Fish > Sharks & Rays
The Giant Freshwater Stingray (Urogymnus polylepis), formerly cataloged as Himantura chaophraya, is one of the world’s most colossal freshwater creatures. Native to the great river arteries of Southeast Asia, this prehistoric elasmobranch holds the official...
Fish > Opahs
The Smalleye Pacific Opah (Lampris incognitus) is a magnificent, disk-shaped pelagic marine fish belonging to the family Lampridae. Formally described through comprehensive genetic revisions of the cosmopolitan ‘moonfish’ complex, this remarkable...
Fish > Icefish
The Unicorn Icefish (Channichthys rhinoceratus) is a mesmerizing polar marine vertebrate belonging to the crocodile icefish family Channichthyidae. Native exclusively to the frigid waters surrounding the remote Kerguelen and Heard Islands in the southern Indian Ocean,...
Fish > Bullhead Sharks
The Whitespotted Bullhead Shark (Heterodontus ramalheira) is an exquisite, deep-water benthic elasmobranch native to the continental shelves and upper insular slopes of the western Indian Ocean. Belonging to the ancient, primitive shark family Heterodontidae—a lineage...
Fish > Loaches
The Blind Cave Loach (Schistura mobbsi) is an extraordinary, highly specialized troglobitic freshwater fish discovered in the pitch-black subterranean waterways of the Bac Kan karst region in northern Vietnam. Formally described in 2012, this subterranean member of...
Fish > Gobies
The Western Tubenose Goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris) is a small, highly adaptable benthic freshwater fish belonging to the family Gobiidae, native to the Ponto-Caspian river drainages and coastal estuaries of the Black Sea and Danube River basin in Central and...
Fish > Catfishes
The Mountain Catfish (Nematogenys inermis), locally known as the bagre grande or bagre pintado, is a critically endangered freshwater fish and the sole living representative of the relict family Nematogenyidae. Widely regarded by ichthyologists as one of the most...
Fish > Eels
The Yellow Moray (Gymnothorax prasinus) is a striking, robust moray eel native to the cool-temperate rocky reefs and kelp forests of the southwestern Pacific Ocean, encompassing the coastal waters of southern Australia and northern New Zealand. Instantly identifiable...
Fish > Sharks & Rays
The Bering Skate (Bathyraja interrupta) is an abundant, cold-water soft-nosed skate inhabiting the continental shelves and upper bathyal slopes of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. Ranging down to depths of nearly 5,000 feet (1,500 m), this cartilaginous fish is...
Fish > Sharks & Rays
The Velvet Belly Lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax) is a captivating, bioluminescent deep-sea dogfish shark native to the deep waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Inhabiting bathyal continental slopes, deep fjord basins, and muddy abyssal plains...
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