Spotted Wobbegong

Fish > Sharks & Rays

The Spotted Wobbegong (Orectolobus maculatus) is an iconic, heavily built benthic carpet shark belonging to the family Orectolobidae, strictly endemic to the temperate and subtropical coastal marine waters of southern and eastern Australia. The name...

Snowflake Moray

Fish > Eels

The Snowflake Moray (Echidna nebulosa), also widely celebrated in marine biology and the public aquarium world as the Clouded Moray or Starry Eel, is an extraordinarily attractive, medium-sized marine anguilliform fish belonging to the moray eel family Muraenidae....

Roan Antelope

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

The Roan Antelope (Hippotragus equinus) is a colossal, magnificent herbivorous bovid belonging to the horse antelope tribe Hippotragini, widely distributed across the wooded savannas and miombo bushvelds of sub-Saharan Africa. Standing as the second-largest antelope...

Dall’s Porpoise

Mammals > Cetaceans

The Dall’s Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) is a striking, powerfully built marine mammal belonging to the porpoise family Phocoenidae, indigenous strictly to the cold temperate and subarctic waters of the North Pacific Ocean. Named in honor of American naturalist...

Western Black Widow

Invertebrates > Arachnids

The Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus) is an infamous, highly venomous comb-footed cobweb spider belonging to the family Theridiidae, native to the arid scrublands, chaparral, and human-altered landscapes of western North America. Ranging from western Canada...