Pelissier’s Perchlet

Fish > Anthias & Perchlets

Pelissier’s Perchlet (Plectranthias pelicieri) is an extraordinarily ornate anthiine serranid fish that dwells in the shadowy, high-pressure realm of deep seaward coral reef walls. First discovered along the volcanic drop-offs of Mauritius in the western Indian...

Leuser Gymnure

Mammals > Eulipotyphla

The Leuser Gymnure (Hylomys vorax) is an ancient, soft-furred relative of spiny hedgehogs discovered and formally described in late 2023 following an extensive multinational phylogenetic audit of Southeast Asian moonrats. Endemic strictly to the cloud-draped peaks of...

Wynne’s Disk-Winged Bat

Mammals > Disk-winged Bats

Wynne’s Disk-Winged Bat (Thyroptera wynneae) is an extraordinary, tiny insectivorous bat described to science in 2014 from the pristine lowland rainforests of Loreto and Madre de Dios in western Amazonian Peru. Named in honor of American mammalogist Patricia J....

Brianne’s Groppo

Fish > Groppos

Brianne’s Groppo (Grammatonotus brianne) is a breathtakingly vibrant, deep-water reef fish belonging to the family Callanthiidae (splendid perches), described to science in 2016 from deep mesophotic coral reefs off Batangas in the Philippines. Discovered during...

Thackeray’s Cat Snake

Reptiles > Colubrids

Thackeray’s Cat Snake (Boiga thackerayi) is an elegant, slender arboreal snake described to science in 2019 from the lush, mist-blanketed evergreen hill forests of the northern Western Ghats in Maharashtra, India. Named in recognition of Indian wildlife...