Fish > Hemitripteridae & Sea Ravens
The Sea Raven (Hemitripterus americanus) is one of the most remarkably sculpted and rugged bottom-dwelling fishes of the Northwest Atlantic. Belonging to the scorpaeniform family Hemitripteridae, this cold-temperate marine predator is instantly recognized by its...
Fish > Lophiiformes & Deep-sea Anglerfishes
The Illuminated Netdevil (Linophryne arborifera) is universally regarded as one of the most bizarre and terrifyingly magnificent predators lurking within the bathypelagic abyss. Inhabiting the perpetual, freezing darkness between 2,500 and 6,500 feet beneath the open...
Fish > Stomiidae & Barbeled Dragonfishes
The Boa Dragonfish (Stomias boa) is a fearsome and mesmerizing deep-sea predator prowling the perpetual twilight of the global ocean’s mesopelagic zone. Clothed in an iridescent sheath of silvery-black hexagonal scale pockets, this elongated, serpent-like fish...
Fish > Cyprinidae & Carps
Jullien’s Golden Carp (Probarbus jullieni), known across the Mekong as the Seven-striped Barb or ‘Pla E-sok,’ is one of Southeast Asia’s most magnificent and threatened freshwater river giants. Belonging to the ancient carp family Cyprinidae,...
Fish > Acipenseridae & Sturgeons
Dabry’s Sturgeon (Acipenser dabryanus), commonly known throughout China as the Yangtze Sturgeon, is a prehistoric freshwater chondrostean fish endemic strictly to the Yangtze River system. Dating back more than 140 million years to the Early Cretaceous epoch,...
Fish > Syngnathidae & Pipefishes
The Ribboned Seadragon (Haliichthys taeniophorus), also known as the ribboned pipefish, is a captivating and elegant marine teleost closely related to the famous leafy and weedy seadragons. Inhabiting the tropical coastal waters of northern Australia and southern New...
Fish > Lepidogalaxiidae & Salamanderfishes
The Salamanderfish (Lepidogalaxias salamandroides) is one of the most anatomically extraordinary and evolutionarily unique freshwater teleosts on the planet. Restricted exclusively to a narrow strip of acidic peat swamps in the extreme southwest corner of Western...
Fish > Cyprinidae & Minnows
The Eastern Cape Redfin (Pseudobarbus afer) is a small, brilliantly colored freshwater cyprinid fish endemic strictly to the clear, fast-flowing mountain streams of the Cape Floristic Region in South Africa. Celebrated for the vivid crimson-red patches decorating the...
Fish > Cyprinidae & Minnows
The Sumatran Paedocypris (Paedocypris progenetica) is one of the smallest vertebrate animals ever discovered by modern science, a miniature cyprinid fish native exclusively to the extreme, highly acidic peat swamp forests of Sumatra and Bintan Island, Indonesia....
Fish > Mochokidae & Sucker Catfishes
The Cameroon Sucker Catfish (Chiloglanis polypogon) is a highly specialized, rheophilic mochokid catfish uniquely endemic to the roaring rapids and cascading mountain streams of western Cameroon and southeastern Nigeria. Renowned for its extraordinary oral sucker disc...
