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How old do fish get?
An interesting article from the organisation ‘fischwissen.ch – for the welfare of fish’: Kistler C. 2026. Wie alt werden Fische? Welt der Tiere 2/26. How old do fish get? Some fish live to an incredibly old age. Others race [...]
New IUCN Red List of European freshwater fish published
IUCN-Press release 13 Apr, 2026: Almost half of European freshwater fishes at risk of extinction, new IUCN Red List reveals The updated European Red List of Freshwater Fishes – the most comprehensive assessment in 15 years – reveals little [...]
Final presentation on the minnow project
A announcement from the Natural History Museum, Vienna (minnow project, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Anja Palandačić) 13.04.26: Final presentation on the minnow project Dear project partners and colleagues, We would like to cordially invite you to our final presentation [...]
Wie gelingt Schneckenbuntbarschen das perfekte Nest?
Press release from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence dated 10 April 2026: Underwater architects: How do snail cichlids build the perfect nest? • Nest-building in fish: Snail cichlids build nests from empty snail shells to [...]
Job offer Curator Ichthyology, Stuttgart
Curator / Researcher (m/f/d) in Ichthyology The State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart (SMNS) is one of the largest and most popular natural history museums in Germany. As a modern research museum, we see ourselves as a [...]
Coregonid Symposium 2026, Port Elgin, Canada
Information from Wendylee Stott, Research Scientist, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, 02.04.26: ISBMCF 2026 Call for Abstracts Deadline: June 20, 2026 23:50 EDT Submit online at Coregonid Symposium 2026 We are pleased to invite you to participate in the [...]
Killifish as model organisms in ageing research
Jena/Cologne. Press release from the Leibniz Institute on Ageing Research – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) dated 24 March 2026: Ageing in fast motion: short-lived fish provides new insights into the ageing immune system With increasing age, the [...]
Newly published in the Bulletin of Fish Biology: GfI Fish Species Atlas
The GfI Fish Species Atlas provides a comprehensive tool for communicating and exchanging information on fish ecology and distribution data. Details and background information have now been published in an article in the Bulletin of Fish Biology: The [...]
Blenniidae, Clinidae and Tripterygiidae of the Mediterranean Sea
Looking to plan your next holiday or research project in the Mediterranean? Here’s a book recommendation: Blennies of the Mediterranean Sea – Biology and identification of Blenniidae, Clinidae, Tripterygiidae Francesco Tiralongo March 2026, ISBN: 979-8251093179 Lab: Francesco Tiralongo's [...]
How a clonal fish avoids genetic decay
Press release from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München from 13.03.26: How a clonal fish avoids genetic decay LMU computational biologist helps uncover how the Amazon molly maintains a healthy genome without sexual reproduction Researchers from an international team led by Dr. Edward [...]
German Ichthyological Society (GfI)
The (primarily) German-speaking Society for Ichthyology (GfI) is an association of fish experts (ichthyologists) and interested parties from all areas of fish biology, such as science, fisheries and aquatics.
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Conferences
A key element of GfI's activities is the organisation of scientific GfI conferences.
Publications
The Bulletin of Fish Biology is the official publication of the GfI and appears once a year. It contains scientific papers, reviews of current specialist books, and communications from the GfI.
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Projects
GfI Fish Atlas – The project ‘Digital Biodiversity Atlas – Open Access Presentation of Faunistic Data on the Internet’ was designated an official project of the UN Decade of Biodiversity on 21 November 2013.
Awards
With the Rüdiger Riehl Prize, the GfI honours outstanding achievements by young scientists in the field of ichthyological research.
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