Electric Catfish

Fish > Catfishes

The Electric Catfish (Malapterurus electricus) is a formidable, heavy-bodied freshwater siluriform fish belonging to the family Malapteruridae, indigenous to the great river basins and lakes of Central and West Africa, including the Nile, Congo, and Niger rivers....

Ribbon Eel

Fish > Eels

The Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita), also celebrated worldwide as the Ribbon Moray or Leaf-nosed Moray Eel, is an extraordinarily striking, highly specialized marine anguilliform fish belonging to the family Muraenidae. Occupying its own monotypic genus...

Horned Screamer

Birds > Waterfowl

The Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta), known locally across South America as the anhuma, camicho, or unicorn bird, is an extraordinary, archaic wading bird belonging to the family Anhimidae. Although its heavy-bodied, turkey-like appearance and chicken-like bill seem...

Hamerkop

Birds > Wading Birds

The Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta), whose common name derives from the Afrikaans word for ‘hammerhead,’ is a bizarre, medium-sized wading bird endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and southwestern coastal Arabia. Occupying its own ancient, monotypic...

Nyala

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

The Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii), also known as the lowland nyala, is an exceptionally beautiful, spiral-horned tragelaphine antelope indigenous to the dense lowland woodlands and riverine thickets of southeastern Africa. First described scientifically in 1849 by...