Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 43 animal species in TunisieVet’s Animalpedia: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

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CLASS

Demosponges (Poriferans) 1 Crustaceans (Barnacles) 1 Gastropods 6 Bivalves 7 Clitellates 1 Clitellates 1 Turbellarians (Flatworms) 1 Polychaetes 2 Tardigrades (Eutardigrada / Heterotardigrada) 1 Rotifers 1 Malacostracan Crustaceans 13 Scyphozoans 1 Hexacorallia (Sea Anemones and Corals) 1 Anthozoans 1 Hydrozoans 2 Starfish (Echinoderms) 1 Brittle Stars 1 Sea Urchins 1 Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers) 1 Crinoids 1 Horseshoe crabs 1 Molluscs 1 Chondrichthyans 6 Cephalopods 6 Chondrichthyans 10 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Actinopterygians 18 Fish (Actinopterygians) 15 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Mammals 208 Birds 123 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 8 Fish 28 Insects 55 Arachnids 11 Crustaceans 2

HABITAT

Forest Wetlands Farmland & grasslands Steppe Ocean & sea Coastline Mountain Urban environment Rivers & lakes 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

43 species asterides-echinodermes Starfish (Echinoderms) Anthozoans Polychaetes Arachnids Fish

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Tunisia

Deathstalker scorpion

Androctonus australis

Not evaluated Desert

Goldfish

Carassius auratus

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Clownfish

Amphiprion ocellaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Atlantic bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Dusky grouper

Epinephelus marginatus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Great white shark

Carcharodon carcharias

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Cod

Gadus morhua

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Siamese fighting fish

Betta splendens

Vulnerable Rivers & lakes

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Goliath birdeater

Theraphosa blondi

Not evaluated Tropical forest

Guppy

Poecilia reticulata

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Long-snouted seahorse

Hippocampus guttulatus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Eel

Anguilla anguilla

Critically endangered

Tunisia

Sea bream

Sparus aurata

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

moray eel

Least concern

Tunisia

Bonito

Sarda sarda

Least concern Ocean & sea

Marlin

Makaira nigricans

Vulnerable

Perch

Perca fluviatilis

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Scorpionfish

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Red mullet

Mullus barbatus / Mullus surmuletus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Ballista

Balistidae (famille), ex. Balistes carolinensis

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Pufferfish

Tetraodontidae (ex. Lagocephalus sceleratus)

Least concern

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