Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 53 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

53 species asterides-echinodermes Starfish (Echinoderms) Chondrichthyans Fish Amphibians Scyphozoans

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Goldfish

Carassius auratus

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tiger shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

Near threatened

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

Tunisia

Mako shark

Isurus oxyrinchus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Dusky grouper

Epinephelus marginatus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Great white shark

Carcharodon carcharias

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Sawfish

Critically endangered Ocean & sea

Siamese fighting fish

Betta splendens

Vulnerable Rivers & lakes

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Guppy

Poecilia reticulata

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

thresher shark

Alopias vulpinus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Long-snouted seahorse

Hippocampus guttulatus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Sahara frog

Pelophylax saharicus

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Eel

Anguilla anguilla

Critically endangered

Marlin

Makaira nigricans

moray eel

Triton

Axolotl

Ambystoma mexicanum

Critically endangered Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Sea bream

Sparus aurata

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Bonito

Sarda sarda

Least concern Ocean & sea

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