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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brachycephalus ephippium (Spix, 1824) | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus ferruginus Alves, Ribeiro, Haddad & Reis, 2006 | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus fuscolineatus Pie, Bornschein, Firkowski, Belmonte-Lopes & Ribeiro, 2015 | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus garbeanus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus herculeus Folly, Condez, Vrcibradic, Rocha, Machado, Lopes & Pombal, 2024 | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus hermogenesi (Giaretta & Sawaya, 1998) | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus izecksohni Ribeiro, Alves, Haddad & Reis, 2005 | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus margaritatus Pombal & Izecksohn, 2011 | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus mariaeterezae Bornschein, Morato, Firkowski, Ribeiro & Pie, 2015 | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus mirissimus Pie, Ribeiro, Confetti, Nadaline & Bornschein, 2018 | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus olivaceus Bornschein, Morato, Firkowski, Ribeiro & Pie, 2015 | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus pitanga Alves, Sawaya, Reis & Haddad, 2009 | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus pulex Napoli, Caramaschi, Cruz & Dias, 2011 | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus puri Almeida-Silva, Silva-Soares, Rodrigues & Verdade, 2021 | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus sulfuratus Condez, Monteiro, Comitti, Garcia, Amaral & Haddad, 2016 | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus tridactylus Garey, Lima, Hartmann & Haddad, 2012 | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus verrucosus Ribeiro, Firkowski, Bornschein & Pie, 2015 | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachycephalus vertebralis Pombal, 2001 | BrachycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachychalcinus nummus Böhlke, 1958 | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachychalcinus parnaibae Reis, 1989 | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachychalcinus retrospina Boulenger, 1892 | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bigeye gruntBrachydeuterus auritus (Valenciennes, 1832) | HaemulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachygalaxias bullocki (Regan, 1908) | GalaxiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachygalaxias gothei Busse, 1983 | GalaxiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pale-headed JacamarBrachygalba goeringi P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1869 | GalbulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky-backed JacamarBrachygalba salmoni P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1879 | GalbulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brachygenys chrysargyrea (Günther, 1859) | HaemulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachygenys jessiae (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) | HaemulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyglanis frenatus Eigenmann, 1912 | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyglanis magoi Fernández-Yépez, 1967 | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyglanis melas Eigenmann, 1912 | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyglanis phalacra Eigenmann, 1912 | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachygobius aggregatus Herre, 1940 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachygobius doriae (Günther, 1868) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachygobius nunus (Hamilton, 1822) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyhypopomus alberti Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 | HypopomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyhypopomus arrayae Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 | HypopomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyhypopomus belindae Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 | HypopomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyhypopomus brevirostris (Steindachner, 1868) | HypopomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyhypopomus cunia Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 | HypopomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyhypopomus diazae (Fernández-Yépez, 1972) | HypopomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyhypopomus flavipomus Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 | HypopomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyhypopomus hendersoni Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 | HypopomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyhypopomus janeiroensis (Costa & Campos-da-Paz, 1992) | HypopomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyhypopomus jureiae Triques & Khamis, 2003 | HypopomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyhypopomus menezesi Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 | HypopomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyhypopomus provenzanoi Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 | HypopomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyhypopomus verdii Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017 | HypopomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyhypopomus walteri Sullivan, Zuanon & Cox Fernandes, 2013 | HypopomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| kelp perchBrachyistius frenatus Gill, 1862 | EmbiotocidaeChordata | 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.