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Key Largo Marine Life & Wildlife Guide

Wildlife · Destination Guide

Key Largo

America's first undersea park meets easy reef days and legendary wrecks

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Wildlife In Key Largo

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots in Key Largo.

gray snake photography

Saltwater Fishes

Moray Eel

30 linked spots

Photo of Grouper/Basslets

Saltwater Fishes

Grouper/Basslets

29 linked spots

gray shark in body of water

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

29 linked spots

Photo of Snapper

Saltwater Fishes

Snapper

26 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in the water

Saltwater Fishes

Barracuda

23 linked spots

a fish swimming in water

Saltwater Fishes

Parrotfish

23 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in some water

Saltwater Fishes

Angelfish

21 linked spots

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )

Eagle Ray

21 linked spots

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

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

19 linked spots

green and black fish in body of water

Stingrays

18 linked spots

Photo of Sweetlips and Grunts

Saltwater Fishes

Sweetlips and Grunts

15 linked spots

brown turtle in sea

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

6 linked spots

Photo of Loggerhead Turtle

Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta

6 linked spots

a blue and yellow fish on a coral reef

Saltwater Fishes

Damselfish

5 linked spots

Photo of Goatfish

Saltwater Fishes

Goatfish

5 linked spots

Photo of Tarpon

Saltwater Fishes

Tarpon

5 linked spots

Shark swimming with striped fish underwater

Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas

4 linked spots

crab on rock

Crab

4 linked spots

A fish that is sitting in the sand

Saltwater Fishes

Butterfly Fish

3 linked spots

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

Saltwater Fishes

Lionfish

3 linked spots

Photo of Shrimp

Shrimp

3 linked spots

Photo of Jackfish

Saltwater Fishes

Jackfish

2 linked spots

Photo of Pufferfish

Saltwater Fishes

Pufferfish

Tetraodontidae

2 linked spots

Photo of Scorpionfish

Saltwater Fishes

Scorpionfish

Scorpaenidae

2 linked spots

Photo of Trumpetfish

Saltwater Fishes

Trumpetfish

2 linked spots

Photo of Wrasse

Saltwater Fishes

Wrasse

2 linked spots

A blacktip reef shark swims over sandy seabed.

Blacktip Reef Shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus

1 linked spots

Photo of Eel

Saltwater Fishes

Eel

1 linked spots

a close up of a sea anemone on the ocean floor

Saltwater Fishes

Frogfish

1 linked spots

white shark under blue sky

Great Hammerhead Shark

Sphyrna mokarran

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 Guitarfish

Guitarfish

1 linked spots

Photo of Porcupinefish

Saltwater Fishes

Porcupinefish

1 linked spots