Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 98 animal species in TunisieVet’s Animalpedia: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

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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 57 Amphibians 13 Fish 28 Insects 55 Arachnids 11 Crustaceans 2

HABITAT

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

98 species asterides-echinodermes Chondrichthyans Clitellates Starfish (Echinoderms) Fish Cephalopods Insects

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Goldfish

Carassius auratus

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Data deficient Forest

Giant manta ray

Mobula birostris

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Atlantic bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Clownfish

Amphiprion ocellaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Dusky grouper

Epinephelus marginatus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Great white shark

Carcharodon carcharias

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Cod

Gadus morhua

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Least concern Forest

Siamese fighting fish

Betta splendens

Vulnerable Rivers & lakes

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Seven-spot ladybird

Coccinella septempunctata

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Praying mantis

Mantis religiosa

Least concern Steppe

Guppy

Poecilia reticulata

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Torpedo ray

Torpedo torpedo / Torpedo marmorata (famille Torpedinidae)

Least concern Ocean & sea

Long-snouted seahorse

Hippocampus guttulatus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Stingray

Dasyatis pastinaca (et autres espèces de la famille Dasyatidae)

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Eel

Anguilla anguilla

Critically endangered

Tunisia

moray eel

Least concern

Tunisia

Hornet

Vespa crabro

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Sea bream

Sparus aurata

Least concern Ocean & sea

Day octopus

Octopus cyanea

Data deficient Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Bonito

Sarda sarda

Least concern Ocean & sea

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