🇧🇲Animals recorded in Bermuda

Which animals have been recorded in Bermuda? 38,142 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 225 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Pygmy lanternfish, Melamphaes pumilus, Topside lanternfish.

• 38,142 records
• 1,200+ species
• 53 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Pygmy lanternfish, Melamphaes pumilus, Topside lanternfish. 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 Bermuda

	Animal	Group	Records
	Pygmy lanternfish Lampanyctus pusillus	— Myctophidae	651
	Melamphaes pumilus	— Melamphaidae	554
	Topside lanternfish Notolychnus valdiviae	— Myctophidae	546
	Transparent Hatchet-fish Sternoptyx diaphana	— Sternoptychidae	533
	Warming’s lanternfish Ceratoscopelus warmingii	— Myctophidae	520
	Dofleini's lanternfish Lobianchia dofleini	— Myctophidae	402
	Nannobrachium cuprarium	— Myctophidae	373
	Bermuda lantern fish Hygophum hygomii	— Myctophidae	365
	Bandtooth conger Ariosoma balearicum	— Congridae	360
	Lanternfish Bolinichthys indicus	— Myctophidae	330
	Atlantic Lanternfish Diogenichthys atlanticus	— Myctophidae	328
	Atlantic Silver Hatchetfish Argyropelecus aculeatus	— Sternoptychidae	315
	Cocco's Lanternfish Gonichthys cocco	— Myctophidae	314
	Lepidophanes gaussi	— Myctophidae	295
	Lanternfish Diaphus mollis	— Myctophidae	291
	Diogenes lanternfish Diogenichthys laternatus	— Myctophidae	273
	Sloane's viperfish Chauliodus sloani	— Stomiidae	264
	Jewel enope squid Pyroteuthis margaritifera	Cephalopoda Pyroteuthidae	250
	Striped Escolar Diplospinus multistriatus	— Gempylidae	244
	Dana viperfish Chauliodus danae	— Stomiidae	242
	Dotback Lanternfish Lampanyctus photonotus	— Myctophidae	224
	Bigscale Scopeloberyx opisthopterus	— Melamphaidae	214
	Triplewart Seadevil Cryptopsaras couesii	— Ceratiidae	203
	Lumphead Bigscale Melamphaes microps	— Melamphaidae	202
	Duckbill barracudina Magnisudis atlantica	— Paralepididae	201
	Leach's Cranch Squid Leachia cyclura	Cephalopoda Cranchiidae	194
	Spurcheek lanternfish Bolinichthys photothorax	— Myctophidae	193
	Boa dragonfish Stomias boa	— Stomiidae	184
	Gemellar’s lanternfish Lobianchia gemellarii	— Myctophidae	183
	loosejaw Photostomias guernei	— Stomiidae	180
	Ridgehead Poromitra capito	— Melamphaidae	180
	Half-naked hatchetfish Argyropelecus hemigymnus	— Sternoptychidae	179
	slender lightfish Vinciguerria attenuata	— Phosichthyidae	177
	Megalocranchia oceanica	Cephalopoda Cranchiidae	170
	Dusky Lanternfish Nannobrachium atrum	— Myctophidae	167
	Longjaw bigscale Scopeloberyx robustus	— Melamphaidae	165
	hammerjaw Omosudis lowii	— Omosudidae	159
	Benoit's lanternfish Hygophum benoiti	— Myctophidae	157
	Roundnose lanternfish Centrobranchus nigroocellatus	— Myctophidae	153
	Jewel lanternfish Lampanyctus crocodilus	— Myctophidae	148