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Species at the Oceanário
Bony Fish
Neon damselfish (Pomacentrus coelestis)
Leopard moray eel (Enchelycore pardalis)
Yellowbar angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus)
Caerulean damsel (Pomacentrus caeruleus)
Orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis)
Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)
Almaco jack (Seriola rivoliana)
Sergeant major (Abudefduf saxatilis)
Spotted unicornfish, brown unicornfish, shortnose unicornfish (Naso brevirostris)
Yellow banded pipefish (Doryrhamphus pessuliferus)
Bluestripe pipefish (Doryrhamphus excisus excisus)
Spotted scat, leopard-scat, spotted butterfish (Scatophagus argus)
Striped scat, spotbanded scat, butterfish (Scatophagus multifasciatus)
Silver moony, silver batfish, diamond fish (Monodactylus argenteus)
Barred mudskipper (Periophthalmus argentilineatus)
Four-eyes (Anableps anableps)
Red lionfish (Pterois volitans)
Zebra moray (Gymnomuraena zebra)
Snowflake moray, floral moray (Echidna nebulosa)
Flashlight fish (Anomalops katoptron)
Clown anemonefish, common clownfish, false clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
Blue chromis (Chromis cyanea)
Disco blenny, Smith’s fangblenny (Meiacanthus smithi)
Mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus)
Fire goby, fire dartfish, fire fish (Nemateleotris magnifica)
Sailfin tang, sailfin surgeonfish, ringed tang (Zebrasoma veliferum)
Copperband butterflyfish, beaked butterflyfish, beaked coralfish (Chelmon rostratus)
Threadfin anthias, threadfin goldie (Nemanthias carberryi)
Prickleback (Xiphister mucosus)
Wolf-eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus)
Grunt sculpin, grunt-fish (Rhamphocottus richardsoni)
Pot-bellied seahorse, big-belly seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)
Blackeye goby (Rhinogobiops nicholsii)
Blue-banded goby (Lythrypnus dalli)
Zebra seabream (Diplodus cervinus cervinus)
Roman, red roman, roman seabream (Chrysoblephus laticeps)
Redfinger (Cheilodactylus fasciatus)
Cape knifejaw, black parrotfish, cuckoo bass (Oplegnathus conwayi)
Leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques)
Commom seadragon, weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus)
Old wife (Enoplosus armatus)
Stripy (Microcanthus strigatus)
Magpie perch (Cheilodactylus nigripes)
Blue devil (Paraplesiops meleagris)
Two-tone fingerfin (Chirodactylus brachydactylus)
Canary damsel (Abudefduf luridus)
Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis)
Boarfish (Capros aper)
Azores chromis (Chromis limbata)
Swallowtail seaperch, Barbier (Anthias anthias)
Ornate wrasse, parrotfish (Thalassoma pavo)
Longspine spinefish, common bellowfish, slender snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax)
Cardinalfish (Apogon imberbis)
Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)
Common sole, common European sole (Solea solea)
Thick-lipped grey mullet, thicklip grey mullet (Chelon labrosus)
Corkwing wrasse, sea partridge, corkwing (Symphodus melops)
Orangespine unicornfish, redlip surgeonfish, striped unicornfish (Naso lituratus)
Dash and dot goatfish, dash-dot goatfish (Parupeneus barberinus)
Barred thicklip, barred thicklip wrasse, five-banded wrasse (Hemigymnus fasciatus)
Blackeye thicklip, half-and-half thicklip, blackedge thicklip wrasse (Hemigymnus melapterus)
Clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)
Scrawled filefish, scrawled leatherjacket (Aluterus scriptus)
Redtoothed triggerfish, redfang triggerfish, blue triggerfish (Odonus niger)
Picassofish, Picasso triggerfish, blackbar triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus)
Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus)
Coral hind, blue-spotted rockcod (Cephalopholis miniata)
Black squirrelfish, blackfin squirrelfish, clearfin squirrelfish (Neoniphon opercularis)
Blue-green damselfish (Chromis viridis)
Whitetail dascyllus, humbug damselfish, banded humbug (Dascyllus aruanus)
Twinspot damselfish, two-spot demoiselle (Chrysiptera biocellata)
Comet (Calloplesiops altivelis)
Lined surgeonfish, striped surgeonfish, bluebanded surgeon (Acanthurus lineatus)
Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus)
Palette surgeonfish (Paracanthurus hepatus)
Powder-blue surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon)
Peppered butterflyfish, Spotted butterflyfish (Chaetodon guttatissimus)
Golden butterflyfish (Chaetodon semilarvatus)
Saddled butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium)
Longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus)
Klein’s butterflyfish, sunburst butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii)
Collared butterflyfish, Redtail butterflyfish (Chaetodon collare)
Blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus)
Saddleback butterflyfish, Blackwedged butterflyfish (Chaetodon falcula)
Checkerboard wrasse, bird wrasse, bird fish (Gomphosus caeruleus)
Moon wrasse, crescent wrasse, lyretail wrasse (Thalassoma lunare)
Goldbar wrasse (Thalassoma hebraicum)
Saddleback hogfish, tarry hogfish (Bodianus bilunulatus)
Sixbar wrasse (Thalassoma hardwicke)
Lyretail hogfish (Bodianus anthioides)
Sea goldie, lyretail anthias, scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)
Purple wreckfish, yellowback anthias, yellowtail goldie (Pseudanthias evansii)
Pajama cardinalfish, coral cardinalfish (Sphaeramia nematoptera)
Orbiculate cardinalfish, chubby cardinalfish, polka-dot cardinalfish (Sphaeramia orbicularis)
Kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus)
Barred sand bass (Paralabrax nebulifer)
Kelp greenling, Greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)
Garibaldi, Garibaldi damselfish (Hypsypops rubicundus)
Tiger rockfish, blackbanded rockfish, banded rockfish (Sebastes nigrocinctus)
Black rockfish, black snapper, black bass (Sebastes melanops)
Kelp rockfish, dumb bass, rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens)
Copper rockfish, chucklehead, never die (Sebastes caurinus)
Brown rockfish, bolina, rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus)
Hottentot seabream (Pachymetopon blochii)
Fransmadam (Boopsoidea inornata)
Red stumpnose seabream, red stumpnose (Chrysoblephus gibbiceps)
Blue Hottentot (Pachymetopon aeneum)
White steenbras (Lithognathus lithognathus)
Musselcracker seabream, white musselcracker (Sparodon durbanensis)
Kob, southern meagre, kingfish (Argyrosomus hololepidotus)
European plaice (Pleuronectes platessus)
Common two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris)
White seabream (Diplodus sargus sargus)
Annular seabream (Diplodus annularis)
Atlantic salmon, black salmon, grilse (Salmo salar)
Salema, bamboo fish, goldline (Sarpa salpa)
European seabass, seabass, common seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
Red scorpionfish, bigscale scorpionfish, large-scaled scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa)
Pollak, European pollak, lythe (Pollachius pollachius)
Black seabream, black bream, old wife (Spondyliosoma cantharus)
Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)
Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus bimaculatus)
Yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens)
Blue runner, hardtail jack, yellow jack (Caranx crysos)
Crevalle jack, common jack, jack mackerel (Caranx hippos)
Horse-eye jack (Caranx latus)
Permit (Trachinotus falcatus)
Derbio, bucknosed trevally, pompano (Trachinotus ovatus)
Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda)
Sharpsnouted seabream, puntazzo (Diplodus puntazzo)
Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus)
Spanish grunt (Haemulon macrostoma)
Remora (Remora remora)
Pinnate spadefish, dusky batfish (Platax pinnatus)
King angelfish (Holacanthus passer)
Sunfish (Mola mola)
Green moray, green conger, green congo (Gymnothorax funebris)
Laced moray, blackspoted moray, honeycomb moray (Gymnothorax favagineus)
Lane snapper, moonlight snapper, redfish (Lutjanus synagris)
Jewfish, giant grouper, esoune grouper (Epinephelus itajara)
Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus)
Queensland grouper, giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus)
Blacksaddled coralgrouper (Plectropomus laevis)
Humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis)
Potato grouper, potato bass, brown-marbled reef cod (Epinephelus tukula)
Blue-and-yellow grouper (Epinephelus flavocaeruleus)
Gilthead seabream, gilthead, gilthead bream (Sparus aurata)
Threespot dascyllus, three-spot damsael, domino damselfish (Dascyllus trimaculatus)
Meagre, atlantic shadefish, maigre (Argyrosomus regius)
Lookdown, moonfish, jack (Selene vomer)
Greater amberjack, greater yellowtail, allied kingfish (Seriola dumerili)
Chub mackerel, bullseye, thimble-eye-mackerel (Scomber scombrus)
Atlantic horse mackerel, horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)
Threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)
Latticed butterflyfish (Chaetodon rafflesii)
Blue streak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
Great barracuda, dingo fish, Commerson’s barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)
Blue fin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)
Long-snouted seahorse, seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus)
Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)
Brill, flounder, kite (Scophthalmus rhombus)
Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis)
Humphead wrasse, Napoleon fish (Cheilinus undulatus)
Atlantic cod, codfish, codling (Gadus morhua)
Sharks, rays and chimaeras
Spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei)
Southern fiddler ray (Trygonorrhina fasciata)
Port Jackson shark, oyster crusher, tabbigaw (Heterodontus portusjacksoni)
Bluespotted ribbontail ray, reef-ray, blue-spotted lagoon ray (Taeniura lymma)
Leopard shark, cat shark (Triakis semifasciata)
Swellshark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum)
Horn shark, California hornshark (Heterodontus francisci)
Sandbar shark, Atlantic grey shark, large finned shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
Leopard catshark (Poroderma pantherinum)
Striped catshark (Poroderma africanum)
Puffadder shyshark, dogfish (Haploblepharus edwardsii)
Dark shyshark, shyshark (Haploblepharus pictus)
Thornback ray, maiden ray, roker (Raja clavata)
Nurse hound, large spotted dogfish, catfish (Scyliorhinus stellaris)
Smallspotted catshark, smallspotted dogfish, dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula)
Bull ray, duckbill (Pteromylaeus bovinus)
Giant guitarfish, whitespot shovelnose ray, spotted guitarfish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis)
Giant shovelnose ray, common shovelnose ray, brown shovelnose ray (Rhinobatos typus)
Round stingray (Taeniura grabata)
Leopard whipray (Himantura undulata)
Honeycomb stingray, coachwhip ray, marbled stingray (Himantura uarnak)
Pink whipray (Himantura fai)
Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana)
Zebra shark, leopard shark (Stegostoma fasciatum)
Cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus)
Blacktip reef shark, guliman, black tips nilow (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
Blacktip shark, blacktip whaler, spot-fin ground shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
Whitetip reef shark, blunthead shark, whitetip shark (Triaenodon obesus)
Blacknose shark (Carcharhinus acronotus)
Common eagle ray, european eagle ray (Myliobatis aquila)
Devil-fish (Mobula mobular)
Giant manta ray (Manta birostris)
Sandtiger, Ragged tooth, Grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus)
Bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma)
Marine mammals
Alaskan Sea-otter (Enhydra lutris)
Invertebrates
Octopuses, cuttlefish, clams, barnacles, sea-snails and sea-slugs
Giant Pacific octopus (Octopus dofleini)
Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
Crabs, shrimps and other small critters
Giant spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)
Little Cape Town Lobster (Scyllarus arctus)
Spiny spider crab (Maja squinado)
Anemones, corals and jellyfish
Carpet anemone (Stichodactyla haddoni)
Grape coral (Euphyllia divisa)
Branch coral (Goniopora sp.)
Hand coral (Lobophytum pauciflorum)
Galaxy coral (Galaxea fascicularis)
Fetus coral (Clavularia sp.)
Finger coral (Sinularia polydactyla)
Leather mushroom coral (Sarcophyton sp.)
Colt coral (Cladiella sp.)
Ridged brain coral (Oulophyllia crispa)
Tree coral (Nephthea sp.)
Moon coral (Favites sp.)
Bubble coral (Plerogyra sinuosa)
Giant Anthelia (Anthelia glauca)
Mushroom coral (Rhodactis sp.)
Mushroom anemone (Discosoma sp.)
Plumose anemone (Metridium senile)
Giant green anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)
Cloning anemone, aggregating anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima)
Purple-striped Jelly (Chrysaora colorata)
Sand-rose anemone (Urticina columbiana)
Sand Anemone (Bunodactis reynaudi)
Sea anemone (Bunodosoma capensis)
Yellow coral (Dendrophyllia ramea)
Tube anemone (Cerianthus sp.)
White-spotted rose anemone (Urticina lofotensis)
Fish-eating anemone (Urticina piscivora)
Beadlet anemone (Actinia equina)
Sea-anemone (Anemonia sulcata)
Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita)
Sea-stars, sea-urchins and sea-cucumbers
Red sea-cucumber (Holothuria edulis)
Giant red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus)
Redbanded sea-star (Orthasterias koehleri)
Giant spined star (Pisaster giganteus)
Sunflower sea-star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)
Bat star, sea bat (Asterina miniata)
Bat star (Patiria granifera)
Tropical Sea-cucumber (Synapta maculata)
Needle urchin, needle spined urchin (Diadema setosum)
Purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
Spiny brittle star (Ophiothrix spiculata)
Ochre Sea Star, purple sea star (Pisaster ochraceus)
False ochre star (Evasterias troschelii)
Sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus)
Spiny starfish (Marthasterias glacialis)
Polychaete worms
Spirographis (Spirographis spallanzani)
Birds
Paradise wydah (Vidua paradisaea orientalis)
Pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura)
Yellow-mantled Widowbird (Euplectes macrourus)
Goldbreast, gold-breasted waxbill (Amandava subflava)
Hartlaub’s turaco (Tauraco hartlaubi)
White cheeked turaco (Tauraco leucotis)
Peaceful dove (Geopelia striata)
Red-billed firefinch, Senegal firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
Golden breasted starling, royal starling (Cosmopsarus regius)
Bronze mannikin (Lonchura cucullata)
Fairy bluebird (Irena puella)
Orange-cheeked waxbill (Estrilda melpoda)
Lesser Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus)
Spice finch, scaly-breasted mannikin, nutmeg mannikin (Lonchura punctulata)
Zebra finch (Phoephila guttata)
Star finch (Neochmia ruficauda)
Chestnut munia, three-coloured mannikin (Lonchura malacca)
Strawberry finch, red avadavat (Amandava amandava)
American oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
Heermann’s gull (Larus heermanni)
Macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus)
Inca tern (Larosterna inca)
Rockhopper penguin, Moseley’s penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
Razorbill, razorbill awk (Alca torda)
Atlantic puffin, common puffin, sea parrot (Fratercula arctica)
Common murre, common guillemot, guillemot (Uria aalge)
Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)
Plants
Plants
Fishtail palm (Caryota mitis)
Coffee tree (Coffea arabica)
Coconut (Cocos nucifera)
Weeping fig (Ficus benjamina)
Common screwpine (Pandanus utilis)
Traveller’s palm (Ravenala madagascariensis)
Eelgrass (Zostera marina)
Algae
Sea grapes (Botryocladia pseudodichotoma)
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