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Marine Neritic

Code: 9 Level 1

Description

Shallow ocean waters over the continental shelf, from the low-tide mark to about 200m depth. The neritic zone includes coral reefs, seagrass beds, and kelp forests, hosting exceptional marine biodiversity and most commercial fisheries.

Species in this Habitat 19

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Cá Mập trắng
Carcharodon carcharias
VU
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Cá Nhám búa không rãnh
Sphyrna mokarran
CR
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Cá Nhám voi
Rhincodon typus
EN European otter
European otter
Lutra lutra
VU Common Seal
Common Seal
Phoca vitulina
NT Green Sea Turtle
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
EN
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Saltwater Crocodile
Crocodylus porosus
LC Leatherback Sea Turtle
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
VU
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Clownfish
Amphiprion ocellaris
LC
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
Thunnus thynnus
LC Common Seahorse
Common Seahorse
Hippocampus kuda
VU
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Ocean Sunfish
Mola mola
VU
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Coelacanth
Latimeria chalumnae
CR
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Porcupinefish
Diodon holocanthus
LC
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
Manta birostris
EN Buckelwal
Buckelwal
Megaptera novaeangliae
VU
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common Atlantic octopus
Octopus vulgaris
 common bottlenose dolphin
common bottlenose dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
LC Epaulard
Epaulard
Orcinus orca
DD