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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

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Showing 24 species · Osezaki

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Least Concern

Black Angler

Antennarius pictus

CarnivoreSolitaryFish
Least Concern

Striped Dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba

CarnivoreOceanMammal
Least Concern

Haarder

Mugil cephalus

OmnivoreVariable activityIn schools
Least Concern

Greater Blue-ringed Octopus

Hapalochlaena lunulata

CarnivoreSolitaryMollusc
Least Concern

Pacific Sardine

Sardinops sagax

In schoolsFishOcean
Least Concern

Dall's Porpoise

Phocoenoides dalli

CarnivoreOceanPolar
Not Evaluated

Japanese Pufferfish

Takifugu rubripes

CarnivoreSolitaryFish
Least Concern

Greater Amberjack

Seriola dumerili

CarnivoreIn schoolsFish
Not Evaluated

Japanese Sea Lily

Metacrinus rotundus

OmnivoreSolitaryOcean
Data Deficient

John Dory

Zeus faber

CarnivoreSolitaryFish
Not Evaluated

Giant Spider Crab

Macrocheira kaempferi

OmnivoreOceanCrustacean
Not Evaluated

Brown-line Paperbubble

Hydatina physis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Pacific Oyster

Crassostrea gigas

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Least Concern

Frilled Shark

Chlamydoselachus anguineus

CarnivoreNocturnalVariable activity
Relevancia
A – Z
Bottlenose DolphinLeast Concern

Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs
155 countries83 parks364 dive sites
Giant Pacific OctopusLeast Concern

Giant Pacific Octopus

Enteroctopus dofleini

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
7 countries14 parks15 dive sites
Near Threatened

Bluntnose Sixgill Shark

Hexanchus griseus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
162 countries59 parks10 dive sites
Least Concern

Risso's Dolphin

Grampus griseus

CarnivoreNocturnalIn herds
161 countries59 parks91 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Odontodactylus scyllarus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
59 countries35 parks235 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Wonder-worm

Eunice aphroditois

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
61 countries35 parks161 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Persian Carpet Flatworm

Pseudobiceros bedfordi

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
61 countries30 parks198 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Moon Jellyfish

Aurelia aurita

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
111 countries69 parks127 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Immortal Jellyfish

Turritopsis dohrnii

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean
12 countries35 parks61 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Mediterranean Mussel

Mytilus galloprovincialis

OmnivoreColonialOcean
55 countries38 parks117 dive sites
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
62 countries14 parks196 dive sites
88 countries18 parks80 dive sites
57 countries29 parks145 dive sites
24 countries14 parks129 dive sites
10 countries14 parks22 dive sites
5 countries14 parks8 dive sites
5 countries8 parks3 dive sites
26 countries39 parks112 dive sites
1 country5 parks2 dive sites
88 countries45 parks109 dive sites
5 countries3 parks2 dive sites
61 countries161 dive sites
54 countries109 dive sites
68 countries2 dive sites