🇹🇴What animals live in Tonga?

121,734 animal records from Tonga cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 121,734 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Tonga

	Animal	Group	Records
	Striated surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus	— Acanthuridae	4,306
	Ocellate Damselfish Pomacentrus vaiuli	— Pomacentridae	3,615
	Daisy parrotfish Chlorurus sordidus	— Scaridae	2,753
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	2,531
	Fiji Blue Devil Chrysiptera taupou	— Pomacentridae	2,343
	Blue-green Damselfish Pomacentrus callainus	— Pomacentridae	2,263
	Brushtail Surgeonfish, Twotone tang Zebrasoma scopas	— Acanthuridae	2,241
	Brown Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus	— Acanthuridae	2,238
	Schlegel's Parrotfish Scarus schlegeli	— Scaridae	1,465
	Imitator Damsel Pomacentrus imitator	— Pomacentridae	1,392
	Spotted-cheek Damselfish Pomacentrus spilotoceps	— Pomacentridae	1,329
	Coral Damselfish Pomacentrus maafu	— Pomacentridae	1,289
	Swarthy Parrotfish, Dusky parrotfish Scarus niger	— Scaridae	1,230
	jewel damsel Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus	— Pomacentridae	1,198
	Manybar goatfish Parupeneus multifasciatus	— Mullidae	1,126
	Yellow Wrasse Thalassoma lutescens	— Labridae	1,061
	Twospined Angelfish Centropyge bispinosa	— Pomacanthidae	943
	Sixbar wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke	— Labridae	914
	Moorish idol Zanclus cornutus	— Zanclidae	807
	Blackfin Damselfish Amblyglyphidodon melanopterus	— Pomacentridae	801
	Surf parrotfish Scarus rivulatus	— Scaridae	796
	Oval Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunulatus	— Chaetodontidae	781
	Bicolor chromis Chromis margaritifer	— Pomacentridae	780
	Dot and Dash Butterflyfish Chaetodon pelewensis	— Chaetodontidae	770
	Whitetail Damselfish, Whitetail dascyllus Dascyllus aruanus	— Pomacentridae	745
	Orangespine unicornfish Naso lituratus	— Acanthuridae	701
	Bird wrasse Gomphosus varius	— Labridae	666
	sailfin tang Zebrasoma veliferum	— Acanthuridae	655
	Maori Wrasse, Floral wrasse Cheilinus chlorourus	— Labridae	643
	Cheeklined wrasse Oxycheilinus digramma	— Labridae	636
	Checkerboard wrasse Halichoeres hortulanus	— Labridae	613
	Bluestreak cleaner wrasse, Cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus	— Labridae	606
	White Tern Gygis alba	Aves Laridae	600
	Merten's Butterflyfish Chaetodon mertensii	— Chaetodontidae	598
	Twospot surgeonfish Ctenochaetus binotatus	— Acanthuridae	581
	Moon wrasse Thalassoma lunare	— Labridae	531
	Green Canary Blenny Meiacanthus tongaensis	— Blenniidae	528
	Blackeye thicklip Hemigymnus melapterus	— Labridae	520
	Spiny Rabbitfish, Little spinefoot Siganus spinus	— Siganidae	519
	Two-lined monocle bream Scolopsis bilineata	— Nemipteridae	517
	Striped Surgeonfish, Lined surgeonfish, Spoted box crab Acanthurus lineatus	— Acanthuridae	499
	Tripletail wrasse Cheilinus trilobatus	— Labridae	499
	Blue-green Chromis Chromis viridis	— Pomacentridae	486
	Speckled Butterflyfish Chaetodon citrinellus	— Chaetodontidae	482
	wedge-tailed shearwater Puffinus pacificus	Aves Procellariidae	466
	Halfmoon triggerfish Sufflamen chrysopterum	— Balistidae	465
	Bleeker's parrotfish Chlorurus bleekeri	— Scaridae	457
	Dusky Farmerfish Stegastes nigricans	— Pomacentridae	456
	Black-back Wrasse Anampses neoguinaicus	— Labridae	447
	Three-spot Dascyllus, Threespot dascyllus Dascyllus trimaculatus	— Pomacentridae	442
	Birdled parrotfish, Bridled parrotfish Scarus frenatus	— Scaridae	422
	Palenose Parrotfish, Common parrotfish Scarus psittacus	— Scaridae	420
	Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga	— Chaetodontidae	417
	Scissortail Sergeant Abudefduf sexfasciatus	— Pomacentridae	415
	Lemonpeel angelfish Centropyge flavissima	— Pomacanthidae	409
	Neon Damselfish Pomacentrus coelestis	— Pomacentridae	406
	Pacific Gregory Stegastes fasciolatus	— Pomacentridae	406
	Globehead parrotfish Scarus globiceps	— Scaridae	388
	Chameleon Parrotfish Scarus chameleon	— Scaridae	386
	Vagabond Butterflyfish Chaetodon vagabundus	— Chaetodontidae	384