🇨🇼Animals recorded in Curaçao

Which animals have been recorded in Curaçao? 8,920 occurrence records cover 936 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 229 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include French grunt, Banded Basslet, spinythroat scorpionfish.

• 8,920 records
• 936 species
• 29 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include French grunt, Banded Basslet, spinythroat scorpionfish. 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 Curaçao

	Animal	Group	Records
	French grunt Haemulon flavolineatum	— Haemulidae	117
	Banded Basslet Lipogramma evides	— Grammatidae	81
	spinythroat scorpionfish Pontinus nematophthalmus	— Scorpaenidae	81
	Sharpnose Puffer Canthigaster rostrata	— Tetraodontidae	70
	Antilles Gecko Gonatodes antillensis	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	68
	slope bass Symphysanodon berryi	— Symphysanodontidae	66
	Dusky Squirrelfish Sargocentron vexillarium	— Holocentridae	65
	Roughtongue bass Pronotogrammus martinicensis	— Serranidae	64
	Bicolor Damselfish Stegastes partitus	— Pomacentridae	63
	Jeweled Gemfish Anthias asperilinguis	— Serranidae	56
	Blackbar soldierfish Myripristis jacobus	— Holocentridae	54
	red barbier Baldwinella vivanus	— Serranidae	53
	longsnout scorpionfish Pontinus castor	— Scorpaenidae	49
	bladefin bass Jeboehlkia gladifer	— Serranidae	48
	Longjaw Squirrelfish Neoniphon marianus	— Holocentridae	47
	Hakeling Physiculus fulvus	— Moridae	45
	Red hogfish Decodon puellaris	— Labridae	45
	Cerion uva	Gastropoda Cerionidae	43
	Keeltail needlefish Platybelone argalus	— Belonidae	42
	Bathynarius anomalus	Malacostraca Diogenidae	42
	Spinyhead blenny Acanthemblemaria spinosa	— Chaenopsidae	39
	Yellow-spotted Golden Bass Liopropoma olneyi	— Serranidae	39
	Hairy blenny Labrisomus nuchipinnis	— Labrisomidae	38
	Fat Slope Bass Symphysanodon octoactinus	— Symphysanodontidae	37
	Bluehead Thalassoma bifasciatum	— Labridae	36
	Munidopsis platirostris	Malacostraca Munidopsidae	36
	Venezuelan goby Coryphopterus venezuelae	— Gobiidae	35
	Whitetail reeffish Chromis vanbebberae	— Pomacentridae	34
	Bicolor Basslet Lipogramma klayi	— Grammatidae	34
	Flamefish Apogon maculatus	— Apogonidae	34
	Water boatman Trichocorixa reticulata	Insecta Corixidae	33
	Slippery Dick Halichoeres bivittatus	— Labridae	32
	Spotted soapfish Rypticus subbifrenatus	— Serranidae	31
	cave bass Liopropoma mowbrayi	— Serranidae	31
	Longspine squirrelfish Holocentrus rufus	— Holocentridae	31
	Brown chromis Chromis multilineata	— Pomacentridae	31
	Paguristes spinipes	Malacostraca Diogenidae	30
	French angelfish Pomacanthus paru	— Pomacanthidae	29
	Diamond lizardfish Synodus synodus	— Synodontidae	29
	Ember Goby Palatogobius incendius	— Gobiidae	29
	Tusked goby Risor ruber	— Gobiidae	28
	candy basslet Liopropoma carmabi	— Serranidae	28
	Neorthopleura turnbowi	Insecta Cleridae	27
	Spotfin dragonet Foetorepus agassizii	— Callionymidae	27
	Spanish flag Gonioplectrus hispanus	— Serranidae	27
	Glassy Sweeper Pempheris schomburgkii	— Pempheridae	27
	chestnut moray Enchelycore carychroa	— Muraenidae	27
	Rusty Goby Priolepis hipoliti	— Gobiidae	26
	Smallmouth grunt Haemulon chrysargyreum	— Haemulidae	26
	Clown Wrasse Halichoeres maculipinna	— Labridae	26
	Belted Cardinalfish Apogon townsendi	— Apogonidae	26
	Threadnose Anthias Choranthias tenuis	— Serranidae	26
	reef squirrelfish Sargocentron coruscum	— Holocentridae	25
	Yellowhead Wrasse Halichoeres garnoti	— Labridae	25
	Dusky damselfish Stegastes adustus	— Pomacentridae	25
	Spotted drum Equetus punctatus	— Sciaenidae	25
	Viper moray Enchelycore nigricans	— Muraenidae	25
	False moray Kaupichthys hyoproroides	— Chlopsidae	25
	Curaçao Whiptail Cnemidophorus murinus	Squamata Teiidae	25
	Sabre Goby Antilligobius nikkiae	— Gobiidae	25