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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bembrops macromma Ginsburg, 1955 | BembropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Natal duckbillBembrops platyrhynchus (Alcock, 1894) | BembropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benitochromis finleyi (Trewavas, 1974) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benitochromis nigrodorsalis Lamboj, 2001 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benitochromis ufermanni Lamboj, 2001 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| northern pearleyeBenthalbella dentata (Chapman, 1939) | ScopelarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthalbella elongata (Norman, 1937) | ScopelarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthenchelys indicus Castle, 1972 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthenchelys pacificus Castle, 1972 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthobatis kreffti Rincón, Stehmann & Vooren, 2001 | NarcinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthobatis marcida Bean & Weed, 1909 | NarcinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthobatis yangi Carvalho, Compagno & Ebert, 2003 | NarcinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthochromis tricoti (Poll, 1948) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bigeye frostfishBenthodesmus elongatus (Clarke, 1879) | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthodesmus macrophthalmus Parin & Becker, 1970 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sparse-rayed frostfishBenthodesmus oligoradiatus Parin & Becker, 1970 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthodesmus papua Parin, 1978 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| North Atlantic frostfishBenthodesmus simonyi (Steindachner, 1891) | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthodesmus suluensis Parin, 1976 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Slender frostfishBenthodesmus tenuis (Günther, 1877) | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tucker's frostfishBenthodesmus tuckeri Parin & Becker, 1970 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vityaz' frostfishBenthodesmus vityazi Parin & Becker, 1970 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthophiloides brauneri Beling & Iljin, 1927 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthophiloides caspius Vasil'eva, Turbanov, Adyrbekova & Levin, 2026 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthophilus abdurahmanovi Ragimov, 1978 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthophilus casachicus Ragimov, 1978 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthophilus durrelli Boldyrev & Bogutskaya, 2004 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthophilus leobergius Berg, 1949 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthophilus leptocephalus Kessler, 1877 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthophilus leptorhynchus Kessler, 1877 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthophilus magistri Iljin, 1927 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthophilus pinchuki Ragimov, 1982 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthophilus ragimovi Boldyrev & Bogutskaya, 2004 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthophilus spinosus Kessler, 1877 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage, 1874) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spinycheek lanternfishBenthosema fibulatum (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arnoux's Beaked WhaleBerardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851 | HyperoodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bergiaria westermanni (Lütken, 1874) | PimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Point-tailed PalmcreeperBerlepschia rikeri (Ridgway, 1887) | FurnariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bernieria madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1789) | BernieridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elegant sculpinBero elegans (Steindachner, 1881) | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spikehead dreamerBertella idiomorpha Pietsch, 1973 | OneirodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Berdmore's BerylmysBerylmys berdmorei (Blyth, 1851) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mackenzie's BerylmysBerylmys mackenziei (Thomas, 1916) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Manipur BerylmysBerylmys manipulus (Thomas, 1916) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Beryx mollis Abe, 1959 | BerycidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Betta albimarginata Kottelat & Ng, 1994 | OsphronemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Betta anabatoides Bleeker, 1851 | OsphronemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Betta apollon Schindler & Schmidt, 2006 | OsphronemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Betta aurigans Tan & Lim, 2004 | OsphronemidaeChordata | 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.