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

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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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Conservation

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Salmon

Salmo salar

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools

Grey Reef Shark

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Lemon Shark

Negaprion brevirostris

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Humphead Wrasse

Cheilinus undulatus

CarnivoreSolitaryEndangered

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Galapagos Shark

Carcharhinus galapagensis

CarnivoreColonialFish

Critically Endangered

Angelshark

Squatina squatina

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Yellowfin Tuna

Thunnus albacares

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools

Cod

Gadus morhua

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools

Gilthead

Sparus aurata

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Three-spined Stickleback

Gasterosteus aculeatus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Horse Mackerel

Trachurus trachurus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools

Critically Endangered

Great Hammerhead

Sphyrna mokarran

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Oceanic Whitetip Shark

Carcharhinus longimanus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Grayfish

Alopias vulpinus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

OmnivoreVariable activityIn schools

Perch

Perca fluviatilis

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools

Caribbean Reef Shark

Carcharhinus perezi

CarnivoreNocturnalEndangered

Silky Shark

Carcharhinus falciformis

CarnivoreVariable activityVulnerable

Near Threatened

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Basking Shark

Cetorhinus maximus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Near Threatened

Tiger Shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Green Moray

Gymnothorax funebris

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Coelacanth

Latimeria chalumnae

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Blue Marlin

Makaira nigricans

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Short-snouted Seahorse

Hippocampus hippocampus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn pairs

Spotted Eagle Ray

Aetobatus narinari

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Moorish Idol

Zanclus cornutus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

92 countries18 parks75 dive sites

Sockeye Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka

ColonialFishFreshwater

4 countries7 parks5 dive sites

Giant Manta

Mobula birostris

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

108 countries19 parks28 dive sites

Reef Manta Ray

Mobula alfredi

DiurnalVulnerableFish

59 countries35 parks141 dive sites

Near Threatened

Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

32 countries14 parks15 dive sites

Great Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

113 countries34 parks266 dive sites

Great White Shark

Carcharodon carcharias

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

68 countries31 parks16 dive sites

Critically Endangered

European Eel

Anguilla anguilla

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

62 countries4 parks89 dive sites

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

Thunnus thynnus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools

33 countries51 parks82 dive sites

Ocean Sunfish

Mola mola

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

24 countries32 parks50 dive sites

21 countries

15 parks

18 dive sites

59 countries

20 parks

237 dive sites

81 countries

20 parks

34 dive sites

61 countries

13 parks

138 dive sites

67 countries

7 parks

109 dive sites

81 countries

14 parks

23 dive sites

22 countries

9 parks

23 dive sites

33 countries

31 parks

3 dive sites

57 countries

20 parks

8 dive sites

24 countries

47 parks

27 dive sites

29 countries

37 parks

79 dive sites

55 countries

141 parks

19 dive sites

44 countries

47 parks

103 dive sites

44 countries

19 parks

9 dive sites

59 countries

12 parks

14 dive sites

68 countries

75 parks

21 dive sites

73 countries

4 parks

9 dive sites

90 countries

38 parks

8 dive sites

45 countries

114 parks

6 dive sites

35 countries

20 parks

102 dive sites

56 countries

16 parks

14 dive sites

128 countries

73 parks

41 dive sites

128 countries

35 parks

33 dive sites

57 countries

27 parks

23 dive sites

50 countries

21 parks

113 dive sites

6 countries

1 park

5 dive sites

58 countries40 parks12 dive sites

27 countries31 parks70 dive sites

98 countries69 parks90 dive sites

67 countries38 parks252 dive sites