I am happy to have been a part of this new paper on the diversity of Enteromius and the description of a new species from the Lowa Basin (DRC)! tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Why didn't this fish's parent lineage speciate in Lake Victoria? Potential answers in new paper "Constraints to speciation despite divergence in an old haplochromine cichlid lineage" by Müller, Moser, Frei & Seehausen, in Evolution doi.org/10.1093/evolut…

A low resolution PDF of the book: The ecology and biogeography of Sri Lanka: a context for freshwater fishes (2021) by Rohan Pethiyagoda and myself is now freely available for download: researchgate.net/publication/35… Hope this would be useful and please feel free to share among others!

Two New Shellear Species (Gonorhynchiformes: Kneriidae), from the Luansa River (Upper Congo Basin): Hidden Diversity Revealed by Integrative Taxonomy mdpi.com/2500128 #mdpidiversity via @DiversityMdpi

One of our favourite talks! Frederic Dr. Frederic D.B. Schedel on its search for new and old cichlids in Tansania. Always feels like you are right in the middle of the river yourself. #gfi

Our latest paper exploring biogeography and phylogeographic patterns of Puntius sensu lato in Sri Lanka is published! The pdf is freely available: nature.com/articles/s4159… Rajeev Raghavan Tharindu Ranasinghe Madhava Meegaskumbura

Our new paper focusing on the fish diversity in Northern Zambian rivers is out! sciencedirect.com/science/articl… With Dr. Frederic D.B. Schedel Walter Salzburger Lab Adrian Indermaur Nicolas Boileau, Fabrizia Ronco, Laura Fritschi, Lawrence Makasa, Mabvuto Phiri and Cyprian Katongo

Just out: "Surrounded by Great Lakes: Assessing the ichthyological diversity of Northern Zambian drainage systems" by Schedel et al. in J. Great Lakes Research doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr…

Job Opportunity: 2-year post-doctoral research fellowship in systematics of African freshwater fishes at SAIAB, Makhanda, South Africa. 24 Nov deadline! saiab.ac.za/about-us/vacan…

I just gave a presentation on one of my trips to Lake Malawi at the 29th OCA Extravaganza, really enjoying my time with the nice people of the Ohio Cichlid Association!

A fascinating research paper on the miniature #freshwater fishes of Africa. Osteology and redescription of the miniature #lampeye species of #𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑥 Poll, 1971 with an overview of miniature African freshwater #fishes. 🔓 bit.ly/3RgRvSd

Excited to say our review of genome editing in cichlid fishes, focusing on CRISPR/Cas9 tech, is now published in Royal Society Publishing #OpenBiology! Link here: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… Some highlights in🧵

Out in Zootaxa: "Description of a rock-dwelling cichlid that re-invaded the sand substrate in Lake Malaŵi, Africa" from Konings, Miller & Stauffer. #newspecies Pseudotropheus likomae below. doi.org/10.11646/zoota…

Cyphocharax albiventris from Rio Xingu, Amazon basin - our paper describing the species includes both morphological and molecular data and was just published in Am Mus Novitates. Link: doi.org/10.1206/4007.1

Revision of the cichlid fish genus Gnathochromis (#Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika with the description of a new genus Jabarichromis gen. nov. mapress.com/zt/article/vie… #Taxonomy

We "cleaned up" one of the taxonomic misplacements in the cichlid fish from Lake Tanganyika with Gnathochromis remaining for G. permaxillaris and a new genus Jabarichromis for J. pfefferi. Great work by Anja, Dr. Frederic D.B. Schedel, Fabrizia, Adrian Indermaur: mapress.com/zt/article/vie…

See our latest work on the evolution of the taste and smell receptor genes across vertebrates in Nature Communications. Congrats to all involved, in particular to Maxime Policarpo. rdcu.be/dyJ3n

We are proud to host the 20th annual meeting of the German Ichthyological Society Ichthyologie in Berlin from 7.-10. Nov! Talks in English and German will be accepted covering topics around fish research! More info to come here: ichthyologie.de/gfi-tagung-202… #teamfish #GfI_Berlin24

The cichlid fishes of Lake Tanganyika are highly diverse. So are their viruses. Read our latest work in Current Biology cell.com/current-biolog…

Phylogenomics of the catfish family Pimelodidae, including many top predators in Amazonian aquatic ecosystems, and an important human fishery. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zs…