VI Iberian Congress of Ichthyology

Ichthyology: dedication to marine fish, freshwater fish and aquaculture

Aphanius iberus

The Iberian toothcarp has a great ability to inhabit from freshwaters to hypersaline environments. However, the destruction and pollution of its habitats, together with the introduction of invasive species, have pushed the toothcarp to a high risk of extinction.

Luciobarbus sclateri

The Southern Iberian barbel can be considered as a sentinel species of Mediterranean rivers in southern Iberian Peninsula, although in the last decades significant declines of populations of this species have been detected.

Hippocampus ramulosus

The long-snouted seahorse is a unique species in our coastal waters. In some areas such as the Mar Menor coastal lagoon it used to be very abundant until recent years, but human pressure has led this species to be critically endangered at local scale.

Anguilla anguilla

Adult eels migrate from rivers to the Sargasso Sea, although, after decades of studies and observations there are still many unknown key aspects of their biology.

Presentation

Dear colleague,

On behalf of the Iberian Society of Ichthyology (SIBIC), we would like to invite you to participate in the VI Iberian Congress of Ichthyology, titled ‘Ichthyology: dedication to marine fish, freshwater fish and aquaculture’, which will be held at the Auditorium and Congress Centre Victor Villegas, in Murcia (Spain) between the 21st and the 24th of June 2016. SIBIC congresses are celebrated every two years, to address scientific and management challenges related to different aspects of Ichthyology. The forthcoming 6th edition of such Congress specifically aims at creating a meeting point between conservationists, researchers and managers working with marine fishes, freshwater fishes and aquaculture.

We are convinced that gathering a group of specialists and people interested in the study and conservation of this vertebrate taxon is essential, as well as encouraging debate and knowledge interchange is also essential to find solution to the current problems concerning fishes, their habitats and their use.

Together with your participation, please, consider disseminating this event to all those organisations and people who could be interested in taking part in the VI Iberian Congress of Ichthyology.

We hope to see you in Murcia in June 2016.

Kind regards,

Dr Mar Torralva, President of Local Organising Committee and Vice-president of the SIBIC
Dr Filipe Ribeiro, President of the SIBIC