List of marine megafauna

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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 Emperor Penguin 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