Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 31 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

31 species asterides-echinodermes Starfish (Echinoderms) Clitellates Chondrichthyans Actinopterygians

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Tiger shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

Near threatened

Electric eel

Electrophorus electricus

Least concern Tropical forest

Catfish

Silurus glanis

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Mako shark

Isurus oxyrinchus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Sawfish

Critically endangered Ocean & sea

Arapaima

Arapaima gigas

Data deficient Rivers & lakes

Sailboat

Istiophorus platypterus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Sturgeon

Critically endangered

Tunisia

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Least concern

Tunisia

thresher shark

Alopias vulpinus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Piranha

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Guitar Shark

Critically endangered

Hammerhead shark

Angelfish

Wrasse

Labrus spp.

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Lionfish

Pterois volitans / Pterois miles

Least concern

Butterflyfish

Chaetodon spp. (famille Chaetodontidae)

Least concern

Tunisia

Pipefish

Syngnathus sp.

Least concern

Tunisia

Barracuda

Sphyraena sp. (genre)

Least concern

Tunisia

eagle ray

Myliobatis aquila

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Surgeonfish

Least concern Ocean & sea

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