Psychedelic Frogfish

Fish > Lophiiformes

The Psychedelic Frogfish (Histiophryne psychedelica) is universally regarded as one of the most astonishing marine discoveries of the twenty-first century. First formally described in 2009 from specimens discovered in Ambon Bay, Indonesia, this member of the...

Gold-spotted Mudskipper

Fish > Gobiiformes

The Gold-spotted Mudskipper (Periophthalmus chrysospilos) is a captivating, amphibious oxudercine goby that has famously conquered life on land. Inhabiting the dense intertidal mangrove mudflats and estuarine creek banks of Southeast Asia, this colorful fish spends...

Smalltooth Dragonfish

Fish > Stomiiformes

The Smalltooth Dragonfish (Pachystomias microdon) is a formidable predatory deep-sea fish inhabiting the perpetual midnight of the ocean’s mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones across the globe. Belonging to the family Stomiidae, this sleek, black predator is...

Blind Gudgeon

Fish > Gobiiformes

The Blind Gudgeon (Milyeringa veritas) is an extraordinary, completely subterranean troglobitic freshwater fish endemic to the arid coastal limestone aquifers of the Cape Range peninsula and Barrow Island in Western Australia. Having evolved in perpetual total...

White Marlin

Fish > Istiophoriformes

The White Marlin (Kajikia albida) is a magnificent, lightning-fast apex pelagic billfish distributed across the tropical and warm-temperate open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Renowned for its acrobatic aerial leaps and aerodynamic physique, it is distinguished from...

Common Skate

Fish > Rajiformes

The Common Skate (Dipturus batis), also known as the blue skate, is the largest species of skate in the world, once dominating the benthic seafloor across the coastal shelf of the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Despite its historic name suggesting ubiquity, intense...

Western Australian Mandarinfish

Fish > Callionymidae

The Western Australian Mandarinfish (Synchiropus occidentalis) is a brilliantly patterned dragonet endemic exclusively to the pristine coral reefs and limestone lagoons of Western Australia. Described as a distinct species separated from the widespread Pacific...

White-edge Freshwater Whipray

Fish > Myliobatiformes

The White-edge Freshwater Whipray (Himantura signifer) is an exceptionally rare, obligate freshwater stingray native to the large tropical river basins of Borneo and Sumatra in Indonesia. Unlike marine stingrays that enter estuaries, this species spends its entire...

Banded Goodeid

Fish > Cyprinodontiformes

The Banded Goodeid (Allotoca goslinei) is a small freshwater splitfin fish historically endemic to the Rio Ameca drainage in the highlands of Jalisco, western Mexico. Belonging to the family Goodeidae, this species is biologically celebrated for practicing true...

West Indian Ocean Coelacanth

Fish > Sarcopterygii

The West Indian Ocean Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) is among the most legendary zoological discoveries in scientific history. Believed to have gone extinct alongside the dinosaurs roughly 66 million years ago during the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, this...