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Wildlife · Country Guide

Brazil

Reefs, wrecks, oceanic islands, and crystal rivers across Brazil's Atlantic playground

Updated Mar 4, 2026 • 7 sources

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Wildlife In Brazil

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots across Brazil.

green and black fish in body of water
Rays

Stingrays

16 linked spots

Green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), Moorea, French Polynesia
Turtles

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

11 linked spots

Saltwater Fishes

Grouper/Basslets

11 linked spots

gray snake photography
Rays

Moray Eel

7 linked spots

gray shark in body of water
Sharks

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

4 linked spots

brown turtle in sea
Turtles

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

3 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in the water
Saltwater Fishes

Barracuda

2 linked spots

closeup photography of yellow seahorse
Seahorses and Pipefishes

Common Seahorse

Hippocampus kuda

2 linked spots

Molluscs

Octopus

2 linked spots

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )
Rays

Eagle Ray

1 linked spot

Rays

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Mobula birostris

1 linked spot

Molluscs

Nudibranch

1 linked spot

a fish swimming in water
Saltwater Fishes

Parrotfish

1 linked spot

Crustaceans

Shrimp

1 linked spot

Saltwater Fishes

Surgeonfish

Acanthuridae

1 linked spot