3rd International Convention of the Goodeid Working Group in Comala, Colima, Mexico
19.04.2026
20:00 - Icebreaker (venue t.b.a.)
20.04.2026
Venue: Centro Universitario de Gestión Ambiental (CEUGEA), Hacienda Nogueras s/n, colonia Nogueras, CP. 28454, Comala, Colima, México
09:30 – Official inauguration of the event by a representative of the Universidad de Colima (MX, t.b.a.) and Michael Köck (AT)
1st Block:
10:00 - Pablo Gabriel Reyes Durán (MX) & Adriana Arellano Tinoco (MX): “Goodeids.Art.Conservation - Goodeids seen with the eyes of two artists”
Language: Spanish (being translated into English)
11:00 - Michael Tobler (CH): “Hobbyists as a key resource in ex situ fish conservation”
Language: English (being translated into Spanish)
12:00 - Tamás Gergácz (HU) & Henrik van Bennekom (NL): “Enthusiastic dedication - from a Goodeid facility in the west of Europe to a Xiphophorus facility in the east”
Language: English (being translated into Spanish)
13:15 - 14:45 – Lunch at the Fonda y Jardín La Lupita, Hacienda Nogueras No,35, 28454 Comala, Colima (walking distance 2 min)
2nd Block
15:00 - Topic and speaker from the Universidad de Colima (t.b.a.)
Language: Spanish (being translated into English)
16:00 - Kyle Piller (US): “Resolving taxonomic discrepancies within the genus Characodon”
Language: English (being translated into Spanish)
17:00 - Sara Elizabeth Domínguez Cisneros (MX): “Introducing the brothers of Goodeids: the family Profundulidae”
Language: Spanish (being translated into English)
18:30 – End of Day one
21.04.
Venue: same as the day before
09:30 - Michael Köck (AT): “Rivers and fish: Short introduction to the upcoming fieldtrips”
Language: English (being translated into Spanish)
3rd Block
10:00 - Federico Hernández Valencia (MX) & María Karina Martínez Servín (MX): “The importance of Environmental Education in Freshwater Conservation”
Language: Spanish (being translated into English)
11:00 - Martha Hernández Rodríguez (MX) & Pilar Navarro Robles (MX): “Citizen Conservation on the ground: The Guardianes del Río Teuchitlán”
Language: Spanish (being translated into English)
12:00 - Daniela Jiménez (MX) & Arely Ramírez García (MX): “Unexpected obstacles in Goodeid conservation: La Zarcita Spring”
Language: Spanish (being translated into English)
13:15 - 14:45 - Lunch at the Fonda y Jardín La Lupita, Hacienda Nogueras No,35, 28454 Comala, Colima (walking distance 5 min)
4th Block
15:00 - Celia Granados (MX), Luis Jacobo Villafuerte (MX), Paula Salinas Urquiza (MX), a representative of the municipality of Tocumbo (MX, t.b.a) & Michael Köck (AT): “Rescatamos al Pintito de Tocumbo - joined forces to save the Polkadot Splitfin”
Languages: Spanish & English (being translated into English & Spanish)
16:00 - Jesús Cortés Aguilar (MX), a representative of the municipality of Amacueca (MX, t.b.a) & Michael Köck (AT): “The Goodeids of Amacueca – finding hope where no hope was left”
Languages: Spanish & English (being translated into English & Spanish)
17:00 - Mirian Adilene Chavez Campos (MX), Candy Madeleine Ortega Estrada (MX), Derek Eliceo Carillo Méndez (MX) & Jonathan Cedric Ramírez Medina (MX): “How to survey a freshwater habitat - theoretical part”
Language: Spanish (being translated into English)
18:30 – End of Day two
22.04. Fieldtrip to the Río Tuxpan (Río Coahuayana subdrainage) with “How to survey a freshwater habitat - practical part”
Departure: 10 am - Driving time: 1 h - Stay: 4h - common dinner at the Spring “Agua Fria” at 6pm with option to survey the surroundings of the spring – Return to Comala: 8:30 pm
Packed Lunch
Possible native Goodeids and Poeciliids to find: Allodontichthys hubbsi & tamazulae, Ilyodon whitei, Poecilia nelsoni, Poeciliopsis scarlli
Other species: Amphilophus istlanus (Cichlidae), Astyanax mexicanus (Acestrorhamphidae), Sycidium multipunctactum, Awaous transandeanus (Gobiidae), Dajaus monticola (Mugilidae)
23.04. Fieldtrip to La Resolana (Río Purificación subdrainage).
Departure: 8 am - Driving time: 3h 30 min - Stay 3h – Return to Comala: 7 pm
Packed Lunch
Possible native Goodeids and Poeciliids to find: Xenotaenia resolanae, Poecilia chica, Poeciliopsis baenschi & turneri
Other species: Astyanax mexicanus (Acestrorhamphidae), Sycidium multipunctactum, Awaous transandeanus (Gobiidae), Dajaus monticola (Mugilidae)
24.04. Fieldtrip to the Río Tía Baragana, Comala (Río Armería subdrainage)
Departure: 10 am - Walking time: 15 min -Stay: 3 h – Return and end of the event: 4 pm
Possible native Goodeids and Poeciliids to find: Allodontichthys zonistius, Ilyodon furcidens, Poecilia nelsoni
Other species: Amphilophus istlanus (Cichlidae), Astyanax mexicanus (Acestrorhamphidae), Sycidium multipunctactum, Awaous transandeanus (Gobiidae), Dajaus monticola (Mugilidae)