title: Neostethus
text: # 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.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Neostethus amaricola (Villadolid & Manacop, 1934)
  * Neostethus bicornis Regan, 1916
  * Neostethus borneensis Herre, 1939
  * Neostethus ctenophorus (Aurich, 1937)
  * Neostethus geminus Parenti, 2014
  * 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
  