🇾🇪Animals recorded in Yemen

Which animals have been recorded in Yemen? 9,324 occurrence records cover 1,200+ 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 Hornlip mullet, Blasius's Horseshoe Bat, Dot-dash Goatfish.

• 9,324 records
• 1,200+ species
• 39 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Hornlip mullet, Blasius's Horseshoe Bat, Dot-dash Goatfish. 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 Yemen

	Animal	Group	Records
	Hornlip mullet Plicomugil labiosus	— Mugilidae	106
	Blasius's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus blasii	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	100
	Dot-dash Goatfish Parupeneus barberinus	— Mullidae	65
	Diaphorina linnavuorii	Insecta Liviidae	59
	Blackspot sergeant Abudefduf sordidus	— Pomacentridae	55
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	54
	Plague Flea Xenopsylla cheopis	Insecta Pulicidae	52
	Large scale mullet Planiliza macrolepis	— Mugilidae	48
	Yellowstripe Goatfish Mulloidichthys flavolineatus	— Mullidae	46
	Rippled Blenny Istiblennius edentulus	— Blenniidae	45
	Striped Surgeonfish Acanthurus lineatus	— Acanthuridae	43
	Bluelined Snapper Lutjanus kasmira	— Lutjanidae	39
	Egyptian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris thebaica	Mammalia Nycteridae	38
	Blackblotched Porcupinefish Diodon liturosus	— Diodontidae	37
	Hardyhead silverside Atherinomorus lacunosus	— Atherinidae	36
	Arabian butterflyfish Chaetodon melapterus	— Chaetodontidae	31
	Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus clivosus	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	30
	blue surgeonfish Zebrasoma xanthurum	— Acanthuridae	30
	Emperor angelfish Pomacanthus imperator	— Pomacanthidae	29
	Samoan silverside Hypoatherina temminckii	— Atherinidae	29
	Striated surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus	— Acanthuridae	27
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	24
	Diaphorina aegyptiaca	Insecta Liviidae	24
	Socotra Sunbird Chalcomitra balfouri	Aves Nectariniidae	24
	Lineated Butterflyfish Chaetodon trifasciatus	— Chaetodontidae	24
	Dacus longistylus	Insecta Tephritidae	23
	Animalia spec	—	22
	King Jird Meriones rex	Mammalia Muridae	22
	Black-tufted Gerbil Gerbillus famulus	Mammalia Muridae	21
	Red-rimmed Melania Melanoides tuberculata	Gastropoda Thiaridae	21
	Convict surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus	— Acanthuridae	21
	Moon wrasse Thalassoma lunare	— Labridae	20
	Cook's cardinalfish Ostorhinchus cookii	— Apogonidae	20
	Cheesman's Gerbil Gerbillus cheesmani	Mammalia Muridae	19
	Plexippus clemens	Arachnida Salticidae	19
	Longtail silverbiddy Gerres longirostris	— Gerreidae	19
	Lithocharis socotrana	Insecta Staphylinidae	18
	Bony Flyingfish Hirundichthys oxycephalus	— Exocoetidae	18
	Blue-spotted Grouper Cephalopholis argus	— Serranidae	18
	Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga	— Chaetodontidae	17
	Brown Unicornfish Naso unicornis	— Acanthuridae	17
	Cross-marked Semaphore Gecko Pristurus crucifer	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	17
	Heyden’s gecko Hemidactylus robustus	Squamata Gekkonidae	17
	Arabian Mouse-tailed Bat Rhinopoma cystops	Mammalia Rhinopomatidae	17
	Tropical two-wing flyingfish Exocoetus volitans	— Exocoetidae	16
	Pachycondyla sennaarensis	Insecta Formicidae	16
	Indo-Pacific sergeant Abudefduf vaigiensis	— Pomacentridae	16
	Balletto's Toad Sclerophrys tihamica	Amphibia Bufonidae	15
	Bluestripe herring Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus	— Clupeidae	15
	Red Sea Clown Surgeon Acanthurus sohal	— Acanthuridae	15
	Blackspot Snapper Lutjanus monostigma	— Lutjanidae	14
	Whiteband Damselfish Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus	— Pomacentridae	14
	Black-spot surgeonfish Acanthurus bariene	— Acanthuridae	14
	Northeast African Spiny Mouse Acomys cahirinus	Mammalia Muridae	14
	Twobar seabream Acanthopagrus bifasciatus	— Sparidae	13
	Trichomyrmex mayri	Insecta Formicidae	12
	Sphex socotrensis	Insecta Sphecidae	12
	Moorish idol Zanclus cornutus	— Zanclidae	12
	Striped Triggerfish Balistapus undulatus	— Balistidae	12
	Luminous cardinalfish Rhabdamia gracilis	— Apogonidae	12