DivingDeal · 70 species
Species Guide
Sharks, rays, turtles, whales, macro life… each guide tells you where and when to find it, month by month. Click a species for the full picture how to spot it, behaviour, best destinations.
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Each entry lists the regions where the species is actually seen. Filter by region to keep only what concerns you, or search directly by common or scientific name.
Sharks
(11)
Blue Shark
Prionace glauca
Bull Shark
Carcharhinus leucas
Great White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias
Mako Shark
Isurus oxyrinchus
Nurse Shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
Carcharhinus longimanus
Ragged-tooth Shark
Carcharias taurus
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
Sphyrna lewini
Thresher Shark
Alopias pelagicus / Alopias vulpinus
Tiger Shark
Galeocerdo cuvier
Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
Rays & Open-Ocean Giants
(6)
Whales, Dolphins & Marine Mammals
(13)
Beluga Whale
Delphinapterus leucas
Blue Whale
Balaenoptera musculus
Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
Dugong
Dugong dugon
Asia · Red Sea · Pacific · Africa
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Manatee
Trichechus manatus
Minke Whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Narwhal
Monodon monoceros
Orca
Orcinus orca
Sea Lion
Family Otariidae
Sea Otter
Enhydra lutris
Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
Spinner Dolphin
Stenella longirostris
Turtles
(2)
Iconic Fish
(7)
Macro & Invertebrates
(15)
Blue Dragon
Glaucus atlanticus
Blue Starfish
Linckia laevigata
Blue-ringed Octopus
Hapalochlaena
Caribbean Reef Squid
Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Common Octopus
Octopus vulgaris
Dumbo Octopus
Grimpoteuthis
Golden Jellyfish
Mastigias papua etpisoni
Horseshoe Crab
Limulus polyphemus
Immortal Jellyfish
Turritopsis dohrnii
Leafy Seadragon
Phycodurus eques
Lion's Mane Jellyfish
Cyanea capillata
Nudibranch
Nudibranchia
Peacock Mantis Shrimp
Odontodactylus scyllarus
Seahorse
Hippocampus
Vampire Squid
Vampyroteuthis infernalis
Wildlife on Land
(16)
African Penguin
Spheniscus demersus
American Crocodile
Crocodylus acutus
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica
Blue-footed Booby
Sula nebouxii
Emperor Penguin
Aptenodytes forsteri
Galapagos Penguin
Spheniscus mendiculus
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
King Penguin
Aptenodytes patagonicus
Komodo Dragon
Varanus komodoensis
Polar Bear
Ursus maritimus
Proboscis Monkey
Nasalis larvatus
Resplendent Quetzal
Pharomachrus mocinno
Sloth
Bradypodidae & Choloepidae
Swimming Pigs of Exuma
Sus scrofa domesticus
Toco Toucan
Ramphastos toco
Walrus
Odobenus rosmarus