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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gymnothorax sokotrensis Kotthaus, 1968 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnothorax taiwanensis Chen, Loh & Shao, 2008 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnothorax tamilnaduensis Kodeeswaran, Kantharajan, Mohapatra, Kumar & Sarkar, 2023 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnothorax thyrsoideus (Richardson, 1845) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton, 1822) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| undulated morayGymnothorax undulatus (Lacepède, 1803) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnothorax unicolor (Delaroche, 1809) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnothorax vagrans (Seale, 1917) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| white-edged morayGymnothorax verrilli (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| purplemouth morayGymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau, 1855) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnothorax visakhaensis Mohapatra, Smith, Mohanty, Mishra & Tudu, 2017 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnothorax walvisensis Prokofiev, 2009 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnothorax woodwardi McCulloch, 1912 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnothorax ypsilon Hatooka & Randall, 1992 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnothorax zonipectis Seale, 1906 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotiara kuhni Hess, 1971 | AspidodiadematidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Gymnotoceras blakei (Gabb, 1864) | CephalopodaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Gymnotoceras mimetus Monnet & Bucher, 2005 | CephalopodaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Gymnotoceras praecursor Bucher, 1992 | CephalopodaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Gymnotoceras rotelliformis (Meek, 1877) | CephalopodaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Gymnotoceras tasaryense Konstantinov, 1991 | CephalopodaMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Gymnotocinclus anosteos Carvalho, Lehmann A. & Reis, 2008 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotropites americanus (Hyatt & Smith, 1905) | TropitidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Gymnotropites californicus Smith, 1927 | TropitidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Gymnotropites laevis Smith, 1927 | TropitidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Gymnotropites rotundus Smith, 1927 | TropitidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Gymnotus anguillaris Hoedeman, 1962 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus arapiuns Kim, Crampton & Albert, 2020 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus ardilai Maldonado-Ocampo & Albert, 2004 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus bahianus Campos-da-Paz & Costa, 1996 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus capanema Milhomem, Crampton, Pierczeka, Shetka, Silva & Nagamachi, 2012 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus capitimaculatus Rangel-Pereira, 2014 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus cataniapo Mago-Leccia, 1994 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus chaviro Maxime & Albert, 2009 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus chimarrao Cognato, Richer-de-Forges, Albert & Crampton, 2008 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus choco Albert, Crampton & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2003 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus coatesi La Monte, 1935 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus coropinae Hoedeman, 1962 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus curupira Crampton, Thorsen & Albert, 2005 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus cylindricus La Monte, 1935 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus darwini Campos-da-Paz & de Santana, 2019 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus esmeraldas Albert & Crampton, 2003 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus eyra Craig, Correa-Roldán, Ortega, Crampton & Albert, 2018 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus henni Albert, Crampton & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2003 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus inaequilabiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus interruptus Rangel-Pereira, 2012 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus javari Albert, Crampton & Hagedorn, 2003 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus jonasi Albert & Crampton, 2001 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spotted KnifefishGymnotus maculosus Albert & Miller, 1995 | GymnotidaeChordata | 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.