Greater Blue-ringed Octopus

Invertebrates > Cephalopods

The Greater Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) is a diminutive yet notoriously venomous cephalopod inhabiting the warm shallow reefs of the Indo-West Pacific. Despite measuring only a few inches across, this small octopus produces tetrodotoxin, an...

Shawnee Darter

Fish > Darters

The Shawnee Darter (Etheostoma tecumsehi) is a small, exquisitely patterned benthic percid fish native exclusively to a confined network of clear headwater streams in western Kentucky. Named in honor of the legendary Shawnee leader Tecumseh, this diminutive darter was...