Fish > Amiids & Amiiformes
The Bowfin (Amia calva), known across North American angling lore by regional names such as the dogfish, mudfish, grindle, or swamp bass, is an ancient, bimodal-breathing freshwater predatory fish and the sole surviving representative of the family Amiidae within the...
Fish > Polypterids & Polypteriformes
The Senegal Bichir (Polypterus senegalus), colloquially celebrated in the aquarium trade as the ‘dinosaur eel’ or Cuvier’s bichir, is an archaic, air-breathing basal ray-finned fish belonging to the family Polypteridae within the ancient order...
Fish > Diodontids & Tetraodontiformes
The Long-spine Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus), widely recognized across maritime traditions as the balloonfish or spiny puffer, is a globally distributed marine teleost fish belonging to the porcupinefish family Diodontidae within the order Tetraodontiformes....
Birds > Numidids & Galliformes
The Vulturine Guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum) is an extraordinarily flamboyant, gregarious terrestrial gamebird belonging to the family Numididae, and the sole extant member of the genus Acryllium. Endemic to the arid savannas, dry thorn scrublands, and acacia...
Mammals > Bovids & Artiodactyls
The Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus), colloquially known in Hindi as the ‘blue bull’ (nilgai), is the largest antelope species indigenous to the Asian continent and the sole extant member of the genus Boselaphus within the bovid tribe Boselaphini. Endemic...
