Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 56 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 62 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

56 species asterides-echinodermes Starfish (Echinoderms) Arachnids Molluscs Fish Crustaceans Amphibians

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Tunisia

Deathstalker scorpion

Androctonus australis

Not evaluated Desert

Goldfish

Carassius auratus

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Clownfish

Amphiprion ocellaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Atlantic bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Cod

Gadus morhua

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Goliath birdeater

Theraphosa blondi

Not evaluated Tropical forest

Great white shark

Carcharodon carcharias

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Dusky grouper

Epinephelus marginatus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Siamese fighting fish

Betta splendens

Vulnerable Rivers & lakes

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Guppy

Poecilia reticulata

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Long-snouted seahorse

Hippocampus guttulatus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

European lobster

Homarus gammarus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Sahara frog

Pelophylax saharicus

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Common octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Eel

Anguilla anguilla

Critically endangered

Marlin

Makaira nigricans

Triton

moray eel

Sea bream

Sparus aurata

Least concern Ocean & sea

Axolotl

Ambystoma mexicanum

Critically endangered Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Bonito

Sarda sarda

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Scorpionfish

Least concern Ocean & sea

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