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Psychrolutes marcidus

Psychrolutes marcidus

Psychrolutes marcidus,Blobfish,Sad fish, soft-spined sculpin, popper fish

Features:The saddest fish in the world

The Latin name of the blobfish is Psychrolutes marcidus, and its foreign name is Blobfish. It is also known as the sad fish, soft hidden sculpin fish, and popper fish. Because it has a sad face, it is called the "sadest expression fish in the world".In order to protect endangered ugly anim...

Danionella dracula

Danionella dracula

Danionella dracula,Toothpick fish

Features:It is named after the vampire in European legend.

The scientific name of the vampire fish is "Danionella dracula", a small carp found in Myanmar. It is estimated that it has been bred on Earth for nearly 100 million years. Because of its sharp teeth and terrifying appearance, it is similar to the vampire in European legends, so it is nick...

Mitsukurinidae owstoni

Mitsukurinidae owstoni

Mitsukurinidae owstoni,Goblin shark, Goblin shark, Goblin shark

Features:The snout protrudes forward to form a sharp protrusion, which will explode

Owstoni's sharpnose shark (scientific name: Mitsukurinidae owstoni), also known as Owstoni's sharpnose shark, Owstoni's sharpnose shark, sharpnose shark, goblin shark (goblin is an ugly monster in Western folklore that likes to play pranks), is the only species under the family of sharpn...

Monodon monoceros

Monodon monoceros

Monodon monoceros,Narwhal、Unicorn Whale,Narwhal, Lance Whale

Features:There is a long tooth on the head, hence the name

The scientific name of narwhal: Monodon monoceros, foreign names Narwhal, Unicorn Whale, no subspecies.As a protected Arctic species, narwhals are social animals that live mainly in the northern end of the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. A small number of narwhals are also found in the Greenlan...

Lophiomus setigerus

Lophiomus setigerus

Lophiomus setigerus,black-mouth goosefish,Blackmouth anglerfish, stutter fish, anglerfish, toadfish, old man fish

Features:Very similar to the yellow anglerfish, but smaller than the yellow anglerfish

The Latin name of black anglerfish is Lophiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797), and its foreign name is black-mouth goosefish. There are only two kinds of anglerfish in China, one is called yellow anglerfish and the other is black anglerfish.It grows in the depths of the dark sea, moves slowly, and does not...

Lophius litulon

Lophius litulon

Lophius litulon,Toadfish, stutterfish, sea turtle

Features:Looks indulgent, swims slowly, comes with its own fishing rod

Yellow anglerfish, whose scientific name is Lophius litulon, is a deep-sea benthic fish.Yellow anglerfish usually lures prey with its snout tentacles and bait balls, sucks the prey in one gulp, and feeds on fish and crustaceans. The main prey of yellow anglerfish in the southern Yellow Sea are small...

Cheilinus undulatus

Cheilinus undulatus

Cheilinus undulatus,Giant Wrasse,Napoleon wrasse, wavy parrotfish, curved lip fish, Napoleon bream, dragon king bream, sea bream, big piece

Features:It is a high-end edible fish and the largest coral fish in existence. It has a unique appearance and is therefore also a high-end ornamental fish.

Cheilinus undulatus (scientific name: Giant Wrasse) is a large wrasse with no subspecies.Cheilinus undulatus is usually solitary, but may sometimes appear in pairs. Adult fish cruise between reefs during the day and live in reef caves and under coral shelves at night. Although the rippled lip fish i...

Bahaba taipingensis

Bahaba taipingensis

Bahaba taipingensis,Chinese Bahaba,Golden money sturgeon, golden money croaker, golden money fierce fish, fish high, big gull, white flower fish, yellow sweet

Features:The tail peduncle is slender, the snout is prominent, the dorsal side of the body is gray-brown with orange-yellow, and the ventral side is gray-white

Chinese Bahaba (scientific name: Bahaba taipingensis) is called Chinese Bahaba in foreign language. It has no subspecies and belongs to the family Sciaenidae and the genus Bahaba.Chinese Bahaba gathers in clear water and disperses in turbid water. Juvenile fish live in estuaries and nearby coasts. D...

Dwarf Seahorse

Dwarf Seahorse

Hippocampus zosterae,Dwarf Seahorse

Features:The small seahorse is one of the most popular seahorses in the aquarium trade, and once ranked second in the top ten fish exported from the aquarium trade in Florida (Wood 2001).

The dwarf seahorse is the smallest of the Syngnathidae and Hippocampus.The diet of the dwarf seahorse consists of live prey, including small crustaceans such as amphipods, shrimps, other small invertebrates and fish fry. When foraging, they sit in a position secured by their tails and wait for prey...

White’s seahorse

White’s seahorse

Hippocampus whitei,White’s seahorse

Features:In ancient Greek mythology, the hippocampus was the mount of Poseidon, the god of the sea.

White’s seahorse is a species of Syngnathidae in the order Acanthopterygii of the class Actinopterygii.White’s seahorse is carnivorous, feeds on small crustaceans, and is ovoviviparous.The reproduction method of the White Seahorse is very special. First of all, the reproduction of the White Seahor...

Hippocampus waleananus

Hippocampus waleananus

Hippocampus waleananus,Wari Island Dwarf Seahorse

Features:Named after the Indonesian island of Wari where it was discovered

Warren's pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus waleananus (M. F. Gomon et Kuiter, 2009), is an animal of the genus Hippocampus in the family Syngnathidae.The genus Warren's pygmy seahorse is carnivorous, feeding on small crustaceans and giving birth to live young. The seahorse was first described in 2...

Hedgehog Seahorse

Hedgehog Seahorse

Hedgehog Seahorse,Hippocampus spinosissimus

Features:The spiny seahorse is a small fish that can be used for academic research and aquarium viewing, and can also be made into a Chinese medicine.

Hedgehog Seahorse is a fish of the Syngnathidae family and the genus Hippocampus.Hedgehog Seahorse mainly feeds on small crustaceans and other planktonic invertebrates. Hedgehog Seahorse is oviparous. During reproduction, the female uses an ovipositor to transfer the eggs to a brood pouch under the...

Hippocampus sindonis

Hippocampus sindonis

Hippocampus sindonis,Sindo's Seahorse,Moss Seahorse,hana tatsu

Features:The colors vary, and each ring has a tumor or thorn

The Latin scientific name of the flower seahorse Hippocampus sindonis, and the English name Sindo's Seahorse comes from the name of M. Sindo, the assistant curator of fish at Stanford University, and was coined by Kuiter in 2009. The Japanese name hana tatsu literally means hana (flower or flowe...

Arctic grayling

Arctic grayling

Thymallus arcticus

Features:The dorsal fin is tall, with a rounded, sail-shaped upper edge and up to 17-25 rays.

Arctic grayling (scientific name: Thymallus arcticus): is an animal of the family Thymallus and genus Thymallus.Arctic grayling may move tens of kilometers seasonally or annually between spawning, feeding, and sheltering habitats. Some Arctic grayling are known to travel more than 160 kilometers in...

Python bivittatus

Python bivittatus

Python bivittatus,Python, King snake, Anaconda, Southern snake, Burmese snake, King snake, Lyre snake, Burmese python, Plum snake

Features:Likes heat and fears cold, is good at climbing, and can live in water for a long time

Python bivittatus is a large reptile of the family Python and genus Python.Pythons are good at climbing, can live in water for a long time, are sleepy, nocturnal, and omnivorous. This species likes heat and is afraid of cold. It is generally active at 25℃; very active at 30℃ or above; inactive or...

Dryocopus martius

Dryocopus martius

Dryocopus martius,Black Woodpecker

Features:It is the largest woodpecker and is almost pure black.

The black woodpecker is called Black Woodpecker in foreign language, and has 2 subspecies.The black woodpecker's flight is not stable, but not as undulating as other woodpeckers. It often acts alone. In the late breeding period, it forms a family group. It mainly feeds on tree branches, thick br...

Zhangixalus hongchibaensis

Zhangixalus hongchibaensis

Wuxi tree frog

Anura LC

Features:The body and back of the limbs are light green with light brown spots of different sizes

During the breeding season from March to June, the male frog makes a "del, del, del" sound, which is more frequent at night. When mating, the male frog holds the female frog's armpit with its forelimbs. The female frog lays eggs at the bottom of the herbaceous plants near the swamp pon...

Rhacophorus laoshan

Rhacophorus laoshan

Old Mountain Tree Frog

Anura LC

Features:Small body, blunt snout, protruding from lower lip, eyes wider than upper eyelid and nose, with a brown horizontal stripe between eyes

The Laoshan tree frog is commonly found in mixed forests of secondary broad-leaved trees and bamboos at an altitude of about 1,390 meters. The ground is covered with dense bushes and weeds. It is distributed in the Wanglao Mountain in Tianlin, Guangxi, my country. The Laoshan tree frog usually breed...

Liuixalus romeri

Liuixalus romeri

Romer's Tree Frog,Romer Liu tree frog

Anura LC

Features:The head is small and flat, with an "X"-shaped dark spot above the shoulder. The skin on the ventral side is translucent, and its internal organs can be seen through the skin.

Romer's tree frog, a species of the genus Rhacophoridae, lives near the water pits near the sea and in the nearby bushes or grass. Adult frogs prey on ants, crickets, spiders, etc. From early March to September, the frog breeds in the shallow water of still ponds, and the male frog makes a short...

Polypedates hungfuensis

Polypedates hungfuensis

Hongfo tree frog

Anura LC

Features:The body is relatively flat, the eardrum is obvious, and the back is green.

Hongfo tree frog is an amphibian tree frog family, with a relatively flat body, a slightly blunt snout, a nose distance slightly smaller than the eye distance, a distinct eardrum, short and sturdy forelimbs, suckers at the fingertips, deep notches on the edge of the webbed toes, a green back with sp...

Physeter macrocephalus

Physeter macrocephalus

Physeter macrocephalus,Sperm Whale, Cachelot, Pot Whale, Spermacet Whale ,Cachalot , Ballena Esperma, Cachalote, Giant Sperm Whale, Kacherat Whale

Cetacea LC

Features:The sperm whale has the largest brain in the animal kingdom, and its intestinal secretion is the famous "ambergris"

Sperm Whale, with no subspecies, has the largest brain in the animal kingdom.Sperm whales like to live in groups, often with a few male whales and a large group of female whales and calves forming a large group of more than dozens, or even two or three hundred. They migrate north and south every yea...