Freshwater Butterflyfish

Fish > Osteoglossiformes

The Freshwater Butterflyfish (Pantodon buchholzi) is an ancient, primitive osteoglossiform fish that represents a monotypic evolutionary lineage endemic to the tropical freshwater systems of Central and West Africa. Cruising perpetually at the extreme surface film of...

Kakadu Dunnart

Mammals > Dasyuromorphia

The Kakadu Dunnart (Sminthopsis bindi) is a small, agile carnivorous dasyurid marsupial native strictly to the rocky tropical woodlands of Australia’s Top End. Described by zoologists in 1994, this fierce nocturnal hunter inhabits the rugged sandstone...

Wood Pinkgill

Fungi > Agaricales

The Wood Pinkgill (Entoloma rhodopolium) is an elegant, widely distributed agaric fungus found across the temperate broadleaf woodlands of the Northern Hemisphere. Belonging to the family Entolomataceae, this mushroom is renowned among mycologists for its distinctive...

Vineyard Mole Cricket

Invertebrates > Orthoptera

The Vineyard Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa vineae) is a powerful, subterranean orthopteran insect celebrated in bioacoustics for engineering one of the loudest sound amplification systems in the animal kingdom. Inhabiting the sun-drenched vineyards and sandy terraces of...

Lichtenstein’s Gecko

Reptiles > Squamata

Lichtenstein’s Gecko (Alsophylax lichtensteini) is an intriguing, sand-adapted nocturnal gecko native to the expansive deserts of Central Asia. Named after the German zoologist Martin Lichtenstein, this hardy reptile roams the arid, windswept wilderness of the...