Systematics and Diversity of Fishes - International Symposium 2013

A symposium on “Systematics and Diversity of Fishes” was held at the National Museum of Nature and Science in 2008. Since that time the ichthyological community has provided notable advancements in the taxonomy, phylogeny, zoogeography, ecology, and conservation of fishes. As such, this museum believes it is an appropriate time to organize another symposium on the same theme. This symposium will be held in the Japan Gallery of the museum on 6 July 2013. Seven distinguished ichthyologists are invited to make presentations on various topics on the systematics and diversity of fishes (the abstracts of their papers are downloadable from this site). Symposium participants will be able to exchange information about their research and share their achievements in ichthyology. Students are encouraged to offer poster presentations in the symposium.
In the afternoon of the next day, 7 July, four talks on fishes will be given in Japanese to the general public in the same venue. Information on the speakers and abstracts of their talks are available from the Japanese website of the museum.

Date	[Day1]Sat. 6th July 2013 10:00 - 17:40 [Day2]Sun. 7th July 2013 13:30 - 16:20
Venue	National Museum of Nature and Science 7–20 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110–8718 JAPAN ≫Access information
Mixer	6th July, 18:00–20:00 (buffet style dinner with drinks) fee: 6,000 Yen *Fees payable at a registration desk of the Symposium on 6 July.
Contact	Symposium Committee National Museum of Nature and Science Address : 4–1–1 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–0005 JAPAN Telephone : +81-29-853-8334 (Gento Shinohara), +81-29-853-8332 (Masanori Nakae), +81-29-853-8327 (Keiichi Matsuura) Facsimile : +81-29-853-8998 E-mail: fishsymp@kahaku.go.jp

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Sat. 6th July
10:00 - 17:40
（Mixer
18:00 - 20:00）

English

9:30-10:00	Registration
10:00	Opening Remarks
10:10-10:50	Redefinition of and relationships within the Acanthuroidei based on adult and larval morphology.	Jeffrey M. Leis and Anthony C. Gill (Australian Museum and University of Tasmania, AUSTRALIA; The University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA)
10:50-11:30	A ‘living fossil’ eel (Anguilliformes: Protanguillidae, fam. nov.) from an undersea cave in Palau.	G. David Johnson, Hitoshi Ida, Jiro Sakaue, Tetsuya Sado, Takashi Asahida and Masaki Miya (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA; Kitasato University, JAPAN; Southern Marine Laboratory, PALAU; Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, JAPAN)
11:30-13:00	Lunch
13:00-13:50	Poster Session
13:50-14:30	Connection of fish diversity to biomimetics: a challenge for the National Museum of Nature and Science.	Gento Shinohara (National Museum of Nature and Science, JAPAN)
14:30-15:10	Flatfishes (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes): A contemporary view of species diversity.	Thomas A. Munroe (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute, USA)
15:10-15:40	Coffee Break
15:40-16:20	The biodiversity of coral reef fishes: from patterns to processes.	David R. Bellwood (James Cook University, AUSTRALIA)
16:20-17:00	Speciation in coral reef fishes.	Luiz A. Rocha (California Academy of Sciences, USA)
17:00-17:40	Climate change, ocean acidification and reef fish diversity.	Philip L. Munday (James Cook University, AUSTRALIA)
18:00-20:00	Mixer (buffet style dinner with drinks)

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Sun. 7th July

13:30～16:20

Japanese

13:00-13:30	Registration
13:30-14:00	サメの食事法	仲谷一宏（北海道大学名誉教授）
14:00-14:30	ウナギの「イブ」の話	塚本勝巳（日本大学教授）
14:30-14:50	Coffee Break
14:50-15:20	性の決まり方からみた魚類の多様性	桑村哲生（中京大学教授）
15:20-15:50	フグが作る海底のミステリーサークル	松浦啓一（国立科学博物館名誉研究員）
15:50-16:20	Question and Answer