🇧🇧Animals recorded in Barbados

Which animals have been recorded in Barbados? 6,337 occurrence records cover 1,200+ 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 Blackedge moray, Leaden worm eel, Barbados Anole.

• 6,337 records
• 1,200+ species
• 41 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Blackedge moray, Leaden worm eel, Barbados Anole. 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 Barbados

	Animal	Group	Records
	Blackedge moray Gymnothorax ocellatus	— Muraenidae	423
	Leaden worm eel Myrophis plumbeus	— Ophichthidae	197
	Barbados Anole Anolis extremus	Squamata Dactyloidae	79
	Gorgasia inferomaculata	— Congridae	67
	Bandtooth conger Ariosoma balearicum	— Congridae	57
	ridged eel Neoconger mucronatus	— Moringuidae	56
	Costate Glass-scallop Cyclopecten thalassinus	Bivalvia Propeamussiidae	53
	Ariosoma coquettei	— Congridae	52
	Short-tail conger Ariosoma anale	— Congridae	50
	Dusky snake eel Ophichthus cylindroideus	— Ophichthidae	39
	Lesser Antillean whistling frog Eleutherodactylus johnstonei	Amphibia Eleutherodactylidae	37
	diminutive worm eel Pseudomyrophis fugesae	— Ophichthidae	36
	Purplemouth Moray Gymnothorax vicinus	— Muraenidae	35
	Yellow conger Rhynchoconger flavus	— Congridae	34
	Fourwing flyingfish Hirundichthys affinis	— Exocoetidae	31
	Rambur's Forktail Ischnura ramburii	Insecta Coenagrionidae	29
	Dimya fimbricostata	Bivalvia Dimyidae	29
	freckled pike-conger Hoplunnis macrura	— Nettastomatidae	26
	Pourtales' Glass Scallop Parvamussium pourtalesianum	Bivalvia Propeamussiidae	26
	Brown garden eel Heteroconger longissimus	— Congridae	25
	Bonefish Albula vulpes	— Albulidae	25
	Stereonephthya portoricensis	Anthozoa Nephtheidae	25
	Spotted moray Gymnothorax moringa	— Muraenidae	24
	finless snake eel Ichthyapus ophioneus	— Ophichthidae	23
	Barbados Myotis Myotis nyctor	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	22
	Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata	Insecta Libellulidae	20
	Chironephthya agassizii	Anthozoa Siphonogorgiidae	20
	nodose clinging crab Mithraculus coryphe	Malacostraca Mithracidae	19
	Arene microforis	Gastropoda Areneidae	19
	rope eel Gordiichthys randalli	— Ophichthidae	18
	angular brittle star Ophiothrix angulata	Ophiuroidea Ophiotrichidae	18
	Basiliomya goreaui	Bivalvia Dimyidae	17
	Blunt-spined Brittle Star Ophiocoma echinata	Ophiuroidea Ophiocomidae	16
	Pillar Wire Eel Saurenchelys stylura	— Nettastomatidae	16
	Two-horned Spider Crab Omalacantha bicornuta	Malacostraca Mithracidae	16
	Redlip Blenny Ophioblennius atlanticus	— Blenniidae	15
	Yellowtail damselfish Microspathodon chrysurus	— Pomacentridae	15
	threadtail conger Uroconger syringinus	— Congridae	15
	Avocet Snipe-eel Avocettina infans	— Nemichthyidae	15
	Synalpheus microneptunus	Malacostraca Alpheidae	14
	Villogorgia nigrescens	Anthozoa Paramuriceidae	14
	Argopecten noronhensis	Bivalvia Pectinidae	13
	Suenson's brittle star Ophiothrix suensonii	Ophiuroidea Ophiotrichidae	13
	Gardinerosergia splendens	Malacostraca Sergestidae	13
	Great Pondhawk Erythemis vesiculosa	Insecta Libellulidae	12
	Elatopathes abietina	Anthozoa Aphanipathidae	12
	Speckled snapping shrimp Synalpheus fritzmuelleri	Malacostraca Alpheidae	12
	Distichopathes filix	Anthozoa Aphanipathidae	12
	Comactinia meridionalis	Crinoidea Comatulidae	12
	Teleophrys ruber	Malacostraca Mithracidae	12
	key worm eel Ahlia egmontis	— Ophichthidae	12
	Swollen-claw Mantis Neogonodactylus oerstedii	Malacostraca Gonodactylidae	11
	bristled rubble crab Platyactaea setigera	Malacostraca Xanthidae	11
	Petrolisthes amoenus	Malacostraca Porcellanidae	11
	Stylopathes columnaris	Anthozoa Stylopathidae	11
	Placogorgia tenuis	Anthozoa Paramuriceidae	11
	striate finger coral Madracis myriaster	Anthozoa Pocilloporidae	11
	Dwarf Gaza Microgaza rotella	Gastropoda Solariellidae	11
	Gennadas scutatus	Malacostraca Benthesicymidae	11
	redfinger rubble crab Eriphia gonagra	Malacostraca Eriphiidae	11