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Name of animal-plant: Parrotfish Species name: Sparisoma spp. Animal type: FISHA fish is any member of a group of organisms

Name of animal-plant: Hoffman's sloth Species name: Choloepus hoffmanni Animal type: T_MAMMAL Subcategory: sm_mammal Fact: All animals and plants

Name of animal-plant: Coral crab Species name: Carpilius corallinus Animal type: INVERT Subcategory: crab Fact: All animals and plants

Name of animal-plant: Nicaragua gizzard shad Species name: Dorosoma chavesi Animal type: FISHA fish is any member of a group

Name of animal-plant: Cottonwick grunt Species name: Haemulon melanurum Animal type: FISHA fish is any member of a group of

Name of animal-plant: Snapping turtle Species name: Chelydra serpentina Animal type: HERP Subcategory: turtle Fact: All animals and plants

Name of animal-plant: Clown wrasse Species name: Halichoeres maculipinna Animal type: FISHA fish is any member of a group of

Name of animal-plant: Hog Island boa Species name: Boa constrictor imperator Animal type: HERP Subcategory: snake Fact: All animals

Name of animal-plant: Hogfish Species name: Lachnolaimus maximus Animal type: FISHA fish is any member of a group of organisms

Name of animal-plant: Ocean surgeon Species name: Acanthurus bahianus Animal type: FISHA fish is any member of a group of

There are atleast 9717 species of birds! Not all birds can fly! Read more

We know about 28500 of fish, and we are sure there are many more out there! Read more

There are 5416 species of mammals, sadly many are endangered 🙁 Read more

There are about 6000 species of reptiles! Some are cute some are scary! Read more

950000 species of insects have been catalogued, and you bet there is many more! Read more