Fish > Catfishes
The Armored Catfish (Hypostomus plecostomus), universally celebrated around the globe by aquarists as the ‘Pleco’ or suckermouth catfish, is a fascinating and exceptionally armored benthic teleost native to the tropical river systems of northeastern South...
Fish > Perch-like Fishes
The Nile Perch (Lates niloticus), celebrated locally as the sangara, mputa, or African snook, is one of the largest and most ecologically impactful freshwater teleost fishes on Earth. Native to the major river systems of tropical Africa—including the Nile, Congo,...
Fish > Characins
The Payara (Hydrolycus scomberoides), famously dubbed the ‘Vampire Fish,’ is one of the most formidable and visually arresting freshwater predators on the planet. Inhabiting the churning rapids, deep river canyons, and torrential waterfalls of the Amazon...
Fish > Sharks & Rays
The Bluntnose Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus griseus), historically celebrated by deep-sea oceanographers as the cow shark or mud shark, is a massive, primitive apex predator inhabiting the cold, pitch-black abyssal trenches and continental slopes of the world’s...
Fish > Lungfishes
The Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri), celebrated throughout Queensland as the Queensland lungfish or Burnett salmon, is an extraordinary, archaic sarcopterygian (lobe-finned) fish and one of the most famous ‘living fossils’ on Earth. Belonging...
Fish > Catfish
The Redtail Catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus), celebrated throughout Brazil as the pirarara and in Venezuela as the pez torre, is a magnificent, heavyweight predatory freshwater catfish native to the vast, murky river systems of South America. Belonging to the...
Fish > Sturgeons
The White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus), celebrated as the Columbia River sturgeon or Pacific sturgeon, is an ancient, armored leviathan and the undisputed titan of North American freshwater fishes. Belonging to the prehistoric sturgeon family Acipenseridae—a...
Fish > Cypriniformes
The Siamese Algae Eater (Crossocheilus oblongus), widely revered among aquarists and freshwater ecologists as the undisputed ‘king of algae eaters’ or SAE, is a slender, streamlined freshwater cyprinid native to the swift, clear foothill streams of...
Fish > Salmoniformes
The Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), historically celebrated throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska as the dog salmon or keta salmon, is the second-largest and most widely distributed of all Pacific salmon species. Belonging to the family Salmonidae, this...
Fish > Anguilliformes
The Zebra Moray (Gymnomuraena zebra) is one of the most distinctive, docile, and specialized moray eels inhabiting the tropical coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific oceans. Belonging to the moray eel family Muraenidae and standing as the sole member of...
