The Olive Surgeonfish is a medium-sized marine fish with an orange stripe on the shoulder. It lives in warm coral reefs and helps maintain the balance of algae.
The Olive Surgeonfish is distinguished by its bright orange stripe on the shoulder from other surgeonfish species. It is important for reefs because it eats algae and prevents them from displacing corals.
Immature form that undergoes metamorphosis before adulthood.
pecking
Worker
scraping
birth time
Pelagic Ocean
bottom
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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Orange shoulder band size
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
days
marine pelagic
coral and rocky reef
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Coral Reef
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
Rasping or abrading food surfaces with teeth or mouthparts.
Captures food by straining water or substrate through specialized structures.
adult
Maturity
South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
About health
marine coastal
Searches for food on or among rocks and stony surfaces.
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
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Oceanian realm
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
Colors
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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all seas and oceans
Trophic type
Filters
warm shallow water, bright corals and thousands of beautiful fish
Upcoming birthdays
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
Caudal spine size
Oceanian realm
Age (juvenile)
Age (from birth to death)
rock
Foraging occurs on the floor of aquatic or terrestrial habitats.
Age (embryo)
Wanderers
algae
far from shore, deep water, large whales and sharks live here
world of Australasia
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Lifespan average
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
the upper illuminated layer of the sea, 0–200 meters
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
marine
Pets
Indomalayan realm
Primary oral structure used to seize, manipulate, or ingest food.
Indomalayan realm
Repeatedly strikes or probes substrate with beak to obtain food.
reef
{name} jubilee
cm
zooplankton feeding, animal plankton — small crustaceans and larvae
Old-timers
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mouth
turns
Rascals
coral
hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
after fast growth and adult
Litter size
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
grazing
°C
Not specified
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
pelagic zone — open water far from shore and seabed
Where are they found?
all seas and oceans
Species lacks any fixed or lasting shelter structure.
all rivers and lakes
herbivore
Feeds by cropping or nibbling low-growing vegetation or algae.
Locomotion through water employed while searching for or capturing prey.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Bro
Taxons
if born as {name}
biotope of coral and rocky reefs
age
water is almost always warm, even in winter you can swim, very hot in summer
birth date
swimming
no permanent shelter
Close
water column
plankton
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
Marine world
marine epipelagic
The basics
Neotropical realm
My weight?
Orange shoulder band color
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
primary food sources
teeth
Potential Habitat
algae
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In husbandry
Feeds while suspended in open water between surface and bottom.
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Feeding occurs in water bodies such as rivers, lakes, or oceans.
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
Gestation
from 130 grams to 0.5 kilograms, 0.35 – 0.8 meters
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
aquatic
Warm sea
{name} birthday
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On the map
all life stages
Female ♀
Body color
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
birth year
Maturity
sq mm
yr
How similar?
Feeding occurs within an oceanic or saltwater environment.
Male ♂
until the celebration
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Neither
Caudal spine count
from birth to adulthood
zoo-plankton
Caudal spine color
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
Marine world
early young
Hard dental structures used to bite, tear, or scrape food.
world of Afrotropics
Freshwater
Duration
filter feeding
many islands in the Pacific Ocean, warm seas and corals
saline marine habitat
This is me
Gamers
aquatic plants and algae
How are they built?
marine
shallow near the shore, water rises and falls, crabs live here
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
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coastal marine zone — shelf, neritic zone
My age?
wk
My size?
Asexual
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Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
many islands in the Pacific Ocean, warm seas and corals
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Littoral Zone
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
foraging
from development to end of fast growth
Hermaphrodite ⚥
embryo
Zucchini
Length
kg
Observations
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