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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 19 species · Solitary Islands

Showing 19 species · Solitary Islands

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Not Evaluated

Atlantic Pyrosomes

Pyrosoma atlanticum

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Critically Endangered

Tope

Galeorhinus galeus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools
Least Concern

Haarder

Mugil cephalus

OmnivoreVariable activityIn schools
Least Concern

Greater Blue-ringed Octopus

Hapalochlaena lunulata

CarnivoreSolitaryMollusc
Least Concern

Cobia

Rachycentron canadum

CarnivoreSolitaryFish
Least Concern

Greater Amberjack

Seriola dumerili

CarnivoreIn schoolsFish
Least Concern

Spotted Wobbegong

Orectolobus maculatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Data Deficient

John Dory

Zeus faber

CarnivoreSolitaryFish
Not Evaluated

Pacific Oyster

Crassostrea gigas

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Relevancia
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Green TurtleEndangered

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary
150 countries70 parks400 dive sites
Humpback WhaleLeast Concern

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
134 countries46 parks104 dive sites
Bottlenose DolphinLeast Concern

Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs
155 countries83 parks364 dive sites
Reef Manta RayVulnerable

Reef Manta Ray

Mobula alfredi

DiurnalVulnerableFish
59 countries35 parks141 dive sites
Great White SharkVulnerable

Great White Shark

Carcharodon carcharias

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
68 countries31 parks16 dive sites
Least Concern

Greater Argonaut

Argonauta argo

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
141 countries58 parks75 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Portuguese Man-of-war

Physalia physalis

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
157 countries53 parks209 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Moon Jellyfish

Aurelia aurita

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
111 countries69 parks127 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Blue Glaucus

Glaucus atlanticus

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean
73 countries36 parks81 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Mediterranean Mussel

Mytilus galloprovincialis

OmnivoreColonialOcean
55 countries38 parks117 dive sites
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
161 countries56 parks108 dive sites
128 countries48 parks120 dive sites
57 countries29 parks145 dive sites
24 countries14 parks129 dive sites
44 countries36 parks113 dive sites
26 countries39 parks112 dive sites
1 country11 parks10 dive sites
88 countries45 parks109 dive sites
54 countries109 dive sites