Fauna

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Fauna are life forms found all over the world of Subnautica, from the deepest depths to the dense forests of kelp.

There are a large variety of fauna, ranging from eels that use bio electricity to incapacitate predators and hunt to heavily armored predators that hide in the sand, waiting to ambush any creatures that come across it.

Current List of Fauna In-game

Carnivores

Fauna	Attitude	DNA	Biome
Ampeel	Aggressive	-	Blood Kelp Zone Blood Kelp Caves Koosh Zone
Biter	Aggressive	-	Grassy Plateaus Jelly Shroom Caves Mountain Island Mountains Mountain Range Caves
Blighter	Aggressive	-	Blood Kelp Zone Blood Kelp Caves Lost River
Boneshark	Aggressive	-	Koosh Zone Mushroom Forest Underwater Islands
Crabsnake	Aggressive	-	Jelly Shroom Caves
Crabsquid	Aggressive	-	Blood Kelp Zone Deep Grand Reef
File:Crash Fauna.png Crashfish	Defensive	-	Safe Shallows Caves Safe Shallows Kelp Forest Caves
Lava Lizard	Aggressive	-	Inactive Lava Zone
Mesmer	Defensive	-	Grassy Plateaus Kelp Forest Caves Koosh Zone Mushroom Forest
Reaper Leviathan	Aggressive	-	Aurora Crash Zone Dunes Mountain Island Mountain
Sand Shark	Aggressive	-	Caves Crash Zone Dunes Grassy Plateaus
Stalker	Aggressive	-	Crash Zone Kelp Forest
Warper	Defensive	-	-

Herbivores

Fauna	Attitude	DNA	Biome
Bladderfish	Passive	-	Grassy Plateaus Kelp Forest Mushroom Forest Safe Shallows Underwater Islands Grand Reef
Boomerang	Passive	-	Crash Zone Deep Grand Reef Grand Reef Grassy Plateaus Kelp Forest Caves Koosh Zone Mountain Range Caves Safe Shallows Underwater Islands
Cutefish	Passive	-	-
Eyeye	Passive	-	Crash Zone Dunes Grand Reef Jelly Shroom Caves Kelp Forest Koosh Zone Koosh Zone Caves
Garryfish	Passive	-	Dunes Safe Shallows Caves Safe Shallows Underwater Islands
Gasopod	Defensive	-	Safe Shallows
Holefish	Passive	-	Crash Zone Koosh Zone Caves Mushroom Forest Caves Safe Shallows
Hoopfish	Passive	-	Grand Reef Kelp Forest Caves Koosh Zone Safe Shallows Underwater Islands
Hoverfish	Passive	-	Crash Zone Grassy Plateaus Kelp Forest
Jellyray	Passive	-	Deep Grand Reef Mushroom Forest
Lava Boomerang	Passive	-	Inactive Lava Zone
Lava Eyeye	Passive	-	Inactive Lava Zone
Oculus	Passive	-	Jelly Shroom Caves
Peeper	Passive	-	Crash Zone Kelp Forest Safe Shallows
Rabbit Ray	Passive	-	Crash Zone Kelp Forest Safe Shallows
Reefback	Passive	-	Grassy Plateaus
Reginald	Passive	-	Crash Zone Grand Reef Grassy Plateaus Mountains Mountain Range Caves Sparse Reef Grassy Plateaus Caves
Sea Treader	Defensive	-	Grand Reef Sea Treader's Path
Spadefish	Passive	-	Dunes Grassy Plateaus Mushroom Forest Caves Mushroom Forest Sparse Reef Underwater Islands Sea Treader's Path Grand Reef Sea Treader's Tunnel Caves
Spinefish	Passive	-	Blood Kelp Zone Blood Kelp Caves Lost River

Scavengers & Parasite

Fauna	Attitude	DNA	Biome
Bleeder	Aggressive	-	Aurora Kelp Forest Sparse Reef Grassy Plateaus Caves
Blood Crawler	Aggressive	-	Blood Kelp Zone Blood Kelp Caves
Cave Crawler	Aggressive	-	Aurora Dunes Mountain Island Mountain Range Caves Underwater Island
Floater	Passive	-	Grassy Plateaus Safe Shallows Floater Island Underwater Islands Blood Kelp Zone
Lava Larva	Passive		Inactive Lava Zone
Rockgrub	Passive	-	Caves Dunes Koosh Zone Caves Sparse Reef
Shuttlebug	Passive	-	Crash Zone Dunes Koosh Zone Mountains Mountain Range Caves Mushroom Forest Caves Sparse Reef Sea Treader's Path Sea Treader's Tunnel Caves Grassy Plateaus Caves

Other Entities

Fauna	Attitude	DNA	Biome
Bloom Plankton	Passive	-	-
Shoal of Fish	Passive	-	All Biomes
Skyray	Passive	-	Aurora Crash Zone Floater Island Mountain Island Safe Shallows
Starfish	Passive	-	Abandoned Seabases Jelly Shroom Caves

In-Development

Fauna	Attitude	DNA	Biome
File:BlueBarnacles backgroundless.png Blue Barnacles	-	-	-
Ghost Ray	-	-	-
Red Ghost Ray	-	-	-
Sea Emperor	-	-	-
Sea Dragon Leviathan	-	-	-
Spine Eel	-	-	-

Unimplemented

Fauna	Attitude	DNA	Biome
Rock Puncher	-	-	-

​Gallery

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  Subnautica Fauna Sheet 1

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  Various Fauna Concept Art

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  Updated Subnautica Fauna Sheet 1

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  Updated Subnautica Fauna Sheet 2