Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 87 animal species in TunisieVet’s Animalpedia: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

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Actinopterygians 17 Polychaetes 2 Turbellarians (Flatworms) 1 Clitellates 1 Clitellates 1 Bivalves 7 Gastropods 6 Crustaceans (Barnacles) 1 Malacostracan Crustaceans 10 Horseshoe crabs 1 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Fish (Actinopterygians) 15 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Chondrichthyans 8 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 Ocean & sea 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

87 species Fish Insects Chondrichthyans Molluscs

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Goldfish

Carassius auratus

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Data deficient Forest

Giant manta ray

Mobula birostris

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Atlantic bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Great white shark

Carcharodon carcharias

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Clownfish

Amphiprion ocellaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Least concern Forest

Siamese fighting fish

Betta splendens

Vulnerable Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Torpedo ray

Torpedo torpedo / Torpedo marmorata (famille Torpedinidae)

Least concern Ocean & sea

Guppy

Poecilia reticulata

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Dusky grouper

Epinephelus marginatus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Seven-spot ladybird

Coccinella septempunctata

Least concern Forest

Common octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Eel

Anguilla anguilla

Critically endangered

Cod

Gadus morhua

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Praying mantis

Mantis religiosa

Least concern Steppe

Marlin

Makaira nigricans

Vulnerable

Tunisia

Stingray

Dasyatis pastinaca (et autres espèces de la famille Dasyatidae)

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Long-snouted seahorse

Hippocampus guttulatus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Sea bream

Sparus aurata

Least concern Ocean & sea

Perch

Perca fluviatilis

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Desert locust

Schistocerca gregaria

Not evaluated Desert

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