Fish > Synanceiids & Scorpaeniformes
The Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa), universally feared across the coastal Indo-Pacific as the world’s most venomous fish, is a bizarre, heavily camouflaged scorpaeniform marine teleost belonging to the stonefish family Synanceiidae within the order...
Fish > Osphronemids & Anabantiformes
The Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens), celebrated across global aquaristics and Thai cultural history as the iconic betta or pla kat (‘biting fish’), is a small, brilliantly adapted freshwater gourami belonging to the fighting fish family...
Fish > Xiphiids & Istiophoriformes
The Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), celebrated across the world’s oceans as the broadbill or gladiateur des mers, is a colossal, highly migratory pelagic predatory teleost fish and the sole living member of the family Xiphiidae within the billfish order...
Fish > Gymnotids & Gymnotiformes
Vari’s Electric Eel (Electrophorus varii) is a massive, bioelectrically formidable neotropical teleost fish belonging to the electric knifefish family Gymnotidae within the order Gymnotiformes. Described scientifically in 2019 following groundbreaking taxonomic...
Fish > Balistids & Tetraodontiformes
The Clown Triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum), celebrated across the Indo-Pacific as the most visually flamboyant and boldly patterned reef fish on Earth, is a large, powerfully built marine teleost fish belonging to the triggerfish family Balistidae within the...
Fish > Lepisosteids & Lepisosteiformes
The Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) is a prehistoric, heavily armored freshwater predatory teleost fish belonging to the ancient gar family Lepisosteidae within the archaic order Lepisosteiformes. Indigenous to the clear, slow-moving rivers, tranquil bayous, and...
Fish > Zanclids & Perciformes
The Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus) is an iconic, visually spectacular tropical marine teleost fish and the sole living species in the family Zanclidae within the order Perciformes. Widely distributed across the warm coral reefs of the tropical Indo-Pacific and...
Fish > Anarhichadids & Perciformes
The Wolf Eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus) is a colossal, enigmatic, cold-water marine teleost fish and the sole living species in the genus Anarrhichthys within the wolffish family Anarhichadidae (order Perciformes). Inhabiting the wave-swept subtidal rocky reefs, deep...
