Fish > Lamniformes
The Salmon Shark (Lamna ditropis) is the fierce, warm-blooded sovereign of the subarctic North Pacific and a close relative of the Great White and Porbeagle sharks. Often described by mariners as a ‘miniature great white’ due to its heavy spindle-shaped...
Fish > Scombrids
The Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) is a supreme, warm-blooded titan of the high seas and one of the fastest, most powerful pelagic predators on Earth. Circling the stormy expanse of the Southern Hemisphere in a continuous circumpolar migration, this...
Fish > Sturgeons
The Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) is a magnificent, prehistoric colossus that has navigated the great rivers and coastal waters of eastern North America since the era of the dinosaurs. Known to colonial settlers as the ‘Founding Fish’ of the New...
Fish > Sturgeons
The Alabama Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi) is one of the rarest freshwater fishes in North America and one of the most imperiled vertebrates on the continent. Formally recognized as a distinct species in 1991, this slender, golden-yellow river dinosaur is the...
Fish > Salmonids
The Sakhalin Taimen (Parahucho perryi), revered in Japanese folklore as the ‘Phantom of the River’ (Itou), is one of the oldest, largest, and most formidable salmonid fishes in the world. Representing an ancient, basal lineage that diverged from all other...
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