rondinini, C., Harding, K., Hilton-Taylor, C., Pollock, C.M., Seddon, M., Vié, J.C., Alexander, K.N., Beech, E., Biscoito, M., Braud, Y., Burfield, I.J., Buzzetti, F.M., Cálix, M., Carpenter, K.E., Chao, N.L., Chobanov, D., Christenhusz, M.J.M., Collette, B.B., Comeros-Raynal, M.T., Cox, N., Craig, M., Cuttelod, A., Darwall, W.R.T., Dodelin, B., Dulvy, N.K., Englefield, E., Fay, M.F., Fettes, N., Freyhof, J., García, S., Criado, M.G., Harvey, M., Hodgetts, N., Ieronymidou, C., Kalkman, V.J., Kell, S.P., Kemp, J., Khela, S., Lansdown, R.V., Lawson, J.M., Leaman, D.J., Brehm, J.M., Maxted, N., Miller, R.M., Neubert, E., Odé, B., Pollard, D., Pollom, R., Pople, R., Presa Asensio, J.J., Ralph, G.M., Rankou, H., Rivers, M., Roberts, S.P.M., Russell, B., Sennikov, A., Soldati, F., Staneva, A., Stump, E., Symes, A., Telnov, D., Temple, H., Terry, A., Timoshyna, A., Van Swaay, C., Väre, H., Walls, R.H.L., Willemse, L., Wilson, B., Window, J., Wright, E.G.E., Zuna-Kratky, T. (2023). A multi-taxon analysis of European Red Lists reveals major threats to biodiversity. PLOS ONE, 18(11), e0293083. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293083

Freyhof, J., Jouladeh-Roudbar, A. (2024). Turcinoemacheilus inexpectatus, a new nemacheilid loach from the Tigris drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 5399(2), 172-180. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.2.6

Rozimov, A., Wang, Y., Wang, M., Zou, M., Sobirov, J., Karimov, E., Kholmatov, B., Freyhof, J., Namozov, S., Wang, C., Li, X., Guo, B. (2025). Mitochondrial genome insights into the phylogenetics and biogeographic evolution of snow trout (Cyprinidae, Schizothorax) in the Tien Shan Mountains. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(1), 91-102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.137787

Zamani, A., Nuruyeva, T., Snegovaya, N., Freyhof, J., Mustafayev, N., Marusik, Y. (2025). New records of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Azerbaijan, including the first record of Nephilidae from the Western Palaearctic. Arachnology, 20(1), 132–137. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2024.20.1.132

Freyhof, J., Segherloo, I., Vatandoust, S., Vatandoust, S., Normandeau, É., Geiger, M., Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. (2025). Resolving a 182-year-old taxonomic puzzle: Luciobarbus in the Persian Gulf basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 5620(1), 29-71. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.1.3

Novaga, R., Bellucci, D., Geiger, M.F., Freyhof, J. (2024). Cobitis feroniae, a new spined loach from southern Latium, Italy (Teleostei: Cobitidae). Zootaxa, 5458(3), 385-402. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5458.3.4

Freyhof, J. (2025). Garra cavernicola, a new species from the Hajar Mountains in Oman (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with a short discussion on monophyly and the description of evolutionarily young species. Zootaxa, 5601(2), 335-345. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5601.2.7

Hoffmann, J., Quaisser, C., Hoffmann, A., Blessing, A., Freyhof, J., Fröbisch, J., Fröbisch, N., Frommolt, K.H., Giere, P., Greshake, A., Hecht, L., Heumann, I., Knörnschild, M., Mayer, F., Meier, R., Nadim, T., von Rintelen, T., Rödel, M.O., Schmitt, R.T., Sommerwerk, N. (2023). Forschungscluster für Sammlungserschließung am Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Museum für Naturkunde Berlin - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7479/7df5-b402

Yoğurtçuoğlu, B., Kaya, C., Atalay, M.A., Ekmekçi̇, F.G., Freyhof, J. (2023). Two new freshwater blennies from the Eastern Mediterranean basin (Teleostei: Blenniidae). Zootaxa, 5311(1), 85-104. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5311.1.4

Kottelat, M., Freyhof, J. (2025). Huso Lovetzky, 1834, a junior synonym of Sterletus Rafinesque, 1820, and comments on some other generic names for sturgeons (Chondrostei: Acipenseridae). Zootaxa, 5689(3), 538-548. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5689.3.6

Overed-Sayer, C., Fernando, E., Jiménez, R., Macfarlane, N., Rapacciuolo, G., Böhm, M., Brooks, T., Contreras‐MacBeath, T., Cox, N., Harrison, I., Hoffmann, M., Jenkins, R., Smith, K., Vié, J.C., Abbott, J., Allen, D., Allen, G., Barrios, V., Boudot, J., Carrizo, S., Charvet, P., Clausnitzer, V., Congiu, L., Crandall, K., Cumberlidge, N., Cuttelod, A., Dalton, J., Daniels, A., De Grave, S., De Knijf, G., Dijkstra, K., Dow, R., Freyhof, J., García, N., Gessner, J., Getahun, A., Gibson, C., Gollock, M., Grant, M., Groom, A., Hammer, M., Hammerson, G., Hilton‐Taylor, C., Hodgkinson, L., Holland, R., Jabado, R., Juffe‐Bignoli, D., Kalkman, V., Karimov, B., Kipping, J., Kottelat, M., Lalèyé, P., Larson, H., Lintermans, M., Lozano, F., Ludwig, A., Lyons, T., Máiz-Tomé, L., Molur, S., Ng, H., Numa, C., Palmer-Newton, A., Pike, C., Pippard, H., Polaz, C., Pollock, C., Raghavan, R., Rand, P., Ravelomanana, T., dos Reis, R., Rigby, C., Scott, J., Skelton, P., Sloat, M., Snoeks, J., Stiassny, M., Tan, H., Taniguchi, Y., Thorstad, E., Tognelli, M., Torres, A., Torres, Y., Tweddle, D., Watanabe, K., Westrip, J., Wright, E., Zhang, E., Darwall, W. (2025). One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction. Nature, 1-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08375-z

Jouladeh-Roudbar, A., Ghanavi, H.R., Freyhof, J. (2023). Glyptothorax vatandousti, a new species of torrent catfish from the upper Karkheh drainage in Iran (Teleostei: Sisoridae). Zootaxa, 5315(1), 37-58. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5315.1.2

Mikuska, T., Cogălniceanu, D., Dokulil, M., Freyhof, J., Makovinska, J., Pall, K., Paunović, M., Strefke, K., Teubner, K. (2024). Aquatic biodiversity in the Danube River Basin: Aquatische Biodiversität im Donaueinzugsgebiet. In The Danube River and The Western Black Sea Coast: Complex Transboundary Management. Elsevier. URL: https://shop.elsevier.com/books/the-danube-river-and-the-western-black-sea-coast/bloesch/978-0-443-18686-8

Šlechtová, V., Dvořák, T., Freyhof, J., Kottelat, M., Levin, B., Голубцов, А., Šlechta, V., Bohlen, J. (2025). Reconstructing the phylogeny and evolutionary history of freshwater fishes (Nemacheilidae) across Eurasia since early Eocene. eLife, 13, RP101080. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.101080.3

Hashemzadeh Segherloo, I., Abdolahi-Mousavi, S.E., Akbari Birgani, A., Normandeau, E., Hallerman, E., Bernatchez, L., Freyhof, J. (2024). Distribution and conservation of subterranean fishes of Iran: insights from a new locality. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 108(1), 161-170. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-024-01629-9

Calegari, B., Freyhof, J., Waldock, C., Wegscheider, B., Josi, D., Rüber, L., Seehausen, O. (2025). Two new species of stone loaches of the genus Barbatula (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Europe with a neotype designation of B. barbatula (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 2025, 1-34. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70108

Kaya, C., Kurtul, I., Aksu, İ., Oral, M., Freyhof, J. (2024). Oxynoemacheilus chaboras, a new loach species from the Euphrates drainage in Türkiye (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution, 100(2), 457-468. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.118612