Canadian Goodeid Weekend

The Calgary Aquarium Society, in partnership with the Goodeid Working Group (GWG), is hosting a Spring Goodeid Weekend!

When: Saturday May 31st, 2025

Where: Crescent Heights Community Association, 1101 2nd Street NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2M 2V7

The Saturday event will include talks from the following guest speakers:

• Dr. Michael Kock
  • Michael is a Conservationist based in Morelia, Mexico. He is a member of the IUCN Redlist Freshwater Fish Specialist Group, European Chair of the Goodeid Working Group, and Conservation Project Manager of Haus des Meeres Aquarium in Vienna, Austria. 
• Dr. Omar Dominguez-Dominguez  
  • Omar is a Senior Researcher / Professor at Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Mexico. He has published many scientific papers in the field of evolutionary biology and ichthyofauna conservation, including the formal description of Allotoca zacapuensis. 
• Erwin Radax
  • Erwin is a Vice Chair of the Xiphophorus Working Group, now residing in Morelia, Mexico. Erwin has been breeding Xiphophorus since 1982 and has completed numerous surveys of wild Xiphophorus in Mexico.   

 There will also be an auction focused on goodeids, xiphophorus and other less common livebearers, a silent auction for two signed original paintings of Zoogoneticus tequila and Skiffia francesae, and pizza and pop is included in the ticket price.  All proceeds from ticket sales + silent auction will be used to cover the costs in hosting this event, and any excess will be donated to the GWG to fund vital freshwater conservation work in Mexico.