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Wildlife · Country Guide

🇳🇮Nicaragua

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Plan + Spots
Wildlife

Wildlife In Nicaragua

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

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )

Eagle Ray

5 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in some water

saltwater-fishes

Angelfish

4 linked spots

Photo of Grouper/Basslets

saltwater-fishes

Grouper/Basslets

4 linked spots

gray shark in body of water

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

4 linked spots

green and black fish in body of water

Stingrays

4 linked spots

a fish swimming in water

saltwater-fishes

Parrotfish

3 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in the water

saltwater-fishes

Barracuda

2 linked spots

A fish that is sitting in the sand

saltwater-fishes

Butterfly Fish

2 linked spots

gray snake photography

Moray Eel

2 linked spots

Photo of Snapper

saltwater-fishes

Snapper

2 linked spots

A blacktip reef shark swims over sandy seabed.

Blacktip Reef Shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus

1 linked spots

dolphin in body of water

Bottlenose Dolphin

1 linked spots

Shark swimming with striped fish underwater

Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas

1 linked spots

a blue and yellow fish on a coral reef

saltwater-fishes

Damselfish

1 linked spots

white shark under blue sky

Great Hammerhead Shark

Sphyrna mokarran

1 linked spots

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

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

1 linked spots

Photo of Jackfish

saltwater-fishes

Jackfish

1 linked spots

Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) near Gilli Banta Island (near Komodo, Indonesia)

saltwater-fishes

Lionfish

1 linked spots

Photo of Loggerhead Turtle

Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta

1 linked spots

Photo of Porcupinefish

saltwater-fishes

Porcupinefish

1 linked spots

Photo of Tarpon

saltwater-fishes

Tarpon

1 linked spots

Photo of Trumpetfish

saltwater-fishes

Trumpetfish

1 linked spots

Photo of Zebra Shark

Zebra Shark

Stegostoma tigrinum

1 linked spots