The global ocean represents all oceans, from seashores to the open water, from surface to bottom. It is a vast endless area, covering 71% of the Earth's surface and providing 99% of all space available for life on the Planet.
Even though the global ocean is free of boundaries and stretches freely, various parameters (such as light penetration, depth, temperature, geological structure and others) establish striking divisions. All these factors conspire and act towards the creation of a wide array of diversity, habitats and ecosystems.
Sharks, rays and chimaeras
Blacknose shark (Carcharhinus acronotus - Carcharhinidae)
Blacktip reef shark, guliman, black tips nilow (Carcharhinus melanopterus - Carcharhinidae)
Blacktip shark, blacktip whaler, spot-fin ground shark (Carcharhinus limbatus - Carcharhinidae)
Bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma - Rhinobatidae)
Bull ray, duckbill (Pteromylaeus bovinus - Myliobatidae)
Common eagle ray, european eagle ray (Myliobatis aquila - Myliobatidae)
Cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus - Myliobatidae)
Devil-fish (Mobula mobular - Mobulidae)
Giant guitarfish, whitespot shovelnose ray, spotted guitarfish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis - Rhinobatidae)
Giant manta ray (Manta birostris - Mobulidae)
Honeycomb stingray, coachwhip ray, marbled stingray (Himantura uarnak - Dasyatidae)
Leopard whipray (Himantura undulata - Dasyatidae)
Pink whipray (Himantura fai - Dasyatidae)
Round stingray (Taeniura grabata - Dasyatidae)
Sandbar shark, Atlantic grey shark, large finned shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus - Carcharhinidae)
Sandtiger, Ragged tooth, Grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus - Odontaspididae)
Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana - Dasyatidae)
Whitetip reef shark, blunthead shark, whitetip shark (Triaenodon obesus - Carcharhinidae)
Zebra shark, leopard shark (Stegostoma fasciatum - Stegostomatidae)
Bony fish
Almaco jack (Seriola rivoliana - Carangidae)
Blacksaddled coralgrouper (Plectropomus laevis - Serranidae)
Blue runner, hardtail jack, yellow jack (Caranx crysos - Carangidae)
Blue streak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus - Labridae)
Blue-and-yellow grouper (Epinephelus flavocaeruleus - Serranidae)
Chub mackerel, bullseye, thimble-eye-mackerel (Scomber scombrus - Scombridae)
Common two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris - Sparidae)
Crevalle jack, common jack, jack mackerel (Caranx hippos - Carangidae)
Derbio, bucknosed trevally, pompano (Trachinotus ovatus - Carangidae)
Gilthead seabream, gilthead, gilthead bream (Sparus aurata - Sparidae)
Great barracuda, dingo fish, Commerson’s barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda - Sphyraenidae)
Greater amberjack, greater yellowtail, allied kingfish (Seriola dumerili - Carangidae)
Green moray, green conger, green congo (Gymnothorax funebris - Muraenidae)
Horse-eye jack (Caranx latus - Carangidae)
Laced moray, blackspoted moray, honeycomb moray (Gymnothorax favagineus - Muraenidae)
Latticed butterflyfish (Chaetodon rafflesii - Chaetodontidae)
Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus - Serranidae)
Meagre, atlantic shadefish, maigre (Argyrosomus regius - Sciaenidae)
Permit (Trachinotus falcatus - Carangidae)
Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus - Haemulidae)
Potato grouper, potato bass, brown-marbled reef cod (Epinephelus tukula - Serranidae)
Queensland grouper, giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus - Serranidae)
Sharpsnouted seabream, puntazzo (Diplodus puntazzo - Sparidae)
Sunfish (Mola mola - Molidae)
Threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga - Chaetodontidae)
Yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens - Acanthuridae)
