The Cyprus freshwater blenny (Salariopsis [Salaria] cf. fluviatilis) is the only known native freshwater-dwelling fish species ever documented from Cyprus. The species S. fluviatilis is relatively widespread across the Mediterranean thanks to its ancestral species being of marine origin, and following the end of the Messinian salinity crisis approximately 5 million years ago, they went […]
We are thrilled to announce that we are currently offering a small grant of £500 to conservation projects working with species/habitats in Borneo! The deadline for applications is 31st October 2023. For further information or to apply, visit freshwaterlifeproject.org/funding/apply-for-a-grant
Following on from a decade of sampling across most of the island of Cyprus, in October 2022, the Freshwater Life Project team successfully completed stage 1 of their eDNA search to find the Cyprus freshwater blenny, a bottom-dwelling river species last seen in 1909, and determine if it still exists on the island. The first […]
Last month, the Freshwater Life Project steering committee, voted unanimously in favour of supporting a project to help prevent the inevitable extinction of a critically endangered killifish from Turkey. The funding provided, enabled a team of researchers at Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey, to establish the very first captive-breeding population of the critically endangered Lake […]
“As we steadily approach the halfway mark in 2022, we proudly report significant progress across all of our projects, with major milestones having been achieved as a result of hard work, sacrifice, and persistence over the last two years whilst we battled through the global pandemic. It is a time of positivity for FLP and […]
Following on from the hugely successful Fishkeeping Extravaganza event where several fishkeeping associations came together to deliver a collaborative aquarium convention last month, the British Killifish Association has pledged a donation of £500 towards a newly formed global fund dedicated to offering grants towards killifish conservation. The fund, known as the Mick Agnew Killifish Conservation […]
Location: Holiday Inn South Normanton, Carter Lane East, South Normanton DE55 2EH Alfreton M1, Junction 28. Time: Doors open at 9am Fee: £5 in advance from killis.org.uk or £7 on the day at the door (limited numbers) Information: In this one-hour talk, Chris Englezou will share his experiences getting into fishkeeping, and his personal journey […]
Newly published work first initiated in 2018 has revealed something very special about the Cyprus killifish, Aphanius fasciatus. The Freshwater Life Project team collaborated with researchers based at The Universita di Pisa, in Italy to analyse specimens of the Cyprus killifish with the aim of determining how closely related they are to their conspecifics from […]
Freshwater Life Project founder Chris Englezou posted a public appeal a week ago via Facebook asking for support from aquarium stores and the pet industry to promote a new Invasive Species awareness initiative after a post went viral of a local politician in Mexico carelessly releasing 15,000 non-native Tilapia into a natural wetland for world […]
The concept of the Wild Aquarium is almost a decade old, so it’s hardly a new tool for a budding freshwater ecologist or aquatic researcher, except it is… The idea of replicating an aquatic habitat inside an aquarium whilst simultaneously being situated in the habitat is a peculiar concept but the creator of this idea […]