Fish > Gymnotidae & Electric Eels
Volta’s Electric Eel (Electrophorus voltai) is a monumental freshwater apex predator native to the upland rivers of the Brazilian Shield in South America. Formally described by scientists in 2019, this extraordinary knifefish holds the undisputed world record...
Fish > Stomiidae & Dragonfishes
The Pacific Blackdragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus) is an astonishing deep-sea predator inhabiting the twilight mesopelagic and dark bathypelagic depths of the eastern Pacific Ocean. Celebrated among marine biologists for its radical sexual dimorphism and terrifying...
Fish > Pipefishes & Seahorses
The Big-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis), commonly referred to as the pot-bellied seahorse, is the undisputed giant of the seahorse world, reaching monumental lengths of up to 14 inches (35 cm). Inhabiting the cold, nutrient-rich coastal waters of southern...
Fish > Bichirs & Reedfishes
The Ornate Bichir (Polypterus ornatipinnis) is an extraordinary freshwater predator and a celebrated living relic of the ancient actinopterygian subclass Cladistia, an archaic lineage that branched off before modern bony fishes evolved over 350 million years ago....
Fish > Boxfishes & Cowfishes
The Humpback Turretfish (Tetrosomus gibbosus), known colloquially as the camel cowfish or thornback boxfish, is one of the most geometrically bizarre and architecturally fortified bony fishes in the ocean. Native across the warm, tropical waters of the Indo-West...
