Barnes’ Garden Eel

Fish > Eels

Barnes’ Garden Eel (Gorgasia barnesi) is an exceptionally slender, colonial marine congrid eel that inhabits clear, current-swept sand slopes across the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific. First described in 1984, this remarkable benthic species lives in...

Goatsbeard Brotula

Fish > Ophidiiforms

The Goatsbeard Brotula (Brotula multibarbata) is a cryptically magnificent benthopelagic fish belonging to the cusk-eel family Ophidiidae, widely distributed across the tropical coral reef ecosystems of the Indo-Pacific. Featuring an elongated, tapering body and a...

Thorny Seahorse

Fish > Syngnathidae & Pipefishes

The Thorny Seahorse (Hippocampus histrix), also known as the spiny seahorse, is one of the most visually distinctive syngnathid fishes populating the vibrant coral reefs of the tropical Indo-Pacific. Recognized by its remarkable array of sharp, spine-like epidermal...

Shortpouch Pygmy Pipehorse

Fish > Syngnathidae & Pipefishes

The Shortpouch Pygmy Pipehorse (Acentronura tentaculata) is an exquisite, cryptically camouflaged syngnathid fish bridging the evolutionary morphology between true pipefishes and seahorses. Inhabiting shallow coastal seagrass flats and macroalgal beds across the...

Crowned Leaf Slug

Invertebrates > Costasiellidae & Sacoglossan Slugs

The Crowned Leaf Slug (Costasiella coronata) is an exquisite, miniature sacoglossan sea slug celebrated for its captivating appearance and biological superpower: kleptoplasty. Adorned with leaf-like dorsal cerata that resemble miniature succulent rosettes, this tiny...