Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 31 animal species in TunisieVet’s Animalpedia: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

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Chondrichthyans 5 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Fish (Actinopterygians) 15 Actinopterygians 17 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Chondrichthyans 8 Cephalopods 1 Molluscs 1 Mammals 168 Birds 113 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 7 Fish 27 Insects 14 Arachnids 3 Crustaceans 1

HABITAT

Forest Wetlands Farmland & grasslands Steppe Mountain Coastline Rivers & lakes Ocean & sea Tropical forest Urban environment 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 Insects Actinopterygians

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Tunisia

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Data deficient Forest

Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Least concern Forest

Catfish

Silurus glanis

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Electric eel

Electrophorus electricus

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Seven-spot ladybird

Coccinella septempunctata

Least concern Forest

Sailboat

Istiophorus platypterus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Arapaima

Arapaima gigas

Data deficient Rivers & lakes

Sturgeon

Critically endangered

Piranha

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Desert locust

Schistocerca gregaria

Not evaluated Desert

Tunisia

Praying mantis

Mantis religiosa

Least concern Steppe

Tunisia

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Least concern

Tunisia

Barracuda

Sphyraena sp. (genre)

Least concern

Tunisia

Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Turbot

Scophthalmus maximus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Pipefish

Syngnathus sp.

Least concern

Tunisia

Wrasse

Labrus spp.

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Lionfish

Pterois volitans / Pterois miles

Least concern

Angelfish

Least concern

Surgeonfish

Least concern Ocean & sea

Butterflyfish

Chaetodon spp. (famille Chaetodontidae)

Least concern

Peacock butterfly

Aglais io

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Least concern Mountain

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