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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

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 21 species · Nesebar (Mar Negro)

Showing 21 species · Nesebar (Mar Negro)

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Least Concern

Atlantic Stargazer

Uranoscopus scaber

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Near Threatened

Sea Bass

Dicentrarchus labrax

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Near Threatened

Thornback Ray

Raja clavata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Atlantic Bonito

Sarda sarda

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools
Least Concern

European Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools
Least Concern

Common Bream

Abramis brama

OmnivoreNocturnalIn schools
Least Concern

Zander

Sander lucioperca

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Pilchard

Sardina pilchardus

OmnivoreVariable activityIn schools
Least Concern

Turbot

Scophthalmus maximus

CarnivoreFishOcean
Least Concern

Striped Red Mullet

Mullus surmuletus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Critically Endangered

Beluga

Huso huso

CarnivoreSolitaryCritically Endangered
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Bottlenose DolphinLeast Concern

Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs
155 countries83 parks364 dive sites
Harbor PorpoiseLeast Concern

Harbor Porpoise

Phocoena phocoena

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
34 countries8 parks33 dive sites
European EelCritically Endangered

European Eel

Anguilla anguilla

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
62 countries4 parks89 dive sites
Short-beaked Common DolphinLeast Concern

Short-beaked Common Dolphin

Delphinus delphis

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs
42 countries5 parks94 dive sites
Horse MackerelVulnerable

Horse Mackerel

Trachurus trachurus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools
44 countries47 parks103 dive sites
Common CarpLeast Concern

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

OmnivoreVariable activityIn schools
90 countries38 parks8 dive sites
PerchLeast Concern

Perch

Perca fluviatilis

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools
45 countries114 parks6 dive sites
Least Concern

Greater Pipefish

Syngnathus acus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
36 countries35 parks85 dive sites
Least Concern

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools
42 countries42 parks89 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Marbled Rock Crab

Pachygrapsus marmoratus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
27 countries38 parks71 dive sites
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
27 countries33 parks71 dive sites
44 countries46 parks80 dive sites
49 countries46 parks83 dive sites
55 countries35 parks78 dive sites
44 countries48 parks81 dive sites
45 countries68 parks4 dive sites
45 countries71 parks4 dive sites
44 countries48 parks84 dive sites
44 countries22 parks84 dive sites
29 countries36 parks80 dive sites
14 countries9 parks1 dive site