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🇲🇶Animals recorded in Martinique

Which animals have been recorded in Martinique? 3,008 occurrence records cover 720 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 Martinique's Anole, Anthonomus homunculus, Rhipidia willistoniana.

Country evidence passport

Evidence found

3,008 coordinate-bearing animal records; 720 species facets.

MQ is the stable ISO place code.

Source coverage

GBIF Animalia occurrence facets for this country, restricted to CC0 records.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect GBIF.

What this means

The listed species have reusable occurrence evidence in the stated source universe.

Rows are ordered by record count.

What this does not mean

The list is not a census, abundance ranking, native-range claim or guarantee of current presence.

Missing or low counts can reflect uneven survey effort.

216 · 766199 · 453255 · 209354 · 314225 · 141206 · 19011592253 · 105229 · 101353 · 41308 · 36212 · 565964034 · 39

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Martinique's Anole, Anthonomus homunculus, Rhipidia willistoniana. 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 Martinique

AnimalGroupRecords
Martinique's Anole Martinique's Anole
Anolis roquet
Squamata
Dactyloidae
65
Anthonomus homunculus Insecta
Curculionidae
63
Rhipidia willistoniana Insecta
Limoniidae
56
Earthworm
Pontoscolex corethrurus
Clitellata
Rhinodrilidae
52
yellow fever mosquito
Aedes aegypti
Insecta
Culicidae
44
Gonomyia subterminalis Insecta
Limoniidae
43
Rhipidia eremnocera Insecta
Limoniidae
38
Earthworm
Amynthas rodericensis
Clitellata
Megascolecidae
34
Polymera conjuncta Insecta
Limoniidae
30
Rhipidia subcostalis Insecta
Limoniidae
26
sea spider
Anoplodactylus batangensis
Pycnogonida
Phoxichilidiidae
26
Swordfish Swordfish
Xiphias gladius
—
Xiphiidae
24
Band-winged Dragonlet
Erythrodiplax umbrata
Insecta
Libellulidae
23
African Night Crawler
Eudrilus eugeniae
Clitellata
Eudrilidae
23
Asian blue worm
Perionyx excavatus
Clitellata
Megascolecidae
22
Eurycyde clitellaria Pycnogonida
Ascorhynchidae
18
Pontoscolex spiralis Clitellata
Rhinodrilidae
18
Ammothella dirbergi Pycnogonida
Ammotheidae
17
sea spider
Ammothella spinifera
Pycnogonida
Ammotheidae
16
sea spider
Achelia gracilis
Pycnogonida
Ammotheidae
16
Bigeye tuna Bigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
—
Scombridae
16
Dicranomyia alfaroi Insecta
Limoniidae
15
humpback whale humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Mammalia
Balaenopteridae
14
Erioptera gagneana Insecta
Limoniidae
14
Earthworm
Dichogaster bolaui
Clitellata
Octochaetidae
14
Anoplodactylus micros Pycnogonida
Phoxichilidiidae
13
Yellow-fin Tunny Yellow-fin Tunny
Thunnus albacares
—
Scombridae
13
Eurycyde raphiaster Pycnogonida
Ascorhynchidae
13
Ammothella exornata Pycnogonida
Ammotheidae
12
Rhipidia subpectinata Insecta
Limoniidae
12
Ornate Moth
Utetheisa ornatrix
Insecta
Erebidae
11
Teucholabis carbetensis Insecta
Limoniidae
10
Common dolphinfish, Dolphinfish Common dolphinfish
Coryphaena hippurus
—
Coryphaenidae
10
sea spider
Achelia sawayai
Pycnogonida
Ammotheidae
10
Benhamia affinis Clitellata
Octochaetidae
10
Perichaeta elongata Clitellata
Megascolecidae
10
Oscarella minka Homoscleromorpha
Oscarellidae
9
Nymphon martinicum Pycnogonida
Nymphonidae
9
Stylopathes columnaris Anthozoa
Stylopathidae
9
Bluehead Bluehead
Thalassoma bifasciatum
—
Labridae
9
Escolar
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
—
Gempylidae
9
Nymphon ludovici Pycnogonida
Nymphonidae
8
Ascorhynchus castellioides Pycnogonida
Ascorhynchidae
8
Leucetta floridana Calcarea
Leucettidae
8
Geodia tylastra Demospongiae
Geodiidae
8
Cinachyrella kuekenthali Demospongiae
Tetillidae
8
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Lesser Antillean Bullfinch
Loxigilla noctis
Aves
Thraupidae
8
Bananaquit Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Aves
Thraupidae
8
western honey bee western honey bee
Apis mellifera
Insecta
Apidae
7
Aspiculortis garifuna Homoscleromorpha
Plakinidae
7
Eriopterodes celestis Insecta
Limoniidae
7
Polymera albitarsis Insecta
Limoniidae
7
Banasa lenticularis Insecta
Pentatomidae
7
Shield backed bug
Diolcus variegatus
Insecta
Scutelleridae
7
Anoplodactylus pectinus Pycnogonida
Phoxichilidiidae
7
Sea spider
Anoplodactylus californicus
Pycnogonida
Phoxichilidiidae
7
Distichopathes filix Anthozoa
Aphanipathidae
7
Blue Caribbean sponge
Haliclona caerulea
Demospongiae
Chalinidae
7
Clathrina mutabilis Calcarea
Clathrinidae
7
Didymocentrus martinicae Arachnida
Diplocentridae
6
How to read this. These are records, not a census. A high count can mean a common animal or simply a well-watched one, and limited records appear alongside repeated records. Open an animal to inspect whether the evidence is one-off, repeated, recent or historical.