Urochordates |
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Sea squirts |
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Lampreys & hagfishes |
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Common name |
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Myxinidae |
Hagfishes, slime eels |
Petromyzontidae |
Lampreys |
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Sharks and rays |
Family |
Common name |
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Carcharhinidae |
Requiem sharks |
Dasyatidae |
Stingrays |
Ginglymostomatidae |
Carpet sharks |
Potamotrygonidae |
Freshwater stingrays |
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Bony fishes |
Family |
Common name |
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Acanthuridae |
Tangs and surgeonfishes |
Anablepidae |
Four-eyed fish |
Aplodactylidae |
Marblefishes |
Apogonidae |
Cardinalfish |
Aulostomidae |
Trumpetfishes |
Balistidae |
Triggerfishes |
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Berycidae |
Alfonsinos |
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Blenniidae |
Blennies |
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Bothidae |
Lefteye flounders |
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Caesionidae |
Fusiliers |
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Callanthidae |
Goldies |
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Callionymidae |
Dragonets |
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Carangidae |
Jacks and trevallies |
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Centropomidae |
Snooks, glassfishes |
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Ceratodontidae |
Australian lungfish |
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Chaenopsidae |
Tube blennies |
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Chaetodontidae |
Butterflyfishes |
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Characidae |
Characins |
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Cheimarrichthyidae |
Torrentfish |
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Cirrhitidae |
Hawkfishes |
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Cyprinodontidae |
Pupfishes or toothcarps |
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Diodontidae |
Porcupinefishes |
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Eleotridae |
Sleepers and gudgeons |
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Galaxiidae |
Galaxiids |
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Gobiesocidae |
Clingfishes |
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Gobiidae |
Gobies |
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Grammatidae |
Basslets |
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Haemulidae |
Grunts and sweetlips |
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Holocentridae |
Soldierfishes and squirrelfishes |
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Kyphosidae |
Drummers |
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Labridae |
Wrasses |
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Lethrinidae |
Emperors and breams |
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Lutjanidae |
Snappers |
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Macrorhamphosidae |
Bellowsfish and Snipe fish |
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Monocanthidae |
Filefishes and leatherjackets |
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Monocentridae |
Pinecone and pineapplefishes |
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Mullidae |
Goatfishes |
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Muraenidae |
Moray eels |
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Nemipteridae |
Coral breams |
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Ogcocephalidae |
Bat fishes |
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Ophichthidae |
Snake eels |
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Opistognathidae |
Jawfishes or smilers |
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Ostraciidae |
Boxfishes |
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Pempheridae |
Sweepers |
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Percichthyidae |
Temperate perches |
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Percophidae |
Opalfishes and duckbills |
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Pholodichthyidae |
Convict blennies (Engineer goby) |
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Pinguipedidae |
Sandperches |
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Platycephalidae |
Flatheads |
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Pleuronectidae |
Righteye founders |
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Plotosidae |
Marine catfishes |
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Poecilidae |
Livebearers |
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Pomacanthidae |
Angelfishes |
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Pomacentridae |
Damselfishes and anemonefishes |
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Priacanthidae |
Bigeyes |
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Protopteridae |
African lungfishes |
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Psychrolutidae |
Toadfishes, fathead sculpins and fatheads |
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Scaridae |
Parrotfishes |
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Sciaenidae |
Drums |
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Scorpaenidae |
Scorpionfishes, lionfishes and stonefishes |
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Serranidae |
Cods and basslets |
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Soleidae |
True soles |
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Siganidae |
Rabbitfishes |
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Soleidae |
Soles |
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Synanceiidae |
Stonefish |
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Syngnathidae |
Seahorses, pipefish and seadragons |
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Synodontidae |
Lizardfishes or grinners |
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Tetraodontidae |
Pufferfishes |
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Tripterygidae |
Triplefins |
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Uranoscopidae |
Stargazers |
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Amphibians - Frogs |
Family |
Common name |
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Bufonidae |
True toads |
Centrolinidae
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Glass frogs |
Dendrobatidae
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Poison arrow frogs |
Discoglossidae |
Fire-bellied toads |
Hylidae |
Amero-Australian treefrogs |
Hyperoliidae |
Malagasy treefrogs |
Leiopelmatidae |
New Zealand frogs |
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"Leptodactylidae" |
Rain frogs, white-lipped frogs , American horned frogs |
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Limnodynastidae |
Australian ground frogs |
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Microhylidae |
Narrowmouth frogs and toads |
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Pelobatidae |
Spadefoot toads |
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"Ranidae" |
True frogs |
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Rhacophoridae |
Afro-Asian treefrogs |
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Rhinophyrinidae |
Mexican burrowing toad |
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Amphibians - Salamanders |
Family |
Common name |
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Ambystomatidae |
Mole salamanders |
Plethodontidae |
Lungless salamanders |
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Reptiles |
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Tuataras |
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Common name |
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Sphenodontidae |
Tuatara |
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Tortoises and turtles |
Family |
Common name |
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Bataguridae |
Asian river turtles, leaf turtles, Asian box turtles |
Chelidae |
Sideneck turtles |
Cheloniidae |
Hard-shelled sea turtles |
Chelydridae |
Snapping turtles |
Emydidae |
Cooters, sliders, American boxturtles |
Testudinidae |
Tortoises |
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Snakes |
Family |
Common name |
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Boidae |
Boas |
Colubridae |
Ratsnakes, racers etc |
Elapidae |
Cobras, kraits, seasnakes, death adders & allies |
Pythonidae |
Pythons |
Viperidae |
Vipers and pitvipers |
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Lizards |
Family |
Common name |
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Anguidae |
Crocodile lizards |
Agamidae |
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Gekkonidae |
Geckoes |
Iguanidae |
Iguanas |
Scincidae |
Skinks |
Teidae |
Caiman lizards |
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Crocodiles and alligators |
Family |
Common name |
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Alligatoridae |
Alligators and caimans |
Crocodylidae |
Crocodiles and false ghavials |
Gavialidae |
Gavials |
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Birds |
Family |
Common name |
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Apterygidae |
Kiwis |
Callaeidae |
New Zealand wattlebirds |
Casuariidae |
Cassowaries |
Columbidae |
Pigeons and doves |
Loriidae |
Lories and lorikeets |
Monarchidae |
Monarch flycatchers |
Psittacidae |
Parrots, parakeets, conures and cockatoos |
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Spheniscidae |
Penguins |
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Xenicidae |
New Zealand wrens |
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Mammals |
Family |
Common name |
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Ailuridae |
Red panda |
Aotidae |
Night or owl monkeys, douroucoulis |
Atelidae |
Howler, spider and woolly monkeys |
Canidae |
Wolves, jackals, foxes, and wild dogs |
Cebidae |
Marmosets, tamarins, capuchins and squirrel monkeys |
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Cercopithecidae |
Old world monkeys |
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Delphinidae |
Dolphins |
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Didelphidae |
Western Hemisphere Opossums |
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Felidae |
Cats |
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Hominidae |
Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutan |
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Hylobatidae |
Gibbons and siamangs |
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Lorisidae |
Lorises and pottos |
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Macropodidae |
Kangaroos, wallabies and bettongs |
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Mustelidae |
Weasels, mink, ferrets, badgers and otters |
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Ornithorhynchidae |
Platypus |
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Phyllostomatidae |
New World leaf-nosed bats |
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Pinnipedia |
Seals, furseals, walruses |
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Pteropodidae |
Fruit bats |
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Scandentia |
Tree shrews |
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Sirenia |
Manatees and dugongs |
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Tachyglossidae |
Echidna |
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Tarsiidae |
Tarsiers |
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Vespertilionidae |
Evening bats and vesper bats |