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Convention 2015 Port Macquarie Convention Programme AUSTRALIA NEW GUINEA FISHES ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED CONVENTION 2015 PORT MACQUARIE CONVENTION PROGRAMME FRIDAY SUNDAY 6:30 - 8:00pm Registration 8:00 - 8:50 Registrations 8:00 - 9:00pm ANGFA Inc AGM 9:00 - 10:00pm Happy Hour SESSION 4: Chaired by Stephen Baines SATURDAY 9:00 - 9:35 Culum Brown 8:00 - 8:50am Registration Fish Pain Perception 8:50 - 9:00 Convention Opening 9:40 - 10:15 Franz-Peter Ian Baddock and Sue Carson Touring Australia with Gunther SESSION 1: Chaired by Bruce Hansen 10:15 - 10:45 Morning Tea 9:05 - 9:25 Helen Larson SESSION 5: Chaired By Kwai Changkum Gobioides of the World 10:50 - 11:20 Adrian Dawson 9:30 - 10:00 Leo O’Reilly Waterfall Wonderland Rhadical Rhads 11:25 - 12.30 Mike Hammer 10:05 - 10:20 Species Maintanance Species discovery in the Northern Territory. 10:20 - 10:30 Gunther Smitha E-Books 12.30-1.30 Lunch 10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea SESSION 6: Chaired By John Buckley SESSION 2: Chaired by Anthony Gill 1:30 - 2:15 Keith Martin 11:00 - 11:45 Peter Unmack Fish Stories from the Wet Tropics Evolutionary patterns within Blue-eyes 2:20 - 2:55 Gary Dunnett Underwater photography 11:50 - 12:30 Mark Abell Australian Aquatic Flora 2.55-3.25 Afternoon Tea 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch SESSION 7: Chaired By Ian Baddock SESSION 3: Chaired by Ian Baddock 3:30 - 3:50 Dr Basim M Alazzawi Blind Fishes 1:30 - 2:30 Johannes Graf Blue with red stripes- Collect 3:50 - 4:50 Johannes Graf ing the red laser rainbowfish Collecting Chilatherina alleni at the type location 2:30 - 3:00 Afternoon Tea 4.50-5.00 Close of Convention - Ian Baddock 3:00 - 6.00 Auction 7:00 - 9:00 Convention Dinner Angfa National Convention 1 Port Macquarie October 2015 Councils/Committees ANGFA INC. (NATIONAL): ANGFA VICTORIA: P.O. Box 1040 Richmond North Website: www.angfavic.org Victoria, 3121, Australia. President: Kwai Chang Kum Web: http://www.angfa.org.au Vice President and Membership Officer: Gary Moores E-mail: [email protected] Patrons: Secretary: Glenn Briggs Rick Datodi. Treasurer: John Lenagan E-mail: [email protected] VICNews: Greg Martin E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Gerald Allen. E-mail: [email protected] ANGFA QLD INC: COMMITTEE: Web: hppt://www.angfaqld.org.au President: Ian Baddock President: Steve Baines E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Vice presidents: Ross Salvato, Cory Young Vice Precident: Heidy Rubin E-mails: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Secretary: Gerard Carmody. Secretary: Peter Johnson E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Treasurer: John Lenagan Trasurer: Graeme Finsen E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Membership officer: David Shoesmith Membership: Leo Lee E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] FISHES OF SAHUL COMMITTEE: ANGFA NORTHEN TERRITORY: Editor: Greg Martin (layout/design), P.O. Box 756, Howard Springs. NT 0835 E-mail: [email protected],au Liason Officer: Dave Wilson Peter Unmack (article & review coordinator) E-mail: [email protected] Glenn Briggs (coordinator) Ian Baddock, Gerard Carmody, John Lenagan, Leo O’Reilly, David Shoesmith, Derek Tustin and Cory ANGFA NORTH AMERICA: Young Coordinator: Ken Boorman All submissions to Fishes of Sahul are formally peer Chatham, Ontario N7L 5S3 reviewed by anonymous reviewers. E-mail: [email protected] ANGFA NSW: OTHER OVERSEAS GROUPS: https://www.facebook.com/ANGFANSW Europe: IRG President: Ian Baddock Web: www.irg-online.de E-mail: [email protected] President: Harro Hieronimus Vice president: David Matheson Postfach 170209, D-42624 Solingen, Germany E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Secretary/editor: Ross Salvato Secretary: Andreas Deutrich, Rather Str. 53, E-mail: [email protected] D-52353 Duren Treasurer: Lorraine Girkin E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Angfa National Convention 2 Port Macquarie October 2015 Convention info CONVENTION PRESENTERS: SPONSORS AND ADVERTISERS: Dr Helen K. Larson Page 5 Amazonas Page 4 Leo O’Reilly Page 7 Kongs Page 6 Peter J Unmack Page 9 Aquarium Industries Page 8 Mark Abell Page 11 Aquamail Page 10 Johannes Graf Page 13 Aquasonic Page 12 Culum Brown Page 15 Minno Mizer Page 14 Franz-Peter Müllenholz Page 17 Aquagreen Page 16 Adrian Dawson Page 19 All Things Slimey Page 18 Michael Hammer Page 21 All Things Aquatic Pages 18-19 Keith Martin Page 23 M.S Aquarium Page 20 Gary Dunnett Page 25 Guyra Page 21 Dr Basim M Alazzawi Page 26 Ausyfish Page 22 Dr Anthony Gill Page 27 Liverpool Creek Aquarium Page 24 Penrose Page 24 Pisces Page 25 CONVENTION ORGANISERS: The 2015 ANGFA National Convention has been or- All Members and visitors to this ganised by the ANGFA NSW Organising Committee: convention are requested to ensure Mark Abell, Ian Baddock, John Buckley, Derek and Lorraine Girkin, Lyn King, David Matheson, Jennifer that mobile phones are switched off Palmer, Don Peddie, Ross Salvato, Peter Surmon. Spe- during presentations cial mention to Glenn Briggs for his assistance with organising sponsorship. The support of our sister clubs and their committees, sponsors and members also deserves special mention. Without their support and help, our task would have been just that little more difficult. Thank you to Rach- elle Dufty (Conference and Events Coordinator) and WELCOME the staff at The Sails Resort for their assistance with the Please use this weekend to exchange informa- convention. tion and make new friends and contacts. This publication has been designed and produced by Ross Salvato. Special mention and thanks to Gunther Use the page at the back of this convention Schmida for allowing us to use his image for the cover booklet to record their names and addresses and throughout this publication. Take notes, ask questions. Printed and Bound by: This is a unique opportunity to increase your Galloping Press Kirrawee NSW. knowledge of our aquatic environment. Please join in and enjoy yourself. Angfa National Convention 3 Port Macquarie October 2015 “Wow!” AMAZONAS Volume 2, Number 1 January/February 2013 Subscribe to AMAZONAS and don’t miss a single issue! Subscribe online: www.AmazonasMagazine.com Learn more about us: Angfa National Convention Reef2Rainforest.com4 Port Macquarie October 2015 Dr Helen K. Larson BIOGRAPHY: as most other people dislike getting When not looking at gobies, Helen very muddy. She has been actively watches birds wherever she is and Dr Helen K. Larson is Emeritus publishing since 1975. is a ‘cassowary warrior’ (Vice-Pres- Curator of Fishes, Museum and Art ident) for the Community for Gallery of the Northern Territo- Helen retired from the Museum Coastal and Cassowary Conser- ry, Darwin. She is also a Research and Art Gallery of the Northern vation at Mission Beach and is a Associate, Museum of Tropical Territory in late 2009 and moved member of Birdlife Australia. Queensland, Townsville and Ad- to north Queensland junct Associate Professor, School of where she works on Marine and Tropical Biology, James gobies in association with Cook University, Townsville. Helen the Museum of Tropical is known to some as the Goby Queensland. Her ex- Queen or Gobywan Kenobi, and pertise as a taxonomist/ reckons that gobies are the most systematist is regularly fascinating fishes in the world. She sought from around first recognised gobies while snor- the world, whether as a kelling in the Cocos (Keeling) Atoll reviewer of manuscripts lagoon when she was 12, and fell in or identifier of unknown love with them. A fish that will will- fish species, and is on the ingly perch on one’s feet deserves editorial boards of several special consideration. scientific journals. Helen is Co-Chair (with Jim Her research interests are the tax- Van Tassell) of the Goby onomy, systematics, ecology and Group of the Marine Fish- behaviour of Indo-Pacific man- es Red List Authority of grove and coral reef fishes, especial- the IUCN (International ly gobioid fishes (gobies, gudgeons, Union for the Conserva- mudskippers). Much of her work is tion of Nature). She has on the taxonomy of estuarine and the honour of being the coral reef gobiid fishes, preferably recipient of 13 eponyms by means of generic revisions. The to date (not all fish – also goby subfamily Gobionellinae is of a skink, a parasitic cope- particular fascination – especially pod and a soft coral). TALK ABSTRACT: Gobioid fishes of the world – a photo-guide. Hoese D.F. 1, H.K. Larson2 and H. Bleher3 1. Ichthyology, Australian Museum, Sydney 2001, Australia (email: [email protected]) 2. Natural Sciences, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin 0801, Australia (email: helen. [email protected]) 3. aquapress, Miradolo Terme, Pavia, Italy (email: [email protected]) After many years of two of us holding knowledge of gobioid species in a large database as well as in our heads, notes and filing cabinets, we have joined with the third author to produce a summary of what we know of go- bioid fishes to date. The intention is to produce a photo-guide to all described gobioid species, within a classi- fication. Sections will include history, taxonomy, discussion of various classifications, species lists, distribution, habitat information and conservation. Key features will be described and illustrated. Most of the book will be devoted to photographs, maps and brief information for each species. It is hoped that most species will be illus- trated in colour. Angfa National Convention 5 Port Macquarie October 2015 Angfa National Convention 6 Port Macquarie October 2015 Aqua One General Ad3.indd 1 27/07/2015 4:56:56 PM Leo O’Reilly BIOGRAPHY: fabulous country and to find some of Honey Blue-eyes and Oxleyan wonderful Leo O’Reilly is a retired Australian fish.
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