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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pygmy Three-toed SlothBradypus pygmaeus Anderson & Handley, 2001 | BradypodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale-throated SlothBradypus tridactylus Linnaeus, 1758 | BradypodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-throated SlothBradypus variegatus Schinz, 1825 | BradypodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bradytriton silus Wake & Elias, 1983 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brama australis Valenciennes, 1838 | BramidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic pomfretBrama brama (Bonnaterre, 1788) | BramidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lowfin pomfretBrama dussumieri Cuvier, 1831 | BramidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bigtooth pomfretBrama orcini Cuvier, 1831 | BramidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Branchenchelys megacephala Tighe & Kodeeswaran, 2025 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Branchiostegus albus Dooley, 1978 | MalacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Branchiostegus argentatus (Cuvier, 1830) | MalacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ribbed tilefishBranchiostegus doliatus (Cuvier, 1830) | MalacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Branchiostegus hedlandensis Dooley & Kailola, 1988 | MalacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Branchiostegus okinawaensis Hiramatsu & Yoshino, 2012 | MalacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Branchiostegus serratus Dooley & Paxton, 1975 | MalacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Branchiostegus vittatus Herre, 1926 | MalacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Branchiostegus wardi Whitley, 1932 | MalacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Branchiostoma arabiae Webb, 1957 | BranchiostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bermuda lanceletBranchiostoma bermudae Hubbs, 1922 | BranchiostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Florida lanceletBranchiostoma floridae Hubbs, 1922 | BranchiostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Branchiostoma indicum (Willey, 1901) | BranchiostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Branchiostoma leonense Webb, 1956 | BranchiostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Branchiostoma senegalense Webb, 1955 | BranchiostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Branchiostoma tattersalli Hubbs, 1922 | BranchiostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canada GooseBranta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803) | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hawaiian GooseBranta sandvicensis (Vigors, 1834) | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caissara SquamataBrasiliscincus caissara (Reboucas-Spieker, 1974) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brazilian MabuyaBrasiliscincus heathi (Schmidt & Inger, 1951) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brasilotyphlus braziliensis (Dunn, 1945) | SiphonopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brasilotyphlus dubium Correia, Nunes, Gamble, Maciel, Marques-Souza, Fouquet, Rodrigues & Mott, 2018 | SiphonopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bregmaceros arabicus D'Ancona & Cavinato, 1965 | BregmacerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| antenna codletBregmaceros atlanticus Goode & Bean, 1886 | BregmacerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| stellate codletBregmaceros houdei Saksena & Richards, 1986 | BregmacerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bregmaceros lanceolatus Shen, 1960 | BregmacerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bregmaceros nectabanus Whitley, 1941 | BregmacerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bregmaceros neonectabanus Masuda, Ozawa & Tabeta, 1986 | BregmacerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bregmaceros pescadorus Shen, 1960 | BregmacerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bregmaceros prosoponus Grenfell, 1984 | BregmacerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Breitensteinia cessator Ng & Siebert, 1998 | AkysidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Breitensteinia insignis Steindachner, 1881 | AkysidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Carpenter's deepwater cardinalfishBrephostoma carpenteri Alcock, 1889 | EpigonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brevibora exilis Liao & Tan, 2014 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Breviceps acutirostris Poynton, 1963 | BrevicipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Breviceps adspersus Peters, 1882 | BrevicipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Breviceps branchi Channing, 2012 | BrevicipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Breviceps fuscus Hewitt, 1925 | BrevicipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Breviceps macrops Boulenger, 1907 | BrevicipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Breviceps mossambicus Peters, 1854 | BrevicipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Breviceps passmorei Minter, Netherlands & Du Preez, 2017 | BrevicipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.