🇳🇨Animals recorded in New Caledonia

Which animals have been recorded in New Caledonia? 87,003 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 205 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Delicate round herring, Muzzled Rockskipper, Common Litter Skink.

• 87,003 records
• 1,200+ species
• 53 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Delicate round herring, Muzzled Rockskipper, Common Litter Skink. 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 New Caledonia

	Animal	Group	Records
	Delicate round herring Spratelloides delicatulus	— Clupeidae	1,675
	Muzzled Rockskipper Cirripectes castaneus	— Blenniidae	973
	Common Litter Skink Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus	Squamata Scincidae	793
	Brown Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus	— Acanthuridae	572
	Yellowstripe Goatfish Mulloidichthys flavolineatus	— Mullidae	482
	Sauvage's Bavayia Bavayia sauvagii	Squamata Diplodactylidae	472
	Redblotch Wrasse Stethojulis bandanensis	— Labridae	387
	Brown Unicornfish Naso unicornis	— Acanthuridae	373
	Palenose Parrotfish Scarus psittacus	— Scaridae	367
	Dusky Farmerfish Stegastes nigricans	— Pomacentridae	348
	Convict surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus	— Acanthuridae	332
	Samoan silverside Hypoatherina temminckii	— Atherinidae	326
	Strand Litter Skink Caledoniscincus haplorhinus	Squamata Scincidae	325
	Whiteband Damselfish Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus	— Pomacentridae	313
	Honeycomb Grouper Epinephelus merra	— Serranidae	287
	Pearl-spotted Wrasse Halichoeres margaritaceus	— Labridae	260
	Speckled damselfish Pomacentrus bankanensis	— Pomacentridae	259
	Forest Bavayia Bavayia cyclura	Squamata Diplodactylidae	258
	Daisy parrotfish Chlorurus sordidus	— Scaridae	256
	Ethalia guamensis	Gastropoda Trochidae	244
	Surge Damselfish Chrysiptera brownriggii	— Pomacentridae	210
	Leopard blenny Exallias brevis	— Blenniidae	209
	Rossiteria nucleus	Gastropoda Trochidae	196
	Whiteblotch Damselfish Stegastes albifasciatus	— Pomacentridae	194
	Longnose Parrotfish Hipposcarus longiceps	— Scaridae	174
	Sidespot goatfish Parupeneus pleurostigma	— Mullidae	161
	Pacific Gregory Stegastes fasciolatus	— Pomacentridae	160
	Silver-stripe round herring Spratelloides gracilis	— Clupeidae	154
	barred blenny Cirripectes polyzona	— Blenniidae	150
	Dick's Damselfish Plectroglyphidodon dickii	— Pomacentridae	149
	Marble-Throated Skink Marmorosphax tricolor	Squamata Scincidae	149
	Paddletail Snapper Lutjanus gibbus	— Lutjanidae	144
	Yellow Wrasse Thalassoma lutescens	— Labridae	142
	Schlegel's Parrotfish Scarus schlegeli	— Scaridae	139
	Ocellate Damselfish Pomacentrus vaiuli	— Pomacentridae	134
	Vagrant Moray Gymnothorax buroensis	— Muraenidae	132
	Speckled Butterflyfish Chaetodon citrinellus	— Chaetodontidae	123
	Striped Surgeonfish Acanthurus lineatus	— Acanthuridae	119
	Peppered Squirrelfish Sargocentron punctatissimum	— Holocentridae	117
	jewel damsel Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus	— Pomacentridae	117
	Bluespotted Blenny Blenniella chrysospilos	— Blenniidae	117
	Little Bent-winged bat Miniopterus australis	Mammalia Miniopteridae	117
	Orangespotted Goby Gobiodon rivulatus	— Gobiidae	115
	Masked Razorfish Novaculichthys taeniourus	— Labridae	114
	Tripletail wrasse Cheilinus trilobatus	— Labridae	113
	Threespot Wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus	— Labridae	112
	Ember Blenny Cirripectes stigmaticus	— Blenniidae	107
	Green pygmy-goby Eviota guttata	— Gobiidae	106
	Panatela silverside Stenatherina panatela	— Atherinidae	99
	Lemonpeel angelfish Centropyge flavissima	— Pomacanthidae	97
	Sixbar wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke	— Labridae	95
	Red Snapper Lutjanus bohar	— Lutjanidae	92
	Caryophyllia diomedeae	Anthozoa Caryophylliidae	90
	beaked stony coral Enallopsammia rostrata	Anthozoa Dendrophylliidae	89
	Blackeye thicklip Hemigymnus melapterus	— Labridae	89
	Azure Vase Sponge Callyspongia plicifera	Demospongiae Callyspongiidae	88
	Finspot Eviota Eviota punctulata	— Gobiidae	88
	Double-lined fusilier Pterocaesio digramma	— Caesionidae	88
	Manybar goatfish Parupeneus multifasciatus	— Mullidae	88
	Ornate flying fox Pteropus ornatus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	88