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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 24 species · Sagami Bay

Showing 24 species · Sagami Bay

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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
Least Concern

Cuvier's Beaked Whale

Ziphius cavirostris

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Not Evaluated

Japanese Sea Lily

Metacrinus rotundus

OmnivoreSolitaryOcean
Data Deficient

John Dory

Zeus faber

CarnivoreSolitaryFish
Least Concern

Baird's Beaked Whale

Berardius bairdii

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs
Not Evaluated

Giant Spider Crab

Macrocheira kaempferi

OmnivoreOceanCrustacean
Not Evaluated

Pacific Oyster

Crassostrea gigas

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Least Concern

Frilled Shark

Chlamydoselachus anguineus

CarnivoreNocturnalVariable activity
Least Concern

Megamouth Shark

Megachasma pelagios

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Least Concern

Goblin Shark

Mitsukurina owstoni

CarnivoreCrepuscularVariable activity
Least Concern

Oarfish

Regalecus glesne

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Relevancia
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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

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
Least Concern

Striped Dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba

CarnivoreOceanMammal
88 countries18 parks80 dive sites
Least Concern

Haarder

Mugil cephalus

OmnivoreVariable activityIn schools
57 countries29 parks145 dive sites
Least Concern

Bryde's Whale

Balaenoptera edeni

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
57 countries41 parks14 dive sites
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
10 countries14 parks22 dive sites
5 countries14 parks8 dive sites
5 countries8 parks3 dive sites
26 countries39 parks112 dive sites
30 countries40 parks11 dive sites
1 country5 parks2 dive sites
88 countries45 parks109 dive sites
5 countries7 parks1 dive site
5 countries3 parks2 dive sites
54 countries109 dive sites
68 countries2 dive sites
110 countries2 dive sites
110 countries1 dive site
110 countries1 dive site