The Himalayan glass perchlet is a small freshwater fish with an almost transparent body. The skeleton and internal organs are clearly visible through the skin.
The species is distinguished by a fully transparent body, which helps it hide from predators. It serves as an important link in the food chain of freshwater bodies, eating plankton and becoming food for larger fish.
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
Immature form that undergoes metamorphosis before adulthood.
Offspring
Tropical moist forest
Worker
Elders
Bro
birth time
freshwater marsh and wetlands
Taxons
carnivore
Heavy rains in summer
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Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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Map
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age
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
birth date
swimming
no permanent shelter
Close
water column
was
days
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
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.
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
young after transformation
very heavy rains in summer, almost no precipitation in winter
adult
Maturity
3 to 8 grams, 0.5 – 5 centimeters
primary food sources
Potential Habitat
About health
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
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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.
Repro interval
results
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
aquatic
Colors
Sex
{name} birthday
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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all seas and oceans
Trophic type
Filters
On the map
lunge
small crustaceans
all life stages
Female ♀
Body color
always hot and humid, huge trees and vines
Upcoming birthdays
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.
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
birth year
Maturity
insect larvae and caterpillars
Age (from birth to death)
sq mm
yr
Wanderers
fins
How similar?
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
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
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
zoo-plankton
Lifespan average
What do they eat?
insect larvae
Where do they live?
Marine world
early young
What do they look like?
Maturity
water often floods the land, lots of grass
emergence (insects)
world of Afrotropics
end of lifespan
hot, there is a dry season, trees shed their leaves
Freshwater
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
Share
swampy freshwater biotopes — peat bogs, marshes, river mangroves
Duration
Find a pet...
Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
Freshwater
hot, uneven rains, lots of grass and trees
Egg count
This is me
freshwater
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Gamers
Pets
How are they built?
all rivers and lakes
Indomalayan realm
Primary oral structure used to seize, manipulate, or ingest food.
mm
Theoretical lifespan
Indomalayan realm
ml
Stars
Link copied
My age?
wk
My size?
Tropical dry broadleaf forest
{name} jubilee
Eyes size
Asexual
swap
freshwater environment — rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps
cm
zooplankton feeding, animal plankton — small crustaceans and larvae
Old-timers
Find an animal or breed...
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
active predation
mouth
turns
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Rascals
Where do they take shelter?
Warm summer and lots of rain
Flooded grasslands
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hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Litter size
Daddies
small crabs, amphipods and other crustaceans
Tropical savanna
Lifespan maximum
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
river
°C
Not specified
Berry
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Egg color
Where are they found?
Species lacks any fixed or lasting shelter structure.
embryo
Dorsal fin size
all rivers and lakes
Length
kg
lots of rain, warm and pleasant summer
Rapid forward strike to seize prey.
Observations
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