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Scientific Name
Common Name
Acipenser dabryanus
Yangtze sturgeon
Acipenser persicus
Persian sturgeon
Acipenser sturio
European sea sturgeon
Aetobatus narinari
Spotted eagle ray
Alopias vulpinus
Thresher shark
Arapaima gigas
Arapaima
Austroglanis gilli
Clanwilliam rock-catfish
Barbus serra
Sawfin
Bolbometopon muricatum
Humphead parrotfish
Brachaelurus waddi
Blind shark
Brachionichthys hirsutus
Spotted handfish
Carcharhinus brachyurus
Bronze whaler
Carcharhinus leucas
Bull shark
Carcharhinus limbatus
Blacktip shark
Carcharhinus longimanus
Oceanic whitetip shark
Carcharhinus melanopterus
Blacktip reef shark
Carcharhinus plumbeus
Sandbar shark
Carcharias taurus
Sand tiger shark
Carcharodon carcharias
Great white shark
Cetorhinus maximus
Basking shark
Chaetodon marleyi
Double sash butterflyfish
Cheilinus undulates
Humphead wrasse
Clarias cavernicola
Cave catfish
Cobitis paludica
Lamprehuela
Cromileptes altivelis
Humpback grouper
Cyprinodon diabolis
Devil's Hole pupfish
Dasyatis americana
Southern stingray
Dipturus batis
Common skate
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
Brown-marbled grouper
Epinephelus itajara
Goliath grouper
Epinephelus malabaricus
Malabar grouper
Epinephelus marginatus
Dusky grouper
Epinephelus striatus
Nassau grouper
Eucrossorhinus dasypogon
Tasselled wobbegong
Galeorhinus galeus
Tope shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Nurse shark
Hemiscyllium freycineti
Indonesian speckled carpet shark
Heptranchias perlo
One-finned shark
Heteropneustes microps
Airsac catfish
Hexanchus griseus
Bluntnose six-gill shark
Himantura chaophraya
Giant freshwater stingray
Hippocampus abdominalis
Big-belly seahorse
Hippocampus bargibanti
Pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus capensis
Knysna seahorse
Hippocampus coronatus
Crowned seahorse
Hippocampus denise
Denise's pygmy seahorse
Hippocampus erectus
Lined seahorse
Hippocampus histrix
Spiny seahorse
Hippocampus kuda
Common seahorse
Hippocampus ramulosus
Maned seahorse
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