Marine animals

Marine animals encompass incredible diversity of aquatic species: fish, marine mammals, mollusks, crustaceans, and cnidarians. They inhabit all ocean levels and play essential roles in coastal and pelagic ecosystems.

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Hexacorallia (Sea Anemones and Corals) 1 Gastropods 6 Bivalves 7 Clitellates 1 Clitellates 1 Turbellarians (Flatworms) 1 Polychaetes 2 Tardigrades (Eutardigrada / Heterotardigrada) 1 Rotifers 1 Demosponges (Poriferans) 1 Scyphozoans 1 Crustaceans (Barnacles) 1 Anthozoans 1 Hydrozoans 2 Starfish (Echinoderms) 1 Brittle Stars 1 Sea Urchins 1 Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers) 1 Crinoids 1 Millipedes 1 Turbellarians (Flatworms) 1 Malacostracan Crustaceans 13 Molluscs 1 Chondrichthyans 6 Cephalopods 6 Chondrichthyans 10 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Actinopterygians 18 Fish (Actinopterygians) 17 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Horseshoe crabs 1 Mammals 208 Birds 131 Reptiles 62 Amphibians 13 Fish 28 Insects 55 Arachnids 11 Crustaceans 2

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Forest Wetlands Farmland & grasslands Steppe Coastline Ocean & sea Mountain Rivers & lakes Urban environment Tropical forest Savanna Desert

IUCN STATUS

Not evaluated Least concern Endangered Data deficient Near threatened Vulnerable Critically endangered Extinct in the wild

REGION

Present in Tunisia

153 species Marine animals

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Tunisia

Sawfish

Critically endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Stingray

Dasyatis pastinaca (et autres espèces de la famille Dasyatidae)

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Common bottlenose dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

thresher shark

Alopias vulpinus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Sea bream

Sparus aurata

Least concern Ocean & sea

Long-snouted seahorse

Hippocampus guttulatus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Manatee

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Least concern

Beluga whale

Delphinapterus leucas

Least concern Ocean & sea

Atlantic puffin

Fratercula arctica

Vulnerable

Tunisia

Loggerhead sea turtle

Caretta caretta

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Bull shark

Carcharias taurus

Vulnerable

Tunisia

Bonito

Sarda sarda

Least concern Ocean & sea

Salmon

Salmo salar

Least concern Ocean & sea

European lobster

Homarus gammarus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Goby

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Sea turtle

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Roach

Rutilus rutilus

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Sea snake

Least concern

Tunisia

Gull

Larus michahellis

Least concern Ocean & sea

Lungfish

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Common octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

Piranha

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Sardine

Sardina pilchardus

Least concern Ocean & sea

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