A new fish species from Lake Victoria named in honor of the author of Darwin's Dreampond
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
A newly described cichlid species from Lake Victoria is named in honor of Tijs Goldschmidt, author of the book Darwin's Dreampond. The species was discovered by him and colleagues in 1985. It is described together with a closely related species that had disappeared for many years, but is now occasionally caught again. Success of recovery may depend on the possibility to adapt to the new conditions in the lake.