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.

  • Baleen whales (15 known species)
  • Basking Shark
  • Beaked whales (21 known species)
  • Beluga
  • Bluefin Tuna (3 known species)
  • Dolphins (40 known species)
  • Dugong
  • Giant clam
  • Giant grouper
  • Giant sea bass
  • Goliath grouper
  • Great Barracuda
  • Great White Shark
  • Greenland Shark
  • Hammerhead Shark
  • Japanese Spider crab
  • Lion's Mane Jelly
  • Manatees (3 known species)
  • Manta Ray
  • Three species of marlin
  • Megamouth Shark
  • Narwhal
  • Nomura's Jellyfish
  • North Pacific Giant Octopus
  • Oarfish
  • Ocean Sunfish
  • Opah
  • Pacific sleeper shark
  • Porbeagle
  • The six non-dwarf species of sawfish
  • The six species of sea lion
  • The seven species of sea turtle
  • Seven-arm Octopus
  • Sperm Whales (3 known species)
  • Six species of squid
  • Steller's Sea Cow †
  • Steller's Sea Lion
  • Thresher Shark
  • Tiger Shark
  • Six species of sturgeon
  • True seals (19 known species)
  • Walrus
  • Whale Shark
  • Wolf herring
Steller's Sea Cow