Anton Lamboj Presentation

Anton Lamboj Presentation



St Aengus Community Centre,
Tymon North,
Tallaght, Dublin 24
(Opposite the National Basketball Arena, just off the M50)



22nd May @ 4pm sharp



Anton will do a presentation on Victorian and West African Cichlids.



This presentation is sponsored by ITFS IMAS & LFKS Clubs



Admission: Free on presentation of a current membership card from one of the sponsoring clubs or €5 at the door.





(Taken from: The Cichlid Fishes of Western Africa by Anton Lamboj)



Anton Lamboj was born 1956 and has been an aquarist since the age of ten. Around 1980, he began to take a special interest in the cichlids of West and Central Africa. This interest eventually led, in 1988, to the beginning of his academic education at the University of Vienna, an undertaking made while continuing to work full-time. He was awarded his Master's degree in 1993 and his Ph.D. in 1997; both works were focused on the systematics of West African cichlids.

In addition to his "day" job, Anton Lamboj has worked as a lecturer at the University of Vienna since 1998. He teaches general biology of fishes, with the biology of perciform fishes as a more specialized goal, as well as instructing on didactics. Additionally, he works on the systematics and evolutionary biology of chromidotilapiine cichlids using morphological and anatomical methods, coupled with ethological studies and molecular methods.

Over the years, Anton Lamboj has made 13 field/collecting trips to Africa. In his works he has collaborated with several leading scientific institutions (e.g., the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Central in Tervuren). He has authored over 100 papers (both academic and hobbyist) in six languages, including two books. The above accomplishments, coupled with the numerous presentations he has made in various countries, are indications of his scientific and aquaristic competence when discussing western African cichlids.





NOTES:



This presentation is Saturday – the day BEFORE the show.



For anyone interested in attending but can’t, Anton will be at the show the following day, but there will be NO presentation on the day of the show.



Anton is hoping to bring some Victorian Cichlids, he is looking for experienced breeders to take part in a breeding program to protect these fish. Anton may have some West African cichlids for sale, more details nearer the date of the presentation.



Anton will be bringing a small number of his book “The Cichlid Fishes of Western Africa” and a new book he has just published for sale on the day.



Anyone attending that who is also showing fish at the show, please bring them along and they can be benched before or after the presentation.

This will be an excellent opportunity to hear one of the foremost experts in the field of both West African and Victorian Cichlids (not to mention countless other fish) and we urge you to try to attend as you probably won't get the chance to hear him again in Ireland (not in the near future anyway).

The Forum Team.

Thanks Andrew,

If any more Forum regulars would like to join the ITFS please use the form at the bottom of Andrew's post or send him a PM through the Forum.

Membership is very beneficial in several ways - the monthly meetings are always interesting and nearly always have a raffle as well as presentations, occasional Table Shows - and, of course, give you the opportunity to meet Forum regulars and let you put "faces to names" to use an oft-quoted phrase.

And, on top of that you get a membership card which allows you free entry to ITFS functions such as this and, if all that wasn't enough...you can use your card to receive a discount in any Forum Sponsor's shop.

John

For anyone not accessing the Forum via the Home Page there is now a Poster there giving details of the Show.
This Anton Lamboj Presentation on the Saturday, while not actually mentioned there, is still going ahead.

We just wanted to make this clear to avoid any confusion.

You can attend this and bench your fish at the one visit.

John