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Peer reviewed
Papers

This is a list of peer-reviewed publications which I have authored. For each of the publications, a link to the publisher's website is provided.

2022

12) Schedel F.D.B., Musilova Z., Indermaur A., Bitja-Nyom A.R., Salzburger W., & U.K. Schliewen (2022): Towards the phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic African genus Prolabeops Schultz, 1941. Journal of Fish Biology: 1–10. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jfb.15205

11) Popoola M.O., Schedel F.D.B., Hebert P.D. & U.K. Schliewen (2022): First DNA barcode library for the ichthyofauna of the Jos Plateau (Nigeria) with comments on potential undescribed fish species. PeerJ: 10:e13049. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13049

15) Kisekelwa, T., Snoeks, J., Decru, E., Schedel, F.D.B., Isumbisho, M., & E. Vreven (submitted): A mismatch between morphological and molecular data in lineages of Enteromius (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the Lowa basin (East DRC) with the description of a new species. Systematics and Biodiversity. 20 (1): 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2022.2135630

14) Baer, J., Schliewen, U., Schedel, F.D.B., Straube, N., Roch, S. & Brinker, A. (2022): Cryptic persistence and loss of local endemism due to anthropogenic disturbance: the charr from Lake Constance. Ecological Applications: Accepted Author Manuscript e2773 https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2773

13) Kiwele Mutambala, P., Abwe, E., Schedel, F.D.B., Chocha Manda, A., Schliewen, U.K., & E.J.W.M.N. Vreven (2022): A new Parakneria Poll 1965 (Gonorhynchiformes: Kneriidae), ‘Mikinkidi’ from the Upper Lufira Basin (Upper Congo: DRC): Evidence from a morphologic and DNA barcoding integrative approach. Journal of Fish Biology: 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15206


2023

17) Schedel, F.D.B., Huyghe, C.E.T., Boileau, N., Indermaur, A., Ronco, F., Fritschi, L.M., Phiri, M., Makasa, L., Katongo, C. & Salzburger, W., (2023): Surrounded by Great Lakes: Assessing the ichthyological diversity of Northern Zambian drainage systems. Journal of Great Lakes Research. XXX : XXX. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2023.102245

16) Kalumba, L.N., Abwe. E., Schedel, F.D.B., Chocha Manda, A., Schliewen, U.K & E. Vreven (2023): Two New Shellear Species (Gonorhynchiformes: Kneriidae), from the Luansa River (Upper Congo Basin): Hidden Diversity Revealed by Integrative Taxonomy. Diverstiy 15(10): 1044. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15101044


2024

 

18) Haefeli, A., Schedel, F.D.B., Ronco, F., Indermaur, A., Salzburger & W. Salzburger (2024): Revision of the cichlid fish genus Gnathochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika with the description of a new genus Jabarichromis gen. nov. Zootaxa 5410 (3): 434–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5410.3.10

10) Usimesa Wingi, N., Schedel, F.D.B. & U.K. Schliewen (2022): Congochromis rotundiceps sp. nov. a new cichlid species (Actinopterygii: Cichlidae) from the Congo Drainage. Zootaxa. 5124 (3): 296–320. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5124.3.2

9) Schedel, F.D.B., Chakonoa A., Sidlauskas, B.L., Popoola, M.O., Usimesa Winig, N., Neumann, D., Vreven, E.J.W.M.N. & U.K. Schliewen (2022): New phylogenetic insights into the African catfish families Mochokidae and Austroglanididae. Journal of Fish Biology: 1–16. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.15014

2020

8) Schedel, F.D.B., Kupriyanov, V., Katongo, C. & U.K. Schliewen (2020): Palaeoplex gen. nov. and Lufubuchromis gen. non, two new monotypic cichlid genera (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from northern Zambia. Zootaxa 4718(2): 191–229. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4718.2.3

2019

7) Schedel, F.D.B., Musilová, Z. & U.K. Schliewen (2019): East African cichlid lineages (Teleostei: Cichlidae) might be older than their ancient host lakes: new divergence estimates for the East African cichlid radiation. BMC Evolutionary Biolgoy 19:94. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1417-0

5) Popoola, M.O., Schedel, F.D.B & Akintoye M.A. (2019): Morphological differentiation among populations of Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron Rüppell 1852 across the West African Lagoon systems (Benin, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo). African Journal of Aquatic Science 44(1):43-52.

https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2018.1548341

2018

2017

2014

Other publications

The following publications have not undergone peer-review and were published in different journals (i.e. of aquaristic societies).

 

2024

2023

 

2022

2021

2019

2018

2017

Conference Contributions

Posters

 Talks

Schedel, F.D.B. (2023): Auf der Suche nach Serranochromis janus – Unterwegs im Malagarasi‐Flusssystem (Tansania). 19. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie (GfI) e.V. abstract booklet page: 37. (invited talk)

Ronco, F., Indermaur, A., Matschiner, M. & F.D.B. Schedel (2023): Shedding light on a species-tree obscured by introgression: A case from cichlid fishes of the Lake Tanganyika drainage, SMBE 2023, abstract booklet page: 179.

 

Kisekelwa T., Schedel, F.D.B., Snoeks, J. Da Costa, L., Schliewen, U.K., & E.J.W.M.N., Vreven (2023): MtDNA and ecological data support a hybrid origin of Labeobarbus paucisquamatus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) and its species integrity in the Middle Luhoho Basin (Lowa Basin; Upper Congo). Seventh International Conference of the Pan African Fish and Fisheries Association (PAFFA). Abstract book page: 21. (Talk by T. Kisekelwa)

Ngoy Kalumba, L., Abwe, E., Schedel, F.D.B., Chocha Manda, A. & E.J.W.M.N. Vreven (2023): The external morphological characterisation of male sexual maturity in Kneria (Gonorhynchiformes: Kneriidae): the taxonomic value of both the male opercular and postopercular organs. Seventh International Conference of the Pan African Fish and Fisheries Association (PAFFA). Abstract book page: 43. (Talk by L. Ngoy Kalumba)

Huyghe, C.E.T, Indermaur, A., Ronco, F., Schedel, F.D.B. & W., Salzburger (2023): Diet and gut microbiome dynamics in the cichlid adaptive radiation of Lake Tanganyika. Seventh International Conference of the Pan African Fish and Fisheries Association (PAFFA). Abstract book page: 76. (Talk by C.E.T. Huyghe)

 

Huyghe, C.E.T, Fages, A., Indermaur, A., Ronco, F., Schedel, F.D.B & W. Salzburger (2023): The molecular basis underlying digestive adaptations in the Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish radiation. SMBE 2023, abstract booklet: 639. (Talk by C.E.T. Huyghe)

Schedel, F.D.B. (2022): The ‘overlooked’ riverine cichlids of Southern-Central Africa and their role in seeding the adaptive radiations of the African Great Lakes. 114th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society, DZG Satellite Symposium “Facets of Biodiverstiy”, abstract booklet page: 3-4. (invited talk)

 

Schedel, F.D.B., Ronco, F., Indermaur, A., Malinsky, M., & W. Salzburger (2022): In search of the missing genomic link between two massive adaptive radiations in cichlid fishes. Speciation in Ancient Lakes SIAL 9. Abstract booklet page: 34.

Haefeli, A., Schedel, F.D.B., Ronco, F., & W. Salzburger (2022):Towards a generic revision of Tropheini (Cichlidae) with focus on the genera Gnathochromis, Petrochromis and taxa formerly associated with the genus Ctenochromis. Speciation in Ancient Lakes SIAL 9. Abstract booklet page: 31. (Talk by A. Haefeli)

Huyghe, C.E.T., Indermaur, A., Ronco, F. , Schedel, F.D.B. & W. Salzburger (2022): Gut microbiome dynamics in the cichlid adaptive radiation of Lake Tanganyika. Speciation in Ancient Lakes SIAL 9. Abstract booklet page: 33. (Talk by C.E.T. Huyghe)

Schedel, F.D.B., Ronco, F., Indermaur, A., Malinsky, M., & W. Salzburger (2021): In search of the missing genomic link between two massive adaptive radiations in cichlid fishes. Cichlid Sience 2021. Abstract booklet page: 17.

Paulus, E. Cerwenka, A.F, & F.D.B. Schedel (2019): The secret lives of viperfish (Stomiidae, Chauliodus). 16. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie (GFI), Abstract book page: 23. (Talk by E. Paulus)

Kisekelwa T., Schedel, F.D.B., Musschoot, T., Snoeks, J., Schliewen, U.K., & E. Vreven (2018): An Integrative Approach to the Possible Occurrence of Hybridization in the Labeobarbus Species (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) of the Luhoho Headwaters (Lowa Basin, Upper Congo; DR Congo). Sixth International Conference of the Pan African Fish and Fisheries Association (PAFFA6), Abstract book page: 45. (Talk by T. Kisekelwa)

Katemo Manda B., Schedel, F.D.B., Musschoot, T., Snoeks, J., Schliewen, U.K., & E. Vreven (2018): Species diversity in the in the genus Labeobarbus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae): the case of the Kalumengongo and Kalule Nord rivers in the Upemba National Park (Upper Lualaba, DR Congo, Africa). Sixth International Conference of the Pan African Fish and Fisheries Association (PAFFA6), Abstract book page: 120. (Talk by B. Katemo Manda)
Paulus, E. Cerwenka, A.F, & F.D.B. Schedel (2019): The secret lives of viperfish (Stomiidae, Chauliodus). (Talk by E. Paulus). 16. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie (GFI), Abstract book page: 23.

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