Category
page 1Fauna of Temperate South America
South American sea lion
species of mammal
Commerson's dolphin
species of mammal
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
species of mammal
Imperial Shag
species of cormorant
Red-legged Cormorant
species of bird
Dolphin Gull
species of bird
Southern blue whiting
species of fish
Argentine anchoita
species of fish
Speckled smooth-hound
species of fish
Araucanian herring
species of fish
Falkland sprat
species of fish
Narrowmouthed catshark
species of fish
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hāpuku
The hāpuku, hapuka or whapuku (Polyprion oxygeneios), also known as groper, is a wreckfish of the family Polyprionidae, found around southern Australia, southern South America, South Africa, Tristan da Cunha and New Zealand at depths between 30 and 800 m. Its length is between 60 and 180 cm, and it can weigh up to 100 kg. It is sometimes described locally as cod, although that properly refers to other fish.
Galaxias platei
species of fish
Leptonotus blainvilleanus
species of fish
Ectyonopsis pluridentata
species of sponge
Clathria pachystyla
species of sponge
Southern hagfish
species of chordates
Tetilla capillosa
species of sponge
Mycale anisochela
species of sponge
Antho prima
species of sponge
Tetilla casula
species of sponge
Botryllus elegans
species of chordates
Polymastia bouryesnaultae
species of sponge
Thymops
Thymops birsteini, the Patagonian lobsterette, is a species of lobster found around the coasts of South America, particularly the South Atlantic. It belongs to the monotypic genus Thymops.
Clathria lissoclada
species of sponge