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tautonym A tautonym is a scientific name of a species in which both parts of the name have the same spelling, such as '' Rattus rattus''. The first part of the name is the name of the genus and the second part is referred to as the ''specific epithet'' i ...

zoological Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, and ...

names of species consisting of two identical words (the generic name and the

specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...

have the same spelling). Such names are allowed in

zoology Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, and ...

, but not in

botany Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

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

cumin Cumin (, ; ; ''Cuminum cyminum'') is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the Irano-Turanian Region. Its seeds – each one contained within a fruit, which is dried – are used in the cuisines of many cultures in both whole ...

, ''Cuminum cyminum'').

Mammals

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Alces alces The moose (: 'moose'; used in North America) or elk (: 'elk' or 'elks'; used in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is the world's tallest, Largest cervids, largest and heaviest extant taxon, extant species of deer and the monotypic taxon, only specie ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian elk, moose *''

Axis axis The chital or cheetal (''Axis axis''; ), also called spotted deer, chital deer and axis deer, is a deer species native to the Indian subcontinent. It was first described by Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777. A moderate-sized deer, ma ...

'' (Erxleben, 1777) — chital, axis deer *'' Bison bison'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — American bison, buffalo *'' Capreolus capreolus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — European roe deer, roe deer *'' Caracal caracal'' (Schreber, 1776) — caracal *''

Chinchilla chinchilla The short-tailed chinchilla (''Chinchilla chinchilla)'' is a small rodent part of the Chinchillidae family and is classified as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN. Originating in South America, the c ...

'' (Lichtenstein, 1829) — short-tailed chinchilla *'' Chiropotes chiropotes'' (Humboldt, 1811) — red-backed bearded saki *'' Cricetus cricetus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common hamster, European hamster *''

Crocuta crocuta The spotted hyena (''Crocuta crocuta''), also known as the laughing hyena, is a hyena species, currently classed as the sole extant member of the genus ''Crocuta'', native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as being of least concern by the IUC ...

'' (Erxleben, 1777) — spotted hyena *''

Dama dama The European fallow deer (''Dama dama''), also known as the common fallow deer or simply fallow deer, is a species of deer native to Eurasia. It is one of two living species of fallow deer alongside the Persian fallow deer (''Dama mesopotamica'' ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — European fallow deer *'' Feroculus feroculus'' (Kelaart, 1850) — Kelaart's long-clawed shrew *''

Gazella gazella The mountain gazelle (''Gazella gazella''), also called the true gazelle or the Palestine mountain gazelle, is a species of gazelle that is widely but unevenly distributed. Approximately 6,000 are left in the wild as of 2024. The mountain gazell ...

'' (Pallas, 1766) — mountain gazelle *''

Genetta genetta The common genet (''Genetta genetta'') is a small viverrid indigenous to Africa that was introduced to southwestern Europe. It is widely distributed north of the Sahara, in savanna zones south of the Sahara to southern Africa and along the coast ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common genet *''

Gerbillus gerbillus The lesser Egyptian gerbil (''Gerbillus gerbillus'') is a small species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is native to North Africa and the Sinai Peninsula, where it lives in sandy habitats. It is a common species, and the International Union ...

'' (Olivier, 1801) — lesser Egyptian gerbil *'' Giraffa giraffa'' (von Schreber, 1784) — southern giraffe *''

Glis glis The European edible dormouse also known as the European dormouse or European fat dormouse (''Glis glis'') is a large dormouse and one of only two living species in the genus ''Glis'', found in most of Europe and parts of western Asia. The common ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — European edible dormouse, European fat dormouse *''

Gorilla gorilla The western gorilla (''Gorilla gorilla'') is a great ape found in Africa, one of two species of the hominid genus ''Gorilla''. Large and robust with males weighing around , the species is found in a region of midwest Africa, geographically iso ...

'' (Savage, 1847) — western gorilla *''

Gulo gulo The wolverine ( , ; ''Gulo gulo''), also called the carcajou or quickhatch (from East Cree, ''kwiihkwahaacheew''), is the largest land-dwelling species, member of the family Mustelidae. It is a muscular carnivore and a solitary animal. The w ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — wolverine *''

Hoolock hoolock The western hoolock gibbon (''Hoolock hoolock'') is a primate from the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. The species is found in Assam, Mizoram, and Meghalaya in India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar west of the Chindwin River. Classification Mootnick and ...

'' (Harlan, 1834) — western hoolock gibbon *''

Hyaena hyaena The striped hyena (''Hyaena hyaena'') is a species of hyena native to North and East Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. It is the only extant species in the genus ''Hyaena''. It is listed by the IUC ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — striped hyena *''

Indri indri The indri (; ''Indri indri''), also called the babakoto, is one of the largest living lemurs, with a head-body length of about and a weight of between . It has a black and white coat and maintains an upright posture when climbing or clinging. ...

'' (Gmelin, 1788) — indri *'' Jaculus jaculus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — lesser Egyptian jerboa *'' Lagurus lagurus'' (Pallas, 1773) — steppe vole, steppe lemming *'' Lemmus lemmus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Norway lemming *''

Lutra lutra The Eurasian otter (''Lutra lutra''), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia and the Maghreb. The most widely distributed member o ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — European otter *''

Lynx lynx The Eurasian lynx (''Lynx lynx'') is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus ''Lynx''. It is widely distributed from Northern, Central and Eastern Europe to Central Asia and Siberia, the Tibetan Plateau and the Him ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian lynx *'' Macrophyllum macrophyllum'' (Schinz, 1821) — long-legged bat *''

Marmota marmota The alpine marmot (''Marmota marmota'') is a large Ground squirrel, ground-dwelling squirrel, from the genus of marmots. It is found in high numbers in mountainous areas of central and southern Europe, at heights between in the Alps, Carpathian ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Alpine marmot *''

Martes martes The European pine marten (''Martes martes''), also known as the pine marten, is a mustelid native to and widespread in most of Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, and parts of Iran, Iraq, and Syria. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red Lis ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — European pine marten, pine marten *''

Meles meles The European badger (''Meles meles''), also known as the Eurasian badger, is a badger species in the family Mustelidae native to Europe and West Asia and parts of Central Asia. It is classified as least concern on the IUCN Red List, as it has a w ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — European badger, Eurasian badger *'' Mephitis mephitis'' (Schreber, 1776) — striped skunk *'' Molossus molossus'' (Pallas, 1766) — Pallas's mastiff bat *''

Monachus monachus The Mediterranean monk seal (''Monachus monachus'') is a monk seal belonging to the family Phocidae. , it is estimated that fewer than 700 individuals survive in three or four isolated subpopulations in the Mediterranean, (especially) in the Ae ...

'' (Hermann, 1779) — Mediterranean monk seal *'' Mops mops'' (de Blainville, 1840) — Malayan free-tailed bat *'' Myospalax myospalax'' (Laxmann, 1773) — Siberian zokor *'' Myotis myotis'' (Borkhausen, 1797) — mouse-eared myotis, greater mouse-eared bat *''

Nasua nasua The South American coati (''Nasua nasua''), also known as the ring-tailed coati or brown-nosed coati, is a coati species and a member of the raccoon family (Procyonidae), found in the tropical and subtropical parts of South America. An adult gen ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — South American coati, coatimundi *'' Niviventer niviventer'' (Hodgson, 1836) — Himalayan niviventer, white-bellied rat *'' Nombe nombe'' (Flannery et al., 1983) *''

Oreotragus oreotragus The klipspringer (; ''Oreotragus oreotragus'') is a small antelope found in eastern and southern Africa. The sole member of its genus and subfamily/tribe, the klipspringer was first described by German zoologist Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zi ...

'' (Zimmermann, 1783) — klipspringer *''

Papio papio The Guinea baboon (''Papio papio'') is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. Some (older) classifications list only two species in the genus '' Papio'', this one and the hamadryas baboon. In those classifications, all other ''Papio'' species ...

'' (Desmarest, 1820) — Guinea baboon *''

Petaurista petaurista The red giant flying squirrel or common giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista petaurista'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae (squirrels). It is found in a wide variety of forest–types, plantations and more open habitats with scatter ...

'' (Pallas, 1766) — red giant flying squirrel *''

Phocoena phocoena The harbour porpoise (''Phocoena phocoena'') is one of eight extant species of porpoise. It is one of the smallest species of cetacean. As its name implies, it stays close to coastal areas or river estuaries, and as such, is the most familiar ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — harbor porpoise, harbour porpoise *'' Pipistrellus pipistrellus'' (Schreber, 1774) — common pipistrelle *'' Pithecia pithecia'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — white-faced saki *''

Rattus rattus The black rat (''Rattus rattus''), also known as the roof rat, ship rat, or house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the stereotypical rat genus ''Rattus'', in the subfamily Murinae. It likely originated in the Indian subcontinent, but is ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — black rat, roof rat *''

Redunca redunca The bohor reedbuck (''Redunca redunca'') is an antelope native to central Africa. The animal is placed under the genus ''Redunca'' and in the family Bovidae. It was first described by German zoologist and botanist Peter Simon Pallas in 1767. Th ...

'' (Pallas, 1767) — Bohor reedbuck *''

Rupicapra rupicapra The chamois (; ) (''Rupicapra rupicapra'') or Alpine chamois is a species of goat-antelope native to the mountains in Southern Europe, from the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Apennines, the Dinarides, the Tatra to the Carpathian Mountains, the Balka ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — chamois, Alpine chamois *''

Saccolaimus saccolaimus The naked-rumped pouched bat (''Saccolaimus saccolaimus''), also known as the pouched tomb bat, is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. Taxonomy Described in 1838 by Coenraad Temminck. the author assigned the species to a n ...

'' (Temminck, 1838) — naked-rumped pouched bat *''

Vulpes vulpes The red fox (''Vulpes vulpes'') is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe and Asia, plus ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — red fox

Birds

*'' Alle alle'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — little auk, dovekie *''

Amandava amandava The red avadavat (''Amandava amandava''), red munia or strawberry finch, is a sparrow-sized bird of the family Estrildidae. It is found in the open fields and grasslands of tropical Asia and is popular as a cage bird due to the colourful plumag ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — red avadavat *'' Anhinga anhinga'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — anhinga *'' Anser anser'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — greylag goose *''

Antigone antigone The sarus crane (''Antigone antigone'') is a large nonmigratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height of up to , they are a conspicuous sp ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — sarus crane *''

Apus apus The common swift (''Apus apus'') is a medium-sized bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger, though not stemming from those passerine species, being in the order Apodiformes. The resemblances between t ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common swift *''

Bubo bubo The Eurasian eagle-owl (''Bubo bubo'') is a species of eagle-owl, a type of bird that resides in much of Eurasia. It is often just called the eagle-owl in Europe and Asia. It is one of the largest species of owl. Females can grow to a total l ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian eagle-owl *''

Buteo buteo The common buzzard (''Buteo buteo'') is a medium-to-large bird of prey which has a large range. It is a member of the genus ''Buteo'' in the family Accipitridae. The species lives in most of Europe and extends its breeding range across much of th ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common buzzard *'' Calliope calliope'' (Pallas, 1776) — Siberian rubythroat *''

Cardinalis cardinalis The northern cardinal (''Cardinalis cardinalis''), also commonly known as the common cardinal, red cardinal, or simply cardinal, is a bird in the genus '' Cardinalis''. It can be found in southeastern Canada, through the eastern United States fr ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — northern cardinal *'' Carduelis carduelis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — European goldfinch *''

Casuarius casuarius Cassowaries (; Biak: ''man suar'' ; ; Papuan: ''kasu weri'' ) are flightless birds of the genus ''Casuarius'', in the order Casuariiformes. They are classified as ratites, flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bones. Cassowaries are ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — southern cassowary *''

Chloris chloris The European greenfinch or simply the greenfinch (''Chloris chloris'') is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. This bird is widespread throughout Europe, North Africa and Palearctic, Southwest Asia. It is mainly resident, but ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — European greenfinch *''

Ciconia ciconia The white stork (''Ciconia ciconia'') is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on the bird's wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to en ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — white stork *'' Cinclus cinclus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — white-throated dipper *''

Clanga clanga The greater spotted eagle (''Clanga clanga''), also called the spotted eagle, is a large migratory bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is a member of the subfamily Aquilinae, commonly known as "booted eagles".Helbig, A. J., Kocum, A., ...

'' (Pallas, 1811) — greater spotted eagle *'' Coccothraustes coccothraustes'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — hawfinch *'' Cochlearius cochlearius'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — boat-billed heron *'' Coeligena coeligena'' (Lesson, 1833) — bronzy inca *'' Colius colius'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — white-backed mousebird *'' Coscoroba coscoroba'' (Molina, 1782) — coscoroba swan *'' Cotinga cotinga'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — purple-breasted cotinga *''

Coturnix coturnix The common quail (''Coturnix coturnix''), or European quail, is a small ground-nesting game bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is mainly migratory, breeding in the western Palearctic and wintering in Africa and southern India. With its ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common quail *'' Crex crex'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — corn crake, corncrake *'' Crossoptilon crossoptilon'' (Hodgson, 1838) — white eared pheasant *'' Curaeus curaeus'' (Molina, 1782) — austral blackbird *'' Curruca curruca'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — lesser whitethroat *'' Cyanicterus cyanicterus'' (Vieillot, 1819) — blue-backed tanager *'' Cygnus cygnus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — whooper swan *'' Diuca diuca'' (Molina, 1782) — diuca finch *''

Dives dives The melodious blackbird (''Dives dives'') is a New World tropical bird. Description The adult is a medium-sized blackbird with a rounded tail. The male is long and weighs . The slightly smaller female is long and weighs . The adult plumage ...

'' (Deppe, 1830) — melodious blackbird *'' Ensifera ensifera'' (Boissonneau, 1840) — sword-billed hummingbird *'' Erythrogenys erythrogenys'' (Vigors, 1831) — rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler *'' Falcipennis falcipennis'' (Hartlaub, 1855) — Siberian grouse *''

Francolinus francolinus The black francolin (''Francolinus francolinus'') is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes. It was formerly known as the black partridge. It is the state bird of Haryana state, India (locally known as ''kaala teet ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — black francolin *'' Galbula galbula'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — green-tailed jacamar *''

Gallinago gallinago The common snipe (''Gallinago gallinago'') is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. Distribution and habitat The breeding habitats are marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows throughout the Palearctic. In the north, the distribution li ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common snipe *''

Gallus gallus The red junglefowl (''Gallus gallus''), also known as the Indian red junglefowl (and formerly the bankiva or bankiva-fowl), is a species of Tropics, tropical, predominantly Terrestrial animal, terrestrial bird in the fowl and pheasant family, P ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — red junglefowl *'' Granatina granatina'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — violet-eared waxbill *''

Grus grus The common crane (''Grus grus''), also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. A medium-sized species, it is the only crane commonly found in Europe besides the demoiselle crane (''Grus virgo'') and the Siber ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common crane *'' Guira guira'' (Gmelin, 1788) — guira cuckoo *''

Himantopus himantopus The black-winged stilt (''Himantopus himantopus'') is a widely distributed, very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family Recurvirostridae. Its scientific name, ''Himantopus himantopus'', is sometimes used to generalize a single, almost ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — black-winged stilt *'' Histrionicus histrionicus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — harlequin duck *'' Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus'' (Pallas, 1773) — Pallas's gull *'' Icterus icterus'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — Venezuelan troupial *'' Incana incana'' (Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881) — Socotra warbler *'' Indicator indicator'' (Sparrman, 1777) — greater honeyguide *'' Jacana jacana'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — wattled jacana *'' Lagopus lagopus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — willow ptarmigan *''

Lerwa lerwa The snow partridge (''Lerwa lerwa'') is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae found widely distributed across the high-altitude Himalayan regions of Pakistan, China, India and Nepal. It is the only species within its genus, and is though ...

'' (Hodgson, 1833) — snow partridge *'' Leucogeranus leucogeranus'' (Pallas, 1773) — Siberian crane *''

Limosa limosa The black-tailed godwit (''Limosa limosa'') is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is a member of the godwit genus, ''Limosa''. There are four subspecies, all with orange head, neck and chest ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — black-tailed godwit *'' Luscinia luscinia'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — thrush nightingale *'' Manacus manacus'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — white-bearded manakin *'' Mascarinus mascarinus'' (Linnaeus, 1771) — Mascarene parrot or mascarin *'' Melanodera melanodera'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) — white-bridled finch *''

Milvus milvus The red kite (''Milvus milvus'') is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers. The species currently breeds only in Europe, though it formerly also bred ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — red kite *'' Mitu mitu'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — Alagoas curassow *''

Nycticorax nycticorax The black-crowned night heron (''Nycticorax nycticorax'') r black-capped night heron commonly shortened to just night heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, including parts of Europe, Asia, and Nort ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — black-crowned night heron *'' Oenanthe oenanthe'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — northern wheatear *'' Oriolus oriolus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian golden oriole *'' Pampa pampa'' (Lesson, 1832) — wedge-tailed sabrewing *'' Pauxi pauxi'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — helmeted curassow *''

Perdix perdix The grey partridge (''Perdix perdix'') is a bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. The scientific name is the Latin for "partridge". Taxonomy The grey partridge formally described in 1758 by the Sw ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — grey partridge *'' Petronia petronia'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — rock sparrow *'' Phoenicurus phoenicurus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common redstart *''

Pica pica The Eurasian magpie or common magpie (''Pica pica'') is a resident breeding bird throughout the northern part of the Eurasian continent. It is one of several birds in the crow family (corvids) designated magpies, and belongs to the Holarctic rad ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian magpie *''

Pipile pipile The Trinidad piping guan (''Pipile pipile'') locally known as the pawi, is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae, endemic to the island of Trinidad. It is a large bird, somewhat resembling a turkey in appearance, and resear ...

'' (Jacquin, 1784) — Trinidad piping guan *''

Poliocephalus poliocephalus The hoary-headed grebe (''Poliocephalus poliocephalus'') is a member of the grebe family. It breeds in southern parts of Australia; it winters throughout the island of Tasmania. The bird takes its name from the silvery-white streaking on its blac ...

'' (Jardine & Selby, 1827) — hoary-headed grebe *''

Porphyrio porphyrio The western swamphen (''Porphyrio porphyrio'') is a species of swamphen in the rail family Rallidae, one of the six species of purple swamphen. From the French name ''talève sultane'', it is also known as the sultana bird. This chicken-sized ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — western swamphen *'' Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema'' (Deville & Sclater, 1852) — purple-throated cotinga *''

Porzana porzana The spotted crake (''Porzana porzana'') is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae. The scientific name is derived from Venetian terms for small rails. The spotted crake's breeding habitat is marshes and sedge beds across temperate Europe into ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — spotted crake *'' Puffinus puffinus'' (Brünnich, 1764) — Manx shearwater *'' Pyrilia pyrilia'' (Bonaparte, 1853) — saffron-headed parrot *'' Pyrope pyrope'' (von Kittlitz, 1830) — fire-eyed diucon *'' Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — red-billed chough *'' Pyrrhula pyrrhula'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian bullfinch *''

Quelea quelea The red-billed quelea (; ''Quelea quelea''), also known as the red-billed weaver or red-billed dioch, is a small—approximately long and weighing —migratory, sparrow-like bird of the weaver family, Ploceidae, native to Sub-Saharan Africa. ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — red-billed quelea *'' Radjah radjah'' (Garnot & Lesson, 1828) — radjah shelduck *'' Regulus regulus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — goldcrest *'' Riparia riparia'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — sand martin, bank swallow *''

Rupicola rupicola The Guianan cock-of-the-rock (''Rupicola rupicola'') is a species of cotinga, a passerine bird from South America. It is about in length and weighs about . It is found in tropical rainforests, near its preferred habitat of rocky outcrops. The ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — Guianan cock-of-the-rock *'' Serinus serinus'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — European serin *'' Spinus spinus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian siskin *'' Suiriri suiriri'' (Vieillot, 1818) — suiriri flycatcher *'' Sula sula'' (Linnaeus, 1766) — red-footed booby *'' Tadorna tadorna'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common shelduck *'' Tchagra tchagra'' (Vieillot, 1816) — southern tchagra *''

Temnurus temnurus The ratchet-tailed treepie (''Temnurus temnurus'') is a species of bird in the crow and jay family Corvidae. The species is also known as the notch-tailed treepie. It is monotypic within the genus ''Temnurus''. The species has a disjunct distri ...

'' (Temminck, 1825) — ratchet-tailed treepie *''

Tetrax tetrax The little bustard (''Tetrax tetrax'') is a Aves, bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus ''Tetrax''. It breeds in Southern Europe and in Western Asia, Western and Central Asia. Taxonomy The little bustard was Species descripti ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — little bustard *'' Todus todus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Jamaican tody *''

Troglodytes troglodytes The Eurasian wren (''Troglodytes troglodytes'') or northern wren is a very small insectivorous bird, and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae found in Eurasia and Africa (Maghreb). In Anglophone Europe, it is commonly known simply a ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Eurasian wren *'' Tyrannus tyrannus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — eastern kingbird *''

Urile urile The red-faced cormorant (''Urile urile''), red-faced shag or violet shag, is a bird species of the family Phalacrocoracidae. Its range spans from the eastern tip of Hokkaidō in Japan, northern korean peninsula, via the Kuril Islands, the sout ...

'' (Gmelin, 1789) — red-faced cormorant *''

Vanellus vanellus The northern lapwing (''Vanellus vanellus''), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tewit, green plover, or (in Ireland and Great Britain) pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily. It is common through temperate Eurosibe ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — northern lapwing *'' Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus'' (Bonaparte, 1826) — yellow-headed blackbird *'' Xenopirostris xenopirostris'' (Lafresnaye, 1850) — Lafresnaye's vanga

Reptiles

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Agama agama The common agama, red-headed rock agama or rainbow agama (''Agama agama'') is a species of lizard from the family Agamidae found in most of sub-Saharan Africa. To clear up centuries of historical confusion based on Linnaeus and other authors, Wagn ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — rainbow agama *''

Ameiva ameiva ''Ameiva ameiva'', also known as the giant ameiva, green ameiva, South American ground lizard, or Amazon racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae found in Central America, South America, and some Caribbean Islands. Geographic ran ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — giant ameiva *''

Basiliscus basiliscus The common basilisk (''Basiliscus basiliscus'') is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Corytophanidae. The species is Endemism, endemic to Central America and South America, where it is found near rivers and streams in rainforest ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common basilisk *'' Calotes calotes'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common green forest lizard *''

Caretta caretta The loggerhead sea turtle (''Caretta caretta'') is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The average loggerhead measures around in carapace length when fully ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — loggerhead sea turtle *''

Cerastes cerastes ''Cerastes cerastes'', commonly known as the Saharan horned viperMallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. (2003). ''True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers''. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. . or the desert horned viper ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — desert horned viper *'' Chalcides chalcides'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Italian three-toed skink *''

Clelia clelia Clelia may refer to: * Clelia (given name) (includes a list of people with the name) *Cloelia Cloelia () was a legendary woman from the early history of ancient Rome. Biography She was one of the women taken hostage by Lars Porsena as a part of ...

'' (Daudin, 1803) — mussurana *''

Cordylus cordylus ''Cordylus cordylus'', the Cape girdled lizard, is a medium-sized lizard indigenous to the southern Cape region of South Africa, where it inhabits crags, rocky outcrops and mountain summits. They evade predators by wedging themselves firmly in r ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Cape girdled lizard *''

Enhydris enhydris The rainbow water snake (''Enhydris enhydris'') is a species of mildly venomous, rear-fanged, colubrid snake, endemic to Asia. Geographic range ''E. enhydris'' is found in southeastern China, Indonesia ( Bangka, Belitung, Java, Kalimantan, Sula ...

'' (Schneider, 1799) — rainbow water snake *''

Hypnale hypnale ''Hypnale hypnale'' is a venomous snake, venomous pit viper species Endemism, endemic to India and Sri Lanka. Common names include the hump-nosed viper,United States Navy (1991). ''Poisonous Snakes of the World''. New York: United States Governme ...

'' (Merrem, 1820) — hump-nosed viper *''

Iguana iguana The green iguana (''Iguana iguana''), also known as the American iguana or the common green iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus ''Iguana''. Usually, this animal is simply called the iguana. The green ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — green iguana, common iguana *''

Naja naja The Indian cobra (''Naja naja /na''dʒa nadʒa/), also known commonly as the spectacled cobra, Asian cobra, or binocellate cobra, is a species of cobra, a venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to the Indian subcontinent, ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Indian cobra *''

Natrix natrix The grass snake (''Natrix natrix''), sometimes called the ringed snake or water snake, is a Eurasian semi-aquatic non-venomous colubrid snake. It is often found near water and feeds almost exclusively on amphibians. Subspecies Many subspecies ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — grass snake *'' Ophioscincus ophioscincus'' (Boulenger, 1887) — yolk-bellied snake-skink *'' Plica plica'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — collared treerunner *''

Scincus scincus ''Scincus scincus'', also commonly known as the sandfish skink, common sandfish or common skink, is a species of skink notable for its burrowing or swimming behaviour in sand. It is native to the Sahara Desert and the Arabian Peninsula, but is a ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — sandfish *'' Suta suta'' (Peters, 1863) — curl snake *''

Tetradactylus tetradactylus ''Tetradactylus tetradactylus'', commonly known as the Cape long-tailed seps or longtail whip lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of Sout ...

'' (Daudin, 1802) — long-toed seps

Amphibians

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Bombina bombina The European fire-bellied toad (''Bombina bombina'') is a species of fire-bellied toad native to eastern parts of mainland Europe, where it can be found near waterbodies such as ponds and marshes. It is known for its red colored belly used to wa ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1761) — European fire-bellied toad *''

Bufo bufo The common toad, European toad, or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply the toad (''Bufo bufo'', from Latin ''bufo'' "toad"), is a toad found throughout most of Europe (with the exception of Ireland, Iceland, parts of Scandinavia, and some Medi ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — common toad *''

Pipa pipa The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a () is a traditional Chinese musical instrument belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets rangi ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Suriname toad *''

Salamandra salamandra The fire salamander (''Salamandra salamandra'') is a common species of salamander found 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 ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — fire salamander

Fish

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Alburnus alburnus The bleak or common bleak (''Alburnus alburnus'') is a small freshwater coarse fish of the family Leuciscidae, which includes the minnows, daces and bleaks. The common bleak is found in Europe and Western Asia. Description The body of the ...

'' — bleak *'' Alosa alosa'' — allis shad *''

Anableps anableps ''Anableps anableps'', the largescale four-eyes, is a species of four-eyed fish found in fresh and brackish waters of northern South America and Trinidad. This species grows to a length of standard length (SL). This fish can occasionally be fo ...

'' — largescale foureyes *''

Anguilla anguilla The European eel (''Anguilla anguilla'') is a species of eel. Their life history was a mystery for thousands of years, and mating in the wild has not yet been observed. The five stages of their development were originally thought to be differ ...

'' — European eel *''

Anostomus anostomus ''Anostomus anostomus'', also known as the striped headstander, striped anostomus, and striped anastomus, is a species of fish. Description This species is pale peach to pinkish in colour, with long, black, lateral stripes. It grows to approxim ...

'' — striped headstander *''

Anthias anthias ''Anthias anthias'', the swallowtail sea perch or marine goldfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the Family (biology), family Anthiadidae. It is native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea where it is associated w ...

'' — swallowtail seaperch *''

Aspredo aspredo ''Aspredo aspredo'' is the only species of banjo catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus ''Aspredo''. This species originates from the lower portions of rivers from Venezuela to northern Brazil. It occurs in the Orinoco delta, through the Gui ...

'' — a species of

banjo catfish The Aspredinidae are a small South American family of catfishes (order Siluriformes) also known as the banjo catfishes, with about 43 species. Distribution Aspredinids are found throughout the major tropical rivers of South America (e.g., Magda ...

*'' Badis badis'' — blue perch, blue badis *'' Bagarius bagarius'' — devil catfish, goonch *'' Bagre bagre'' — coco sea catfish *''

Banjos banjos The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

'' — banjofish *''

Barbatula barbatula The stone loach (''Barbatula barbatula'') is a European species of fresh water ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae. It is one of nineteen species in the genus ''Barbatula''. Stone loaches live amongst the gravel and stones of fast flowin ...

'' — stone loach *''

Barbus barbus The common barbel (''Barbus barbus'') is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. It shares the common name 'barbel' with its many relatives in the genus ''Barbus'', of which it is the type species. In Great Britain it is ...

'' — barbel *''

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 ''Batasio'' was first described by Edward Blyth in 1860 with ''Batasio buchan ...

batasio'' — a species of naked catfish *'' Belobranchus belobranchus'' — throat-spine gudgeon *''

Belone belone The garfish (''Belone belone''), also known as the garpike, needlefish or sea needle, is a pelagic, oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Black, and Baltic Seas. Des ...

'' — garfish *''

Bidyanus bidyanus The silver perch (''Bidyanus bidyanus'') is a medium-sized freshwater fish of the family Terapontidae endemic to the Murray-Darling river system in south-eastern Australia. A threatened species, in 2024 the Australian Government reassessed th ...

'' — silver perch *''

Boops boops ''Boops boops'' ( ; from Ancient Greek , ), commonly called the boce, bogue, or bogue bream, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic. Taxonomy In the fourth century BCE, ''Boops boops'' was documented by Aristotle as () in his ...

'' — bogue *'' Brama brama'' — Atlantic pomfret *''

Brosme brosme The cusk (''Brosme brosme'') is a North Atlantic cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Brosme''. Its other common names include European cusk, tusk torsk, brosmius and moonfish.Butis butis'' — duckbill sleeper, crazy fish *''

Calamus calamus 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 kn ...

'' — saucereye porgy *''

Callichthys callichthys ''Callichthys callichthys'', the cascarudo, armored catfish, bubblenest catfish, hassar, or mailed catfish, is a subtropical freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Callichthyinae of the family Callichthyidae. Taxonomy It was originally descr ...

'' — cascarudo, armoured catfish *'' Capoeta capoeta'' — Caucasian scraper, Sevan khramulya *''

Carassius carassius The crucian carp (''Carassius carassius'') is a medium-sized member of the common carp family Cyprinidae. It occurs widely in northern European regions. Its name derives from the Low German ''karusse'' or ''karutze'', possibly from Medieval Lati ...

'' — crucian carp *''

Catla catla Catla (''Labeo catla''; ) also known as the major South Asian carp, is an economically important South Asian freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It is native to rivers and lakes in northern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakis ...

'' — catla *''

Catostomus catostomus The longnose sucker (''Catostomus catostomus'') is a species of cypriniform freshwater fish in the family Catostomidae. It is native to North America from the northern United States to the top of the continent. It is also found in Russia in rive ...

'' — longnose sucker *'' Chaca chaca'' — frogmouth catfish *'' Chandramara chandramara'' — a species of naked catfish *''

Chanos chanos Chanos may refer to: * ''Chanos'' (fish), a genus of milkfish * Chanos-Curson, a commune of the Drôme, a department in southeastern France * Chanos, Zamora, a municipality in Spain * George Chanos (born 1958), American attorney and politician ...

'' — milkfish *''

Chitala chitala ''Chitala chitala'' (Assamese: চিতল ''sitawl'', Bengali: চিতল, ''chitol'') is a knifefish from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan, found in the Brahmaputra, Indus, Ganges and Mahanadi River basins. It is sometimes known as ...

'' — Indian featherback *'' Chromis chromis'' — Mediterranean damselfish, Mediterranean chromis *''

Conger conger The European conger (''Conger conger'') is a species of conger of the family Congridae. It is the heaviest eel in the world and native to the northeast Atlantic, including the Mediterranean Sea. Description and behaviour European congers have ...

'' — European conger *'' Conta conta'' — conta catfish *'' Cynoglossus cynoglossus'' — Bengal tonguesole *'' Dactylopus dactylopus'' — Fingered dragonet *''

Dario dario The scarlet badis (''Dario dario'') is a tropical freshwater fish and one of the smallest known percoid fish species. It is a micropredator, feeding on small aquatic crustaceans, worms, insect larvae and other zooplankton. It is sold under a var ...

'' — scarlet badis, scarlet dario *'' Decorus decorus'' — a species of Chinese carp/minnow *'' Dentex dentex'' — common dentex *''

Devario devario The Bengal danio or Sind danio (''Devario devario'') is a subtropical fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae). Originating in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, this fish is sometimes kept in community tanks by fish-kee ...

'' — Bengal danio *'' Erosa erosa'' — pitted stonefish *'' Erythrinus erythrinus'' — red wolffish *'' Gagata gagata'' — a species of

sisorid catfish Sisoridae is a family of catfishes. These Asian catfishes live in fast-moving waters and often have adaptations that allow them to adhere to objects in their habitats. The family includes about 235 species. Taxonomy The family Sisoridae is recog ...

*'' Genidens genidens'' — Guri sea catfish, marine catfish *''

Glyphis glyphis The speartooth shark (''Glyphis glyphis'') is a rare species of river shark, belonging to the family Carcharhinidae. It inhabits coastal marine waters and tidal reaches of large tropical rivers in northern Australia and New Guinea. Despite bei ...

'' — speartooth shark *''

Gobio gobio ''Gobio gobio'', or the gudgeon or common gudgeon, is a species of fish in the family Gobionidae. This small fish is widely distributed in fresh-water streams and lakes across central and temperate Eurasia. The gudgeon inhabits various fresh-wa ...

'' — gudgeon *''

Gonorynchus gonorynchus ''Gonorynchus gonorynchus'' is a species of fish in the family Gonorynchidae, found on temperate continental shelves worldwide. Common names for this fish include mousefish, ratfish, sandfish, and sand eel.Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Gu ...

'' — mousefish, beaked sandfish, beaked salmon *'' Hara hara'' — a species of South Asian river catfish *''

Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus ''Hemilepidotus'', the Irish lords, is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Agonidae, the poachers and sea ravens. These fishes are found in northern Pacific, northern Atlantic and Arctic oceans. Species There a ...

'' — red Irish lord *''

Hippocampus hippocampus The hippocampus (: hippocampi; via Latin from Greek , 'seahorse'), also hippocampus proper, is a major component of the brain of humans and many other vertebrates. In the human brain the hippocampus, the dentate gyrus, and the subiculum are c ...

'' — short-snouted seahorse *''

Hippoglossus hippoglossus The Atlantic halibut (''Hippoglossus hippoglossus'') is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. They are demersal fish living on or near sand, gravel or clay bottoms at depths of between . The halibut is among the largest teleost (bony) fish in ...

'' — Atlantic halibut *'' Histrio histrio'' — sargassum fish *''

Hucho hucho The huchen (''Hucho hucho'') (, from German), also known as Danube salmon or redfish (), is a large species of freshwater fish in the family Salmonidae native to the Danube basin in Central and Eastern Europe. It is the type species of genus ' ...

'' — Danube salmon, huchen *''

Huso huso The beluga (), also known as the beluga sturgeon or great sturgeon (''Huso huso''), is a species of anadromous fish in the sturgeon family (Acipenseridae) of the order Acipenseriformes. It is found primarily in the Caspian and Black Sea basins, ...

'' — beluga sturgeon *'' Lactarius lactarius'' — false trevally *'' Lagocephalus lagocephalus'' — oceanic puffer *''

Lepadogaster lepadogaster The shore clingfish (''Lepadogaster lepadogaster'') is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent Atlantic Ocean north to Galicia, Spain. Description Distribution Occurs in the eastern Atlantic fr ...

'' — shore clingfish *''

Leuciscus leuciscus The common dace (''Leuciscus leuciscus'') is a species of freshwater and brackish water ray-finned fish from the family Leuciscidae which is native to Europe but which has been introduced to other parts of the world. It is a quarry species for co ...

'' — common dace *''

Limanda limanda 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 . I ...

'' — common dab *'' Liparis liparis'' — common seasnail *''

Lithognathus lithognathus The white steenbras (''Lithognathus lithognathus'') is a species of fish in the family Sparidae Endemism, endemic to South Africa. Due to overfishing, primarily by Seine fishing, seine netting operations in False Bay, the white steenbras is now e ...

'' — white steenbras *'' Lota lota'' — burbot *''

Lutjanus lutjanus The bigeye snapper (''Lutjanus lutjanus''), also known as the bigeye seaperch, red sea lined snapper, golden striped snapper, rosy snapper, yellow snapper, or simply snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the Fa ...

'' — bigeye snapper *''

Mastacembelus mastacembelus ''Mastacembelus'' is a genus of many species of spiny eel fish from the family Mastacembelidae. They are native to Africa (c. 45 species) and Asia (c. 15 species). Most are found in rivers and associated systems (even in rapids), but there are a ...

'' — Euphrates spiny eel *''

Menidia menidia The Atlantic silverside (''Menidia menidia''), also known as spearing in the northeastern United States, is a small species of fish that is one of the most abundant fish species present in estuarine habitats along the Atlantic coast of North Amer ...

'' — Atlantic silverside *''

Merluccius merluccius ''Merluccius merluccius'' or the European hake is a merluccid hake of the genus '' Merluccius''. Other vernacular names include Cornish salmon and herring hake. It is a predatory species, which was often netted alongside one of its favoured prey ...

'' — European hake *'' Microstoma microstoma'' — slender argentine *''

Mola mola The ocean sunfish (''Mola mola''), also known as the common mola, is one of the largest bony fish in the world. It is the type species of the genus ''Mola'', and one of five extant species in the family Molidae. It was once misidentified as th ...

'' — ocean sunfish *''

Molva molva The common ling (''Molva molva''), also known as the white ling or simply the ling, is a large member of the family Lotidae, a group of cod-like fish. It resembles the related rocklings, but it is much larger and has a single barbel. This speci ...

'' — common ling *''

Mustelus mustelus The common smooth-hound (''Mustelus mustelus'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles to South Africa, and in the Mediterranean Sea, Madeira, and the Canary Islands at depths ...

'' — common smooth-hound *'' Myaka myaka'' — myaka *'' Nangra nangra'' — a species of

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Notopterus notopterus The bronze featherback (''Notopterus notopterus'') is a ray-finned fish in the family Notopteridae found in South Asia, South and Southeast Asia. Although primarily found in fresh water, it has been known to enter brackish water. At present, it ...

'' — bronze featherback *'' Oplopomus oplopomus'' — spinecheek goby *''

Pagrus pagrus The red porgy (''Pagrus pagrus''), also known as the common seabream or Couch's bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Sparidae. It is found in shallow waters on either side of the Atlantic Ocean, being present on the western ...

'' — red porgy *''

Pangasius pangasius ''Pangasius pangasius'', the Pangas catfish, is a species of shark catfish native to fresh and brackish waters of Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Pakistan. It has also been introduced to Cambodia and Vietnam. This species grows to a standard leng ...

'' — pangas catfish *''

Phoxinus phoxinus ''Phoxinus phoxinus'' (known colloquially as the Eurasian minnow, minnow, Channel minnow, or common minnow) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, minnows and related fishes. It i ...

'' — Eurasian minnow *'' Phycis phycis'' — forkbeard *'' Pinjalo pinjalo'' — pinjalo *''

Pollachius pollachius ''Pollachius pollachius'' is a species of marine fish in the family Gadidae. FAO uses the English name pollack for this species, whereas in American English it is known as European pollock. Other vernacular names include ''lythe'', and in the ...

'' — pollack *''

Pristis pristis ''Pristis'' is a genus of sawfish of the family Pristidae. These large fish are found worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions in coastal marine waters, estuaries, and freshwater lakes and rivers. Sawfish have declined drastically and all s ...

'' — largetooth sawfish *''

Pseudobagarius ''Pseudobagarius'' is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Akysidae. Taxonomy ''Pseudobagarius'' includes species that were originally part of the ''pseudobagarius'' group of the genus ''Akysis''. This group was first recogniz ...

pseudobagarius'' — a species of stream catfish *'' Pungitius pungitius'' — ninespine stickleback *'' Rama rama'' — a species of naked catfish *'' Rasbora rasbora'' — Gangetic scissortail rasbora *''

Remora remora The common remora (''Remora remora'') is a pelagic marine fish belonging to the family Echeneidae. The dorsal fin, which has 22 to 26 soft rays, acts as a suction cup, creating a vacuum to allow the fish to attach to larger marine animals, such ...

'' — common remora *''

Retropinna retropinna The New Zealand smelt (''Retropinna retropinna''), also known as the New Zealand common smelt, New Zealand cucumber fish, or silveries is a smelt of the family Retropinnidae, found only in New Zealand New Zealand () is an island coun ...

'' — New Zealand smelt *'' Rhinobatos rhinobatos'' — common guitarfish *'' Rita rita'' — rita *''

Rubicundus ''Rubicundus'' is a genus of hagfishes, the only extant member of the subfamily Rubicundinae. All species in it were formerly classified in ''Eptatretus''. ''R. eos'', ''R. lakeside'', and ''R. rubicundus'' are known from single specimens caught ...

rubicundus'' — a species of

hagfish Hagfish, of the Class (biology), class Myxini (also known as Hyperotreti) and Order (biology), order Myxiniformes , are eel-shaped Agnatha, jawless fish (occasionally called slime eels). Hagfish are the only known living Animal, animals that h ...

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Rutilus rutilus The roach, or rutilus roach (''Rutilus rutilus''), also known as the common roach, is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the family Cyprinidae, native to most of Europe and western Asia. Fish called roach can be any species of the genera ''Rut ...

'' — common roach *'' Sarda sarda'' — Atlantic bonito *''

Solea solea The common sole, Dover sole, or black sole (''Solea solea'') is a species of flatfish in the family Soleidae. It is one of the largest fish in the '' Solea'' genus. It lives on the sandy or muddy seabed of the northern Atlantic and the Mediterr ...

'' — common sole *''

Sphyraena sphyraena ''Sphyraena sphyraena'', also known as the European barracuda or Mediterranean barracuda, is a ray-finned predatory fish of the Mediterranean basin and the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Description ''Sphyraena sphyraena'' has a long, co ...

'' — European barracuda *'' Spinachia spinachia'' — sea stickleback *''

Sprattus sprattus The European sprat (''Sprattus sprattus''), also known as brisling, brisling sardine, bristling, garvie, garvock, Russian sardine, russlet, skipper or whitebait, is a species of small marine fish in the herring family Clupeidae. Found in European ...

'' — European sprat *''

Squatina squatina ''Squatina squatina'', the angelshark or monkfish, is a species of shark in the family (biology), family Squatinidae (known generally also as angel sharks), that were once widespread in the coastal waters of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. We ...

'' — angelshark *''

Synodus synodus The diamond lizardfish ''(Synodus synodus)'' is a species of lizardfish that lives in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Information The diamond lizardfish has been found within marine environments within reef-associated are ...

'' — diamond lizardfish *''

Tandanus tandanus The eel-tailed catfish (''Tandanus tandanus'') is a species of catfish (order (biology), order Siluriformes) of the family (biology), family Plotosidae. This fish is also known as dewfish, freshwater catfish, jewfish, and tandan. This species ...

'' — eel-tailed catfish *''

Thymallus thymallus ''Thymallus thymallus'', the grayling or European grayling, is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (biology), family Salmonidae. It is the only species of the genus ''Thymallus'' (the graylings) native to Europe, where it is widespr ...

'' — grayling *''

Tinca tinca The tench or doctor fish (''Tinca tinca'') is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including Britain and Ireland east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is als ...

'' — tench *'' Torpedo torpedo'' — common torpedo *''

Trachurus trachurus The Atlantic horse mackerel (''Trachurus trachurus''), also known as the European horse mackerel or common scad, is a species of jack mackerel in the family Carangidae, which includes the jacks, pompanos and trevallies. It is found in the easte ...

'' — Atlantic horse mackerel *'' Trachycorystes trachycorystes'' — black catfish *''

Tropheops tropheops ''Tropheops tropheops'' is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi preferring areas with rocky substrates. This species can reach a length of TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade. References External links Photograph trophe ...

'' — golden tropheops *''

Vimba vimba ''Vimba'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. Ths fishes in this genus are found in Europe and western Asia. ''Vimba'' are found in brack ...

'' — vimba bream *'' Zebrus zebrus'' — zebra goby *''

Zingel zingel ''Zingel zingel'', the zingel, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Percidae. It is found in fast-flowing streams in southeastern Europe. It is the type species of the genus ''Zingel''. Description ''Zingel zingel'' has two s ...

'' — zingel *''

Zungaro zungaro The gilded catfish, Jau catfish or dourado catfish, (''Zungaro zungaro'') is a South American catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Pimelodidae. It is also known as manguruyu or black manguruyu. Taxonomy By some sources, it is the only spec ...

'' — gilded catfish

Arthropods

*'' Aniculus aniculus'' — a

hermit crab Hermit crabs are anomuran Decapoda, decapod crustaceans of the superfamily (taxonomy), superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons. There are over 800 species of hermit c ...

*'' Anthrax anthrax'' — a

bee fly The Bombyliidae are a family (biology), family of fly, flies, commonly known as bee flies. Some are colloquially known as bomber flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae are mostly parasitoids o ...

*'' Appia appia'' — appia skipper *'' Ariadne ariadne'' — angled castor (a

brush-footed butterfly The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have ...

) *'' Arita arita'' — arita skipper *'' Aroma aroma'' — aroma skipper *'' Aspitha aspitha'' — aspitha firetip (a skipper) *''

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 food source. Like other true crayfish, ''A. astacus'' is restricted to fresh water, living ...

'' — European crayfish *''

Avicularia avicularia ''Avicularia avicularia'', sometimes called the pinktoe tarantula, is a species of tarantula native from Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Trinidad and Tobago to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. This species is sometimes called the Guyana p ...

'' — pinktoe tarantula *''

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 Unlike most crustaceans, barnacles are unable to move from place to place. Cement glands near the ...

'' — a barnacle *'' Bruna bruna'' — a skipper *'' Bucayana bucayana'' — a cranaid harvestman *'' Cactus cactus'' — a

water flea The Diplostraca or Cladocera, commonly known as water fleas, is a superorder of small, mostly freshwater crustaceans, most of which feed on microscopic chunks of organic matter, though some forms are predatory. Over 1000 species have been recog ...

*'' Calappa calappa'' — smooth box crab *'' Caleta caleta'' — angled Pierrot (a gossamer-winged butterfly) *'' Cephise cephise'' — a skipper *'' Clibanarius clibanarius'' — a

*'' Corticea corticea'' — redundant skipper *''

Cossus cossus ''Cossus'' is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. Species * ''Cossus afghanistana'' Daniel, 1953 * ''Cossus bohatschi'' Püngeler, 1898 * ''Cossus cossus'' Linnaeus, 1758 * ''Cossus crassicorn ...

'' — goat moth *''

Crangon crangon ''Crangon crangon'' is a species of caridean shrimp found across the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Its range extends from the White Sea in the north of Russia to the coast of Morocco, including the Baltic Sea, and appears also throughout the Med ...

'' — brown shrimp *''

Cressida cressida Cressida (; also Criseida, Cresseid or Criseyde) is a character who appears in many Medieval and Renaissance retellings of the story of the Trojan War. She is a Trojan woman, the daughter of Calchas, a Greek seer. She falls in love with Troilus, ...

'' — big greasy or clearwing swallowtail *'' Cumbre cumbre'' — a skipper *'' Cynea cynea'' — cynea skipper *'' Danis danis'' — large green-banded blue (a gossamer-winged butterfly) *'' Decinea decinea'' — decinea or Huastecan skipper *'' Ebusus ebusus'' — ebusus skipper *''

Ephippiger ephippiger ''Ephippiger ephippiger'', the saddle-backed bush cricket, is a species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Bradyporinae The Bradyporinae are a subfamily in the family Tettigoniidae (bush crickets or katydids), based on the type g ...

'' — saddle-backed bush cricket *'' Erina erina'' — small dusky-blue (a gossamer-winged butterfly) *'' Flandria flandria'' — small flandria (a skipper) *''

Furcula furcula ''Furcula furcula'', the sallow kitten, is a moth from the family Notodontidae. It was first described by the Swedish entomologist Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759 from a specimen found in Sweden. Distribution The moth can be found in Europe (inclu ...

'' — sallow kitten (a notodontid moth) *'' Gesta gesta'' — impostor duskywing (a skipper) *''

Grapsus grapsus ''Grapsus grapsus'' is one of the most common crabs along the western coast of the Americas. It is known as the red rock crab, or, along with other crabs such as ''Percnon gibbesi'', as the Sally Lightfoot crab. Distribution ''Grapsus grapsus'' ...

'' — red rock crab *''

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa ''Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa'', commonly known as the European mole cricket, is widespread in Europe and has been introduced to the eastern United States. Its scientific name is derived from the Latin 'gryllus' (cricket); and 'talpa' ( mole), becaus ...

'' — European mole cricket *'' Idea idea'' — Linnaeus's idea (a

) *'' Joanna joanna'' — Joanna's skipper *''

Lamponia lamponia ''Lamponia'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Species Recognised species in the genus ''Lamponia'' include: * '' Lamponia lamponia'' (Hewitson, 1876) * ''Lamponia ploetzii ''Lamponia'' is a genus of skippers in the fami ...

'' — a skipper *'' Lento lento'' — a skipper *'' Levina levina'' — a skipper *'' Librita librita'' — librita skipper *'' Ludens ludens'' — ludens skipper *'' Mashuna mashuna'' — Mashuna ringlet (a

) *'' Megacephala megacephala'' — big-headed tiger beetle *'' Melolontha melolontha'' — common cockchafer *'' Menander menander'' — menander metalmark *'' Meza meza'' — common missile (a skipper) *'' Misius misius'' — misius skipper *'' Moeros moeros'' — a skipper *'' Molla molla'' — a skipper *'' Mortola mortola'' — a

solifuge Solifugae is an order of arachnids known variously as solifuges, sun spiders, camel spiders, and wind scorpions. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 147 genera. Despite the common names, they are neither true spiders (or ...

*'' Narcosius narcosius'' — a skipper *'' Neita neita'' — Neita brown (a

) *'' Nyctelius nyctelius'' — violet-banded or nyctelius skipper *''

Orthos orthos Orthos can refer to: * ''Orthos'' (skipper), a genus of butterfly in the grass skipper family * Orthos (Thessaly), a city of ancient Thessaly, Greece * A two-headed dog in Greek mythology, also known as Orthrus See also *Orthros ''Orthros'' ( ...

'' — orthos skipper *'' Pamba pamba'' — a skipper *'' Passova passova'' — passova firetip (a skipper) *'' Pilosa pilosa'' — a zalmoxid harvestman *'' Plumbago plumbago'' — a skipper *''

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''. It is closely related to '' Pollicipes polymerus' ...

'' — a

goose barnacle Goose barnacles, also called percebes, turtle-claw barnacles, stalked barnacles, gooseneck barnacles, are filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone. Goose barnacles form ...

*'' Polyctor polyctor'' — polyctor tufted- skipper *'' Pompeius pompeius'' — pompeius skipper *'' Propertius propertius'' — propertius skipper *'' Protesilaus protesilaus'' — great kite-swallowtail *'' Punta punta'' — a skipper *'' Racta racta'' — racta skipper *''

Ranina ranina ''Ranina ranina'', also known as the Huỳnh Đế crab, (red) frog crab or spanner crab, is a species of crab found throughout tropical and subtropical habitats. It is often fished for its meat. Description It may grow up to long, and may wei ...

'' — red frog crab *'' Repens repens'' — a skipper *''

Ridens ridens ''Ridens'' is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae). Species *'' Ridens allyni'' Freeman, 1979 - Mexico, Guatemala *'' Ridens bidens'' Austin, 1998 - Brazil (Rondônia). *'' Ridens biolleyi'' (Mabille, 1900) - ...

'' — frosted skipper *''

Roche roche ''Roche roche'' is a species of spiders in the family Ochyroceratidae. It was first described in 1998 by Michael Saaristo. , it is the only species in the genus ''Roche''. It is found in the Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the ...

'' – an ochyroceratid spider *'' Sacrator sacrator'' — a skipper *''

Salatis salatis ''Salatis'' is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae, in which they are placed to tribe Phocidini. Species of the genus ''Salatis'' are native to Central America and South America, including in the Amazon River ...

'' — variable scarlet-eye (a skipper) *'' Saturnus saturnus'' — a skipper *'' Scalpellum scalpellum'' — a

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Scolytus scolytus ''Scolytus scolytus'', the larger European elm bark beetle or large elm bark beetle, is a 3.5–6 mm long bark beetle species. [] [] It is of significant importance in Eurasia as a Vector (epidemiology), vector of Dutch elm disease. Descri ...

'' — large elm bark beetle *''Sodreana sodreana'' — a gonyleptid harvestman *'' Speculum speculum'' — hidden mirror skipper *'' Sucova sucova'' — sucova skipper *'' Tosta tosta'' — a skipper *'' Tromba tromba'' — a skipper *'' Turmada turmada'' — a skipper *'' Vermileo vermileo'' — a wormlion *'' Vidius vidius'' — a skipper *'' Xanthopygus xanthopygus'' — a

rove beetle The rove beetles are a family (biology), family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With over 66,000 species in thousand ...

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Xanthostigma xanthostigma ''Xanthostigma'' is a genus of snakeflies belonging to the family Raphidiidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe. Species: * ''Xanthostigma aloysianum'' (Costa, 1855) * ''Xanthostigma corsicum'' (Hagen, 1867) * ''Xanthostigma gob ...

'' — a

snakefly Snakeflies are a group of predatory insects comprising the order Raphidioptera with two extant families: Raphidiidae and Inocelliidae, consisting of roughly 260 species. In the past, the group had a much wider distribution than it does now; snak ...

*'' Zera zera'' — zera skipper *'' Zingha zingha'' — a

*'' Zoma zoma'' — a

ray spider Theridiosomatidae, commonly known as ray spiders, are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1881. The family includes 137 species divided between 20 genera. They are most recognizable for their construction of cone-sha ...

*'' Zonia zonia'' — zonia skipper *'' Zygoneura zygoneura'' — a dark-winged fungus gnat

Molluscs

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Achatina achatina ''Achatina achatina'', commonly known as the giant African snail, also known as the giant tiger land snail is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. The name "Achatina" ...

'' — African giant snail, giant tiger land snail *''

Agagus agagus ''Agagus agagus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Description The shell grows to a length of 9 mm, its diameter 10 mm. The umbilicate shell has a depressed conical shape wi ...

'' *'' Arcinella arcinella'' — Caribbean spiny jewel box *'' Belonimorphis belonimorphis'' *''

Columella columella ''Columella columella'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellinidae, the vertigo snails and allies. This species is not listed in the IUCN red list and not evaluated (N ...

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Concholepas concholepas ''Concholepas concholepas'', the Chilean abalone or Peruvian tolina, is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk. Despite the superficial resemblance, ''C. concholepas'' is not a true abalone (a species in the family Hal ...

'' — loco or Chilean abalone *'' Cymbium cymbium'' — false elephant's snout volute *''

Dolabrifera dolabrifera ''Dolabrifera dolabrifera'' is a species of sea hare, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares. ''Dolabrifera dolabrifera,'' otherwise known as a ''Warty Seacat.'' The animal goes by many names, including the common se ...

'' *'' Ensis ensis'' — razor clam *'' Extra extra'' *'' Faustina faustina'' *'' Ficus ficus'' — paper fig shell *'' Fragum fragum'' — white strawberry cockle *''

Gemma gemma The amethyst gem clam (''Gemma gemma'') is species of very small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. It is a small species, reaching a length of only 5 mm. The shell color is whitish or grayis ...

'' — amethyst gem clam *'' Gibberulus gibberulus'' — humpbacked conch *''

Glycymeris glycymeris ''Glycymeris'', common name the bittersweet clams, is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Glycymerididae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Glycymeris da Costa, 1778. Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...

'' — dog cockle *''

Harpa harpa ''Harpa'', common name the "harp snails", is a genus of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Harpidae.Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Harpa Röding, 1798. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register o ...

'' — true harp *''

Haustellum haustellum ''Haustellum haustellum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. It is the type species of the genus ''Haustellum'' Schumacher, 1817. Description Distribution ''Haustel ...

'' *''

Hippopus hippopus ''Hippopus hippopus'', also known as the Horse Hoof clam and Strawberry clam, is a species of giant clam in the Subfamily Tridacninae and the genus ''Hippopus''. ''Hippopus'' is a delicacy in many Southeast Asian countries due to its high quality ...

'' — bear paw clam or horse's hoof clam *'' Irus irus'' — irus clam *''

Janthina janthina ''Janthina janthina'' is a species of holoplanktonic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae. Its common names include violet sea-snail, common violet snail, large violet snail and purple storm snail. Distribution Thi ...

'' — violet snail *'' Koilofera koilofera'' *''

Lambis lambis ''Lambis lambis'', common name the spider conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. Distribution This species is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific. Shell description The ...

'' — a spider conch *'' Lima lima'' — spiny fileclam *'' Lithophaga lithophaga'' — date mussel *''

Lutraria lutraria ''Lutraria lutraria'' is a species of large marine Bivalvia, bivalve mollusc in the Family (biology), family Mactridae. Its common names include the otter shell and the common otter shell. It occurs in coastal regions of the north east Atlantic ...

'' — otter shell *'' Mandarina mandarina'' *''

Margaritifera margaritifera The freshwater pearl mussel (''Margaritifera margaritifera'') is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an Aquatic animal, aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Margaritiferidae. Although the name "freshwater pearl mussel" is often used fo ...

'' — freshwater pearl mussel *'' Melo melo'' — Indian volute or melon shell *'' Melongena melongena'' - Caribbean crown conch *''

Mercenaria mercenaria The hard clam (''Mercenaria mercenaria''), also known as the round clam, hard-shell (or hard-shelled) clam, or the quahog, is an edible marine bivalve mollusk that is native to the eastern shores of North America and Central America from Prince ...

'' — northern quahog, hard clam *'' Meretrix meretrix'' *''

Mitra mitra ''Mitra mitra'', common name the episcopal miter, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters.Rosenberg, G. (2010). ''Mitra (Mitra) mitra'' (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World R ...

'' — Episcopal miter shell *''

Modiolus modiolus ''Modiolus modiolus'', common name northern horsemussel (Scottish Gaelic: , Scots language, Scots: ), is a species of marine (ocean), marine Bivalvia, bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae. Description ''Modiolus modiolus'' is a large mussel ...

'' — northern horse mussel *'' Modulus modulus'' *''

Neocrassa neocrassa ''Neocrassa'' is a monotypic genus of large, air-breathing land snails native to Epirus and Kerkyra in northwestern Greece and to southern Albania. It contains a single species, ''Neocrassa neocrassa''. Originally described as a subgenus of '' ...

'' *'' Ogasawarana ogasawarana'' *''

Oliva oliva ''Oliva oliva'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Olividae, the olive snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oliva oliva (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://m ...

'' — olive shell *''

Perna perna ''Perna perna'', the brown mussel, 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. It is native ...

'' — brown mussel *'' Planorbis planorbis'' *'' Quadriplicata quadriplicata'' *''

Quadrula quadrula ''Quadrula quadrula'', the mapleleaf, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. The thick shell is about as broad as it is long with heavy hinge teeth. The outside may be yellowish ...

'' — mapleleaf mussel *''

Rapa rapa ''Rapa rapa'', common name the bubble turnip, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description Rapa rapa was first described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus as ''Murex rapa''. ...

'' — bubble turnip *''

Spirula spirula ''Spirula spirula'' is a species of deep-water squid-like cephalopod mollusk. It is the only extant member of the genus ''Spirula'', the family Spirulidae, and the order Spirulida. Because of the shape of its internal shell, it is commonly known ...

'' — ram's horn squid *'' Staphylaea staphylaea'' — stippled cowry *'' Sultana sultana'' *'' Telescopium telescopium'' — telescope snail *''

Terebellum terebellum ''Terebellum terebellum'', common name the Terebellum conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seraphsidae, the true conchs. Description ''T. terebellum'' is a very active animal that can quickly bury itself in ...

'' — terebellum conch *'' Tergipes tergipes'' *'' Tricornis tricornis'' — three-cornered conch *''

Umbraculum umbraculum ''Umbraculum umbraculum'', common name the umbrella slug, is a species of large sea snail or limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Umbraculidae. It is found in tropical to warm temperate parts of the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, ...

'' — umbrella slug *'' Velutina velutina'' — velvet shell *''

Villosa villosa ''Villosa'' is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Unionidae. Species Species within the genus ''Villosa'': * '' Villosa amygdala'' * '' Villosa arkansasensis'' - Ouachita creekshell * '' Villosa choctawensis ...

'' — a freshwater mussel *''

Viviparus viviparus ''Viviparus viviparus'' is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails. This species is a viviparous (ovoviviparous) snail. Description The height ...

'' — a European freshwater snail *''

Volva volva ''Volva volva'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae Ovulidae, common names the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries, is a family (biology), family of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, ...

'' — shuttlecock volva

Other

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Aaptos aaptos ''Aaptos aaptos'' is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae, first described in 1864 by. This particular species is known to contain adrenoceptor-blocking compounds. While it is highly toxic to fish, it is known to be pre ...

'' — a sponge *'' Acanthogyrus acanthogyrus'' — a parasitic worm in the family Quadrigyridae *''

Cephea cephea ''Cephea cephea'', also known as the crown jellyfish, or cauliflower jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish in the family Cepheidae (jellyfish), Cepheidae. It occurs in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific to Northern Australia. The spec ...

'' — crown jellyfish, cauliflower jellyfish *''

Chaos chaos Chaos Chaos are an American indie synthpop band based in Brooklyn, New York. The band was formed in Seattle under the name Smoosh in 2000 and adopted their current name in 2012. The band consists of two sisters, who founded the band as child ...

'' — an amoeba *''

Cidaris cidaris ''Cidaris cidaris'' is a species of sea urchin commonly known as the long-spine slate pen sea urchin. It is found in deep water in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Description ''Cidaris cidaris'' has a small central Test (bi ...

'' — long-spine slate pen sea urchin *'' Convoluta convoluta'' — a flatworm *'' Crambe crambe'' — oyster sponge *'' Crassicauda crassicauda'' — a nematode *''

Echiurus echiurus ''Echiurus echiurus'' is a species of spoon worm in the family Echiuridae. It is found in the North Atlantic Ocean and a subspecies is found in Alaska. It burrows into soft sediment and under boulders and stones in muddy places. Description Th ...

'' — a spoon worm *'' Hamigera hamigera'' — a sponge *'' Heterophyes heterophyes'' — an intestinal fluke *''

Loa loa ''Loa loa'' is a filarial (arthropod-borne) nematode (roundworm) that causes Loa loa filariasis, ''Loa loa'' filariasis. ''Loa loa'' actually means "worm worm", but is commonly known as the "eye worm", as it localizes to the conjunctiva of the e ...

'' — a nematode *'' Mediocris mediocris'' — a foraminiferan *''

Moniliformis moniliformis ''Moniliformis moniliformis'' is a parasite of the Acanthocephala phylum in the family Moniliformidae. The adult worms are usually found in intestines of rodents or carnivores such as cats and dogs. The species can also infest humans, though thi ...

'' — an acanthocephalan worm *''

Ophiura ophiura ''Ophiura ophiura'' or the serpent star is a species of brittle star in the order Ophiurida. It is typically found on coastal seabeds around northwestern Europe. Description ''Ophiura ophiura'' has a circular central disc up to 35 mm (1 ...

'' – serpent star (a brittle star) *''

Periphylla periphylla The helmet jellyfish (''Periphylla periphylla''), sometimes called the merchant-cap, is a luminescent, red-colored jellyfish of the deep sea, belonging to the order Coronatae of the phylum Cnidaria. It is the only species in the monotypic genus ' ...

'' — helmet jellyfish *''

Porites porites ''Porites porites'', commonly known as hump coral or finger coral, is a species of stony coral in the genus ''Porites''. It is found in the Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic Ocean and also along the coast of West Africa. Description ''Porites p ...

'' — hump coral, finger coral *''

Porpita porpita ''Porpita porpita'', or the blue button, is a marine organism consisting of a colony of hydroids found in the warmer, tropical and sub-tropical waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Ar ...

'' — blue button (a siphonophore) *''

Spirorbis spirorbis ''Spirorbis spirorbis'' or ''Spirorbis borealis'' is a small (3–4 mm) coiled sedentary marine Polychaeta, polychaete worm in the Serpulidae family that lives attached to seaweeds and Zostera, eel grass in shallow saltwater. It is commonly ...

'' — an annelid *'' Thalassema thalassema'' — a spoon worm *''

Tubifex tubifex ''Tubifex tubifex'', also called the sludge worm, sewage worm, or simply tubifex worm, is a species of tubificid segmented worm which inhabits the sediments of lakes and rivers on several continents. ''Tubifex'' likely includes several species ...

'' — sludge worm *'' Turgida turgida'' — a nematode *''

Velella velella ''Velella'' is a monotypic taxon, monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the family Porpitidae. Its only known species is ''Velella velella'', a Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan (widely distributed) free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the sur ...

'' — by-the-wind-sailor *'' Yukonensis yukonensis'' — an

archaeocyatha Archaeocyatha (), 'ancient cups') is a taxon of extinct, Sessility (zoology), sessile, reef-building Marine (ocean), marine Sponge, sponges that lived in warm tropical and subtropical waters during the Cambrian Period. It is believed that the cent ...

Plant near-tautonyms

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Abutilon abutiloides ''Abutilon'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics Araucaria araucana ''Araucaria araucana'', commonly called the monkey puzzle tree, monkey tail tree, pewen, pehuen pine or piñonero, is an evergreen tree belonging to the family Araucariaceae and growing to a trunk diameter of and a height of . It is native to ...

'' — monkey puzzle tree *''

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ''Arctostaphylos uva-ursi'' is a plant species of the genus ''Arctostaphylos'' widely distributed across circumboreal regions of the subarctic Northern Hemisphere. Kinnikinnick (from the Unami language for "smoking mixture") is a common name in ...

'' — kinnikinnick (does not look tautonym, but ''Arctostaphylos'' means "bear grape" in Greek and ''uva-ursi'' means "bear grape" in Latin) *''

Bituminaria bituminosa ''Bituminaria bituminosa'', the Arabian pea or pitch trefoil, is a perennial Mediterranean herb species in the genus ''Bituminaria''. The pterocarpans bitucarpin A and B can be isolated from the aerial parts of ''B. bituminosa''. It has seve ...

'' — Arabian pea *''

Cajanus cajan The pigeon pea (''Cajanus cajan'') or toor dal is a perennial legume from the family Fabaceae native to the Eastern Hemisphere. The pigeon pea is widely cultivated in tropical and semitropical regions around the world, being commonly consumed in ...

'' — pigeon pea *'' Canarina canariensis'' — Canary Island bellflower *''

Cuminum cyminum Cumin (, ; ; ''Cuminum cyminum'') is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the Irano-Turanian Region. Its seeds – each one contained within a fruit, which is dried – are used in the cuisines of many cultures in both whole ...

'' — cumin *''

Elymus elymoides ''Elymus elymoides'' is a species of wild rye known by the common name squirreltail. This grass is native to central and western North America. Description ''Elymus elymoides'' is a perennial bunch grass growing to around in height. Its erect ...

'' — squirreltail *''

Elymus hystrix ''Elymus hystrix'', known as eastern bottlebrush grass, or bottle-brush-grass, is a bunchgrass in the grass family, Poaceae. It is native to the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada. Description ''Elymus hystrix'' is a herbaceous plant with ...

var. hystrix'' (formerly ''Hystrix hystrix'') — eastern bottlebrush grass *'' Hypericum hypericoides'' — St. Andrew's cross *'' Inga ingoides'' — ice cream bean *''

Larix laricina ''Larix laricina'', commonly known as the tamarack, hackmatack, eastern larch, black larch, red larch, or American larch, is a species of larch native to Canada, from eastern Yukon and Inuvik, Northwest Territories east to Newfoundland, and als ...

'' — tamarack *''Luzula luzuloides'' — white wood-rush *''Madia madioides'' — woodland madia *''Medinilla medinilliana'' *''Mielichhoferia mielichhoferiana'' — Mielichhof's copper moss *''Mycoporum mycoporoides'' *''Mycranthemum mycranthemoides'' — Nuttall's mudflower *''Phleum phleoides, Phleum pleoides'' — Boehmer's cat's-tail *''Pinus pinea'' — stone pine *''Pyrus pyrifolia'' — asian pear *''Raphanus raphanistrum'' — wild radish *''Sagittaria sagittifolia'' — arrowhead *''Salacca zalacca'' — salak *''Selaginella selaginoides'' — common spikemoss *''Silaum silaus'' — pepper saxifrage *''Soleirolia soleirolii'' — mother of thousands *''Spartina spartinae'' — gulf cordgrass *''Spiranthes spiralis'' — autumn lady's-tresses *''Tetragonia tetragonioides'' — New Zealand spinach *''Thalictrum thalictroides'' — rue-anemone *''Uncinia uncinata'' — Hawai'i bird-catching sedge *''Zinnia zinnioides'' — Zinnia-like Zinnia *''Ziziphus zizyphus'' — jujube (note that the currently accepted name is ''Ziziphus jujuba'')

Fungal near-tautonyms

*''Alternaria alternata'' *''Aspergillus asper'' *''Bovista bovistoides'' *''Flagelloscypha flagellata'' *Hydropus hydrophoroides'' *''Laccaria laccata'' — lackluster laccaria *''Melanoleuca melaleuca'' *''Roridomyces roridus'' — dripping bonnet *''Sclerotinia sclerotiorum'' — plant pathogen causing white mold *''Scutellinia scutellata'' — eyelash pixie cup *''Volvariella volvacea'' — straw mushroom

References

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