The following is a list of tautonym

Tautonym

-In biology :In biology, tautonym is an informal term to indicate a scientific name of a species in which both parts of the name have the same spelling, for example Bison bison...

s: zoological names of species consisting of two identical words (the generic name

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 and the specific name have the same spelling). Such names are allowed in zoology

Zoology

Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...

, but not in botany

Botany

Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...

, where the two parts of the name of a species must differ (though differences as small as one letter are permitted, as in the Jujube

Jujube

Ziziphus zizyphus , commonly called jujube , red date, Chinese date, Korean date, or Indian date is a species of Ziziphus in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, used primarily as a fruiting shade tree.-Distribution:Its precise natural distribution is uncertain due to extensive cultivation,...

 Ziziphus zizyphus).

Mammals

• Alces alces
  Moose
  The moose or Eurasian elk is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a dendritic configuration...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — Eurasian Elk, Moose
• Axis axis
  Chital
  The chital or cheetal , also known as chital deer, spotted deer or axis deer is a deer which commonly inhabits wooded regions of Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and in small numbers in Pakistan...
  
  Erxleben, 1777 — Chital
• Bison bison
  American Bison
  The American bison , also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — American Bison
• Capreolus capreolus
  Roe Deer
  The European Roe Deer , also known as the Western Roe Deer, chevreuil or just Roe Deer, is a Eurasian species of deer. It is relatively small, reddish and grey-brown, and well-adapted to cold environments. Roe Deer are widespread in Western Europe, from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia, and from...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — European Roe, Roe Deer
• Caracal caracal
  Caracal
  The caracal is a fiercely territorial medium-sized cat ranging over Western Asia, South Asia and Africa.The word caracal comes from the Turkish word "karakulak", meaning "black ear". In North India and Pakistan, the caracal is locally known as syahgosh or shyahgosh, which is a Persian term...
  
  Schreber, 1776 — Caracal
• Chinchilla chinchilla
  Short-tailed Chinchilla
  The short-tailed chinchilla , also called the Bolivian, Peruvian, and Royal chinchilla, is an endangered species of rodent. Their original range included the Andes Mountains of Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia...
  
  Lichtenstein, 1829 — Short-tailed Chinchilla
• Chiropotes chiropotes
  Red-backed Bearded Saki
  The Red-backed bearded saki, Chiropotes chiropotes, is a species of bearded saki, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is found north of the Amazon River and east of the Branco River in Brazil and the Guianas. It is possible the scientific name C...
  
  Humboldt, 1811 — Red-backed Bearded Saki
• Citellus citellus = Spermophilus citellus
  European ground squirrel
  The European ground squirrel , also known as the European souslik, is a species from the squirrel family Sciuridae and is besides the speckled ground squirrel the only European representative of the genus Spermophilus...
  
  Linnaeus, 1766 — European souslik, Suslik
• Cricetus cricetus
  European Hamster
  The European hamster, , also known as the black-bellied hamster or common hamster, is a hamster which is the only species of the genus Cricetus. It is native to a large global range, extending from western Europe, through central and eastern Europe, Russia, and Kazakhstan, reaching as far east as...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — Common Hamster, European Hamster
• Crocuta crocuta
  Spotted Hyena
  The spotted hyena also known as laughing hyena, is a carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which it is the largest extant member. Though the species' prehistoric range included Eurasia extending from Atlantic Europe to China, it now only occurs in all of Africa south of the Sahara save...
  
  Erxleben, 1777 — Spotted Hyena
• Dama dama
  Fallow Deer
  The Fallow Deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. This common species is native to western Eurasia, but has been introduced widely elsewhere. It often includes the rarer Persian Fallow Deer as a subspecies , while others treat it as an entirely different species The Fallow...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — Fallow Deer
• Feroculus feroculus
  Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew
  Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is monotypic within the genus Feroculus. It is endemic to Sri Lanka and southern India. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and swamps...
  
  Kelaart, 1850 — Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew
• Gazella gazella
  Mountain Gazelle
  The mountain gazelle is a species of gazelle that is widely but unevenly distributed across the Arabian Peninsula. It inhabits mountains, foothills and coastal plains. Its range coincides closely with that of the acacia trees that grow in these areas. It is mainly a grazing species, though this...
  
  Pallas, 1766 — Mountain Gazelle
• Genetta genetta
  Common Genet
  The Common Genet , also known as the Small-spotted Genet or European Genet, is a mammal from the order Carnivora, related to civets and linsangs. The most far-ranging of all the fourteen species of genet, it can be found throughout Africa, parts of the Middle East, and in Europe in Spain, Portugal,...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — Common Genet
• Gerbillus gerbillus
  Gerbillus gerbillus
  Gerbillus gerbillus is distributed mainly in Morocco, Northern Nigeria to Jordan and Kenya. It is known as the lesser gerbil or small Egyptian gerbil. It is much smaller than other gerbils sometimes kept as pets....
  
  Olivier, 1801 — Lesser Egyptian Gerbil
• Glis glis
  Edible dormouse
  The edible dormouse or fat dormouse is a large dormouse and the only living species in the genus Glis.-Description:...
  
  Linnaeus, 1766 — Fat Dormouse, Edible Dormouse
• Gorilla gorilla
  Western Gorilla
  The western gorilla is a great ape and the most populous species of the genus Gorilla.-Taxonomy:Nearly all of the individuals of this taxon belong to the western lowland gorilla subspecies whose population is approximately 95,000 individuals...
  
  Savage, 1847 — Western Gorilla
• Gulo gulo
  Wolverine
  The wolverine, pronounced , Gulo gulo , also referred to as glutton, carcajou, skunk bear, or quickhatch, is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae . It is a stocky and muscular carnivore, more closely resembling a small bear than other mustelids...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — Wolverine
• Hyaena hyaena
  Striped Hyena
  The Striped Hyena is a species of true hyena native to North and East Africa, the Caucasus, the Middle East, Middle and Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — Striped Hyena
• Indri indri
  Indri
  The indri , also called the babakoto, is one of the largest living lemurs. It is a diurnal tree-dweller related to the sifakas and, like all lemuroids, it is native to Madagascar.- Etymology :...
  
  Gmelin, 1788 — Indri
• Jaculus jaculus
  Lesser Egyptian Jerboa
  The Lesser Egyptian Jerboa الجربوع , Jaculus jaculus, is a little rodent of Africa and the Middle East.Its diet consists of seeds and grasses, however the Jerboa needs very little water to survive.-References:...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — Lesser Egyptian Jerboa
• Lagurus lagurus
  Steppe Lemming
  The steppe lemming or steppe vole is a small, plump, light grey rodent, similar in appearance to the Norway lemming but not in the same genus. The steppe lemming eats shoots and leaves and is more active at night though it is not strictly nocturnal. In the wild it is found in Russia and Ukraine...
  
  Pallas, 1773 — Steppe Vole, Steppe Lemming
• Lemmus lemmus
  Norway lemming
  The Norway lemming , Lemmus lemmus, is a common species of lemming found in northern Scandinavia and adjacent areas of Russia. It is the only vertebrate species endemic to the region. The Norway lemming dwells in tundra and fells, and prefers to live near water. Adults feed primarily on...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — Norway Lemming
• Lutra lutra
  European Otter
  The European Otter , also known as the Eurasian otter, Eurasian river otter, common otter and Old World otter, is a European and Asian member of the Lutrinae or otter subfamily, and is typical of freshwater otters....
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — European Otter
• Lynx lynx
  Eurasian Lynx
  The Eurasian lynx is a medium-sized cat native to European and Siberian forests, South Asia and East Asia. It is also known as the European lynx, common lynx, the northern lynx, and the Siberian or Russian lynx...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — Eurasian Lynx
• Macrophyllum macrophyllum
  Long-legged Bat
  The Long-legged Bat, Macrophyllum macrophyllum, is a bat species from South and Central America. It is monotypic in its genus.It hunts close over the water surfaces of lakes and slowly flowing streams, where it seizes insects right above or directly off the surface in a manner similar to Noctilio...
  
  Schinz, 1821 — Long-legged Bat
• Marmota marmota
  Alpine Marmot
  The Alpine Marmot is a species of marmot found in mountainous areas of central and southern Europe. Alpine marmots live at heights between 800 and 3,200 metres in the Alps, Carpathians, Tatras, the Pyrenees and Northern Apennines in Italy...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — Alpine Marmot
• Martes martes Linnaeus, 1758 — European Pine Marten, Pine Marten
• Meles meles Linnaeus, 1758 — European Badger, Eurasian Badger
• Mephitis mephitis
  Striped Skunk
  The striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis, is an omnivorous mammal of the skunk family Mephitidae. Found over most of the North American continent north of Mexico, it is one of the best-known mammals in Canada and the United States.-Description:...
  
  Schreber, 1776 — Striped Skunk
• Molossus molossus
  Velvety Free-tailed Bat
  The Velvety Free-tailed Bat or Pallas's Mastiff Bat , is a bat species in the family Molossidae. It occurs in the Americas from Argentina north to Cuba and Mexico and also the Florida Keys in the United States....
  
  Pallas, 1766 — Pallas's Mastiff Bat
• Monachus monachus
  Mediterranean Monk Seal
  The Mediterranean monk seal is a pinniped belonging to the Phocidae family. At some 450-510 remaining individuals, it is believed to be the world's second-rarest pinniped , and one of the most endangered mammals in the world.It is present in parts of the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic...
  
  Hermann, 1779 — Mediterranean Monk Seal
• Mops mops
  Malayan Free-tailed Bat
  The Malayan Free-tailed Bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 30 July 2007....
  
  de Blainville, 1840 — Malayan Free-tailed Bat
• Myospalax myospalax
  Siberian Zokor
  The Siberian Zokor is a species of rodent in the Spalacidae family. It is found in Kazakhstan and Russia.-References:* Tsytsulina, K. 2008. . Downloaded on 16 August 2009....
  
  Laxmann, 1773 — Siberian Zokor
• Myotis myotis
  Greater mouse-eared bat
  The greater mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis, is a European species of bat in the Vespertilionidae family.-Description:It is relatively large for a member of the Myotis genus, weighing up to , making it one of the largest European bats.-Foraging:Like its relatives it eats various arthropods;...
  
  Borkhausen, 1797 — Mouse-eared Myotis, Greater Mouse-Eared Bat
• Nasua nasua
  South American Coati
  The South American Coati, or Ring-tailed Coati , is a species of coati from South America. In Brazilian Portuguese it is known as quati. It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay and Venezuela. It is the southern replacement of its very...
  
  Linnaeus, 1766 — South American Coati, Coatimundi
• Niviventer niviventer
  White-bellied Rat
  The White-bellied Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in India, Nepal, and Pakistan....
  
  Hodgson, 1836 — Himalayan Niviventer
• Oreotragus oreotragus
  Klipspringer
  The Klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus, is a small species of African antelope.-Name:The word klipspringer literally means "rock jumper" in Afrikaans/Dutch...
  
  Zimmermann, 1783 — Klipspringer
• Papio papio
  Guinea Baboon
  The Guinea baboon is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. Some classifications list only two species in the genus Papio, this one and the Hamadryas baboon. In those classifications, all other Papio species are considered subspecies of P...
  
  Desmarest, 1820 — Guinea Baboon
• Petaurista petaurista
  Red Giant Flying Squirrel
  - Distribution :The Red Giant Flying Squirrel is a species of flying squirrel, which ranges from the eastern regions of Afghanistan, into northern India and Pakistan through to Java, and Taiwan, and also Sri Lanka. It can also be found in parts of Borneo. This species was recorded in Peninsular...
  
  Pallas, 1766 — Red Giant Flying Squirrel
• Phocoena phocoena
  Harbour Porpoise
  The harbour porpoise is one of six species of porpoise. It is one of the smallest marine mammals. As its name implies, it stays close to coastal areas or river estuaries, and as such, is the most familiar porpoise to whale watchers. This porpoise often ventures up rivers, and has been seen...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — Harbor Porpoise, Harbour Porpoise
• Pipistrellus pipistrellus
  Common Pipistrelle
  The Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus is a small pipistrelle bat whose very large range extends across most of Europe, North Africa, southwestern Asia, and possibly into Korea. It is one of the most common bat species in the British Isles....
  
  Schreber, 1774 — Common Pipistrelle
• Pithecia pithecia
  White-faced Saki
  The white-faced saki , also known as the Guianan saki and the golden-faced saki, is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey, found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and Timbuktu...
  
  Linnaeus, 1766 — White-faced Saki
• Pudu pudu = Pudu puda Molina, 1782 — Southern Pudu
• Rattus rattus
  Black Rat
  The black rat is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus in the subfamily Murinae . The species originated in tropical Asia and spread through the Near East in Roman times before reaching Europe by the 1st century and spreading with Europeans across the world.-Taxonomy:The black rat was...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — Roof Rat, Black Rat
• Redunca redunca
  Southern Reedbuck
  The Southern Reedbuck, Rietbok or Common Reedbuck is a diurnal antelope typically found in southern Africa.It was first described by Pieter Boddaert, a Dutch physician and naturalist, in 1785...
  
  Pallas, 1767 — Common Reedbuck
• Rupicapra rupicapra
  Chamois
  The chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra, is a goat-antelope species native to mountains in Europe, including the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, the European Alps, the Tatra Mountains, the Balkans, parts of Turkey, and the Caucasus. The chamois has also been introduced to the South Island of New Zealand...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — Alpine Chamois, Chamois
• Saccolaimus saccolaimus
  Naked-rumped Pouched Bat
  The Naked-rumped Pouched Bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.It is found in Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and possibly Myanmar.- Description :S. saccolaimus or T...
  
  Temminck, 1838 — Naked-rumped Pouched Bat
• Uncia uncia
  Snow Leopard
  The snow leopard is a moderately large cat native to the mountain ranges of South Asia and Central Asia...
  
  Schreber, 1775 — Snow Leopard
• Vicugna vicugna
  Vicuña
  The vicuña or vicugna is one of two wild South American camelids, along with the guanaco, which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes. It is a relative of the llama, and is now believed to share a wild ancestor with domesticated alpacas, which are raised for their fibre...
  
  Molina, 1782 — Vicugna, Vicuña
• Vulpes vulpes
  Red Fox
  The red fox is the largest of the true foxes, as well as being the most geographically spread member of the Carnivora, being distributed across the entire northern hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, Central America, and the steppes of Asia...
  
  Linnaeus, 1758 — Red Fox

Birds

• Alle alle
  Little Auk
  The Little Auk, or Dovekie , is a small auk, the only member of the genus Alle. It breeds on islands in the high Arctic. There are two subspecies: A. a. alle breeds in Greenland, Iceland, Novaya Zemlya and Spitsbergen, and A. a...
  
  — Little Auk
• Amandava amandava
  Red Munia
  The Red Munia, Red Avadavat or Strawberry Finch is a sparrow-sized bird of the Munia family. It is found in the open fields and grasslands of tropical Asia and is popular as a cage bird due to the colourful plumage of the males in their breeding season. It breeds in South Asia during the Monsoon...
  
  — Red Avadavat
• Amazilia amazilia
  Amazilia Hummingbird
  The Amazilia Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird, a family of small near passerine birds. The Loja Hummingbird , with less rufous to the underparts, is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Amazilia Hummingbird....
  
  — Amazilia Hummingbird
• Anhinga anhinga
  Anhinga
  The Anhinga , sometimes called Snakebird, Darter, American Darter, or Water Turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word "anhinga" comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird.It is a cormorant-like bird with an average body length of , a...
  
  — Anhinga
• Anser anser
  Greylag Goose
  The Greylag Goose , Anser anser, is a bird with a wide range in the Old World. It is the type species of the genus Anser....
  
  — Greylag Goose
• Apus apus
  Common Swift
  The Common Swift is a small bird, superficially similar to the Barn Swallow or House Martin. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes...
  
  — Common Swift
• Bubo bubo — Eurasian Eagle Owl
• Buteo buteo
  Common Buzzard
  The Common Buzzard is a medium to large bird of prey, whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia. It is usually resident all year, except in the coldest parts of its range, and in the case of one subspecies.-Description:...
  
  — Common Buzzard
• Cardinalis cardinalis
  Northern Cardinal
  The Northern Cardinal or Redbird or Common Cardinal is a North American bird in the genus Cardinalis. It can be found in southern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Texas and south through Mexico...
  
  — Northern Cardinal
• Carduelis carduelis
  European Goldfinch
  The European Goldfinch or Goldfinch is a small passerine bird in the finch family.-Habitat and range:The goldfinch breeds across Europe, North Africa, and western and central Asia, in open, partially wooded lowlands. It is resident in the milder west of its range, but migrates from colder regions...
  
  — European Goldfinch
• Casuarius casuarius
  Southern Cassowary
  The Southern Cassowary, Casuarius casuarius, also known as Double-wattled Cassowary, Australian Cassowary or Two-wattled Cassowary, is a large flightless black bird...
  
  — Southern Cassowary
• Ciconia ciconia
  White Stork
  The White Stork is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on its wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to end of tail, with a wingspan...
  
  — White Stork
• Cinclus cinclus
  White-throated Dipper
  The White-throated Dipper , also known as the European Dipper or just Dipper is an aquatic passerine bird found in Europe, Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. The species is divided into several subspecies, based primarily on colour differences, particularly of the pectoral band...
  
  — White-throated Dipper
• Coccothraustes coccothraustes
  Hawfinch
  The Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes, is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Its closest living relatives are the Evening Grosbeak from North America and the Hooded Grosbeak from Central America especially Mexico.This bird breeds across Europe and temperate Asia...
  
  — Hawfinch
• Cochlearius cochlearius
  Boat-billed Heron
  The Boat-billed Heron - colloquially known as the Boatbill - is an atypical member of the heron family, and was formerly thought to be in a monotypic family, Cochlearidae....
  
  — Boat-billed Heron
• Coeligena coeligena
  Bronzy Inca
  The Bronzy Inca is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-Description:...
  
  — Bronzy Inca
• Colius colius
  White-backed Mousebird
  The White-backed Mousebird is a large species of mousebird. It is distributed in western and central regions of southern Africa from Namibia and southern Botswana eastwards to Central Transvaal and the eastern Cape....
  
  — White-backed Mousebird
• Coscoroba coscoroba
  Coscoroba Swan
  The Coscoroba Swan is a species of waterfowl inhabiting southern South America. It is the smallest of the birds called "swans", but still a large species of waterfowl, averaging 4.2 kg , 1 m long and 1.57 m across the wings...
  
  — Coscoroba Swan
• Cotinga cotinga
  Purple-breasted Cotinga
  The Purple-breasted Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
  — Purple-breasted Cotinga
• Coturnix coturnix
  Common Quail
  The Common Quail, Coturnix coturnix, is a small bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is widespread and is found in parts of Europe, .- Description :It is a small rotund bird, essentially streaked brown with...
  
  — Common Quail
• Crex crex
  Corn Crake
  The Corn Crake, Corncrake or Landrail is a bird in the rail family. It breeds in Europe and Asia as far east as western China, and migrates to Africa for the winter...
  
  — Corncrake
• Crossoptilon crossoptilon
  White-eared Pheasant
  The Genus Crosssoptilon comprises four distinct ecological species of "Eared Pheasants", so named because of their prominent ear tufts.White Eared Pheasants are called Shagga by indigenous Himalayan peoples...
  
  — White-eared Pheasant
• Curaeus curaeus
  Austral Blackbird
  The Austral Blackbird is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.It is found in Argentina and Chile.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest....
  
  — Austral Blackbird
• Cyanicterus cyanicterus
  Blue-backed Tanager
  The Blue-backed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is the only member of the genus Cyanicterus....
  
  — Blue-backed Tanager
• Cygnus cygnus
  Whooper Swan
  The Whooper Swan , Cygnus cygnus, is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American Trumpeter Swan. An old name for the Whooper Swan is Elk; it is so called in Francis Willughby and John Ray's Ornithology of 1676.-Description:The Whooper Swan is similar in...
  
  — Whooper Swan
• Diuca diuca
  Common Diuca-finch
  The Common Diuca-finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:*...
  
  — Common Diuca-finch
• Dives dives
  Melodious Blackbird
  The Melodious Blackbird, Dives dives, is a New World tropical icterid bird. It is a resident breeder from coastal eastern and southeastern Mexico to Costa Rica. Its range is expanding. El Salvador was colonised in the 1950s, and eastern Guatemala in the 1960s...
  
  — Melodious Blackbird
• Ensifera ensifera
  Sword-billed Hummingbird
  Sword-billed Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird from South America and the sole member of the genus Ensifera...
  
  — Sword-billed Hummingbird
• Francolinus francolinus
  Black Francolin
  The Black Francolin, Francolinus francolinus, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It was formerly known as the Black Partridge.-Identification:...
  
  — Black Francolin
• Galbula galbula
  Green-tailed Jacamar
  The Green-tailed Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family.It is native to Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are moist lowland forests, both tropical and subtropical, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* IUCN 2008 Red List....
  
  — Green-tailed Jacamar
• Gallinago gallinago
  Common Snipe
  The Common Snipe is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The breeding habitat is marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows throughout northern Europe and northern Asia...
  
  — Common Snipe
• Gallus gallus
  Red Junglefowl
  The Red Junglefowl is a tropical member of the Pheasant family. They are thought to be ancestors of the domestic chicken with some hybridisation with the Grey Junglefowl...
  
  — Red Junglefowl
• Grus grus
  Common Crane
  The Common Crane , also known as the Eurasian Crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.It is a large, stately bird and a medium-sized crane at 100–130 cm long, with a 180–240 cm wingspan and a weight of 4.5–6 kg...
  
  — Common Crane
• Guira guira — Guira Cuckoo
• Himantopus himantopus
  Black-winged Stilt
  The Black-winged Stilt or Common Stilt is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family . Opinions differ as to whether the birds treated under the scientific name H. himantopus ought to be treated as a single species and if not, how many species to recognize...
  
  — Black-winged Stilt
• Histrionicus histrionicus
  Harlequin Duck
  The Harlequin Duck is a small sea duck. It takes its name from Arlecchino, Harlequin in French, a colourfully dressed character in Commedia dell'arte. The species name comes from the Latin word "histrio", "actor". In North America it is also known as Lords and ladies...
  
  — Harlequin Duck
• Icterus icterus
  Troupial
  The Troupial , Icterus icterus is the national bird of Venezuela and one of about 25 or so species of "New World Orioles"...
  
  — Troupial
• Indicator indicator
  Greater Honeyguide
  The Greater Honeyguide is a bird in the family Indicatoridae, paleotropical near passerine birds related to the woodpeckers. Its English and scientific names refer to its habit of guiding people to bee colonies....
  
  — Greater Honeyguide
• Jacana jacana
  Wattled Jacana
  The Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana is a wader which is a resident breeder from western Panama and Trinidad south through most of South America east of the Andes....
  
  — Wattled Jacana
• Lagopus lagopus
  Willow Grouse
  The Willow Ptarmigan , also known as the Willow Grouse, is a bird of the grouse subfamily. It is a sedentary species, breeding in birch and other forests and moorlands in the tundra of Scandinavia, Siberia, Alaska, northern Canada, in particular the province of Newfoundland and Labrador...
  
  — Willow Grouse
• Lerwa lerwa
  Snow Partridge
  The Snow Partridge is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae found widely distributed across the high-altitude Himalayan regions of India, Pakistan, Nepal and China. It is the only species within the genus...
  
  — Snow Partridge
• Limosa limosa
  Black-tailed Godwit
  The Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa, is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758. It is a member of the Limosa genus, the godwits...
  
  — Black-tailed Godwit
• Luscinia luscinia
  Thrush Nightingale
  The Thrush Nightingale, Luscinia luscinia , is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...
  
  — Thrush Nightingale
• Manacus manacus
  White-bearded Manakin
  The White-bearded Manakin, Manacus manacus, is a small passerine bird which breeds in tropical South America. It is found from Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad south to Bolivia and northern Argentina....
  
  — White-bearded Manakin
• Mascarinus mascarinus
  Mascarene Parrot
  The Mascarene Parrot is an extinct species of parrot known from bones, specimens and descriptions to have occurred in the Mascarene island of Réunion, and possibly Mauritius. The bird was first described by Dubois in 1674...
  
  — Mascarene Parrot
• Melanodera melanodera
  Canary-winged Finch
  The White-bridled Finch , also known as the Canary-winged Finch or Black-throated Finch, is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Melanodera together with the Yellow-bridled Finch . Formerly placed in the family Emberizidae, it is now considered a tanager. It is found in grassland in...
  
  — Canary-winged Finch
• Milvus milvus
  Red Kite
  The Red Kite is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers. The species is currently endemic to the Western Palearctic region in Europe and northwest Africa, though formerly also occurred just...
  
  — Red Kite
• Mitu mitu
  Alagoas Curassow
  The Alagoas Curassow, Mitu mitu, is a large, mainly glossy black pheasant-like bird. It was formerly found in forests in north-eastern Brazil, but it is now extinct in the wild. A captive population exists...
  
  — Alagoas Curassow
• Nycticorax nycticorax
  Black-crowned Night Heron
  The Black-crowned Night Heron commonly abbreviated to just Night Heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia .-Description:Adults are...
  
  — Black-crowned Night Heron
• Oenanthe oenanthe
  Northern Wheatear
  The Northern Wheatear or Wheatear is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...
  
  — Northern Wheatear
• Oriolus oriolus
  Golden Oriole
  The Eurasian Golden Oriole or simply Golden Oriole is the only member of the oriole family of passerine birds breeding in northern hemisphere temperate regions...
  
  — Golden Oriole
• Pauxi pauxi — Northern Helmeted Curassow
• Perdix perdix
  Grey Partridge
  The Grey Partridge, Perdix perdix, also known as the English Partridge, Hungarian Partridge, or Hun, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds...
  
  — Grey Partridge
• Petronia petronia
  Rock Sparrow
  The Rock Sparrow, Petronia petronia, is a small passerine bird. This sparrow breeds on barren rocky hills from the Iberian peninsula and western north Africa across southern Europe and through central Asia. It is largely resident in the west of its range, but Asian birds migrate to more southerly...
  
  — Rock Sparrow
• Phoenicurus phoenicurus
  Common Redstart
  The Common Redstart , or often simply Redstart, is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus...
  
  — Common Redstart
• Pica pica
  European Magpie
  The European Magpie, Eurasian Magpie, or Common Magpie, , is a resident breeding bird throughout Europe, much of Asia and northwest Africa. It is one of several birds in the crow family named as magpies, and belongs to the Holarctic radiation of "monochrome" magpies...
  
  — European Magpie
• Pipile pipile
  Trinidad Piping-guan
  The Trinidad Piping Guan, Pipile pipile, is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae.This species is found only in Trinidad; it is close to extinction. They are large birds, 60 cm in length, and similar in general appearance to turkeys, with thin necks and small heads. They...
  
  — Trinidad Piping-guan
• Pipra pipra
  White-crowned Manakin
  The White-crowned Manakin is a tiny passerine bird in the manakin family. It is a resident breeder in the tropical New World from Costa Rica to northeastern Peru and eastern Brazil. It was formerly placed in the genus Pipra, but its syringeal anatomy favours its separation as a separate genus...
  
  — White-crowned Manakin
• Poliocephalus poliocephalus
  Hoary-headed Grebe
  The Hoary-headed Grebe, Poliocephalus poliocephalus, is a member of the grebe family found in Australia and, since 1975, New Zealand, where it is scarce....
  
  — Hoary-headed Grebe
• Porphyrio porphyrio
  Purple Swamphen
  The Purple Swamphen , also known as the African Purple Swamphen, Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule, Pūkeko or Purple Coot, is a large bird in the family Rallidae . From its name in French, talève sultane, it is also known as the Sultana Bird...
  
  — Purple Swamphen
• Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
  Purple-throated Cotinga
  The Purple-throated Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Porphyrolaema.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
  
  — Purple-throated Cotinga
• Porzana porzana
  Spotted Crake
  The Spotted Crake is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae.Their breeding habitat is marshes and sedge beds across temperate Europe into western Asia. They nest in a dry location in marsh vegetation, laying 6-15 eggs...
  
  — Spotted Crake
• Puffinus puffinus
  Manx Shearwater
  The Manx Shearwater is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. The scientific name of this species records a name shift: Manx Shearwaters were called Manks Puffins in the 17th century. Puffin is an Anglo-Norman word for the cured carcasses of nestling shearwaters...
  
  — Manx Shearwater
• Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
  Red-billed Chough
  The Red-billed Chough or Chough , Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, is a bird in the crow family; it is one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax...
  
  — Red-billed Chough
• Pyrrhula pyrrhula
  Eurasian Bullfinch
  The Bullfinch, Common Bullfinch or Eurasian Bullfinch is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. In Anglophone Europe it is known simply as Bullfinch, as it is the original bird to bear the name bullfinch.This bird breeds across Europe and temperate Asia...
  
  — Eurasian Bullfinch
• Quelea quelea
  Red-billed Quelea
  The Red-billed Quelea is the world's most abundant wild bird species, with an estimated adult breeding population of 1.5 billion pairs. Some estimates of the overall population have been as large as 10 billion...
  
  — Red-billed Quelea
• Regulus regulus
  Goldcrest
  The Goldcrest, Regulus regulus, is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. Its colourful golden crest feathers gives rise to its English and scientific names, and possibly to it being called the "king of the birds" in European folklore. Several subspecies are recognised across the very...
  
  — Goldcrest
• Riparia riparia
  Sand Martin
  The Sand Martin is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family. It has a wide range in summer, embracing practically the whole of Europe and the Mediterranean countries, part of northern Asia and also North America. It winters in eastern and southern Africa, South America and South Asia...
  
  — Sand Martin
• Rupicola rupicola
  Guianan Cock-of-the-rock
  The Guianan Cock-of-the-rock, Rupicola rupicola, is a South American passerine about 30 cm in length. The bright orange male has an extraordinary half-moon crest, which is used is competitive displays in lek gatherings to attract a female....
  
  — Guianan Cock-of-the-rock
• Serinus serinus
  European Serin
  The European Serin, or just Serin is the smallest European species of the family of finches and is closely related to the Canary. Its diet consists mainly of a combination of buds and seeds.-Description:...
  
  — European Serin
• Suiriri suiriri
  Suiriri Flycatcher
  The Suiriri Flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae found in semi-open habitats in South America. It was formerly split into two species; the Chaco Suiriri and the Campo Suiriri...
  
  — Suiriri Flycatcher
• Sula sula
  Red-footed Booby
  The Red-footed Booby, Sula sula, is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. As suggested by the name, adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings...
  
  — Red-footed Booby
• Tadorna tadorna
  Common Shelduck
  The Common Shelduck is a waterfowl species shelduck genus Tadorna. It is widespread and common in Eurasia, mainly breeding in temperate and wintering in subtropical regions; in winter, it can also be found in the Maghreb...
  
  — Common Shelduck
• Tchagra tchagra
  Southern Tchagra
  The Southern Tchagra is a passerine bird found in dense scrub and coastal bush in southern and south-eastern South Africa and Swaziland....
  
  — Southern Tchagra
• Temnurus temnurus
  Ratchet-tailed Treepie
  The Ratchet-tailed Treepie is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Temnurus.It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam....
  
  — Ratchet-tailed Treepie
• Tetrax tetrax
  Little Bustard
  The Little Bustard is a large bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Tetrax. It breeds in southern Europe and in western and central Asia. Southernmost European birds are mainly resident, but other populations migrate further south in winter...
  
  — Little Bustard
• Todus todus
  Jamaican Tody
  Found only in Jamaica, the Jamaican Tody is a small and colourful bird, predominantly green above, with a red throat and yellow underparts, with some pink on the sides. It has a large head and a long, flat bill. It perches on small branches, with its bills unturned and, like its Cuban relative ,...
  
  — Jamaican Tody
• Troglodytes troglodytes
  Winter Wren
  The Winter Wren is a very small North American bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. It was once lumped with Troglodytes pacificus of western North America and Troglodytes troglodytes of Eurasia under the name Winter Wren.It breeds in coniferous forests from British...
  
  — Winter Wren
• Tyrannus tyrannus
  Eastern Kingbird
  The Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus, is a large Tyrant flycatcher.Adults are grey-black on the upperparts with light underparts; they have a long black tail with a white end and long pointed wings. They have a red patch on their crown, seldom seen...
  
  — Eastern Kingbird
• Vanellus vanellus
  Northern Lapwing
  The Northern Lapwing , also known as the Peewit, Green Plover or just Lapwing, is a bird in the plover family. It is common through temperate Eurasia....
  
  — Northern Lapwing
• Xenopirostris xenopirostris
  Lafresnaye's Vanga
  The Lafresnaye's Vanga is a species of bird in the Vangidae family.It is endemic to Madagascar.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:...
  
  — Lafresnaye's Vanga
• Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
  Yellow-headed Blackbird
  The Yellow-headed Blackbird is a medium-sized blackbird, and the only member of the genus Xanthocephalus....
  
  — Yellow-headed Blackbird

Reptiles

• Caretta caretta
  Loggerhead Sea Turtle
  The loggerhead sea turtle , or loggerhead, is an oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The average loggerhead measures around long when fully grown, although larger specimens of up to have been discovered...
  
  — Loggerhead Sea Turtle
• Cerastes cerastes
  Cerastes cerastes
  Cerastes cerastes is a venomous viper species native to the deserts of Northern Africa and parts of the Middle East. They often are easily recognized by the presence of a pair of supraocular horns, although hornless individuals do occur. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description:The...
  
  — Desert Horned Viper
• Chalcides chalcides
  Chalcides
  Chalcides is a genus of skinks .It is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae which seems to be paraphyletic however. It belongs to a major clade of this group which does not seem to include the type genus Scincus however...
  
  — Italian Three-toed Skink
• Gekko gecko - Tokay Gecko
• Hemachatus haemachatus
  Rinkhals
  The Rinkhals also called the Ringhals or Ring-necked Spitting Cobra is a venomous elapid species found in parts of southern Africa...
  
  — Rinkhals
• Hypnale hypnale
  Hypnale hypnale
  Hypnale hypnale is a venomous pitviper species found in India and Sri Lanka. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description: Grows to an average of 30-45 cm in length. The Armed Forces Pest Management Board states 0.4-0.6 m in length....
  
  — Hump-nosed Viper
• Iguana iguana
  Green Iguana
  The Green Iguana or Common Iguana is a large, arboreal herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana native to Central and South America...
  
  — Green Iguana
• Kachuga kachuga
  Kachuga kachuga
  Red-crowned roofed turtle is a species of turtle found in South Asia. It was the type species of its former genus Kachuga.-Description:...
  
  — Red-crowned Roofed Turtle
• Naja naja
  Indian Cobra
  Indian Cobra or Spectacled Cobra is a species of the genus Naja found in the Indian subcontinent and a member of the "big four", the four species which inflict the most snakebites in India. This snake is revered in Indian mythology and culture, and is often seen with snake charmers...
  
  — Indian Cobra
• Natrix natrix
  Grass Snake
  The grass snake , sometimes called the ringed snake or water snake is a European non-venomous snake. It is often found near water and feeds almost exclusively on amphibians.-Etymology:...
  
  — Grass Snake
• Scincus scincus
  Scincus scincus
  The Sandfish is a species of skink that burrows into the sand and swims through it. It is native to North africa and southwestern asia, but is also kept as a pet elsewhere.-Description:...
  
  — Sandfish
• Suta suta — Curl Snake

Amphibians

• Bombina bombina
  European Fire-bellied Toad
  The European Fire-bellied Toad Bombina bombina is a fire-bellied toad native to mainland Europe. These toads are slightly toxic sometimes to humans...
  
  — European Fire-bellied Toad
• Bufo bufo
  Common Toad
  The common toad or European toad is an amphibian widespread throughout Europe, with the exception of Iceland, Ireland and some Mediterranean islands...
  
  — Common Toad
• Pipa pipa — Suriname Toad
• Salamandra salamandra
  Fire Salamander
  The fire salamander is probably the best-known salamander species in Europe. It is black with yellow spots or stripes to a varying degree; some specimens can be nearly completely black while on others the yellow is dominant. Shades of red and orange may sometimes appear, either replacing or mixing...
  
  — Fire Salamander

Fish

• Alburnus alburnus — bleak
• Alosa alosa
  Allis shad
  The allis shad is a species of fish in the Clupeidae family.-Location:It is found in Algeria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.-Biology and...
  
  — allis shad
• Anableps anableps
  Four-eyed fish
  The four-eyed fishes are a genus, Anableps, of fishes in the family Anablepidae. They have eyes raised above the top of the head and divided in two different parts, so that they can see below and above the water surface at the same time...
  
  — largescale foureyes
• Anguilla anguilla
  European eel
  The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is a species of eel, a snake-like, catadromous fish. They can reach in exceptional cases a length of 1½ m, but are normally much smaller, about 60–80 cm, and rarely more than 1 m....
  
  — European eel
• Anostomus anostomus — striped headstander
• Anthias anthias
• Badis badis
  Badis badis
  The Blue perch is a species of fish the in family Badidae of the order Perciformes. It is a small, predatory fish that feeds on tiny invertebrates. Maximum length is around 8 cm. Sexual dimorphism is minimal, though males normally display stronger colouration and females may appear more rounded...
  
  
• Bagarius bagarius
  Bagarius
  Bagarius is a genus of catfishes of the family Sisoridae. It includes four extant species, B. bagarius, B. rutilus, B. suchus, and B. yarelli , and one extinct species, B. gigas.-Distribution:Bagarius species inhabit south and southeast Asia...
  
  
• Banjos banjos
  Banjos banjos
  The Banjofish is a perciform fish, the only species in the genus Banjos and in the family Banjosidae.It is native to coastal waters of the western Pacific Ocean, from Japan to the South China Sea....
  
  
• Barbatula barbatula
  Stone Loach
  The Stone loach, Barbatula barbatula, is a species of ray-finned fish in the Balitoridae family.It is found in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein,...
  
  — stone loach
• Barbus barbus
  Barbus barbus
  Barbus barbus is a species of freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family of minnows and carps. It shares the common name "barbel" with its many relatives in the genus Barbus and is properly known as the Common Barbel.B...
  
  — barbel
• Batasio batasio
  Batasio
  Batasio is a genus of catfish of the family Bagridae. These small fish are found in fast-flowing hillstreams throughout South and mainland Southeast Asia.-Taxonomy:...
  
  
• Belone belone
  Garfish
  The garfish , or sea needle, is a pelagic, oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea, etc. The fish lives close to the surface and has a migratory pattern similar to that of the mackerel, arriving a short time before...
  
  — garfish
• Boops boops
  Boops boops
  Boops boops, called the bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic. Its scientific name, and its common names in many languages, refers to its large eyes. It is found off the coasts of Europe, Africa, the Azores and the Canary Islands, from Norway to Angola, and in the...
  
  — bogue
• Brama brama — Atlantic pomflet
• Brosme brosme
  Cusk
  Cusk may refer to:*The cusk, Brosme brosme, a North Atlantic food fish of the family Lotidae*The burbot, Lota lota, a related fish also sometimes referred to as "cusk"*Cusk eels, eel-like fishes of the family Ophidiidae...
  
  — cusk
• Calamus calamus
  Saucereye porgy
  The saucereye porgy, Calamus calamus, is an ocean-going species of fish in the family Sparidae. In Bermuda, they are also known as the goat's head porgy. In Jamaica, they are known as the Porgi grunt and the sugareye porgy. They may also be known simply by the name Porgy in several other Caribbean...
  
  — saucereye porgy
• Callichthys callichthys
  Callichthys callichthys
  The cascarudo , armored catfish, bubblenest catfish, hassar, or mailed catfish is a subtropical freshwater fish belonging to the Callichthyinae sub-family of the Callichthyidae family.-Taxonomy:...
  
  — cascarudo, armoured catfish
• Carassius carassius
  Crucian carp
  The crucian carp is a member of the family Cyprinidae, which includes many other fish, such as the common carp, or the smaller minnows. They inhabit lakes, ponds, and slow-moving rivers throughout Europe and Asia. The crucian is a medium-sized cyprinid, which rarely exceeds a weight of over 3.3...
  
  — crucian carp
• Catla catla
  Catla
  Catla catla, , also known as Indian Carp, is the only member of the genus Catla, of the carp family Cyprinidae. It is a fish with a large protruding lower jaw. It is commonly found in rivers and freshwater lakes in India , Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Pakistan...
  
  — catla
• Chaca chaca
  Chaca (genus)
  Chaca is the only genus in the catfish family Chacidae. These fish are commonly known as squarehead catfishes, frogmouth catfishes, or angler catfishes. These unusual fish have a sedentary lifestyle and spend much of their time immobile.The name Chaca is derived from the fact that when removed from...
  
  — frogmouth catfish
• Chanos chanos
  Milkfish
  The milkfish is the sole living species in the family Chanidae. - Description and biology :...
  
  — milkfish
• Chitala chitala — clown knifefish
• Conger conger
  European conger
  The European conger, Conger conger, is a conger of the family Congridae, found in the eastern Atlantic from Norway and Iceland to Senegal, and also in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. It is sometimes seen in very shallow water by the shore but can also go down to depths of 1170 m...
  
  — European conger
• Conta conta
  Conta
  Conta is a genus of catfishes of the family Erethistidae. It includes two species, C. conta and C. pectinata.-Distribution and habitat:...
  
  
• Dentex dentex — common dentex
• Devario devario
  Bengal danio
  The Bengal danio or Sind danio, Devario devario, is a subtropical fish belonging to the minnow family . Originating in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, this fish is sometimes found in community tanks by fish-keeping hobbyists...
  
  — Bengal danio
• Gagata gagata
  Gagata
  Gagata is a genus of catfishes of the family Sisoridae. It includes seven species, G. cenia, G. dolichonema, G. gagata, G. itchkeea, G. melanopterus, G. pakistanica, and G. sexualis. G. gasawyuh is considered a synonym of G. gagata and G. youssoufi of G...
  
  
• Hippocampus hippocampus — European seahorse
• Hippoglossus hippoglossus
  Atlantic halibut
  The Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. They are demersal fish, that live on or near sand, gravel or clay bottoms at depths of between . The halibut is among the largest teleost fish in the world. Halibut are strong swimmers and are able to...
  
  — Atlantic halibut
• Histrio histrio — Sargassum fish
• Hucho hucho
  Huchen
  The huchen or Danube salmon is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes. It is the type species of its genus...
  
  — Danube salmon, huchen
• Huso huso — beluga sturgeon
• Limanda limanda
  Common dab
  The common dab, Limanda limanda, is an edible flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish native to shallow seas around Northern Europe, in particular the North Sea, where it lives on sandy bottoms down to depths of about...
  
  — common dab
• Lota lota
  Burbot
  The burbot is the only gadiform fish inhabiting freshwaters. It is also known as mariah, the lawyer, and eelpout. It is closely related to the marine common ling and the cusk...
  
  — burbot
• Merluccius merluccius
  Merluccius merluccius
  The European hake is a merluccid hake of the genus Merluccius. It sometimes was called the "herring hake", perhaps because it often feeds on herring and therefore is likely to be netted along with herring...
  
  — European hake
• Mola mola
  Ocean sunfish
  The ocean sunfish, Mola mola, or common mola, is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. It has an average adult weight of . The species is native to tropical and temperate waters around the globe. It resembles a fish head with a tail, and its main body is flattened laterally...
  
  — ocean sunfish
• Molva molva
  Common Ling
  The common ling or simply the ling, Molva molva, is a large member of the cod family. An ocean fish whose habitat is in the Atlantic region and can be found around Iceland, Faroe Islands, British Isles, the Norse coast and occasionally around Newfoundland, the ling has a long slender body that can...
  
  — common ling
• Mustelus mustelus
  Common smooth-hound
  The common smooth-hound, Mustelus mustelus, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles to South Africa, in the Mediterranean Sea, Madeira and the Canary Islands at depths of ranging from 5m to 625m . While they can grow to 200 cm, their...
  
  — common smooth-hound
• Nangra nangra
  Nangra
  Nangra is a genus of catfishes of the family Sisoridae. It includes five species, N. assamensis, N. bucculenta, N. nangra, N. ornata, and N. robusta. N. carcharhinoides is considered a synonym of N...
  
  
• Pagrus pagrus
  Red porgy
  The red porgy , or common seabream, is a species of fish in the family Sparidae. Although found in a wide variety of locations that range from Europe to the Caribbean, its status is considered endangered. Also known along the Gulf Coast as White Snapper, even though it is not a true...
  
  
• Pangasius pangasius
  Pangasius pangasius
  Pangasius pangasius or Pangash is a catfish of the Pangasiidae family, available in the Bay of Bengal....
  
  
• Phoxinus phoxinus — Eurasian minnow
• Phycis phycis
• Pollachius pollachius
  Pollock
  Pollock is the common name used for either of the two species of marine fish in the Pollachius genus. Both P. pollachius and P. virens are commonly referred to as pollock. Other names for P...
  
  — pollock
• Pristis pristis
  Common sawfish
  The common sawfish, Pristis pristis, is a sawfish of the family Pristidae, found in tropical and subtropical parts of the Atlantic, Mediterranean, eastern Pacific and in northern Australia. As suggested by its name, it was once plentiful, but has now declined drastically leading to it being...
  
  — common sawfish
• Pseudobagarius pseudobagarius
• Remora remora
  Common remora
  The common remora, Remora remora, is a pelagic marine fish belonging to family Echeneidae. Remora remora is different from other remoras in the family Echeneidae by the modification of its dorsal fin...
  
  — common remora
• Rhinobatos rhinobatos — common guitarfish
  Guitarfish
  The guitarfish are a family, Rhinobatidae, of rays. The guitarfish are known for an elongated body with a flattened head and trunk and small ray like wings. The combined range of the various species is tropical, subtropical and temperate waters worldwide. They often travel in large...
  
  
• Rita rita
  Rita (genus)
  Rita is a genus of catfishes of the family Bagridae. It includes six extant species, R. chrysea, R. gogra, R. kuturnee, R. macracanthus, R. rita, and R. sacerdotum, and one extinct species, R. grandiscutata.-Distribution:Rita species are found in large rivers throughout the Indian subcontinent and...
  
  
• Rutilus rutilus — common roach
• Sarda sarda
  Atlantic bonito
  The Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda is a large mackerel-like fish of the family Scombridae. It is common in shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean where it is an important commercial and game fish.-Description:...
  
  — Atlantic bonito
• Solea solea
  Common sole
  The common sole, Dover sole, or black sole, Solea solea, is a species of flatfish in the Soleidae family.It has a preference for relatively shallow water with sand or mud covering the bottom....
  
  — common sole
• Sphyraena sphyraena — European barracuda
• Spinachia spinachia — a species of stickleback
  Stickleback
  The Gasterosteidae are a family of fish including the sticklebacks. FishBase currently recognises sixteen species in the family, grouped in five genera. However several of the species have a number of recognised subspecies, and the taxonomy of the family is thought to be in need of revision...
  
  
• Sprattus sprattus
  European sprat
  The European sprat, Sprattus sprattus, also known as bristling, brisling or skipper, is a small, herring-like, marine fish. Found in European waters, it has silver grey scales and white-grey flesh. Specific seas in which the species occurs include the Irish Sea, Baltic Sea and Sea of the Hebrides...
  
  — European sprat
• Squatina squatina
  Squatina squatina
  The angelshark is a species of shark in the family Squatinidae , once widespread in the coastal waters of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Well-adapted for camouflaging itself on the sea floor, the angelshark has a flattened form with enlarged pectoral and pelvic fins, giving it a superficial...
  
  
• Synodus synodus
  Diamond lizardfish
  The Diamond lizardfish which is also known as Synodus usitatus is a type of lizardfish or Synodontidae that lives mainly in the Eastern Atlantic...
  
  — diamond lizardfish
• Tandanus tandanus
  Eel-tailed Catfish
  The eel-tailed catfish, Tandanus tandanus, is a species of catfish of the family Plotosidae. This fish is also known as dewfish, freshwater catfish, jewfish, and tandan.-Distribution:...
  
  — eel-tailed catfish
• Thymallus thymallus
  Grayling (species)
  The grayling is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes. It is the type species of its genus. Native to the Palearctic ecozone, the grayling is widespread throughout northern Europe, from the United Kingdom and France to the Ural Mountains in Russia...
  
  — grayling
• Tinca tinca
  Tench
  The tench or doctor fish is a freshwater and brackish water fish of the cyprinid family found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including the British Isles east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is also found in Lake Baikal...
  
  — tench
• Torpedo torpedo
• Trachurus trachurus
  Atlantic horse mackerel
  The Atlantic horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus is a species of mackerel in the family Carangidae. It gets its common name from the legend that other smaller species of fish could ride on the back of it over great distances...
  
  — Atlantic horse mackerel
• Trachyrhynchus trachyrhynchus
  Rattail
  Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the family Macrouridae...
  
  — rattail
• Zebrus zebrus — a goby (Gobiidae)
• Zingel zingel — in the Percidae
  Percidae
  The Percidae are a family of perciform fish found in fresh and brackish waters of the Northern Hemisphere. The family contains about 200 species in ten genera...
  
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• Zungaro zungaro
  Zungaro zungaro
  The Jau is a South American catfish of the family Pimelodidae.-Taxonomy:By some sources, it is the only species of the monotypic genus Zungaro. However, some sources list other species as valid, such as Zungaro jahu. This species may be referred to by one of its synonyms, Brachyplatystoma flavicans...
  
  

Arthropods

• Astacus astacus
  Astacus astacus
  Astacus astacus, the European crayfish, noble crayfish or broad-fingered crayfish, is the most common species of crayfish in Europe, and a traditional foodstuff. Like other crayfish, Astacus astacus is restricted to fresh water, living only in unpolluted streams, rivers and lakes...
  
  — European crayfish
• Avicularia avicularia
  Pinktoe Tarantula
  The pinktoe tarantula, Avicularia avicularia, is a species of tarantula native to South America, Costa Rica to Brazil, and the southern Caribbean...
  
  — pinktoe tarantula
• Balanus balanus
  Balanus balanus
  Balanus balanus is a species of acorn barnacle in the Balanidae family. It is native to the colder seas of the northern hemisphere.-Description:...
  
  — a barnacle
• Bucayana bucayana — Ecuadorian cranaid harvestman
• Calappa calappa — a box crab
• Cossus cossus
  Cossus cossus
  The Goat Moth is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Europe.This is a large heavy moth with a wingspan of 68–96 mm. The wings are greyish brown and marked with fine dark cross lines...
  
  — European goat moth
• Crangon crangon
  Crangon crangon
  Crangon crangon is a commercially important species of shrimp fished mainly in the southern North Sea, although also found in the Irish Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, as well as off much of Scandinavia and parts of Morocco's Atlantic coast...
  
  — brown shrimp
• Cressida cressida
  Cressida cressida
  The Clearwing Swallowtail or Big Greasy, Cressida cressida, is a medium-sized swallowtail butterfly found in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. It is not a threatened species.-Description:...
  
  , (big greasy or clearwing swallowtail butterfly
• Goliathus goliathus — goliath beetle
• Grapsus grapsus
  Grapsus grapsus
  The crab Grapsus grapsus is one of the most common crabs along the western coast of the Americas. It is known variously as "red rock crab", "abuete negro", and, together with other crabs such as Percnon gibbesi, as "Sally Lightfoot"...
  
  — red rock crab
• Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, commonly known as the European mole cricket is widespread in Europe and has been introduced to the eastern United States...
  
  — European mole cricket
• Idea idea — rice paper butterfly of the genus Idea
  Idea (genus)
  Idea is a genus of butterflies known as Tree Nymphs or Paper butterflies. The member species are concentrated around southeast Asia. See Sevenia for the genus of African tree nymphs.-Species:Listed alphabetically....
  
  
• Melolontha melolontha
  Melolontha
  Melolontha is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. The European cockchafers belong to this genus.-Taxonomy:Linnaeus called the European cockchafer Scarabaeus melolontha...
  
  — common cockchafer
• Mitella mitella — a barnacle
• Pollicipes pollicipes
  Pollicipes pollicipes
  Pollicipes pollicipes, known as the goose neck barnacle, goose barnacle or leaf barnacle is a species of goose barnacle, also well known under the taxonomic synonym Pollicipes cornucopia...
  
  — a goose barnacle
• Ranina ranina
  Ranina ranina
  Ranina ranina, the red frog crab or spanner crab, is a species of edible crab, the only extant species in its genus.-Description:...
  
  — a raninid
  Raninidae
  Raninidae is a family of unusual crabs named for their frog-like appearance, taken by most scientists to be quite primitive. These animals closely resemble the mole crabs, due to parallel evolution or convergent evolution. In both groups, the claws are modified into tools for digging, and the body...
  
   crab
• Scalpellum scalpellum — a barnacle
• Scolytus scolytus — elm bark beetle
  Bark beetle
  A bark beetle is one of approximately 220 genera with 6,000 species of beetles in the subfamily Scolytinae. Traditionally, this was considered a distinct family Scolytidae, but now it is understood that bark beetles are in fact very specialized members of the "true weevil" family...
  
  
• Sodreana sodreana — Brazilian long-pedipalped harvestman
• Therezopolis therezopolis — neon horseshoe pachyline harvestman
• Xanthostigma xanthostigma — no common name, a member of the snakefly
  Snakefly
  Snakeflies are a group of insects in the order Raphidioptera, consisting of about 210 extant species. Together with the Megaloptera they were formerly placed within the Neuroptera, but now these two are generally regarded as separate orders....
  
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• Ypiranga ypiranga — metropolitan São Paulo harvestman
• Zera zera — a skipper (butterfly)
  Skipper (butterfly)
  A skipper or skipper butterfly is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. They are named after their quick, darting flight habits. There are more than 3500 recognized species of skippers and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South...
  
  
• Zingha zingha — a brush-footed butterfly
  Nymphalidae
  The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
  
  
• Zonia zonia — a skipper (butterfly)
  Skipper (butterfly)
  A skipper or skipper butterfly is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. They are named after their quick, darting flight habits. There are more than 3500 recognized species of skippers and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South...
  
  
• Zoma zoma — a ray spider
  Ray spider
  The ray spiders are spiders most recognizable for their construction of cone-shaped webs. As of 2008, the family consists of 75 species in 12 genera.-Genera:The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's ....
  
  
• Zygoneura zygoneura — a gnat of the Sciaridae
  Sciaridae
  Sciaridae is a family of flies, commonly known as dark-winged fungus gnats. Commonly found in moist environments, they are known to be a pest of mushroom farms and are commonly found in household plant pots. This is one of the least studied of the large Diptera families, probably due to the small...
  
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Molluscs

• Columella columella
  Columella columella
  Columella columella is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails.This species is not listed in the IUCN red list and not evaluated...
  
  
• Concholepas concholepas
  Concholepas concholepas
  Concholepas concholepas, common names the Chilean abalone, loco or pata de burro and chanque , is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk. Despite the superficial resemblance, C...
  
  — loco
• Ensis ensis
  Ensis ensis
  Ensis ensis, or the sword razor, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pharidae. It lives buried in the sand and is found off the coasts of north west Europe....
  
  — razor clam
• Gemma gemma
  Amethyst gem clam
  The amethyst gem clam, Gemma gemma, is a small species of marine bivalve mollusk. It is a member of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.It is one of the smaller species of marine clam, reaching a length of only 5 mm...
  
  — amethyst gem clam
• Glycimeris glycimeris
• Janthina janthina
  Janthina janthina
  Janthina janthina, common name the common purple snail, is a species of holoplanktonic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Janthinidae, the violet snails or purple storm snails.-Distribution:...
  
  — violet snail
• Lutraria lutraria — otter shell
• Mercenaria mercenaria
  Hard clam
  The hard clam , also known as a quahog , round clam, or hard-shell clam, is an edible marine bivalve mollusk which is native to the eastern shores of North America, from Prince Edward Island to the Yucatán Peninsula...
  
  — hard clam
• Meretrix meretrix
• Ogasawarana ogasawarana
  Ogasawarana ogasawarana
  Ogasawarana ogasawarana is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae, the helicinids.- Description :...
  
  
• Perna perna
  Perna perna
  The brown mussel, Perna perna, is an economically important mussel, a bivalve mollusc belonging to the family Mytilidae. It is harvested as a food source but is also known to harbor toxins and cause damage to marine structures...
  
  — marine mussel
• Spirula spirula
• Volva volva — shuttlecock volva

Other

• Aaptos aaptos
  Aaptos aaptos
  Aaptos aaptos is a sea sponge belonging to the Phylum Porifera.This particular species is known to contain adrenoreceptor-blocking compounds. While it is highly toxic to fish, it is known to be preyed upon by the hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata....
  
  — a sponge
• Acanthogyrus acanthogyrus — a parasitic worm in the quadrigyridae
  Quadrigyridae
  Quadrigyridae is the only family within Gyracanthocephala, an order of parasitic worms of class Eoacanthocephala. This family contains two subfamilies, ten genera and about 92 species.-Acanthogyrus:Contains the following species:...
  
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• Chaos chaos — an amoeba
• Cidaris cidaris — a sea urchin
• Loa loa — loa loa filaria
• Spirorbis spirorbis
  Spirorbis spirorbis
  Spirorbis spirorbis is a small coiled polychaete that lives attached to seaweeds and eel grass in shallow saltwater.They have a smooth, white, sinistral coiled shell encasing an orange body about 3 mm in length...
  
  — an annelid
• Velella velella
  Velella
  Velella is a genus of free-floating hydrozoans that lives on the surface of the open ocean, worldwide, and is commonly known by the names by-the-wind sailor, purple sail, little sail, or simply Velella...
  
  — by-the-wind-sailor
• Tubifex tubifex
  Tubifex tubifex
  Tubifex tubifex, also called the sludge worm, or sewage worm, is a species of tubificid segmented worm that inhabits the sediments of lakes and rivers on several continents...
  
  — sludge worm