Animals of French Polynesia

84 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from French Polynesia on GBIF: 38 sharks & fish, 20 insects & other invertebrates, 14 mammals, 10 birds, 2 reptiles. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map

All 84 animals by group

Whales & dolphins 13

• Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
• Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
• Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima
• Fraser's dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei
• Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
• Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra
• Orca Orcinus orca
• Pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata
• Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
• Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
• Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
• Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
• Spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris

Mice, rats & other rodents 1

• Polynesian rat Rattus exulans (introduced)

Waders, gulls, terns & auks 1

• Sooty tern Onychoprion fuscatus

Seabirds, divers & grebes 4

• Brown booby Sula leucogaster
• Great frigatebird Fregata minor
• Red-footed booby Sula sula
• White-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus

Pheasants, grouse & game birds 1

• Red junglefowl Gallus gallus (introduced)

Pigeons & doves 2

• Rock dove Columba livia (introduced)
• Zebra dove Geopelia striata (introduced)

Songbirds & perching birds 2

• Common myna Acridotheres tristis (introduced)
• Red-vented bulbul Pycnonotus cafer (introduced)

Lizards, geckos & tuatara 2

• Common house gecko Hemidactylus frenatus
• Gold dust day gecko Phelsuma laticauda (introduced)

Sharks 7

• Blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus
• Grey reef shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
• Oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus
• Scalloped hammerhead Sphyrna lewini
• Silvertip shark Carcharhinus albimarginatus
• Tawny nurse shark Nebrius ferrugineus
• Whitetip reef shark Triaenodon obesus (introduced)

Rays, skates & chimaeras 4

• Aetobatus ocellatus Aetobatus ocellatus
• Giant oceanic manta ray Mobula birostris
• Reef manta ray Manta alfredi
• Spotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari

Bony fish 27

• Atlantic blue marlin Makaira nigricans
• Bluefin trevally Caranx melampygus
• Bluestreak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus
• Common remora Remora remora
• Dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor
• Emperor angelfish Pomacanthus imperator
• Giant grouper Epinephelus lanceolatus
• Giant moray Gymnothorax javanicus
• Giant trevally Caranx ignobilis
• Great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda
• Green humphead parrotfish Bolbometopon muricatum
• Guppy Poecilia reticulata (introduced)
• Humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus
• Lagoon triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus
• Long-spine porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus
• Longhorn cowfish Lactoria cornuta
• Mackerel scad Decapterus macarellus
• Milkfish Chanos chanos
• Moorish idol Zanclus cornutus
• Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (introduced)
• Rainbow runner Elagatis bipinnulata
• Red lionfish Pterois volitans
• Redtoothed triggerfish Odonus niger
• Reef triggerfish Rhinecanthus rectangulus
• Synanceia verrucosa السمكة الصخرية المرجانية
• Titan triggerfish Balistoides viridescens
• Yellow boxfish Ostracion cubicus

Bees, wasps & ants 1

• Yellow crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes (introduced)

Beetles 1

• Wheat weevil Sitophilus granarius

Dragonflies & damselflies 1

• Pantala flavescens Pantala flavescens

Grasshoppers, bugs & other insects 5

• American cockroach Periplaneta americana
• Cat flea Ctenocephalides felis
• Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster
• German cockroach Blattella germanica
• Hermetia illucens Hermetia illucens

Spiders, scorpions & other arachnids 1

• Heteropoda venatoria Heteropoda venatoria

Crabs, lobsters & shrimps 3

• Coconut crab Birgus latro
• Thor amboinensis Thor amboinensis
• Zosimus aeneus Zosimus aeneus

Octopuses, squid & cuttlefish 1

• Octopus cyanea Octopus cyanea

Starfish, sea urchins & relatives 7

• Crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci
• Culcita novaeguineae Culcita novaeguineae
• Heterocentrotus mamillatus Heterocentrotus mamillatus
• Holothuria atra Holothuria atra
• Linckia laevigata Linckia laevigata
• Synapta maculata Synapta maculata
• Thelenota ananas Thelenota ananas

Presence means at least a few wild records with coordinates (and a minimum share of the species’ records, to exclude vagrants and escapes) in GBIF data licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0. Some species may be missing where open data is scarce.