Marine life divers have recorded
1,278species recorded at dive sites worldwide, from GBIF occurrence records and dated diver reports. “Recorded” means documented sightings — never a promise of what you’ll see.
Species with photos
Black sea bass—Common · 343 sites
Tautog (blackfish)—Common · 248 sites
American lobster—Common · 237 sites
Scup (porgy)—Common · 237 sites
Summer flounder (fluke)—Seasonal · 234 sites
Atlantic spadefish—Common · 207 sites
Cunner—Common · 205 sites
Blue mussel—Common · 184 sites
Great barracuda—Common · 182 sites
Sheepshead—Common · 171 sites
Greater amberjack—Common · 147 sites
Sand tiger shark—Occasional · 131 sites
Gag grouper—Common · 120 sites
Gray triggerfish—Common · 106 sites
Largemouth bass—Common · 92 sites
Bluegill—Common · 82 sites
Channel catfish—Occasional · 81 sites
Loggerhead sea turtle—Occasional · 78 sites
Red snapper—Common · 74 sites
Smallmouth bass—Common · 73 sites
Crayfish—Common · 65 sites
Spotted eagle ray—Occasional · 63 sites
Barracuda—Common · 62 sites
Napoleon wrasse—Occasional · 62 sites
Showing 24 of 1,173 species with photos
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Full A–Z of 1,278 species, including 105 without photos yetA
- Abalistes stellaris (2)
- Abudefduf bengalensis (1)
- Abudefduf luridus (1)
- Abudefduf saxatilis (1)
- Abudefduf sexfasciatus (3)
- Abudefduf vaigiensis (3)
- Acanthaster planci (2)
- Acanthemblemaria spinosa (1)
- Acanthocybium solandri (2)
- Acanthopagrus australis (1)
- Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (1)
- Acanthopagrus latus (2)
- Acanthosepion aculeatum (3)
- Acanthosepion pharaonis (2)
- Acanthostracion polygonius (5)
- Acanthostracion quadricornis (7)
- Acanthurus coeruleus (2)
- Acanthurus dussumieri (3)
- Acanthurus leucosternon (5)
- Acanthurus mata (1)
- Acanthurus olivaceus (4)
- Acanthurus pyroferus (1)
- Achaeus japonicus (1)
- Achoerodus gouldii (2)
- Achoerodus viridis (4)
- Acropora cervicornis (3)
- Acropora humilis (2)
- Acropora pulchra (1)
- Aeolidia papillosa (1)
- Aeoliscus strigatus (2)
- Aetobatus flagellum (2)
- Aetobatus narinari (9)
- African pompano (1)
- Aglaophenia tubulifera (1)
- Alectis ciliaris (1)
- Alopias vulpinus (2)
- Aluterus monoceros (2)
- Aluterus scriptus (9)
- Amberjack (9)
- Amblyeleotris guttata (3)
- Amblyglyphidodon aureus (6)
- American alligator (6)
- American eel (12)
- American lobster (237)
- Amphiprion akallopisos (2)
- Amphiprion bicinctus (5)
- Amphiprion chrysopterus (2)
- Amphiprion clarkii (9)
- Amphiprion frenatus (5)
- Amphiprion melanopus (2)
- Amphiprion nigripes (1)
- Amphiprion ocellaris (19)
- Amphiprion percula (13)
- Amphiprion perideraion (4)
- Amphiprion sandaracinos (1)
- Amphiprion sebae (3)
- Anaora tentaculata (1)
- Anemonefish (2)
- anemones (1)
- anemones and hydroids (2)
- Anemonia sulcata (1)
- Angel shark (2)
- Angelfish (4)
- Antennarius commerson (1)
- Antennarius hispidus (1)
- Antennarius pictus (1)
- Antennatus coccineus (2)
- Anthias (61)
- Anthias (goldfish) (4)
- Anthias / goldies (4)
- Antiopella capensis (2)
- Aplysina aerophoba (1)
- Aplysina fistularis (2)
- Apogon imberbis (3)
- Apsilus fuscus (1)
- Aquatic snails (1)
- Arbacia punctulata (1)
- Arctocephalus pusillus (4)
- Arothron diadematus (2)
- Arothron hispidus (6)
- Arothron manilensis (1)
- Arothron mappa (3)
- Arothron nigropunctatus (7)
- Arothron stellatus (11)
- Ascarosepion apama (5)
- Ascarosepion latimanus (3)
- Ascarosepion pfefferi (1)
- Astacus astacus (1)
- Asterias amurensis (3)
- Astrocladus euryale (1)
- Atelomycterus marmoratus (1)
- Atlantic cod (12)
- Atlantic croaker (3)
- Atlantic halibut (1)
- Atlantic silverside (1)
- Atlantic spadefish (207)
- Atlantic stingray (freshwater population) (1)
- Atlantic wolffish (7)
- Atule mate (2)
- Atypichthys strigatus (4)
- Aulostomus chinensis (13)
- Aulostomus maculatus (8)
- Aulostomus strigosus (1)
- Aurelia aurita (1)
B
- Baitfish schools (2)
- Balistapus undulatus (6)
- Balistes capriscus (1)
- Balistes vetula (1)
- Balistoides conspicillum (10)
- Balistoides viridescens (29)
- Banded coral shrimp (3)
- Banded pipefish (1)
- Banded sea krait (1)
- Bar jack (3)
- Barracuda (62)
- Barred sand bass (3)
- Bat ray (8)
- Bat star (2)
- Batfish (7)
- Batrachomoeus dubius (1)
- Bats (in the Bat Cave dome) (1)
- Bear Lake whitefish (1)
- Bermuda chub (2)
- Bigeye jackfish (2)
- Bigeye trevally (3)
- Bigeye trevally (jacks) (3)
- Black coral (8)
- Black crappie (7)
- Black drum (1)
- Black grouper (6)
- Black sea bass (343)
- Black sea bass (giant sea bass) (1)
- Blacksmith (6)
- Blacktip reef shark (7)
- Blacktip shark (3)
- Blennies (3)
- Blenny (1)
- Blue catfish (3)
- Blue chromis (1)
- Blue crab (2)
- Blue mussel (184)
- Blue mussel (encrusting reef structure) (1)
- Blue mussels (1)
- Blue rockfish (9)
- Blue tang (2)
- Blue-ringed octopus (1)
- Blue-spotted stingray (2)
- Bluefin trevally (16)
- Bluefin trevally / jacks (13)
- Bluefish (3)
- Bluegill (82)
- Bluegill / sunfish (2)
- Bluespine unicornfish (1)
- Bluespotted ribbontail ray (27)
- Bluespotted stingray (19)
- Bluestripe snapper (9)
- Boarfish (1)
- Bodianus rufus (1)
- Bolbometopon muricatum (4)
- Bolinopsis infundibulum (1)
- Bothus lunatus (1)
- Bothus pantherinus (4)
- Bottlenose dolphin (11)
- Boulder star coral (2)
- Bowfin (1)
- Brachaluteres jacksonianus (1)
- Brachypterois serrulata (1)
- Brain coral (5)
- Breadcrumb sponge (1)
- Bream (1)
- Bream/sunfish (2)
- Brindle bass (2)
- Brindle bass / giant grouper (2)
- Broadnose sevengill shark (2)
- Bronze whaler (copper shark) (2)
- Brook trout (1)
- Brown bullhead (5)
- Brown trout (3)
- Bryaninops yongei (1)
- Bryde's whale (1)
- Bull (Zambezi) shark (2)
- Bull kelp (4)
- Bull shark (10)
- bull sharks (1)
- Bullseye pufferfish (2)
- Bumphead parrotfish (3)
- Burbot (57)
- Burbot (freshwater cod / "lawyer") (3)
- Burbot (ling) (1)
- Butterflyfish (28)
- Butterflyfish (massed schools, incl. milletseed) (1)
C
- Cabezon (6)
- Caesio teres (3)
- Caesio xanthonota (2)
- California halibut (6)
- California hydrocoral (2)
- California moray eel (3)
- California sea cucumber (2)
- California sea lion (14)
- California sheephead (18)
- California spiny lobster (21)
- Callogobius sclateri (1)
- Cantherhines macrocerus (4)
- Canthidermis maculata (2)
- Canthidermis sufflamen (1)
- Canthigaster amboinensis (1)
- Canthigaster capistrata (1)
- Canthigaster valentini (2)
- Cape fur seal (4)
- Cape gannet (2)
- Carangoides bartholomaei (1)
- Caranx ignobilis (6)
- Caranx melampygus (6)
- Caranx ruber (1)
- Caranx sexfasciatus (1)
- Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (10)
- Carcharhinus leucas (2)
- Carcharhinus limbatus (5)
- Carcharhinus longimanus (8)
- Carcharhinus melanopterus (15)
- Carcharhinus obscurus (2)
- Carcharhinus perezii (1)
- Carcharhinus sorrah (1)
- Carcharias taurus (3)
- Caretta caretta (8)
- Caribbean reef octopus (7)
- Caribbean reef shark (16)
- Caribbean reef squid (1)
- Caribbean spiny lobster (5)
- carp (1)
- Catfish (13)
- Cave crayfish (troglobitic) (3)
- Centropyge acanthops (1)
- Centropyge argi (1)
- Centropyge bicolor (7)
- Centropyge fisheri (4)
- Cephalopholis argus (10)
- Cephalopholis cruentata (2)
- Cephalopholis miniata (1)
- Ceratosoma amoenum (1)
- Ceratosoma trilobatum (1)
- Cetoscarus bicolor (2)
- Chaetodipterus faber (1)
- Chaetodon capistratus (2)
- Chaetodon collare (1)
- Chaetodon falcula (5)
- Chaetodon lunula (4)
- Chaetodon octofasciatus (2)
- Chaetodon paucifasciatus (1)
- Chaetodon pelewensis (1)
- Chaetodon plebeius (2)
- Chaetodon rafflesii (1)
- Chaetodon semilarvatus (1)
- Chaetodon striatus (3)
- chain pickerel (2)
- Channel catfish (81)
- Cheilinus fasciatus (2)
- Cheilinus undulatus (19)
- Cheilodactylus fuscus (3)
- Chelidonura varians (1)
- Chelmon rostratus (3)
- Chelon labrosus (1)
- Chelonia mydas (51)
- Chelonodon patoca (1)
- Chelophyes appendiculata (1)
- Chevron barracuda (2)
- Chilomycterus reticulatus (3)
- Chiloscyllium plagiosum (1)
- Chinook salmon (2)
- Chirolophis decoratus (1)
- Chlidichthys inornatus (1)
- Chlorurus microrhinos (3)
- Chlorurus strongylocephalus (2)
- Chondrosia reniformis (1)
- Chorisochismus dentex (2)
- Christmas tree worm (3)
- Chromis cyanea (1)
- Chromis limbata (2)
- Chromodoris annae (2)
- Chromodoris elisabethina (2)
- Chromodoris lochi (8)
- Chromodoris magnifica (3)
- Chrysaora fuscescens (1)
- Chub (1)
- Cichlid (8)
- Clarion angelfish (1)
- Clark's anemonefish (1)
- Cleaner shrimp (5)
- Cleaner wrasse (3)
- Clinus venustris (1)
- Cloud sponge (1)
- Clownfish (1)
- Clownfish (anemonefish) (1)
- Cnidoglanis macrocephalus (1)
- Cobia (4)
- Coenobita clypeatus (1)
- Coho salmon (1)
- Colorful sponges (2)
- Colpophyllia natans (2)
- Comanche Springs pupfish (1)
- Commerson's frogfish (1)
- Common carp (11)
- Common dolphin (1)
- Common loon (diving overhead) (1)
- Common octopus (1)
- Condylactis gigantea (1)
- Conger conger (4)
- Conger eel (3)
- Conus textile (1)
- Cooter turtle (3)
- Copper rockfish (1)
- Copula sivickisi (1)
- coral (4)
- Coral grouper (1)
- coral heads (1)
- Coralline algae (1)
- corals (2)
- corals and sponges (2)
- Coris julis (3)
- Cornetfish (2)
- Cortez angelfish (2)
- Corynactis (strawberry anemone) (1)
- Cownose ray (1)
- Crabs (2)
- Crangon crangon (2)
- Crappie (31)
- Crayfish (65)
- Crayfish (crawdads) (1)
- Creole wrasse (4)
- Creole-fish (1)
- Creolefish (15)
- Cristiceps australis (1)
- Crocodilefish (8)
- Cryptocentrus cinctus (1)
- Cubera snapper (4)
- Culcita novaeguineae (2)
- Cunner (205)
- Cutthroat trout (3)
- Cuttlefish (4)
- Cyclichthys spilostylus (1)
- Cymbacephalus beauforti (6)
- Cyprinus carpio (1)
D
- Dactylopterus volitans (1)
- Damselfish (4)
- Dascyllus aruanus (1)
- Dascyllus melanurus (1)
- Dasyatis marmorata (1)
- Dasyatis pastinaca (8)
- Day octopus (9)
- Dead man's fingers (soft coral) (4)
- Dendrochirus barberi (1)
- Dendrochirus brachypterus (2)
- Dendrochirus zebra (2)
- Dentex dentex (4)
- Dermatolepis inermis (1)
- Devil ray (Mobula) (6)
- Diadema antillarum (7)
- Diagramma pictum (2)
- Dicotylichthys punctulatus (2)
- Dinolestes lewini (1)
- Diodon eydouxii (6)
- Diodon holocanthus (8)
- Diodon hystrix (4)
- Diplodus cervinus (1)
- Diplodus puntazzo (2)
- Dog snapper (1)
- Dogtooth tuna (13)
- Dolphins (2)
- Doriopsilla capensis (1)
- Dragon moray eel (2)
- Dromia personata (2)
- Dungeness crab (8)
- Dusky shark (3)
E
- Eagle ray (27)
- Echeneis naucrates (1)
- Echinaster sepositus (3)
- Ectopleura crocea (1)
- Eledone cirrhosa (1)
- Elkhorn coral (3)
- Encrusting corals (2)
- Enenue (Pacific chub/rudderfish) (1)
- Enoplosus armatus (4)
- Enteroctopus dofleini (3)
- Ephippus orbis (1)
- Epibulus insidiator (2)
- Epinephelus adscensionis (1)
- Epinephelus areolatus (3)
- Epinephelus corallicola (2)
- Epinephelus fasciatus (2)
- Epinephelus itajara (5)
- Epinephelus lanceolatus (2)
- Epinephelus marginatus (14)
- Epinephelus morio (1)
- Epinephelus morrhua (2)
- Epinephelus tauvina (6)
- Epinephelus tukula (2)
- Equetus lanceolatus (5)
- Equetus punctatus (2)
- Eretmochelys imbricata (27)
- Eriphia verrucosa (1)
- Esox lucius (2)
- Etelis coruscans (2)
- Etelis oculatus (2)
- Etmopterus schultzi (1)
- Eunicella verrucosa (1)
- Eurasian ruffe (1)
- European lobster (5)
- Eusmilia fastigiata (1)
- Eusphyra blochii (1)
F
- Favia fragum (1)
- Favites complanata (1)
- Felimare picta (2)
- Fingered dragonet (1)
- Fire coral (1)
- Fire goby (1)
- Fistularia commersonii (3)
- Fistularia corneta (3)
- Fistularia petimba (3)
- Fistularia tabacaria (2)
- Flabellina affinis (4)
- flame angelfish (1)
- Flathead catfish (1)
- Florida gar (5)
- Florida softshell turtle (2)
- Flounder (11)
- Flying gurnard (2)
- Forcipiger flavissimus (6)
- Fountain darter (1)
- Fowlerichthys radiosus (1)
- French angelfish (8)
- French grunt (16)
- Freshwater drum (6)
- Freshwater drum (sheepshead) (7)
- Freshwater eel (2)
- Freshwater jellyfish (2)
- Freshwater shrimp (9)
- Freshwater sponge (2)
- Freshwater turtle (12)
- frilled anemone (6)
- Frilled anemone (Metridium) (4)
- Frogfish (15)
- Fusiliers (13)
G
- Gag grouper (120)
- Galapagos shark (4)
- Galathea strigosa (1)
- Galaxea astreata (1)
- Garden eel (6)
- Garden eels (4)
- Garibaldi (17)
- Georgia blind salamander (1)
- Giant (black) sea bass (2)
- Giant barrel sponge (1)
- Giant clam (1)
- Giant green anemone (2)
- Giant guitarfish (2)
- Giant kelp (17)
- Giant kelp (kelp forest patches) (1)
- Giant manta ray (5)
- Giant oceanic manta ray (5)
- Giant Pacific octopus (18)
- Giant plumose anemone (Metridium farcimen) (4)
- Giant sea bass (4)
- Giant trevally (12)
- Giant tuna (3)
- Ginglymostoma cirratum (10)
- Girella tricuspidata (1)
- Gizzard shad (2)
- Glassfish (30)
- Glassfish (sweepers) (3)
- Gnathanodon speciosus (6)
- Gnatholepis cauerensis (2)
- Goatfish (7)
- Gobies (1)
- Gobioclinus bucciferus (1)
- Goby (3)
- Golden jellyfish (Mastigias) (1)
- Goldies / anthias (24)
- Goliath grouper (11)
- Gomphosus varius (1)
- Goniobranchus geminus (1)
- Goniobranchus heatherae (2)
- Gonodactylaceus falcatus (1)
- Gorgasia maculata (2)
- Gorgasia sillneri (1)
- Gorgonia ventalina (2)
- Gorgonian fan coral (2)
- Gorgonian fans (2)
- Gorgonian sea fan (8)
- Gorgonian sea fans (8)
- Gorgonians (2)
- Gorgonians (purple and brown) (1)
- Gorgonians (sea fans/sea whips) (1)
- Grass carp (4)
- Gray (mangrove) snapper (15)
- Gray reef shark (4)
- Gray seal (1)
- Gray snapper (5)
- Gray triggerfish (106)
- Gray whale (offshore) (1)
- Great barracuda (182)
- Great white shark (1)
- Greater amberjack (147)
- Green crab (3)
- Green moray eel (25)
- Green sea turtle (38)
- green sea turtles (2)
- Green sunfish (2)
- Green turtle (54)
- Grey reef shark (31)
- Grouper (36)
- Grouper (incl. rock hind) (1)
- Groupers (3)
- Guadalupe bass (1)
- Guineafowl pufferfish (2)
- Gulf sturgeon (in adjacent river) (1)
- Gymnosarda unicolor (2)
- Gymnothorax afer (1)
- Gymnothorax buroensis (5)
- Gymnothorax eurostus (2)
- Gymnothorax favagineus (4)
- Gymnothorax fimbriatus (4)
- Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (16)
- Gymnothorax funebris (10)
- Gymnothorax griseus (5)
- Gymnothorax javanicus (33)
- Gymnothorax meleagris (5)
- Gymnothorax miliaris (3)
- Gymnothorax monochrous (1)
- Gymnothorax moringa (4)
- Gymnothorax nudivomer (1)
- Gymnothorax pictus (6)
- Gymnothorax prasinus (3)
- Gymnothorax punctatus (2)
- Gymnothorax reticularis (1)
- Gymnothorax richardsonii (1)
- Gymnothorax rueppelliae (1)
- Gymnothorax saxicola (2)
- Gymnothorax thyrsoideus (3)
- Gymnothorax undulatus (6)
H
- Haemulon sciurus (2)
- Halichoeres radiatus (1)
- Haliphron atlanticus (1)
- Hammerhead shark (2)
- Hapalochlaena maculosa (1)
- Harbor seal (22)
- Hard coral (12)
- Hard corals (9)
- Hawaiian cleaner wrasse (2)
- Hawaiian garden eel (3)
- Hawaiian green sea turtle (8)
- Hawaiian green sea turtles (10)
- Hawaiian monk seal (4)
- hawksbill sea turtle (1)
- Hawksbill turtle (51)
- hawksbill turtles (2)
- Hemiramphus balao (1)
- Hemitaurichthys polylepis (5)
- Heniochus acuminatus (20)
- Heniochus diphreutes (4)
- Heniochus intermedius (3)
- Heniochus monoceros (6)
- Heniochus singularius (2)
- Hermissenda crassicornis (4)
- Hermissenda nudibranch (3)
- Hermit crab (6)
- Hermodice carunculata (5)
- Heteractis aurora (1)
- Heteroconger canabus (2)
- Heteroconger hassi (2)
- Heterodontus galeatus (1)
- Heterodontus portusjacksoni (3)
- Hexabranchus sanguineus (2)
- Hippocampus bargibanti (5)
- Hippocampus comes (2)
- Hippocampus hippocampus (5)
- Hippocampus kuda (2)
- Hogchoker (sole) (1)
- Holacanthus ciliaris (6)
- Holacanthus tricolor (1)
- Holocentrus adscensionis (1)
- Hologymnosus annulatus (1)
- Holothuria impatiens (1)
- Homarus gammarus (2)
- Honeycomb moray (10)
- Honeycomb moray eel (36)
- Honeycomb stingray (8)
- Horn shark (6)
- Horse-eye jack (11)
- Horseshoe crab (3)
- Hottentot seabream (1)
- Humpback whale (12)
- Humpback whale (nearby, winter) (2)
- humpback whales (1)
- Humuhumunukunukuapua'a (reef triggerfish) (1)
- hydroids and anemones (2)
- Hymenocera picta (3)
- Hypanus americanus (5)
- Hypselodoris bullockii (1)
- Hypselodoris maculosa (1)
- Hypselodoris tryoni (1)
I
J
- Jackfish / trevally (9)
- Japanese koi (2)
- Jonah crab (1)
K
- Katsuwonus pelamis (2)
- kelp (4)
- Kelp bass (3)
- Kelp bass (calico bass) (10)
- Kelp crab (2)
- kelp forest fish (4)
- Kelp greenling (8)
- Kelp rockfish (2)
- King angelfish (4)
- King mackerel (3)
- King mackerel / Spanish mackerel (roving predators) (15)
- Kingfish / trevally (25)
- Koi (3)
- Kokanee salmon (8)
- Kyphosus sydneyanus (1)
L
- Labroides dimidiatus (7)
- Lactophrys bicaudalis (1)
- Lactoria cornuta (3)
- Lactoria diaphana (1)
- Lagocephalus laevigatus (2)
- Lagodon rhomboides (1)
- Lahontan redside minnow (2)
- Lahontan redside shiner (1)
- Lake herring (cisco) (2)
- Lake trout (36)
- Lake trout (mackinaw) (9)
- Lake whitefish (11)
- Largemouth bass (92)
- Laticauda colubrina (3)
- Laticauda laticaudata (1)
- Latropiscis purpurissatus (3)
- Leaf scorpionfish (3)
- Leiuranus semicinctus (3)
- Leopard (zebra) shark (3)
- Leopard shark (8)
- Lepidochelys olivacea (2)
- Lepidotrigla cavillone (1)
- Leptastrea purpurea (1)
- Leptosynanceia asteroblepa (2)
- Lethrinus crocineus (1)
- Linckia laevigata (4)
- Lined seahorse (2)
- Ling (5)
- Lingcod (28)
- Lion's mane jellyfish (2)
- Lionfish (58)
- Lionfish (invasive) (42)
- Little skate (5)
- Little tunny (bonito) (1)
- lobster (6)
- lobsters (2)
- Loggerhead sea turtle (78)
- Longear sunfish (3)
- Longfin batfish (3)
- Longfin squid (6)
- longhorn sculpin (2)
- Longnose gar (5)
- Longnose hawkfish (5)
- Longnose sucker (2)
- Lutjanus argentimaculatus (1)
- Lutjanus biguttatus (1)
- Lutjanus campechanus (1)
- Lutjanus cyanopterus (1)
- Lutjanus kasmira (3)
- Lutjanus lemniscatus (1)
- Lutjanus synagris (1)
- Lybia tessellata (1)
- Lysmata amboinensis (7)
- Lysmata grabhami (5)
M
- Mackerel (2)
- Mackinaw (lake trout) (1)
- Macolor niger (1)
- Macropodia rostrata (2)
- Madrepora oculata (2)
- Mahi-mahi (1)
- Mahi-mahi (surface, seasonal) (1)
- Makaira mazara (1)
- Malacanthus brevirostris (1)
- Manatee (1)
- manatees (1)
- Mandarinfish (1)
- Manicina areolata (1)
- Manta ray (27)
- Mantis shrimp (1)
- Market squid (2)
- Mecaenichthys immaculatus (1)
- Megalops atlanticus (10)
- Megaptera novaeangliae (1)
- Melichthys indicus (1)
- Metanephrops binghami (1)
- Mexican tetra (13)
- Microcanthus strigatus (1)
- Midnight parrotfish (2)
- Millepora alcicornis (3)
- Millepora complanata (1)
- Milletseed butterflyfish (1)
- Mimic octopus (1)
- Mobula alfredi (6)
- Mobula birostris (13)
- Mobula japanica (1)
- Mobula ray (7)
- Mojarra (12)
- Mola mola (2)
- mollusks (1)
- Monacanthus ciliatus (2)
- Montastraea cavernosa (1)
- Moon snail (6)
- Moorish idol (10)
- Moray eel (56)
- Moray eel (various species) (1)
- Moray eels (16)
- Moray eels (various) (2)
- Morelet's crocodile (2)
- Mountain whitefish (2)
- Mulloidichthys martinicus (1)
- Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (2)
- Mullus surmuletus (1)
- Muraena helena (14)
- Muraena melanotis (2)
- Muraena retifera (1)
- Muskellunge (2)
- Mussa angulosa (1)
- mussels (1)
- Muusoctopus levis (1)
- Mycteroperca bonaci (1)
- Mycteroperca fusca (1)
- Mycteroperca rubra (2)
- Mycteroperca venenosa (2)
- Myliobatis aquila (15)
- Myliobatis australis (1)
- Myliobatis goodei (1)
- Myrichthys breviceps (3)
- Myrichthys colubrinus (4)
N
- Napoleon wrasse (62)
- Naso brachycentron (1)
- Naso brevirostris (3)
- Naso lituratus (2)
- Naso unicornis (2)
- Naso vlamingii (4)
- Nassau grouper (9)
- Navanax (1)
- Nebrius ferrugineus (1)
- Nembrotha kubaryana (2)
- Neogobius melanostomus (1)
- Neopetrolisthes maculatus (2)
- Neophoca cinerea (1)
- Neotrygon kuhlii (19)
- Nerophis ophidion (1)
- Nicholsina usta (4)
- North American river otter (1)
- Northern pike (16)
- northern pipefish (1)
- Northern puffer (1)
- northern red anemone (2)
- Northern sea star (10)
- Notolabrus gymnogenis (1)
- Nudibranch (18)
- Nudibranchs (48)
- Nudibranchs (dorids, Hermissenda) (1)
- Nudibranchs (various) (12)
- Nurse shark (19)
- nurse sharks (2)
O
- Oblada melanura (1)
- Ocean pout (2)
- Oceanic whitetip shark (6)
- Octopus (34)
- Octopus (tako) (1)
- Octopus briareus (6)
- Octopus cyanea (1)
- Octopus hubbsorum (3)
- Octopus microphthalmus (2)
- Octopus pallidus (1)
- Octopus tetricus (2)
- Octopus vulgaris (5)
- Octopus wolfi (4)
- Ocyurus chrysurus (4)
- Odontodactylus cultrifer (2)
- Odontodactylus scyllarus (9)
- Odonus niger (18)
- Ogcocephalus pantostictus (1)
- Okenia amoenula (1)
- Olive sea snake (1)
- Opaleye (3)
- Ophiothrix fragilis (1)
- Ophthalmolepis lineolata (3)
- Opisthoteuthis persephone (2)
- Opistognathus aurifrons (1)
- Orange cup coral (1)
- Orbicella annularis (1)
- Orca (killer whale) (1)
- Orectolobus halei (1)
- Orectolobus maculatus (6)
- Orectolobus ornatus (1)
- Ornate butterflyfish (2)
- Ostichthys trachypoma (1)
- Ostracion cubicus (13)
- Ostracion immaculatus (3)
- Ostracion meleagris (3)
- Ostracion rhinorhynchos (2)
- Otter (1)
- Oxycirrhites typus (1)
- Oyster toadfish (3)
P
- Pacific creolefish (2)
- Pacific electric ray (torpedo ray) (1)
- Pacific octopus (1)
- Pacific red octopus (3)
- Pacific sanddab (1)
- Pacific sea nettle (1)
- Pacific seahorse (1)
- Pacific spiny lumpsucker (1)
- Paddlefish (7)
- Pagrus pagrus (1)
- Pagurus bernhardus (2)
- Pagurus prideaux (3)
- Painted greenling (2)
- Painted turtle (5)
- Palaemon debilis (1)
- Palinurus elephas (4)
- Palola viridis (1)
- Panamic green moray (1)
- Panamic sergeant major (2)
- Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (1)
- Panulirus argus (6)
- Panulirus cygnus (1)
- Panulirus inflatus (1)
- Panulirus penicillatus (2)
- Panulirus polyphagus (2)
- Panulirus versicolor (2)
- Paper fish (9)
- Paperfish (2)
- Papilloculiceps longiceps (4)
- Paracaesio xanthura (2)
- Paracentrotus lividus (1)
- Parapercis hexophtalma (2)
- Paraplesiops bleekeri (1)
- Parascorpaena aurita (1)
- Parascorpaena mcadamsi (2)
- Parascorpaena mossambica (2)
- Parastromateus niger (1)
- Parma microlepis (1)
- Parrotfish (11)
- Parupeneus spilurus (1)
- Pastinachus sephen (1)
- Pateobatis jenkinsii (2)
- Pavoclinus caeruleopunctatus (1)
- Peacock flounder (2)
- Peacock grouper (1)
- Pecos gambusia (1)
- Pecos pupfish (1)
- pelagic fish (1)
- Peltodoris atromaculata (3)
- Penaeus duorarum (2)
- Pentaceraster cumingi (1)
- Perca flavescens (1)
- Perca fluviatilis (2)
- Periclimenes yucatanicus (1)
- Phycis phycis (2)
- Phyllidia alyta (1)
- Phyllidia coelestis (2)
- Phyllidia ocellata (2)
- Phyllidia varicosa (17)
- Phyllidiella pustulosa (5)
- Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (2)
- Pickhandle barracuda (2)
- Pilumnoides rubus (1)
- Pineapplefish (2)
- Pinfish (1)
- Pipefish (1)
- Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos (1)
- Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (1)
- Platax batavianus (1)
- Platax orbicularis (15)
- Platax pinnatus (2)
- Platax teira (9)
- Platycephalus fuscus (1)
- Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides (2)
- Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia (5)
- Plectorhinchus gibbosus (1)
- Plectorhinchus lineatus (1)
- Plectorhinchus vittatus (4)
- Pleuronectes platessa (1)
- Plotosus lineatus (1)
- Plumose anemone (15)
- Pocillopora damicornis (1)
- Pocillopora verrucosa (1)
- Pollack (saithe) (6)
- Pollock (6)
- Polycera capensis (2)
- Pomacanthus annularis (7)
- Pomacanthus asfur (1)
- Pomacanthus imperator (14)
- Pomacanthus maculosus (2)
- Pomacanthus navarchus (1)
- Pomacanthus paru (7)
- Pomacanthus sexstriatus (5)
- Pomacentrus moluccensis (8)
- Pomatoschistus microps (1)
- Pomatoschistus minutus (1)
- Pontinus sierra (2)
- Porcupinefish (3)
- Porkfish (4)
- Potato bass (19)
- Potato bass (grouper) (10)
- Premnas biaculeatus (6)
- Pristipomoides filamentosus (1)
- Prognathodes aculeatus (1)
- Prognathodes aya (1)
- Pseudanthias squamipinnis (2)
- Pseudechidna brummeri (1)
- Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus (1)
- Pseudobalistes fuscus (4)
- Pseudobiceros bedfordi (1)
- Pseudoceros dimidiatus (1)
- Pseudoceros liparus (1)
- Pseudochromis tapeinosoma (1)
- Pseudosquilla ciliata (1)
- Pteraeolidia ianthina (1)
- Pterocaesio chrysozona (1)
- Pterois antennata (3)
- Pterois miles (6)
- Pterois radiata (6)
- Pterois volitans (53)
- pufferfish (3)
- Pumpkinseed sunfish (5)
- Pygoplites diacanthus (5)
- Pyjama catshark (2)
- Pyramid butterflyfish (6)
- Pyroteuthis margaritifera (3)
Q
- Quagga mussel (16)
- Queen angelfish (41)
- Queen conch (2)
- Queen triggerfish (1)
R
- Raccoon butterflyfish (3)
- Ragged-tooth shark (raggie) (14)
- Rainbow nudibranch (1)
- Rainbow trout (37)
- rays (7)
- Red drum (4)
- Red gorgonian (2)
- Red lionfish (8)
- Red roman (seabream) (2)
- Red snapper (74)
- Redbreast sunfish (2)
- Redear sunfish (3)
- reef fish (24)
- Reef fish (at entrance/exit) (1)
- Reef manta ray (13)
- Reef octopus (2)
- Reef shark (11)
- reef sharks (5)
- Reef trevally (3)
- Remora (1)
- Remora remora (3)
- Rhabdosargus sarba (1)
- Rhincodon typus (4)
- Rhinecanthus aculeatus (2)
- Rhinecanthus rectangulus (1)
- Rhinecanthus verrucosus (1)
- Rhinomuraena quaesita (4)
- Rhithropanopeus harrisii (1)
- Rhynchostracion nasus (8)
- Rio Grande cichlid (1)
- Rock bass (10)
- Rock crab (189)
- Rockfish (21)
- Rockfish (various) (2)
- Rostanga elandsia (1)
- Round goby (35)
- Round goby (invasive) (3)
- Round scad (baitfish clouds) (2)
- Round stingray (4)
- Rutilus rutilus (1)
S
- Sabellastarte magnifica (1)
- Sailfin sculpin (1)
- Salmo trutta (1)
- Salmon (Chinook/coho) (3)
- sand dollar (1)
- Sand dollars (1)
- Sand perch (2)
- Sand tiger shark (131)
- Sandbar shark (4)
- Sarcastic fringehead (1)
- Sardinella aurita (1)
- Sargocentron rubrum (4)
- Scalloped hammerhead (8)
- Scalloped hammerhead shark (14)
- Scartella cristata (1)
- Scarus dubius (1)
- Scarus ferrugineus (2)
- Scarus forsteni (1)
- Scarus perrico (3)
- Scarus psittacus (4)
- Scarus rubroviolaceus (4)
- Schooling barracuda (2)
- schooling fish (1)
- Schooling grunts (4)
- Schuettea scalaripinnis (3)
- Scobinichthys granulatus (1)
- Scolymia cubensis (1)
- Scomberoides commersonnianus (1)
- Scomberomorus plurilineatus (1)
- Scorpaena canariensis (2)
- Scorpaena cardinalis (1)
- Scorpaena notata (2)
- Scorpaena plumieri (2)
- Scorpaena porcus (3)
- Scorpaena scrofa (5)
- Scorpaenodes albaiensis (4)
- Scorpaenodes parvipinnis (2)
- Scorpaenopsis barbata (2)
- Scorpaenopsis cirrosa (2)
- Scorpaenopsis diabolus (3)
- Scorpaenopsis oxycephala (3)
- Scorpionfish (11)
- Sculpin (6)
- Sculpins (various) (1)
- Scup (4)
- Scup (porgy) (237)
- Scuticaria tigrina (1)
- Scyliorhinus canicula (1)
- Scyllarides aequinoctialis (2)
- Sea anemone (1)
- Sea anemones (4)
- Sea apple (sea cucumber) (1)
- Sea cucumber (1)
- Sea fan (gorgonian) (1)
- Sea fans (3)
- Sea lion (1)
- Sea nettles (jellyfish) (1)
- Sea otter (16)
- Sea pen (1)
- Sea raven (4)
- Sea robin (5)
- Sea star (2)
- Sea stars (4)
- Sea stars (various) (1)
- Sea turtle (41)
- sea turtles (12)
- Sea urchin (1)
- Sea urchins (3)
- Seagrass (1)
- Seahorse (11)
- seahorses (2)
- Selar crumenophthalmus (2)
- Sepia murrayi (2)
- Sepia officinalis (15)
- Sepia tuberculata (1)
- Sepioteuthis sepioidea (4)
- Sergeant major (12)
- Seriola fasciata (2)
- Seriola lalandi (1)
- Seriola rivoliana (1)
- Serranus scriba (1)
- sharks (2)
- Sheep crab (2)
- Sheepshead (171)
- Short-tail stingray (2)
- shorthorn sculpin (1)
- Shovelnose guitarfish (3)
- Shrimp (1)
- Sicyonia laevigata (2)
- Siganus doliatus (2)
- Siganus javus (8)
- Signal crayfish (2)
- Signal crayfish (crawdad) (6)
- Silky shark (1)
- Silvertip shark (2)
- Slate pencil urchin (1)
- Slimy sculpin (2)
- Slippery dick wrasse (1)
- Smalleye stingray (1)
- Smallmouth bass (73)
- smooth dogfish (1)
- Snapper (9)
- Snapping turtle (1)
- Snowflake moray eel (2)
- Soft coral (9)
- Soft coral / sea fans (2)
- Soft corals (10)
- Soft corals (gorgonians) (1)
- Softshell turtle (7)
- Soldierfish (1)
- Solea solea (2)
- Solenosmilia variabilis (1)
- Solenostomus cyanopterus (4)
- Solenostomus paradoxus (2)
- Sooty tern (surface) (1)
- Soupfin shark (2)
- Southern right whale (1)
- Southern stingray (31)
- Spanish dancer nudibranch (2)
- Spanish mackerel (1)
- Sparisoma aurofrenatum (1)
- Sparisoma chrysopterum (1)
- Sparisoma cretense (4)
- Sparisoma rubripinne (1)
- Sparisoma viride (8)
- Sperm whale (1)
- Sphoeroides spengleri (1)
- Sphyraena Artedi, 1793 (2)
- Sphyraena barracuda (14)
- Sphyraena flavicauda (1)
- Sphyraena forsteri (7)
- Sphyraena guachancho (7)
- Sphyraena idiastes (1)
- Sphyraena jello (1)
- Sphyraena lucasana (6)
- Sphyraena obtusata (3)
- Sphyraena putnamae (14)
- Sphyraena qenie (2)
- Sphyraena sphyraena (8)
- Sphyraena viridensis (5)
- Sphyrna lewini (3)
- Spider crab (5)
- Spinner dolphin (7)
- Spiny lobster (9)
- Spirobranchus giganteus (4)
- Splendid toadfish (4)
- Sponge brittle star (1)
- Sponges (7)
- sponges and corals (2)
- Spotted bass (2)
- Spotted drum (1)
- Spotted eagle ray (63)
- spotted eagle rays (5)
- Spotted gar (1)
- Spotted moray (2)
- Spotted moray eel (22)
- Spotted ratfish (6)
- Spotted trunkfish (1)
- Squatina armata (1)
- Squatina dumeril (2)
- Squatina squatina (4)
- Squirrelfish (2)
- Staghorn coral (1)
- Stegastes diencaeus (4)
- Stegastes partitus (3)
- Stegastes variabilis (1)
- Stegostoma fasciatum (1)
- Steller sea lion (3)
- Stenella attenuata (1)
- Stenella longirostris (2)
- Stenopus hispidus (3)
- Stenopus spinosus (2)
- Stenorhynchus seticornis (1)
- Stephanolepis hispidus (2)
- Stethojulis albovittata (1)
- Stichastrella rosea (4)
- Stichodactyla gigantea (1)
- Stingray (4)
- Stonefish (5)
- Stoplight parrotfish (23)
- Strawberry anemone (Corynactis californica) (5)
- Striated frogfish (1)
- Striped bass (36)
- Striped mullet (11)
- Striped seaperch (2)
- Stylaster nobilis (1)
- Sufflamen verres (3)
- Sulphur-oxidizing bacteria mats (2)
- Summer flounder (15)
- Summer flounder (fluke) (234)
- Sunfish (5)
- Sunflower star (3)
- Surfperch (1)
- Surgeonfish (5)
- Suwannee bass (1)
- Suwannee cooter (turtle) (3)
- Sweetlips (9)
- Swell shark (4)
- Symmetrical brain coral (1)
- Synanceia horrida (1)
- Synanceia verrucosa (10)
- Synchiropus splendidus (1)
- Synodus intermedius (3)
- Synodus saurus (2)
T
- Table coral (Acropora) (4)
- Taenianotus triacanthus (3)
- Taeniura lymma (23)
- Taeniurops meyeni (1)
- Tahoe sucker (6)
- Tarpon (14)
- Tautog (19)
- Tautog (blackfish) (248)
- Tawny nurse shark (1)
- Tetractenos glaber (1)
- Texas wild rice (endangered plant) (1)
- Thalassoma lunare (1)
- Thalassoma lutescens (3)
- Thalassoma pavo (2)
- Thalassoma rueppellii (3)
- Thecacera pennigera (2)
- Thelenota anax (2)
- Thor amboinensis (2)
- Thresher shark (4)
- Thunnus albacares (2)
- Thunnus maccoyii (1)
- Thunnus orientalis (2)
- Thunnus tonggol (3)
- Tiger shark (6)
- Tilapia (2)
- Titan triggerfish (2)
- Tomato anemonefish (1)
- Torpedo marmorata (2)
- Trachurus novaezelandiae (3)
- Trevally (17)
- Triaenodon obesus (23)
- Triakis semifasciata (3)
- Tridacna gigas (2)
- Triggerfish (4)
- tropical reef fish (7)
- Trout (2)
- Trumpetfish (2)
- Trygonoptera testacea (3)
- Trygonorrhina fasciata (2)
- Trygonorrhina melaleuca (1)
- Tube sponges (9)
- Tube-dwelling anemone (1)
- Tuna (18)
- Tunicates (1)
- Turbinaria reniformis (1)
- Tursiops truncatus (3)
- Turtle (18)
- turtles (3)
- Two-spot octopus (8)
U
V
W
- Wahoo (2)
- Walleye (29)
- Weakfish (1)
- West Indian manatee (8)
- Whale shark (39)
- whales (1)
- White bass (4)
- white perch (1)
- White seabass (1)
- White sucker (1)
- Whitemouth moray eel (5)
- Whitetip reef shark (45)
- whitetip reef sharks (8)
- Winter flounder (15)
- winter skate (2)
- Wolf eel (12)
- Wonderpus octopus (1)
- Wrasse (5)
- wreck-associated fish (4)
X
Y
- Yellow bass (2)
- Yellow perch (43)
- Yellow stingray (3)
- Yellow tang (7)
- Yellowbar angelfish (3)
- Yellowfin tuna (4)
- yellowhead jawfish (1)
- Yellowmargin moray eel (3)
- Yellowtail fusilier (3)
- Yellowtail snapper (19)
Z
- Zanclus cornutus (18)
- Zebra & quagga mussels (invasive) (3)
- Zebra mussel (16)
- Zebra mussels (2)
- Zebra/quagga mussels (12)
- Zebrasoma scopas (2)
- Zeus faber (2)
Species records via GBIF and contributing datasets (CC0/CC-BY). Species photos by iNaturalist and Wikimedia Commons contributors (Creative Commons), credited on each species page. Frequency and month labels summarize recorded observations — planning context, never a guarantee, and never a substitute for local guidance.