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Wildlife · Country Guide

🇻🇬British Virgin Islands

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Wildlife In British Virgin Islands

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots across British Virgin Islands.

a fish that is swimming in the water

saltwater-fishes

Barracuda

5 linked spots

Photo of Snapper

saltwater-fishes

Snapper

5 linked spots

green and black fish in body of water

Stingrays

5 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in some water

saltwater-fishes

Angelfish

4 linked spots

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )

Eagle Ray

4 linked spots

gray shark in body of water

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

4 linked spots

Photo of Grouper/Basslets

saltwater-fishes

Grouper/Basslets

3 linked spots

brown turtle in sea

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

3 linked spots

Photo of Jackfish

saltwater-fishes

Jackfish

3 linked spots

Photo of Wrasse

saltwater-fishes

Wrasse

3 linked spots

Photo of Eel

saltwater-fishes

Eel

2 linked spots

Photo of Goatfish

saltwater-fishes

Goatfish

2 linked spots

gray snake photography

Moray Eel

2 linked spots

Photo of Octopus

Octopus

2 linked spots

Photo of Sweetlips and Grunts

saltwater-fishes

Sweetlips and Grunts

2 linked spots

A blacktip reef shark swims over sandy seabed.

Blacktip Reef Shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus

1 linked spots

a yellow and black spotted fish in an aquarium

saltwater-fishes

Boxfish

Ostraciidae (family)

1 linked spots

brown octopus swimming under the sea

Cuttlefish

1 linked spots

a blue and yellow fish on a coral reef

saltwater-fishes

Damselfish

1 linked spots

Photo of Flounder

saltwater-fishes

Flounder

1 linked spots

Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) Image ID: corl0207, NOAA's Coral Kingdom Collection Location: Pacific Remote Islands, Kingman Reef Photo Date: 2015 Photographer: Kevin Lino NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC/ESD

Grey Reef Shark

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

1 linked spots

Photo of Loggerhead Turtle

Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta

1 linked spots

Photo of Nudibranch

Nudibranch

1 linked spots

a fish swimming in water

saltwater-fishes

Parrotfish

1 linked spots

Photo of Pufferfish

saltwater-fishes

Pufferfish

Tetraodontidae

1 linked spots

Photo of Soldierfish

saltwater-fishes

Soldierfish

Myripristinae

1 linked spots

Photo of Squid

Squid

1 linked spots

a blue and white fish in an aquarium

saltwater-fishes

Triggerfish

1 linked spots