The following non-avian fauna have been observed on and around Heard Island and the adjacent McDonald Islands, which are part of the same Australian territory.[1] For the list of birds, see List of birds of Heard and McDonald Islands .
Included on this list are seven species of mammal, 23 taxa of fish, 25 species of terrestrial arthropods, one land snail, one flowering plant, and one species of kelp.
Mammals [ edit ] Scientific name Authority Common name Bathyraja eatonii (Günther, 1876) Eaton's skate Bathyraja irrasa (Hureau and Ozouf-Costaz, 1980) Kerguelen sandpaper skate Bathyraja murrayi (Günther, 1880) Murray's skate Champsocephalus gunnari Lönnberg Mackerel icefish Channichthys rhinoceratus (Richardson, 1844) Unicorn icefish Dissostichus eleginoides (Smitt, 1898) Patagonian toothfish Electrona antarctica (Günther, 1878) Lanternfish Electrona carlsbergi (Tanning, 1932) Lanternfish Gobionotothen acuta Günther Triangular rockcod Gymnoscopelus braueri (Lönnberg, 1905) Lanternfish Gymnoscopelus nicholsi (Gilbert, 1911) Nichol's lanternfish Gymnoscopelus opisthopterus (Fraser-Brunner, 1949) Lanternfish Krefftichthys anderssoni (Lönnberg, 1905) Lanternfish Lepidonotothen mizops (Günther, 1880) Toad rockcod Lepidonotothen squamifrons Günther Grey rockcod Muraenolepis sp. Moray cod Notolepis coatsi (Dollo, 1908) Antarctic jonasfish Notothenia coriiceps (Richardson, 1844) Black rockcod Notothenia rossii (Richardson, 1844) Marbled rockcod Nototheniidae sp. Icefish Paradiplospinus gracilis Brauer Snake mackerel Protomyctophum bolini (Fraser-Brunner, 1949) Lanternfish Zanclorhynchus spinifer Günther Horsefish
Terrestrial arthropods [ edit ] Terrestrial mollusk [ edit ] Flowering plant [ edit ] Marine algae [ edit ] Scientific name Authority Common name Kelp species kelp
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] Anon. (2005). 'Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve Management Plan' . Australian Antarctic Division. ISBN 1-876934-08-5 External links [ edit ]