🇫🇯Animals recorded in Fiji

Which animals have been recorded in Fiji? 30,456 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 216 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Fijian Long-tailed Fruit Bat, White-Bellied Skink, Blackstripe Cardinalfish.

• 30,456 records
• 1,200+ species
• 46 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Fijian Long-tailed Fruit Bat, White-Bellied Skink, Blackstripe Cardinalfish. 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 Fiji

	Animal	Group	Records
	Fijian Long-tailed Fruit Bat Notopteris macdonaldii	Mammalia Pteropodidae	219
	White-Bellied Skink Emoia cyanura	Squamata Scincidae	193
	Blackstripe Cardinalfish Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus	— Apogonidae	191
	Iridescent Cardinalfish Pristiapogon kallopterus	— Apogonidae	147
	Threespot Wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus	— Labridae	123
	Little Red Cardinalfish Apogon crassiceps	— Apogonidae	123
	Terry's Dwarfgoby Eviota teresae	— Gobiidae	122
	Fiveline Cardinalfish Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus	— Apogonidae	119
	Dusky-Bellied Skink Emoia impar	Squamata Scincidae	117
	Brown Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus	— Acanthuridae	104
	Sixline Pigmy Wrasse Pseudocheilinus hexataenia	— Labridae	102
	Fiji Snake-eyed Skink Cryptoblepharus eximius	Squamata Scincidae	101
	Pearl-spotted Wrasse Halichoeres margaritaceus	— Labridae	100
	Sad Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris	Squamata Gekkonidae	99
	Narrowstripe Cardinalfish Pristiapogon exostigma	— Apogonidae	94
	Agriocnemis exsudans	Insecta Coenagrionidae	91
	Bluestreak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus	— Labridae	88
	Palespot Podge Pseudogramma polyacantha	— Serranidae	88
	Disappearing Pigmy Wrasse Pseudocheilinus evanidus	— Labridae	86
	Striated surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus	— Acanthuridae	81
	Longspine Cardinalfisf Apogon doryssa	— Apogonidae	77
	Ocean Gecko Gehyra oceanica	Squamata Gekkonidae	76
	Lemonpeel angelfish Centropyge flavissima	— Pomacanthidae	75
	Black-finned Wrasse Cirrhilabrus punctatus	— Labridae	74
	Twospined Angelfish Centropyge bispinosa	— Pomacanthidae	73
	Imitator Damsel Pomacentrus imitator	— Pomacentridae	71
	Common House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	71
	Oval Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunulatus	— Chaetodontidae	69
	Blackspot Pigmy Wrasse Wetmorella nigropinnata	— Labridae	68
	Bearded Brotula Brotula multibarbata	— Ophidiidae	66
	Ocellate Damselfish Pomacentrus vaiuli	— Pomacentridae	66
	Court Jester Goby Koumansetta rainfordi	— Gobiidae	64
	Reticulate dascyllus Dascyllus reticulatus	— Pomacentridae	64
	Large-scaled Dottyback Pseudoplesiops rosae	— Pseudochromidae	64
	Half-and-half Chromis Chromis iomelas	— Pomacentridae	61
	Glassy Cardinalfish Cercamia eremia	— Apogonidae	61
	Fiji Blue Devil Chrysiptera taupou	— Pomacentridae	60
	Ear-spot Dwarfgoby Eviota karaspila	— Gobiidae	60
	Yellow pigmy brotula Dinematichthys iluocoeteoides	— Bythitidae	59
	Nola fijiensis	Insecta Nolidae	58
	Miller's damsel Asterropteryx ensifera	— Gobiidae	58
	Tripleband Goby Callogobius sclateri	— Gobiidae	58
	Okinawa rubble goby Trimma okinawae	— Gobiidae	58
	Lined Cardinalfish Cheilodipterus artus	— Apogonidae	58
	Samoan Cardinalfish Nectamia savayensis	— Apogonidae	57
	Sparse Eviota Eviota sparsa	— Gobiidae	56
	Honeycomb Toby Canthigaster janthinoptera	— Tetraodontidae	56
	Nerita plicata	Gastropoda Neritidae	56
	Moth Skink Ornithuroscincus noctua	Squamata Scincidae	55
	Finspot Eviota Eviota punctulata	— Gobiidae	55
	Striped Surgeonfish Acanthurus lineatus	— Acanthuridae	55
	Arceye Hawkfish Paracirrhites arcatus	— Cirrhitidae	54
	Bicolor chromis Chromis margaritifer	— Pomacentridae	54
	Antennatus coccineus	— Antennariidae	54
	Convict surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus	— Acanthuridae	53
	Ambon Chromis Chromis amboinensis	— Pomacentridae	53
	Honeycomb Grouper Epinephelus merra	— Serranidae	52
	Mottled Cardinalfish Fowleria vaiulae	— Apogonidae	52
	Fiji Green Emo Skink Emoia concolor	Squamata Scincidae	52
	Chromis retrofasciata	— Pomacentridae	52