Upper Congo Fishes Project – Poissons du Bassin Supérieur du Congo

04/10/2014

New mormyrids described from collections made at Yangambi, D.R. Congo during the 2010 Upper Congo Fishes Project

Two new species of weakly electric fishes from the Congo River basin are described in the open access journal ZooKeys. One of them, known from only a single specimen, is named 'Petrocephalus boboto.' 'Boboto' is the word for peace in the Lingala language, the lingua franca of the Congo River, reflec...

09/14/2013

The UCFP will be represented at the PAFFA5 meeting in Bujumbura next week. At least five of the participants will be there and we'll have a poster in the poster session highlighting some of the more interesting we fishes we collected in 2010. A pdf of the poster is available on Africhthy.

Publication Type:MiscellaneousYear of Publication:2013Authors:Sullivan, JP, Friel, JP, A. Busanga, K, E. Lukosha, T, Unencan, J-PThumitho, A. Walanga, BKeywords:inventoryAbstract:The Upper Congo Fishes Project is an international collaboration of ichthyologists working to improve our knowledge of th...

09/13/2013

Story about the fishermen of Lomami on Terese Hart's blog (with pictures) http://bit.ly/1esDsBL

The end of August brings the lowest water levels in middle Lomami, the season when tiger fish, Hydrocynus goliath, are most in evidence. The tiger's teeth still grimace on top of the dugout paddle....

07/27/2013

Check out the most recent publications on African fishes posted to Africhthy.

Africhthy is a web portal and information management system for African ichthyology created to allow efficient networking and collaboration among taxonomists, conservationists, fisheries managers, aquaculturists, aquarists, and students and faculty at African universities. Africhthy makes available…

05/17/2013

The UCFP will be representin' at the fifth PAFFA conference in Bujumbura in September 2013. Early registration and abstract submission are possible through May 25. Go to Africhthy.org for more on PAFFA. http://africhthy.org/

03/31/2013

A story of Conradian horror and dysfunctional government in Orientale's Ituri forest where we collected fishes in 2010.

Powerful supporters in security forces accused of complicity in brutal attacks by militia in Democratic Republic of the Congo

03/29/2013

A new Congo basin Hemigrammocharax from our 2002 collections in Odzala National Park, Republic of Congo - JPS

No es una especie de Sudamérica, pero su autor es un colega sudamericano y es un gran aporte para la ictiología.

New Species of Hemigrammocharax (Characiformes: Distichodontidae) from the Northwestern Congo River Basin

Fernando C. Jerep 1 and Richard P. Vari 1

http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1643/CI-12-059

03/18/2013

2nd Announcement for PAFFA5 in Bujumbura out today! Download registration form from link on Africhthy.

Fifth International Conference of the Pan African Fish and Fisheries Association (PAFFA5)African Fish and Fisheries: Diversity, Conservation and Sustainable ManagementBujumbura, Burundi, 16-20 September 2013 Second AnnouncementOrganized by: The Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University…

03/10/2013

The Wagenia fishermen in a 1952 film!

    Tourisme au Congo belge...

01/14/2013

New Primus beer billboard outside Kisangani features the Wagenia fishery.

01/01/2013

Bonne année à tous les amis de PBSC !/ Happy New Year to all UCFP fans!

10/21/2012

Some amazing photos of the fishermen at Wagenia Falls on the upper Congo River near Kisangani, DR Congo. Jon Armbruster, John Friel, John P. Sullivan, Albert Bulimwengu Walanga, and Jean Paul Thumitho collected several new species of fishes there in 2010. An amazing places with some amazing fishes!

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