Smith Memorial Lecture: Launch of the Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean

NRF-SAIAB is delighted to invite you to the official launch of the online/digital version of this seminal 5-volume publication on the diversity of the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) at NRF-SAIAB’s annual Smith Memorial Lecture on 29 September 2022 at 6pm SAST.

This multi-volume work took 25 years to complete and involved almost 100 contributors from many parts of the world. It includes descriptions of some 3 500 species of fishes from the largest area of ocean a book like this has ever covered and has generated renewed interest worldwide in the diversity of coastal fishes in the WIO.

Searchable pdf versions of each volume have been created and all links to the publication will go live at this event. Click here for more information.

Register for the virtual launch event on Zoom here.

Programme below: