What are some water animals that live in Australia?

Answer 1

Some Australian sea animals are:

• Dugong
• Longman's beaked whale
• Southern Bottlenose whale
• Amoux's beaked whale
• Gray's beaked whale
• Goose-beaked whale
• Shepherd's beaked whale
• Pygmy whale
• Dwarf minke whale
• Humpback whale
• Southern right whale
• Bottlenose dolphin
• Killer whale
• Spinner dolphin
• Short-beaked common dolphin
• Leafy Sea-agon
• Weedy sea-dragon
• Australian snub fin dolphin
• Weddell seal
• Ross seal
• Australian sea-lion
• Leopard seal
• Australian fur-seal
• New Zealand fur-seal

Answer 2

Sea animals native to Australia (but not necessarily found exclusively in Australian waters) include:

• dugong
• dolphins - various species
• whales - various species such as Southern Right whale, Humpback and Minke
• seals - various species such as the Australian Fur seal, Leopard seal, Weddells seal
• Australian sea lion

In addition, there are many species of sea turtles, sea snakes, seabirds and fish all native to Australia.

Answer 3

Australia has many aquatic and semi-aquatic animals which live either near the freshwater creeks and rivers, or in the seas and oceans.

• Semi-aquatic mammals include platypuses and native water-rats.
• Marine mammals include dolphins, seals dugong and humpback whales.
• Reptiles include the Estuarine crocodile and the freshwater crocodile, as well as various species of turtles.
• Birds include Little Penguins, pelicans, ibises, moorhens, swamp hens, ducks, Black swans, egrets, shags, spoonbills, seagulls and other shorebird.