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Navigating Amazonia and its Fish DiversityWith Professor Luciano Beheregaray
📅 Friday 27 March 2026
🕢 7:30pm (Doors open 7:00pm)
📍 29 Grant Street, Clifton Hill
🎟 Visitors Welcome
🌿 Why are there so many fish species?
This question has fascinated fish hobbyists and evolutionary biologists for hundreds of years.
Join us as Professor Luciano Beheregaray takes us on a river journey deep into remote Amazonia, exploring the extraordinary diversity of ornamental fishes found in flooded forests — and uncovering why there are so many of them.
This is a rare opportunity to connect cutting-edge biodiversity science with the freshwater aquarium hobby.
👨🔬 About the Speaker
Professor Luciano Beheregaray is the Matthew Flinders Professor of Biodiversity Genomics at Flinders University.
His research spans evolution, ecology, and conservation management — combining natural history and genomics to understand how organisms interact with their environment.
He studies:
• Rainbowfishes
• Pygmy perches
• Snapper
• Amazonian ornamental fisheries
• Freshwater & marine biodiversity under environmental change
His work has helped shape government policy, conservation strategies, and contributed to saving native fish species from extinction.
🌐 Lab Website:
www.molecularecology.flinders.edu.au
🐠 Also On The Night
• ASOV Trading Table (Fish, Shrimp, Plants & Equipment)
• Monthly Photo Competition
• Club Updates & 2026 initiatives
This event reflects ASOV’s commitment to bringing world-class speakers to our members and strengthening freshwater knowledge in Victoria.
Don’t miss it.
Aquarium Society of Victoria
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Event Venue
29 Grant Street, Clifton Hill, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3068, 29 Grant St, Clifton Hill VIC 3068, Australia, Northcote
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