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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baryancistrus niveatus (Castelnau, 1855) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baryancistrus quilombola Oliveira & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2025 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baryancistrus xanthellus Rapp Py-Daniel, Zuanon & Ribeiro de Oliveira, 2011 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barycholos pulcher (Boulenger, 1898) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barycholos ternetzi (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barygenys apodasta Kraus, 2013 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barygenys atra (Günther, 1896) | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barygenys cheesmanae Parker, 1936 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barygenys exsul Zweifel, 1963 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barygenys flavigularis Zweifel, 1972 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barygenys maculata Menzies & Tyler, 1977 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barygenys nana Zweifel, 1972 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barygenys parvula Zweifel, 1981 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barygenys resima Kraus, 2013 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-capped MotmotBaryphthengus ruficapillus (Vieillot, 1818) | MomotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| sooty eelBascanichthys bascanium (Jordan, 1884) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sooty sand eelBascanichthys bascanoides Osburn & Nichols, 1916 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys ceciliae Blache & Cadenat, 1971 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys cylindricus Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys deraniyagalai Menon, 1961 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys fijiensis (Seale, 1935) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys filaria (Günther, 1872) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys gaira Moreno, Acero P. & Grijalba-Bendeck, 2016 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys inopinatus McCosker, Böhlke & Böhlke, 1989 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys kirkii (Günther, 1870) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys myersi (Herre, 1932) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Panamic sand eelBascanichthys panamensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys paulensis Storey, 1939 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys pusillus Seale, 1917 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| whip eelBascanichthys scuticaris (Goode & Bean, 1880) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bascanichthys sibogae (Weber, 1913) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Golden-browed WarblerBasileuterus belli (Giraud Jr, 1841) | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus (Deppe, 1830) | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-capped WarblerBasileuterus delattrii Bonaparte, 1854 | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pirre WarblerBasileuterus ignotus Nelson, 1912 | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fan-tailed WarblerBasileuterus lachrymosus Bonaparte, 1850 | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-cheeked WarblerBasileuterus melanogenys S. F. Baird, 1865 | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yungas WarblerBasileuterus punctipectus Chapman, 1924 | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-capped WarblerBasileuterus rufifrons (Swainson, 1838) | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Three-banded WarblerBasileuterus trifasciatus Taczanowski, 1880 | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Three-striped WarblerBasileuterus tristriatus (Tschudi, 1844) | ParulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Basilichthys archaeus (Cope, 1878) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Basilichthys australis Eigenmann, 1928 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Basilichthys microlepidotus (Jenyns, 1841) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Basilichthys semotilus (Cope, 1874) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common BasiliskBasiliscus basiliscus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CorytophanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western BasiliskBasiliscus galeritus Duméril, 1851 | CorytophanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Green BasiiskBasiliscus plumifrons Cope, 1875 | CorytophanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brown BasiliskBasiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828 | CorytophanidaeChordata | 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.