The Atlantic Ocean is home to a wide variety of aquatic plant life and marine animals, both vertebrates and invertebrates. Here are some of the animals that live in the Atlantic Ocean:

• Walrus
• Spinner dolphin
• Manatee
• Spotted eagle ray
• Bluefin tuna
• Great white shark
• Green sea turtle
• Ghost crab
• Starfish
• Haddock
• Capelin
• Mackerel
• Herring
• Blue whiting
• Cape horse mackerel
• Pilchard
• Snoek
• Sole
• Dentext

The Atlantic Ocean is also home to many endangered animals, such as the white marlin, white shark, and yellow-bellied sea snake. The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, located about 150 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is a striking example of what a healthy ocean should look like, harboring nearly a thousand marine species. Some animals in the Georgias Atlantic Ocean habitat region include shrimp, crabs, oysters, right whales, dolphins, loggerhead sea turtles, fish, and manatees.