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Izu Peninsula Marine Life & Wildlife Guide

Wildlife · Destination Guide

Izu Peninsula

Volcanic shore dives, seasonal offshore encounters and hot-spring towns, planned one coast at a time.

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Wildlife In Izu Peninsula

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots in Izu Peninsula.

Photo of Nudibranch

Nudibranch

15 linked spots

a close up of a sea anemone on the ocean floor

Saltwater Fishes

Frogfish

8 linked spots

Photo of Ocean Sunfish

Saltwater Fishes

Ocean Sunfish

Mola mola

6 linked spots

Photo of Snapper

Saltwater Fishes

Snapper

6 linked spots

crab on rock

Crab

5 linked spots

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )

Eagle Ray

5 linked spots

gray snake photography

Saltwater Fishes

Moray Eel

5 linked spots

Photo of Shrimp

Shrimp

5 linked spots

Photo of Wrasse

Saltwater Fishes

Wrasse

5 linked spots

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

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

4 linked spots

Photo of Jackfish

Saltwater Fishes

Jackfish

4 linked spots

Photo of Scalloped Hammerhead

Saltwater Fishes

Scalloped Hammerhead

Sphyrna lewini

4 linked spots

Photo of Squid

Squid

4 linked spots

orange and white clown fish

Saltwater Fishes

Clownfish

3 linked spots

Australian angelshark ( Squatina australis ) at the Bicheno Dive Centre, Tasmania

Angel Shark

Squatina

2 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in the water

Saltwater Fishes

Barracuda

2 linked spots

a yellow and black spotted fish in an aquarium

Saltwater Fishes

Boxfish

Ostraciidae (family)

2 linked spots

A fish that is sitting in the sand

Saltwater Fishes

Butterfly Fish

2 linked spots

Photo of Octopus

Octopus

2 linked spots

green and black fish in body of water

Stingrays

2 linked spots

Photo of Sweetlips and Grunts

Saltwater Fishes

Sweetlips and Grunts

2 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in some water

Saltwater Fishes

Angelfish

1 linked spots

brown octopus swimming under the sea

Cuttlefish

1 linked spots

Photo of Flounder

Saltwater Fishes

Flounder

1 linked spots

white shark under blue sky

Great Hammerhead Shark

Sphyrna mokarran

1 linked spots

Photo of Grouper/Basslets

Saltwater Fishes

Grouper/Basslets

1 linked spots

Photo of Guitarfish

Guitarfish

1 linked spots

brown turtle in sea

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

1 linked spots

Humpback Whale underwater shot

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

1 linked spots

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

Saltwater Fishes

Lionfish

1 linked spots

Photo of Loach Goby

Freshwater Fishes

Loach Goby

Rhyacichthys aspro

1 linked spots

Photo of Pipefish

Seahorses and Pipefishes

Pipefish

1 linked spots

Photo of Portuguese Man o'War

Portuguese Man o'War

Physalia physalis

1 linked spots

Photo of Spinner Dolphin

Spinner Dolphin

Stenella longirostris

1 linked spots

Photo of Spiny Seahorse

Seahorses and Pipefishes

Spiny Seahorse

Hippocampus histrix

1 linked spots

Photo of Tuna

Saltwater Fishes

Tuna

1 linked spots

a whale swimming in the ocean with a lot of fish around it

Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus

1 linked spots

Photo of Whitetip Reef Shark

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus

1 linked spots

Photo of Wobbegong

Wobbegong

1 linked spots