Press release ProtectFish project 11.02.2026: ProtectFish Consortium reviews first 18 months of work and coorganises the 11th International Conference on Cormorants On 3 February 2026, the partners of the Horizon Europe project ProtectFish met at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague (Czech Republic) for a project review meeting with the European Commission. The meeting was [...]
Very important for fish ecology: Record low sea levels in the Baltic Sea – Will there be a major inflow of saltwater from the North Sea? Press release from Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde 06.02.26 (via IDW-online): Since the beginning of January, an unusually long period of easterly winds has caused the average water level in [...]
A photographic guide to the embryonic development of the garfish Belone belone Vivian Fischbach & Timo Moritz The garfish Belone belone is a marine epipelagic species with a large distribution ranging from the Northern Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea. It belongs to the order Beloniformes. Beloniform fishes inhabit coastal and marine habitats around the world and [...]
Communication from: Michi Tobler, E. Desmond Lee Professor in Zoological Studies, Department of Biology, 454 Stadler Hall, 1 University Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63121, tobler@umsl.edu: Aquarium Hobbyists Invited to the 12th International Conference of Poeciliid and Goodeid Biologists 16.–18. July 2026, Padua, Italy Aquarium hobbyists with an interest in livebearing fishes and freshwater fish conservation [...]
Minnow – Switzerland's Fish of the Year 2026 Information from the Swiss Fishing Association Fish of the Year 2026: The Swiss Fishing Association (SFV) has chosen the minnow as Fish of the Year 2026. In doing so, the SFV wants to draw attention to the fact that the minnow, along with many other small [...]
GOBY MEETING 12-16 October 2026 at Kristineberg Marine Research station, Sweden "The meeting starts with dinner evening October 12th and ends after breakfast October 16th. That gives us 3 exciting days to meet and talk about our latest goby research. Deadline to sign up is 20 April 2026. Note we will use a “first come, first [...]
Results of the research cruises of FRV Walther Herwig to South America. LXXVIII. Records of some dragon-, hatchet-, and viperfishes (Stomiiformes) from waters off Argentina and Uruguay Timo Moritz & Stefan Koerber (2026), Bulletin of Fish Biology 21: 33-53. Download: https://www.ichthyologie.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Moritz-Koerber-2025-Bull-Fish-Biol-21_33-53.pdf Summary: "We report the fi rst records of stomiiform species from the Exclusive [...]
The latest newsletter from Shark-References.com has been published: NEWSLETTER 1/2026 26.1.2026 Publications New partners of Shark-References Upcoming Meetings Most popular posts New images and more See the Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/c671e79cd580/newsletter-10612491?e=a1917664f4 Source: New publications authored by N. Straube and J. Pollerspöck, team shark-references! Open Access auf ResearchGate Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, [...]