Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 33 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 15 Arachnids 3 Crustaceans 1

HABITAT

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

33 species Insects Cephalopods 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

Arapaima

Arapaima gigas

Data deficient Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Seven-spot ladybird

Coccinella septempunctata

Least concern Forest

Sailboat

Istiophorus platypterus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Sturgeon

Critically endangered

Piranha

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Praying mantis

Mantis religiosa

Least concern Steppe

Tunisia

Desert locust

Schistocerca gregaria

Not evaluated Desert

Day octopus

Octopus cyanea

Data deficient Ocean & sea

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

Surgeonfish

Least concern Ocean & sea

Angelfish

Least concern

Butterflyfish

Chaetodon spp. (famille Chaetodontidae)

Least concern

Peacock butterfly

Aglais io

Least concern Forest

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