🇦🇮Animals recorded in Anguilla

Which animals have been recorded in Anguilla? 1,855 occurrence records cover 372 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 206 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Anguilla Bank Ameiva, Anguilla Anole, Swordfish.

• 1,855 records
• 372 species
• 33 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Anguilla Bank Ameiva, Anguilla Anole, Swordfish. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Anguilla

	Animal	Group	Records
	Anguilla Bank Ameiva Pholidoscelis plei	Squamata Teiidae	300
	Anguilla Anole Anolis gingivinus	Squamata Dactyloidae	163
	Swordfish Xiphias gladius	— Xiphiidae	120
	Anguilla Bank Dwarf Gecko Sphaerodactylus parvus	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	91
	Cosmopolitan House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia	Squamata Gekkonidae	87
	Yellow-fin Tunny Thunnus albacares	— Scombridae	64
	Censky's Ameiva Pholidoscelis corax	Squamata Teiidae	63
	Common dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus	— Coryphaenidae	51
	Bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus	— Scombridae	35
	striate finger coral Madracis myriaster	Anthozoa Pocilloporidae	22
	Diastolinus perforatus	Insecta Tenebrionidae	22
	Caligus productus	Copepoda Caligidae	21
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	19
	yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	Insecta Culicidae	17
	albacore Thunnus alalunga	— Scombridae	16
	Island Dwarf Gecko Sphaerodactylus sputator	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	14
	turnip-tailed gecko Thecadactylus rapicauda	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	14
	Fungiacyathus symmetricus	Anthozoa Fungiacyathidae	12
	Antilles Racer Alsophis rijgersmaei	Squamata Colubridae	12
	Wahoo Acanthocybium solandri	— Scombridae	10
	Blackfin tuna Thunnus atlanticus	— Scombridae	9
	giant isopod Bathynomus giganteus	Malacostraca Cirolanidae	8
	Conical star coral Deltocyathus italicus	Anthozoa Deltocyathidae	6
	Caillet's Fan Coral Javania cailleti	Anthozoa Flabellidae	6
	Sombrero Ameiva Pholidoscelis corvinus	Squamata Teiidae	6
	Horn Coral Caryophyllia ambrosia	Anthozoa Caryophylliidae	5
	Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus	— Scombridae	5
	Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita	Aves Columbidae	5
	Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor	Aves Thraupidae	5
	short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus	Mammalia Delphinidae	5
	purplehead gamba prawn Aristeus antillensis	Malacostraca Aristeidae	5
	sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus	Mammalia Physeteridae	5
	Caribbean Paper Wasp Polistes crinitus	Insecta Eumenidae	4
	Aphrocallistes beatrix	Hexactinellida Aphrocallistidae	4
	Caligus coryphaenae	Copepoda Caligidae	4
	Brown Glass Shrimp Leander tenuicornis	Malacostraca Palaemonidae	4
	lesser horn coral Premocyathus cornuformis	Anthozoa Caryophylliidae	4
	Stephanocyathus paliferus	Anthozoa Caryophylliidae	4
	Pyramid Clio Clio pyramidata	Gastropoda Cliidae	4
	Eudolium bairdii	Gastropoda Tonnidae	4
	hoary cat shark Apristurus canutus	Elasmobranchii Scyliorhinidae	4
	Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	Aves Tyrannidae	4
	Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	Aves Mimidae	4
	Gibbose Cavoline Cavolinia gibbosa	Gastropoda Cavoliniidae	4
	Cavolinia uncinata	Gastropoda Cavoliniidae	4
	Diacavolinia longirostris	Gastropoda Cavoliniidae	3
	Asyndetus fratellus	Insecta Dolichopodidae	3
	Munidopsis erinacea	Malacostraca Munidopsidae	3
	Hymenopenaeus debilis	Malacostraca Solenoceridae	3
	giant gamba prawn Aristaeomorpha foliacea	Malacostraca Aristeidae	3
	Megalops Shrimp Penaeopsis serrata	Malacostraca Penaeidae	3
	Atlantic deepsea lobster Acanthacaris caeca	Malacostraca Nephropidae	3
	Placotrochides frustum	Anthozoa Flabellidae	3
	ocular coral Madrepora oculata	Anthozoa Oculinidae	3
	Beaded Phos Antillophos candeanus	Gastropoda Nassariidae	3
	Cigar Pteropod Cuvierina columnella	Gastropoda Cavoliniidae	3
	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	Aves Sulidae	3
	Escolar Lepidocybium flavobrunneum	— Gempylidae	3
	Green iguana Iguana iguana	Squamata Iguanidae	3
	Inflexed Cavoline Cavolinia inflexa	Gastropoda Cavoliniidae	3