Invertebrates > Gastropods
The Geography Cone (Conus geographus), commonly referred to in popular lore as the ‘cigarette snail’ (from the macabre myth that a victim stung has only enough time to smoke a cigarette before dying), is the most venomous mollusk and one of the deadliest...
Fish > Synanceiids & Scorpaeniformes
The Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa), universally feared across the coastal Indo-Pacific as the world’s most venomous fish, is a bizarre, heavily camouflaged scorpaeniform marine teleost belonging to the stonefish family Synanceiidae within the order...
Fish > Zanclids & Perciformes
The Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus) is an iconic, visually spectacular tropical marine teleost fish and the sole living species in the family Zanclidae within the order Perciformes. Widely distributed across the warm coral reefs of the tropical Indo-Pacific and...
Invertebrates > Cardiids & Cardiida
The Giant Clam (Tridacna gigas), celebrated as the undisputed sovereign of marine bivalve mollusks, is the largest living bivalve on Earth and the type species of the giant clam subfamily Tridacninae within the cockle family Cardiidae. Inhabiting the pristine,...
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...
