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Species

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Learn what each species is like, find out where it lives in the wild, and plan your next sighting — all in one place.

2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

Parks connected

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Apex predators187speciesGiants of nature57speciesThreatened species515speciesNight life768speciesBig cats39speciesPolar wildlife74speciesEndemic species6speciesThe Big Five6species

Conservation

Showing 63 species · Misool (Boo Windows y Magic Mountain)

Showing 63 species · Misool (Boo Windows y Magic Mountain)

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Least Concern

Yellow-lipped Sea Krait

Laticauda colubrina

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Common Water Monitor

Varanus salvator

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Ritteri Anemone

Heteractis magnifica

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Least Concern

Spotted Garden Eel

Heteroconger hassi

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Harlequin Snake Eel

Myrichthys colubrinus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Skipjack

Katsuwonus pelamis

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Odontodactylus scyllarus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Spanner Crab

Ranina ranina

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Geography Cone

Conus geographus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Green Snail

Turbo marmoratus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Tiger Cowrie

Cypraea tigris

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Common Mushroom Coral

Fungia fungites

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean
Not Evaluated

Organ Pipe Coral

Tubipora musica

CarnivoreColonialOcean
Least Concern

Banded Humbug

Dascyllus aruanus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Crown-of-thorns

Acanthaster planci

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Wonder-worm

Eunice aphroditois

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Persian Carpet Flatworm

Pseudobiceros bedfordi

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Asian Tiger Shrimp

Penaeus monodon

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Banded Archerfish

Toxotes jaculatrix

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Clown Triggerfish

Balistoides conspicillum

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Yellow Boxfish

Ostracion cubicus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Spot-fin Porcupinefish

Diodon hystrix

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

White-spotted Puffer

Arothron hispidus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Red Lionfish

Pterois volitans

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Clown Anemonefish

Amphiprion ocellaris

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Man-of-war Fish

Nomeus gronovii

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Day Octopus

Octopus cyanea

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Giant Anemone

Stichodactyla gigantea

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean
Not Evaluated

Disc Anemone

Discosoma nummiforme

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Warty Slug

Onchidium verruculatum

HerbivoreColonialOcean
Relevancia
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Green TurtleEndangered

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary
150 countries70 parks400 dive sites
DugongVulnerable

Dugong

Dugong dugon

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary
46 countries16 parks41 dive sites
Giant MantaEndangered

Giant Manta

Mobula birostris

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
108 countries19 parks28 dive sites
Reef Manta RayVulnerable

Reef Manta Ray

Mobula alfredi

DiurnalVulnerableFish
59 countries35 parks141 dive sites
Hawksbill TurtleCritically Endangered

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
114 countries51 parks376 dive sites
Giant ClamCritically Endangered

Giant Clam

Tridacna gigas

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
58 countries35 parks236 dive sites
Saltwater CrocodileLeast Concern

Saltwater Crocodile

Crocodylus porosus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
21 countries11 parks13 dive sites
Grey Reef SharkEndangered

Grey Reef Shark

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
59 countries20 parks237 dive sites
Near Threatened

Hump Coral

Porites lobata

CarnivoreColonialNear Threatened
68 countries33 parks254 dive sites
Least Concern

Moorish Idol

Zanclus cornutus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
67 countries38 parks252 dive sites
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Mammals
Reptiles
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Endangered
10 countries21 parks94 dive sites
20 countries72 parks44 dive sites
61 countries35 parks235 dive sites
61 countries35 parks231 dive sites
61 countries35 parks235 dive sites
56 countries4 parks222 dive sites
59 countries35 parks235 dive sites
61 countries35 parks105 dive sites
61 countries35 parks235 dive sites
61 countries35 parks197 dive sites
61 countries35 parks235 dive sites
31 countries26 parks172 dive sites
61 countries35 parks235 dive sites
61 countries35 parks235 dive sites
68 countries35 parks238 dive sites
61 countries35 parks161 dive sites
61 countries30 parks198 dive sites
72 countries32 parks186 dive sites
15 countries26 parks17 dive sites
59 countries35 parks197 dive sites
31 countries26 parks172 dive sites
57 countries39 parks232 dive sites
61 countries35 parks235 dive sites
92 countries59 parks336 dive sites
59 countries30 parks105 dive sites
141 countries82 parks411 dive sites
59 countries35 parks238 dive sites
61 countries35 parks231 dive sites
61 countries35 parks231 dive sites
61 countries35 parks235 dive sites