🇸🇨Animals recorded in the Seychelles

Which animals have been recorded in the Seychelles? 107,163 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 359 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Convict surgeonfish, Bonefish, Peppered Squirrelfish.

• 107,163 records
• 1,200+ species
• 49 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Convict surgeonfish, Bonefish, Peppered Squirrelfish. 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 the Seychelles

	Animal	Group	Records
	Convict surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus	— Acanthuridae	510
	Bonefish Albula glossodonta	— Albulidae	436
	Peppered Squirrelfish Sargocentron punctatissimum	— Holocentridae	373
	Lagoon Goby Gnatholepis anjerensis	— Gobiidae	369
	Brown Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus	— Acanthuridae	361
	Paddletail Snapper Lutjanus gibbus	— Lutjanidae	340
	Pink Whipray Pateobatis fai	Elasmobranchii Dasyatidae	319
	Muzzled Rockskipper Cirripectes castaneus	— Blenniidae	318
	Red Snapper Lutjanus bohar	— Lutjanidae	317
	White-banded triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus	— Balistidae	279
	Bluefin trevally Caranx melampygus	— Carangidae	268
	Duskyfin hind Cephalopholis nigripinnis	— Serranidae	261
	Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga	— Chaetodontidae	256
	Moorish idol Zanclus cornutus	— Zanclidae	253
	Powderblue surgeonfish Acanthurus leucosternon	— Acanthuridae	237
	Spotted Coralfish Chaetodon guttatissimus	— Chaetodontidae	233
	Tricoloured Fusilier Pterocaesio tile	— Caesionidae	215
	Wedge Triggerfish Rhinecanthus rectangulus	— Balistidae	215
	Whitespotted Butterflyfish Chaetodon kleinii	— Chaetodontidae	211
	Blacktip Reef Shark Carcharhinus melanopterus	Elasmobranchii Carcharhinidae	205
	Chameleon Grouper Variola louti	— Serranidae	200
	Bluelined wrasse Stethojulis albovittata	— Labridae	196
	Delicate round herring Spratelloides delicatulus	— Clupeidae	191
	Hound needlefish Tylosurus crocodilus	— Belonidae	184
	Maypole Butterflyfish Chaetodon meyeri	— Chaetodontidae	180
	Knife Razorfish Cymolutes praetextatus	— Labridae	180
	Striated surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus	— Acanthuridae	176
	Bigeye Emperor Monotaxis grandoculis	— Lethrinidae	175
	Lineated Butterflyfish Chaetodon trifasciatus	— Chaetodontidae	173
	Halfmoon triggerfish Sufflamen chrysopterum	— Balistidae	166
	Giant Jack Caranx ignobilis	— Carangidae	164
	Yellow-margined Snapper Lutjanus fulvus	— Lutjanidae	163
	Brown Unicornfish Naso unicornis	— Acanthuridae	163
	Forceps fish Forcipiger flavissimus	— Chaetodontidae	159
	Checkerboard wrasse Halichoeres hortulanus	— Labridae	157
	Daisy parrotfish Chlorurus sordidus	— Scaridae	156
	Palenose Parrotfish Scarus psittacus	— Scaridae	154
	Nurse Shark Nebrius ferrugineus	Elasmobranchii Ginglymostomatidae	152
	Tripletail wrasse Cheilinus trilobatus	— Labridae	146
	Redstriped Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunula	— Chaetodontidae	145
	Bluelined Snapper Lutjanus kasmira	— Lutjanidae	144
	Pixy Hawkfish Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus	— Cirrhitidae	144
	Goldbar wrasse Thalassoma hebraicum	— Labridae	136
	Blue-spotted Grouper Cephalopholis argus	— Serranidae	133
	Pompano Trachinotus baillonii	— Carangidae	131
	Flagtail Grouper Cephalopholis urodeta	— Serranidae	126
	Yellowfin surgeonfish Acanthurus xanthopterus	— Acanthuridae	125
	Great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda	— Sphyraenidae	123
	green turtle Chelonia mydas	Testudines Cheloniidae	121
	Dot-dash Goatfish Parupeneus barberinus	— Mullidae	120
	Yellowstripe Goatfish Mulloidichthys flavolineatus	— Mullidae	120
	Golden Jack Gnathanodon speciosus	— Carangidae	118
	Samoan silverside Hypoatherina temminckii	— Atherinidae	118
	Redmouth grouper Aethaloperca rogaa	— Serranidae	116
	Striped Triggerfish Balistapus undulatus	— Balistidae	116
	Lipspot Moray Gymnothorax chilospilus	— Muraenidae	114
	Halfspotted Goby Asterropteryx semipunctata	— Gobiidae	110
	Silver moonfish Monodactylus argenteus	— Monodactylidae	108
	Epaulette Soldierfish Myripristis kuntee	— Holocentridae	107
	Black durgon triggerfish Melichthys niger	— Balistidae	106