TIL there’s a fish that lives in the lowest depths of the Congo River that has stunted growth, no color pigment, and no eyes. And locally it’s called “mondeli bureau,” which translates to “white man in an office” LMAO

I could present my work at Cichlid Science2026. I was very glad to meet overseas researchers specializing in cichlid. It was well worth the journey all the way from Japan on my own. I hope to see everyone again in Europe or Lake Tanganyika!!! Thanks for being so kind to me.

I mistook the day of week, 3 September is Thursday.

I will take part in Cichlid Science 2026 at Antwerp University🇧🇪. My oral presentation will take place on Wednesday 3 September 12:00~. I will talk about what factors generate social variation of cooperatively breeding cichlid in N.meeli.
@cichlidscience2026.bsky.social

🎨 job alert 🐠

Come join us! We have two positions open! These are part of our @erc.europa.eu funded project on the mechanisms underpinning convergence of colour patterns in cichlid fishes! Closing date: 16th August.

Postdoc: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Technician: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

CichliDome — The Cichlid Genome–Phenome Network
We are exploring the development of a lightweight community network to connect cichlid researchers, datasets, and collaborative projects. If you want to be kept up to date (weather attending CS26 or not), let us know forms.gle/cVXZkspy8Vxv...

The call for abstracts is now closed. We were delighted by the strong response and high level of participation. Thank you to everyone who submitted their work!

Abstracts are currently being reviewed by the Scientific Committee and results will be communicated by mid-July.
Stay tuned!