Wayne Leibel

Wayne S. Leibel has been a hobbyist for the past fifty years,   specializing, but not exclusively, in South American cichlids.  He is  also a professor of biology at Lafayette College in Easton, PA.  He  has taken an active role in the American Cichlid Association over the  years, editing their journal Buntbarsche Bulletin, serving on five   BOT's, and now as chair of the Guy D. Jordan Endowment.  He became an  ACA Fellow in 1993.  He also has written numerous articles for a  variety of magazines including FAMA, AFM, Cichlid News, BB, and TFH. He currently contributes the monthly "Cichlidophiles" column to TFH and is a cheerleader of all things cichlid.  Though by no means a  discus expert or enthusiast (OK, I like wild Heckel's) , Wayne will  discuss the current developments in discus systematics and  nomenclature reviewing the conflicting work of both Kullander and  Bleher camps.  He will also do his best to entertain with his often  twisted take on matters aquatic at this year's banquet.