Species accounts
Species accounts in English
317 species with an English account · Browse every species in the register
Pacific Beakfish
Oplegnathus insignis
IUCN status: DD · Data Deficient
Mottled shore crab
Pachygrapsus transversus
IUCN status: Not evaluated
Fine flounder
Paralichthys adspersus
IUCN status: LC · Least ConcernPeruvian diving petrel
Pelecanoides garnotii
IUCN status: NT · Near ThreatenedProtected in PeruRed-legged cormorant
Phalacrocorax gaimardi
IUCN status: Not evaluatedProtected in Peru
Red phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
IUCN status: LC · Least Concern
Red-necked phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
IUCN status: LC · Least Concern
Black porpoise
Phocoena spinipinnis
IUCN status: NT · Near ThreatenedArmed box crab
Platymera gaudichaudii
IUCN status: Not evaluated
Blue shark
Prionace glauca
IUCN status: NT · Near Threatened
Smalltooth sawfish
Pristis pectinata
IUCN status: CR · Critically Endangered
Common sawfish
Pristis pristis
IUCN status: CR · Critically Endangered
Black petrel
Procellaria parkinsoni
IUCN status: VU · VulnerableProtected in Peru
False killer whale
Pseudorca crassidens
IUCN status: NT · Near Threatened
Cook's petrel
Pterodroma cookii
IUCN status: VU · Vulnerable
Masatierra petrel
Pterodroma defilippiana
IUCN status: VU · Vulnerable
Juan Fernandez petrel
Pterodroma externa
IUCN status: VU · Vulnerable
Galapagos petrel
Pterodroma phaeopygia
IUCN status: CR · Critically EndangeredProtected in Peru
Buller's shearwater
Puffinus bulleri
IUCN status: Not evaluatedSooty shearwater
Puffinus griseus
IUCN status: Not evaluated
Red sea squirt
Pyura chilensis
IUCN status: Not evaluated
Remora
Remora remora
IUCN status: LC · Least Concern
Pacific bonito
Sarda chiliensis
IUCN status: LC · Least Concern
Pacific sardine
Sardinops sagax
IUCN status: LC · Least Concern
Giant blenny
Scartichthys gigas
IUCN status: LC · Least Concern
Chub mackerel
Scomber japonicus
IUCN status: LC · Least Concern
Saury
Scomberesox saurus
IUCN status: LC · Least Concern
Mexican lookdown
Selene brevoortii
IUCN status: LC · Least Concern
Mateo almarante
Sicyases sanguineus
IUCN status: Not evaluated
Scalloped bonnethead
Sphyrna corona
IUCN status: CR · Critically Endangered
Scoophead
Sphyrna media
IUCN status: CR · Critically Endangered
Great hammerhead
Sphyrna mokarran
IUCN status: CR · Critically Endangered
Pacific angel shark
Squatina californica
IUCN status: VU · Vulnerable
Cortez damselfish
Stegastes rectifraenum
IUCN status: LC · Least Concern
Chilean skua
Stercorarius chilensis
IUCN status: Not evaluated
South American tern
Sterna hirundinacea
IUCN status: LC · Least ConcernProtected in Peru
Common tern
Sterna hirundo
IUCN status: LC · Least Concern
Arctic tern
Sterna paradisaea
IUCN status: LC · Least Concern
Peruvian tern
Sternula lorata
IUCN status: Not evaluatedProtected in Peru
California needlefish
Strongylura exilis
IUCN status: LC · Least ConcernNazca booby
Sula granti
IUCN status: LC · Least ConcernProtected in Peru
Shorttail Fanskate
Sympterygia brevicaudata
IUCN status: NT · Near Threatened
Buller's albatross
Thalassarche bulleri
IUCN status: NT · Near ThreatenedProtected in Peru
Grey-headed albatross
Thalassarche chrysostoma
IUCN status: Not evaluatedProtected in Peru
Chatham albatross
Thalassarche eremita
IUCN status: VU · VulnerableProtected in Peru
Black-browed albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
IUCN status: LC · Least ConcernProtected in Peru
Salvin's albatross
Thalassarche salvini
IUCN status: VU · VulnerableProtected in PeruElegant tern
Thalasseus elegans
IUCN status: NT · Near Threatened