Bluefin Trevally

Fish > Carangiformes

The Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus), celebrated across the Pacific as the Bluefin Jack or Omilu, is one of the most stunningly, incandescently colored predatory fish on tropical coral reefs. Possessing explosive swimming acceleration and a fuselage cloaked in...

Blue Sea Star

Invertebrates > Echinoderms

The Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata), celebrated across tropical waters as the Blue Linckia, is one of the most vividly, incandescently colored marine animals in the world’s oceans. Dressed in an unbelievable, electric cobalt-blue hue that seems almost too...

Chocolate Chip Sea Star

Invertebrates > Echinoderms

The Chocolate Chip Sea Star (Protoreaster nodosus), celebrated across the globe as the Horned Sea Star or Nodose Sea Star, is one of the most recognizable, beloved, and photogenic marine invertebrates on the planet. Resembling a fresh-baked cookie generously studded...

Bowmouth Guitarfish

Fish > Rhinopristiformes

The Bowmouth Guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma), celebrated across the globe as the ‘Shark Ray’ or ‘Mud Skate’, is one of the most evolutionarily distinct, prehistoric-looking, and awe-inspiring cartilaginous fish in the world. Perfectly straddling...

Flatback Sea Turtle

Reptiles > Sea Turtles

The Flatback Sea Turtle (Natator depressus) is an extraordinary and enigmatic marine reptile with the most restricted geographic breeding range of any living sea turtle species on Earth. Unlike all other marine turtles, which disperse across vast open oceans during a...