Atypichthys strigatus — a marine fish with a high body and dark vertical stripes on the sides. It lives in schools near the rocky shores of southeastern Australia and New Zealand.
Atypichthys strigatus is distinguished from closely related species by its bright dark stripes on a silvery body. It serves as an important part of the food chain in coastal seas, feeding on small animals and algae and becoming prey for larger fish.
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
pecking
Worker
Elders
Bro
scraping
birth time
Taxons
if born as {name}
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
birth date
no permanent shelter
planktivory, eat small creatures that float in the water and cannot swim against the current
Close
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Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
Marine world
The basics
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
pecking and capturing small prey
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?
Rasping or abrading food surfaces with teeth or mouthparts.
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
Captures food by straining water or substrate through specialized structures.
surface
adult
Maturity
primary food sources
Temperate sea
Potential Habitat
About health
marine coastal
Searches for food on or among rocks and stony surfaces.
algae
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
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plankton
In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Repro interval
results
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
from 130 grams to 0.5 kilograms, 0.35 – 0.8 meters
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
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
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
rock
sq mm
yr
Wanderers
Food items are collected from exposed outer surfaces of substrates.
How similar?
algae
world of Australasia
Egg size
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
Lifespan average
What do they eat?
Body temp
Where do they live?
young after fast growth
Marine world
mouth
Juvenile stage following larval metamorphosis but not yet adult.
early young
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
River estuary into the sea
Freshwater
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
Share
Duration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
filter feeding
Fins color
saline marine habitat
Egg count
This is me
water is cool or warm, cold in winter, comfortable to swim in summer
freshwater
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Gamers
where the river flows into the sea, slightly salty water, lots of fish and birds
aquatic plants and algae
Pets
How are they built?
marine
shallow near the shore, water rises and falls, crabs live here
mm
Theoretical lifespan
Repeatedly strikes or probes substrate with beak to obtain food.
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Stars
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coastal marine zone — shelf, neritic zone
My age?
wk
My size?
{name} jubilee
Asexual
swap
freshwater environment — rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps
cm
Old-timers
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active predation
turns
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
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?
celebrated their {n} birthday
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Littoral Zone
Litter size
Daddies
small crabs, amphipods and other crustaceans
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
world of Australasia
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
foraging
°C
Not specified
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
Egg color
Where are they found?
all seas and oceans
Species lacks any fixed or lasting shelter structure.
embryo
Zucchini
all rivers and lakes
Length
kg
Rapid forward strike to seize prey.
Observations
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