Fish > Cyprinidae & Carps
The Kanglang Fish (Anabarilius grahami) is a slender, silvery cyprinid fish endemic strictly to Lake Dianchi on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau of southwestern China. Celebrated for millennia in Chinese folklore and regional gastronomy as a prized delicacy of Kunming, this...
Fish > Loricariidae & Armored Catfishes
The Adonis Pleco (Acanthicus adonis), celebrated among ichthyologists as the ‘polka-dot lyretail pleco,’ is a monumental armored suckermouth catfish native strictly to the lower Tocantins River basin in northern Brazil. Growing to lengths surpassing three...
Fish > Notopteridae & Featherbacks
The Reticulated Featherback (Papyrocranus afer) is a fascinating osteoglossiform freshwater knife fish native to the sluggish river basins and tranquil swamp systems of West and Central Africa. Instantly recognized by its laterally flattened knife-shaped body adorned...
Fish > Notopteridae & Featherbacks
The Giant Featherback (Chitala lopis), known across Indonesia as ‘Belida Lopis,’ is a colossal, prehistoric-looking osteoglossiform knife fish that reigns as the largest member of the featherback family (Notopteridae). Reaching lengths of nearly five feet,...
Fish > Macrouridae & Grenadiers
The Hadal Grenadier (Coryphaenoides yaquinae), also known as the Yaquina rattail, is an enigmatic deep-sea gadiform fish that reigns as one of the deepest-dwelling apex scavengers in the global oceans. Inhabiting the perpetual, icy blackness of the North Pacific abyss...
Fish > Notopteridae & Featherbacks
The Indochina Featherback (Chitala blanci), often known as the Royal Knifefish, is an ancient, highly distinctive osteoglossiform fish endemic strictly to the turbulent rapids and deep rocky pools of the Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia. Celebrated for its unique...
Fish > Syngnathidae & Pipefishes
The Pallid Pipehorse (Solegnathus hardwickii), also called the Hardwicke’s spiny pipehorse, is a fascinating and enigmatic marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae, which includes seahorses and seadragons. Inhabiting the deeper waters of the Indo-West...
Fish > Dasyatidae & Stingrays
The Porcupine Ray (Urogymnus asperrimus) is an extraordinary and heavily armored whiptail stingray native to the shallow coral reefs and sandy lagoons of the tropical Indo-Pacific. Distinct from virtually all other dasyatid rays, the porcupine ray completely lacks a...
Fish > Mormyridae & Elephantfishes
The Cornish Jack (Mormyrops anguilloides) is a formidable freshwater predator and the largest extant member of the electroreceptive elephantfish family Mormyridae. Inhabiting the deep channels and rocky rapids of major African river systems—including the Congo,...
Fish > Liparidae & Snailfishes
Tanaka’s Snailfish (Liparis tanakae) is an intriguing, cold-water benthic teleost inhabiting the continental shelf waters of the Northwest Pacific. Belonging to the diverse snailfish family Liparidae, this scaleless marine fish features a gelatinous,...
