Fish > Anomalopids & Beryciformes
The Flashlight Fish (Photoblepharon palpebratum), also known as the One-watt Fish or Eyeshot Fish, is an extraordinary, nocturnal beryciform marine teleost belonging to the family Anomalopidae. Native to the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific—from the Red Sea east...
Fish > Callionymids & Syngnathiformes
The Spotted Mandarin Fish (Synchiropus picturatus), commonly known in marine biology as the Picturesque Dragonet or Psychedelic Mandarin Fish, is an astonishingly vibrant marine teleost within the family Callionymidae. Inhabiting the tropical coastal waters of the...
Fish > Auchenipterids & Siluriformes
The Honeycomb Catfish (Centromochlus perugiae), frequently referred to in the aquatic literature as the Oil Catfish or Driftwood Catfish, is a small, exquisitely patterned freshwater siluriform fish belonging to the family Auchenipteridae. Native to the rich,...
Fish > Monocentrids & Beryciformes
The Pineconefish (Cleidopus gloriamaris), celebrated across Australian marine biology as the ‘knightfish’ or ‘coat-of-mail fish’ in tribute to its glistening, armor-clad body, is an extraordinary, archaic teleost fish belonging to the family...
Fish > Chiasmodontids & Trachiniformes
The Black Swallower (Chiasmodon niger) is a terrifying, masterfully engineered deep-sea predatory teleost belonging to the swallower family Chiasmodontidae. Inhabiting the sunless, freezing bathypelagic abyss of the world’s oceans at depths between 700 and 2,750...
Fish > Alopiids & Lamniformes
The Pelagic Thresher Shark (Alopias pelagicus) is an extraordinary, streamlined oceanic apex predator belonging to the thresher shark family Alopiidae. Indigenous to the warm, sunlit epipelagic and mesopelagic waters of the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean, this...
Fish > Chaenopsids & Blenniiformes
The Sarcastic Fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi) is an extraordinarily pugnacious, tube-dwelling blennioid fish belonging to the tube blenny family Chaenopsidae. Indigenous to the cold, kelp-fringed coastal waters and sandy reefs of the eastern Pacific along California...
Fish > Megachasmids & Lamniformes
The Megamouth Shark (Megachasma pelagios) is an enormous, enigmatic deep-sea lamniform shark belonging to the monotypic family Megachasmidae. First discovered by Western science only in 1976 when a specimen accidentally entangled itself in the sea anchor of a United...
Fish > Heterodontids & Heterodontiformes
The Horn Shark (Heterodontus francisci), celebrated across marine biology as a living fossil representing one of the oldest surviving elasmobranch lineages dating back over 200 million years to the Jurassic period, is a small, bottom-dwelling shark belonging to the...
Fish > Anguillids & Anguilliformes
The European Eel (Anguilla anguilla), celebrated across marine ecology and historical biology for one of the most enigmatic and heroic migratory life cycles in the animal kingdom, is a catadromous teleost belonging to the freshwater eel family Anguillidae. Puzzling...
