Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 30 animal species in TunisieVet’s Animalpedia: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

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CLASS

Chondrichthyans 8 Bivalves 1 Gastropods 4 Crustaceans (Barnacles) 1 Malacostracan Crustaceans 10 Horseshoe crabs 1 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Fish (Actinopterygians) 15 Actinopterygians 17 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Cephalopods 4 Chondrichthyans 5 Molluscs 1 Mammals 168 Birds 114 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 7 Fish 27 Insects 54 Arachnids 11 Crustaceans 2

HABITAT

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

30 species crustaces Fish Molluscs

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Goldfish

Goldfish

Carassius auratus

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Atlantic bluefin tuna

Atlantic bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Publicité

Swordfish

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Great white shark

Great white shark

Carcharodon carcharias

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Clownfish

Clownfish

Amphiprion ocellaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

Guppy

Guppy

Poecilia reticulata

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Siamese fighting fish

Siamese fighting fish

Betta splendens

Vulnerable Rivers & lakes

Whale shark

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Publicité

Dusky grouper

Dusky grouper

Epinephelus marginatus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Cod

Cod

Gadus morhua

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Common octopus on a rocky Mediterranean seabed

Common octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

Eel

Eel

Anguilla anguilla

Critically endangered

European lobster

European lobster

Homarus gammarus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Marlin

Marlin

Makaira nigricans

Long-snouted seahorse

Long-snouted seahorse

Hippocampus guttulatus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

moray eel

moray eel

Sea bream

Sea bream

Sparus aurata

Least concern Ocean & sea

Perch

Perch

Perca fluviatilis

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Bonito

Bonito

Sarda sarda

Least concern Ocean & sea

Pufferfish

Pufferfish

Tetraodontidae (ex. Lagocephalus sceleratus)

Scorpionfish

Scorpionfish

Least concern Ocean & sea

Ballista

Ballista

Balistidae (famille), ex. Balistes carolinensis

Brill

Zander

Zander

Sander lucioperca

Least concern Rivers & lakes

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