Wildlife by group and country
Fish in Brazil
- 3 parks and reserves
- 6 dive sites
- 10 species
Ten fish and nine places running from Atlantic reef to fresh water: Fernando de Noronha, World Heritage, appears both as a marine park and as a dive site; the Pantanal and Anavilhanas supply the red piranha and the arapaima. Four of the ten are sharks, with the Caribbean reef shark endangered.
Where
Places come from reviewed species-place links; the species shown at each place are only those in this group.
Reef/Coastal pelagic
Baía dos Golfinhos
Brazil
BrazilUp to 20 m · Open Water
15 m26 °C
Caribbean Reef Shark · Great Barracuda · Green Moray · Lemon Shark · Nurse Shark
UNESCO
Reef/Wall
Fernando de Noronha
Brazil
Up to 30 m · Open Water
35 m27 °C
UNESCOMarine National Park
Fernando de Noronha
Brazil
Caribbean Reef Shark · Lemon Shark · Nurse Shark
See parkRocky reef/Wreck
Arraial do Cabo
Brazil
Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water
15 m20 °C
Green Moray · Nurse Shark
See dive siteSubtropical rocky reef
Ilha do Mel
Brazil
Up to 20 m · Open Water
8 m20 °C
Green Moray · Meagre
See dive site
UNESCONational Park
Pantanal Matogrossense
Brazil
Common Dolphinfish · Red Pirai
See parkNatural rock pool reef
Recife / Porto de Galinhas
Brazil
Up to 15 m · Open Water
10 m27 °C
Bull Shark · Green Moray
See dive site
National Park
Anavilhanas
Brazil
Arapaima
See parkRocky reef
Ilha Grande
Brazil
Up to 25 m · Open Water
10 m23 °C
Green Moray
See dive site
