🇹🇴Animals recorded in Tonga

Which animals have been recorded in Tonga? 11,289 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 229 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include humpback whale, Dusky-Bellied Skink, Sad Gecko.

• 11,289 records
• 1,200+ species
• 39 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include humpback whale, Dusky-Bellied Skink, Sad Gecko. 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 Tonga

	Animal	Group	Records
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	1,230
	Dusky-Bellied Skink Emoia impar	Squamata Scincidae	102
	Sad Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris	Squamata Gekkonidae	82
	rock-boring urchin Echinometra mathaei	Echinoidea Echinometridae	59
	Sally Lightfoot Crab Grapsus grapsus	Malacostraca Grapsidae	57
	Ocean Gecko Gehyra oceanica	Squamata Gekkonidae	52
	White-Bellied Skink Emoia cyanura	Squamata Scincidae	51
	Seven Luminaries Vent Mussel Bathymodiolus septemdierum	Bivalvia Mytilidae	48
	Crimson jobfish Pristipomoides filamentosus	— Lutjanidae	48
	Bactrocera facialis	Insecta Tephritidae	44
	Warty-foot Snail Ifremeria nautilei	Gastropoda Paskentanidae	43
	yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	Insecta Culicidae	37
	azure sea star Linckia laevigata	Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae	37
	Ocellate Damselfish Pomacentrus vaiuli	— Pomacentridae	35
	'Eua Forest Gecko Lepidodactylus euaensis	Squamata Gekkonidae	34
	Snake-Eyed Skink Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus	Squamata Scincidae	30
	mottled lightfoot crab Grapsus albolineatus	Malacostraca Grapsidae	30
	Bactrocera distincta	Insecta Tephritidae	30
	Iridescent Cardinalfish Pristiapogon kallopterus	— Apogonidae	29
	Marbled Reef-eel Anarchias seychellensis	— Muraenidae	28
	Brown Unicornfish Naso unicornis	— Acanthuridae	28
	Palespot Podge Pseudogramma polyacantha	— Serranidae	27
	Checkerboard wrasse Halichoeres hortulanus	— Labridae	27
	Blackstripe Cardinalfish Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus	— Apogonidae	26
	Crown squirrelfish Sargocentron diadema	— Holocentridae	25
	Okinawa rubble goby Trimma okinawae	— Gobiidae	25
	Bluestreak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus	— Labridae	25
	Brown Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus	— Acanthuridae	25
	Three-spot Dascyllus Dascyllus trimaculatus	— Pomacentridae	25
	Oblong Sea Urchin Echinometra oblonga	Echinoidea Echinometridae	25
	Striated surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus	— Acanthuridae	24
	Black-spotted Pygmy-goby Eviota melasma	— Gobiidae	24
	Black-saddled Toby Canthigaster valentini	— Tetraodontidae	24
	Heterocentrotus trigonarius	Echinoidea Echinometridae	24
	Oblique-lined dottyback Cypho purpurascens	— Pseudochromidae	23
	Caesiura Dwarfgoby Trimma caesiura	— Gobiidae	23
	Twospined Angelfish Centropyge bispinosa	— Pomacanthidae	23
	Black Unicornfish Naso hexacanthus	— Acanthuridae	23
	Fiji Blue Devil Chrysiptera taupou	— Pomacentridae	22
	Lipspot Moray Gymnothorax chilospilus	— Muraenidae	22
	Eyebar Goby Gnatholepis cauerensis	— Gobiidae	21
	Ophryotrocha bohnorum	Polychaeta Dorvilleidae	20
	Convict surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus	— Acanthuridae	20
	Tidal Spray Crab Plagusia depressa	Malacostraca Plagusiidae	20
	Epaulette Soldierfish Myripristis kuntee	— Holocentridae	20
	Archinome jasoni	Polychaeta Amphinomidae	20
	Black-finned Wrasse Cirrhilabrus punctatus	— Labridae	19
	Imitator Damsel Pomacentrus imitator	— Pomacentridae	19
	Sabre Squirrelfish Sargocentron spiniferum	— Holocentridae	19
	Vagrant Moray Gymnothorax buroensis	— Muraenidae	19
	Munidopsis lauensis	Malacostraca Munidopsidae	19
	Ruby cardinalfish Apogon coccineus	— Apogonidae	19
	Brushtail Surgeonfish Zebrasoma scopas	— Acanthuridae	18
	Manybar goatfish Parupeneus multifasciatus	— Mullidae	18
	Banded Reef-goby Priolepis cincta	— Gobiidae	18
	Black-edged Conger Conger cinereus	— Congridae	18
	Clearfin Lizardfish Synodus dermatogenys	— Synodontidae	18
	Hedruris hanleyae	Chromadorea Hedruridae	18
	Moth Skink Ornithuroscincus noctua	Squamata Scincidae	17
	Yellow Nipper Geograpsus crinipes	Malacostraca Grapsidae	17