Cathemeral

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

Big diamonds. Bigger warning.

Congo Snake

Not a snake-an eel-shaped salamander

Boiga

Big-eyed night hunters in the trees

Golden Lancehead

Snake Island's golden ambush viper

Sea Roach

Rock runners of the tide line

Atlantic Salmon

Born in rivers, grown at sea, home again

Halibut

Big, flat, fast: the true halibuts

Ghost Catfish

See-through swimmer, river-school ghost

Alaskan Pollock

The fish behind the fish stick

Lumpfish

The suction-cup guardian of the North

Pipefish

Tube snouts. Bony armor. Dad does the brooding.

Blue Catfish

Forked tail. Big river muscle.

Snow Crab

Built for the seafloor's deep freeze

Cat-Eyed Snake

Night eyes, frog hunters

Mamushi Snake

Small viper, big heat-sensing precision

Wolf Snake

Gecko hunters, not kraits

Yarara

Lanceheads: silent heat-seeking ambushers

Sockeye Salmon

Silver at sea, scarlet to spawn

Night Adder

Rhombus-marked frog hunter of the night

Rhino Viper

Horns in the leaf litter.

Football Fish

Glow-lure hunter of the midnight sea

Snook Fish

Linesiders of the tides

Electric Catfish

Africa's freshwater "shock" catfish

Chinook Salmon

King of the Pacific salmon runs