List of marine megafauna

List of marine megafauna

Megafauna are large animals (for definitions, see the Megafauna page). Extant and recently extinct (in the Pleistocene) megafauna living in the oceans are listed here.
*Aulophyseter †
*Baleen whales (15 known species)
*Basking Shark
*Beaked whales (21 known species)
*Beluga
*Bluefin Tuna (3 known species)
*Cetotherium †
*Dolphins (40 known species)
*Dugong
*Emperor Penguin
*Giant Puffin †
*Giant clam
*Giant grouper
*Giant sea bass
*Goliath grouper
*Great Barracuda
*Great White Shark
*Greenland Shark
*The ten species of Hammerhead Sharks
*Japanese Spider crab
*King Penguin
*Lion's Mane Jelly
*Manatees (3 known species)
*Manta Ray
*Three species of marlin
*Megalodon †
*Megamouth Shark
*Narwhal
*Nomura's Jellyfish
*North Pacific Giant Octopus
*Oarfish
*Ocean Sunfish
*Opah
*Osteodontornis †
*Pacific sleeper shark
*Porbeagle
*The six non-dwarf species of sawfish
*The six species of sea lion
*The six species of great albatrosses
*The seven species of sea turtle
*The eight species of pelicans
*Seven-arm Octopus
*Sperm Whales (3 known species)
*Six species of squid
*Steller's Sea Cow †
*Steller's Sea Lion
*Swordfish
*The three species of Thresher Sharks
*Tiger Shark
*Six species of sturgeon
*True seals (19 known species)
*Walrus
*Whale Shark
*Wolf herring


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