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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bedotia longianalis Pellegrin, 1914 | BedotiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bedotia madagascariensis Regan, 1903 | BedotiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bedotia marojejy Stiassny & Harrison, 2000 | BedotiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bedotia masoala Sparks, 2001 | BedotiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bedotia tricolor Pellegrin, 1932 | BedotiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Beduka koynayensis (Soman, 1963) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Beliops batanensis Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 1990 | PlesiopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Beliops xanthokrossos Hardy, 1985 | PlesiopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bellapiscis lesleyae Hardy, 1987 | TripterygiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bellapiscis medius (Günther, 1861) | TripterygiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| shortfin searobinBellator brachychir (Regan, 1914) | TriglidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| streamer searobinBellator egretta (Goode & Bean, 1896) | TriglidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bellator farrago Richards & McCosker, 1998 | TriglidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| nakedbelly searobinBellator gymnostethus (Gilbert, 1892) | TriglidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| chevron searobinBellator loxias (Jordan, 1897) | TriglidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| horned searobinBellator militaris (Goode & Bean, 1896) | TriglidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bellator ribeiroi Miller, 1965 | TriglidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| splitnose searobinBellator xenisma (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) | TriglidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Major SkinkBellatorias frerei (Günther, 1897) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Land MulletBellatorias major (Gray, 1845) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arnhem Land Gorges SkinkBellatorias obiri (Wells & Wellington, 1985) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Belligobio nummifer (Boulenger, 1901) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Belligobio pengxianensis Luo, Le & Chen, 1977 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bellingshausenia olasoi Matallanas, 2009 | ZoarcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bellottia apoda Giglioli, 1883 | BythitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bellottia armiger (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913) | BythitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bellottia cryptica Nielsen, Ross & Cohen, 2009 | BythitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bellottia galatheae Nielsen & Møller, 2008 | BythitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bellottia robusta Nielsen, Ross & Cohen, 2009 | BythitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Belodontichthys dinema (Bleeker, 1851) | SiluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Belodontichthys truncatus Kottelat & Ng, 1999 | SiluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| garfishBelone belone (Linnaeus, 1760) | BelonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| short-beaked garfishBelone svetovidovi Collette & Parin, 1970 | BelonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| pike killifishBelonesox belizanus Kner, 1860 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Belonoglanis brieni Poll, 1959 | AmphiliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Belonoglanis tenuis Boulenger, 1902 | AmphiliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Belonoperca chabanaudi Fowler & Bean, 1930 | LiopropomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Belonophago hutsebouti Giltay, 1929 | DistichodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Belonophago tinanti Poll, 1939 | DistichodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Belontia signata (Günther, 1861) | OsphronemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bembradium magnoculum Kishimoto, Kawai, Tashiro & Aungtonya, 2019 | BembridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ScorpionfishBembradium roseum Gilbert, 1905 | BembridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bembras andamanensis Imamura, Psomadakis & Thein, 2018 | BembridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bembras leslieknappi Imamura, Psomadakis & Thein, 2018 | BembridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bembras longipinnis Imamura & Knapp, 1998 | BembridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bembras macrolepis Imamura, 1998 | BembridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bembras megacephala Imamura & Knapp, 1998 | BembridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| duckbill flatheadBembrops anatirostris Ginsburg, 1955 | BembropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bembrops curvatura Okada & Suzuki, 1952 | BembropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bembrops greyae Poll, 1959 | BembropidaeChordata | 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.