🇧🇿Animals recorded in Belize

Which animals have been recorded in Belize? 79,113 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 359 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Redear herring, Azure Vase Sponge, White grunt.

• 79,113 records
• 1,200+ species
• 56 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Redear herring, Azure Vase Sponge, White grunt. 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 Belize

	Animal	Group	Records
	Redear herring Harengula humeralis	— Clupeidae	848
	Azure Vase Sponge Callyspongia plicifera	Demospongiae Callyspongiidae	438
	White grunt Haemulon plumierii	— Haemulidae	407
	Bluehead Thalassoma bifasciatum	— Labridae	356
	Redfin parrotfish Sparisoma rubripinne	— Scaridae	344
	Dwarf round herring Jenkinsia lamprotaenia	— Clupeidae	333
	Bucktooth parrotfish Sparisoma radians	— Scaridae	323
	Redband parrotfish Sparisoma aurofrenatum	— Scaridae	292
	Brown anole Anolis sagrei	Squamata Dactyloidae	292
	Scaled herring Harengula jaguana	— Clupeidae	289
	common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	278
	Blue tang surgeonfish Acanthurus coeruleus	— Acanthuridae	278
	Redtail parrotfish Sparisoma chrysopterum	— Scaridae	273
	Slippery Dick Halichoeres bivittatus	— Labridae	246
	Threespot Damselfish Stegastes planifrons	— Pomacentridae	241
	grey snapper Lutjanus griseus	— Lutjanidae	216
	Schoolmaster snapper Lutjanus apodus	— Lutjanidae	215
	Stoplight parrotfish Sparisoma viride	— Scaridae	206
	French grunt Haemulon flavolineatum	— Haemulidae	201
	Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis	— Pomacentridae	191
	Tomtate grunt Haemulon aurolineatum	— Haemulidae	189
	Yellow fin mojarra Gerres cinereus	— Gerreidae	186
	Hound needlefish Tylosurus crocodilus	— Belonidae	174
	blue striped grunt Haemulon sciurus	— Haemulidae	169
	Creole wrasse Clepticus parrae	— Labridae	168
	Mexican Smilisca Smilisca baudinii	Amphibia Hylidae	166
	Dusky Cardinalfish Phaeoptyx pigmentaria	— Apogonidae	156
	Great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda	— Sphyraenidae	146
	Sharpnose Puffer Canthigaster rostrata	— Tetraodontidae	146
	Graysby Cephalopholis cruentata	— Serranidae	141
	Rose blenny Malacoctenus macropus	— Labrisomidae	140
	Freckled cardinalfish Phaeoptyx conklini	— Apogonidae	136
	Silky Short-Tailed Bat Carollia brevicaudum	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	127
	Brown basilisk Basiliscus vittatus	Squamata Corytophanidae	126
	Central American Gulf Coast Toad Incilius valliceps	Amphibia Bufonidae	123
	Yellowhead Wrasse Halichoeres garnoti	— Labridae	120
	Royal gramma Gramma loreto	— Grammatidae	119
	Striped parrotfish Scarus iseri	— Scaridae	116
	Mexican tetra Astyanax fasciatus	— Characidae	116
	Dusky damselfish Stegastes adustus	— Pomacentridae	113
	Bicolor Damselfish Stegastes partitus	— Pomacentridae	111
	Black-winged Little Yellow Bat Rhogeessa tumida	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	111
	Lofty triplefin Enneanectes altivelis	— Tripterygiidae	110
	pike killifish Belonesox belizanus	— Poeciliidae	106
	Hogfish Lachnolaimus maximus	— Labridae	103
	Foureye butterflyfish Chaetodon capistratus	— Chaetodontidae	103
	Roughhead blenny Acanthemblemaria aspera	— Chaenopsidae	99
	seafan blenny Emblemariopsis pricei	— Chaenopsidae	99
	yellowtail snapper Ocyurus chrysurus	— Lutjanidae	99
	Ghost Anole Anolis lemurinus	Squamata Dactyloidae	99
	Lesser Scaly Anole Anolis uniformis	Squamata Dactyloidae	98
	Hardhead silverside Atherinomorus stipes	— Atherinidae	96
	Central American Collared Geckolet Sphaerodactylus glaucus	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	96
	Sand goby Coryphopterus tortugae	— Gobiidae	95
	Beaugregory Stegastes leucostictus	— Pomacentridae	95
	Spotted goatfish Pseudupeneus maculatus	— Mullidae	94
	Reef bass Pseudogramma gregoryi	— Serranidae	93
	Black Iguana Ctenosaura similis	Squamata Iguanidae	92
	Dash goby Ctenogobius saepepallens	— Gobiidae	92
	Mexican White-lipped Frog Leptodactylus fragilis	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	92