Dr. Frederic D.B. Schedel
@FredericSchedel
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Evolutionary Biologist working on hybridization in #cichlids • #Postdoc in the Salzburger Lab at @UniBasel funded by @DAAD_Germany • #taxonomy • #biodiversity
Basel, Switzerland
Joined May 2022
#NewSpeciesAlert - 𝑇𝑒𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑐ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑧𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑖. Morphological diversity of the genus #𝑇𝑒𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑐ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠 from the #LakeTanganyika drainage with the description of a new riverine species. #Lamprologine #Cichlids 🔓 https://t.co/LoSjMZpY4E
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Phylogenomics of the catfish family Pimelodidae, including many top predators in Amazonian aquatic ecosystems, and an important human fishery. https://t.co/xYF4Rpuvte
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The cichlid fishes of Lake Tanganyika are highly diverse. So are their viruses. Read our latest work in @CurrentBiology
https://t.co/LN9K8GIz8N
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We are proud to host the 20th annual meeting of the German Ichthyological Society @ichthyologie in Berlin from 7.-10. Nov! Talks in English and German will be accepted covering topics around fish research! More info to come here: https://t.co/U6yYIb86ZF
#teamfish #GfI_Berlin24
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See our latest work on the evolution of the taste and smell receptor genes across vertebrates in @NatureComms. Congrats to all involved, in particular to @MaximePolicarpo. https://t.co/DBDoNequwe
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Revision of the cichlid fish genus Gnathochromis (#Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika with the description of a new genus Jabarichromis gen. nov. https://t.co/SduuKuq92i
#Taxonomy
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We "cleaned up" one of the taxonomic misplacements in the cichlid fish from Lake Tanganyika with Gnathochromis remaining for G. permaxillaris and a new genus Jabarichromis for J. pfefferi. Great work by Anja, @FredericSchedel, Fabrizia, @adrian_the_fish: https://t.co/GEPvfawjIM
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Cyphocharax albiventris from Rio Xingu, Amazon basin - our paper describing the species includes both morphological and molecular data and was just published in Am Mus Novitates. Link: https://t.co/yRXtwx3oga
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Out in Zootaxa: "Description of a rock-dwelling cichlid that re-invaded the sand substrate in Lake Malaŵi, Africa" from Konings, Miller & Stauffer. #newspecies Pseudotropheus likomae below. https://t.co/idajcgRtpB
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Excited to say our review of genome editing in cichlid fishes, focusing on CRISPR/Cas9 tech, is now published in @RSocPublishing #OpenBiology! Link here: https://t.co/BTsM8XTzYv Some highlights in🧵
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A fascinating research paper on the miniature #freshwater fishes of Africa. Osteology and redescription of the miniature #lampeye species of #𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑥 Poll, 1971 with an overview of miniature African freshwater #fishes. 🔓 https://t.co/ZdGrEWXxz3
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I just gave a presentation on one of my trips to Lake Malawi at the 29th OCA Extravaganza, really enjoying my time with the nice people of the Ohio Cichlid Association!
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Job Opportunity: 2-year post-doctoral research fellowship in systematics of African freshwater fishes at SAIAB, Makhanda, South Africa. 24 Nov deadline! https://t.co/PnpolIGDuC
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One of our favourite talks! Frederic @FredericSchedel on its search for new and old cichlids in Tansania. Always feels like you are right in the middle of the river yourself. #gfi
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Just out: "Surrounded by Great Lakes: Assessing the ichthyological diversity of Northern Zambian drainage systems" by Schedel et al. in J. Great Lakes Research https://t.co/NuuRKJnlJg
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Our new paper focusing on the fish diversity in Northern Zambian rivers is out! https://t.co/CTjGv8thVp With @FredericSchedel @WSalzburger @adrian_the_fish Nicolas Boileau, Fabrizia Ronco, Laura Fritschi, Lawrence Makasa, Mabvuto Phiri and Cyprian Katongo
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Two New Shellear Species (Gonorhynchiformes: Kneriidae), from the Luansa River (Upper Congo Basin): Hidden Diversity Revealed by Integrative Taxonomy https://t.co/nmYm8TAaX1
#mdpidiversity via @DiversityMdpi
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Why didn't this fish's parent lineage speciate in Lake Victoria? Potential answers in new paper "Constraints to speciation despite divergence in an old haplochromine cichlid lineage" by Müller, Moser, Frei & Seehausen, in Evolution https://t.co/hA5h1zPaL7
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I am happy to have been a part of this new paper on the diversity of Enteromius and the description of a new species from the Lowa Basin (DRC)!
tandfonline.com
Six populations of morphologically similar Enteromius specimens with a weakly thickened and serrated dorsal spine from the Lowa basin were investigated using an integrative approach including qual...
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I am happy to have been a part of this new paper on the diversity of Parakneria and the description of a new species from the Upper Lufira Basin!
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A new species, Parakneria alytogrammus, is described from the main stream of the Upper Lufira River. This species is easily distinguished from its congeners from the Congo Basin by its unique...
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