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Fish of the Indian Ocean (5 C, 501 P) Invertebrates of the Indian Ocean (6 C, 7 P) Reptiles of the Indian Ocean (12 P) A. Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (3 ...
Pages in category "Reptiles of the Indian Ocean" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
These gentle beasts once lived throughout islands in the Indian Ocean and Madagascar. However, European soldiers’ poaching and habitat destruction decimated their populations.
A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) A leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx). Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises), pinnipeds (seals, sea lions and walruses), sirenians (manatees and dugongs), sea otters and polar bears.
Marine iguana: marine iguanas live only on the Galápagos Islands and are not fully adapted to marine life. Although they feed exclusively on marine plants and spend a good deal of their time in the water, they do nest on land and need to bask in the sun to reach their ideal body temperature; they are thus also subject to terrestrial predators.
The dugong (/ ˈ d (j) uː ɡ ɒ ŋ /; Dugong dugon) is a marine mammal.It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees.It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest modern relative, Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), was hunted to extinction in the 18th century.
However, examinations of the animal's skull, one of the largest skulls known to exist for the species at 75 cm (30 in) long, actually indicating it could have measured 6.7 m (22 ft 0 in). [ 39 ] In 2006, Guinness accepted a 7.01 m (23 ft 0 in), 2,000-kilogram (4,400 lb) male saltwater crocodile living within Bhitarkanika Park in Odisha.
A. Abantennarius analis; Ablabys macracanthus; Abudefduf bengalensis; Abudefduf caudobimaculatus; Abudefduf notatus; Abyssobrotula galatheae; Acanthopagrus berda