THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bagrichthys hypselopterus (Bleeker, 1852) | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrichthys macracanthus (Bleeker, 1854) | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrichthys macropterus (Bleeker, 1854) | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrichthys obscurus Ng, 1999 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrichthys vaillantii (Popta, 1906) | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus caeruleus Roberts & Stewart, 1976 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus degeni Boulenger, 1906 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus docmak (Forsskål, 1775) | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus filamentosus Pellegrin, 1924 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus lubosicus Lönnberg, 1924 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus meridionalis Günther, 1894 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus orientalis Boulenger, 1902 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus tucumanus Burmeister, 1861 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus ubangensis Boulenger, 1902 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus urostigma Vinciguerra, 1895 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bahaba chaptis (Hamilton, 1822) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bahaba polykladiskos (Bleeker, 1852) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bahaba taipingensis (Herre, 1932) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| West African Worm LizardBaikia africana Gray, 1865 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baileychromis centropomoides (Bailey & Stewart, 1977) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern Pygmy MouseBaiomys musculus (Merriam, 1892) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Pygmy MouseBaiomys taylori (Thomas, 1887) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| armed croakerBairdiella armata Gill, 1863 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| silver croakerBairdiella chrysoura (Lacepède, 1802) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| swordspine croakerBairdiella ensifera (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bairdiellaBairdiella icistia (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ground croakerBairdiella ronchus (Cuvier, 1830) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bairdiella veraecrucis Jordan & Dickerson, 1908 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baiyankamys habbema (Tate & Archbold, 1941) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Baiyankamys shawmayeri Hinton, 1943 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bajacalifornia aequatoris Miya & Markle, 1993 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bajacalifornia arcylepis Markle & Krefft, 1985 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sharpchin slickheadBajacalifornia burragei Townsend & Nichols, 1925 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bajacalifornia calcarata (Weber, 1913) | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bigeye smoothheadBajacalifornia megalops (Lütken, 1898) | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bajacalifornia microstoma Sazonov, 1988 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ShoebillBalaeniceps rex Gould, 1850 | BalaenicipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Minke WhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 | BalaenopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sei WhaleBalaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 | BalaenopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bryde's whaleBalaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1879 | BalaenopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue WhaleBalaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | BalaenopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Omura's WhaleBalaenoptera omurai Wada, Oishi & Yamada, 2003 | BalaenopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fin WhaleBalaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) | BalaenopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rice's whaleBalaenoptera ricei Rosel, Wilcox, Yamada & Mullin, 2021 | BalaenopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Balantiocheilos ambusticauda Ng & Kottelat, 2007 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Balantiocheilos melanopterus (Bleeker, 1850) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecuadorian Sac-winged BatBalantiopteryx infusca (Thomas, 1897) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Baldwinella aureorubens (Longley, 1935) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baldwinella eos (Gilbert, 1890) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baldwinella vivanus (Jordan & Swain, 1885) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.