Favorite Species from Different Classifications

Pinnipeds:
1. Pacific Walrus
2. Steller's Sea Lion
3. Harbor Seal
4. Bearded Seal
5. California Sea Lion
 
Otters:
1. Southern Sea Otter
2. Spotted Necked Otter
3. Giant Otter
4. North American River Otter
5. Asian Small Clawed Otter
 
Columbidae:

1. Rock Dove
2. Nicobar Pigeon
3. Tooth-Billed Pigeon
4. Victoria Crowned Pigeon
5. Mariana Fruit Dove
 
Sharks
- Whale Shark
- Port Jackson Shark/Japanese Bullhead Shark
- Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
- Speartooth Shark
- Tasselled Wobbegong

Rays
- Reef Manta
- Bowmouth Guitarfish
- Fiddler Ray
- Giant Guitarfish
- Xingu River Ray

Cephalopods
- Giant Pacific Octopus
- Opisthoteuthis depressa
- Giant Cuttlefish
- Chambered Nautilus
- Gloomy Octopus

Wrasse
- Sixline Wrasse
- Harlequin Tuskfish
- Crimson Banded Wrasse
- Eastern Blue Groper
- Humphead Maori Wrasse

Tetraodontiformes (this was a hard one to reduce to just 5)
- Dogface Puffer
- Pelagic Porcupinefish
- Picasso Triggerfish
- Short-Nosed Tripodfish
- Ocean Sunfish

True Eels
- Splendid Garden Eel
- Kidako Moray
- Ribbon Eel
- Japanese Dragon Moray
- Honeycomb Moray
 
Storks:

1. Marabou Stork
2. Painted Stork
3. Saddle-Billed Stork
4. Abdim's Stork
5. African Openbill
 
Vultures:

1. King Vulture
2. White-Headed Vulture
3. Lappet-Faced Vulture
4. Palm Nut Vulture
5. Egyptian Vulture
 
Scyphozoans (true sea jellies!):
1. エチゼンクラゲ Echizen kurage [aka Nomura's jellyfish] (Nemopilema nomurai)
2. Deepstaria enigmatica - a shapeshifting sea jelly
3. Pacific sea nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens)
4. Moon jelly (Aurelia aurita)
5. White-spotted jellyfish (Phyllorhiza punctata)
 
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