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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gymnotus mamiraua Albert & Crampton, 2001 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus melanopleura Albert & Crampton, 2001 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus obscurus Crampton, Thorsen & Albert, 2005 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus omarorum Richer-de-Forges, Crampton & Albert, 2009 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus onca Albert & Crampton, 2001 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus panamensis Albert & Crampton, 2003 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus pantanal Fernandes, Albert, Daniel-Silva, Lopes, Crampton & Almeida-Toledo, 2005 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus pantherinus (Steindachner, 1908) | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus paraguensis Albert & Crampton, 2003 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus pedanopterus Mago-Leccia, 1994 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus stenoleucus Mago-Leccia, 1994 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus sylvius Albert & Fernandes-Matioli, 1999 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus tigre Albert & Crampton, 2003 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus tiquie Maxime, Lima & Albert, 2011 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnotus ucamara Crampton, Lovejoy & Albert, 2003 | GymnotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnoxenisthmus tigrellus Gill, Bogorodsky & Mal, 2014 | XenisthmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnura afuerae (Hildebrand, 1946) | GymnuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spiny butterfly rayGymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758) | GymnuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnura bimaculata (Norman, 1925) | GymnuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longsnout butterfly rayGymnura crebripunctata (Peters, 1869) | GymnuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnura crooki Fowler, 1934 | GymnuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnura hirundo (Lowe, 1843) | GymnuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Japanese butterflyrayGymnura japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) | GymnuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnura lessae Yokota & Carvalho, 2017 | GymnuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| California butterfly rayGymnura marmorata (Cooper, 1864) | GymnuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smooth butterfly rayGymnura micrura (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | GymnuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnura natalensis (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1911) | GymnuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnura poecilura (Shaw, 1804) | GymnuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnura sereti Yokota & Carvalho, 2017 | GymnuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnura tentaculata (Müller & Henle, 1841) | GymnuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnura zonurus (Bleeker, 1852) | GymnuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gymnurahemecus bulbosus Warren, Ruiz, Whelan, Kritsky & Bullard, 2019 | ChimaerohemecidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| VoalavoanalaGymnuromys roberti Forsyth Major, 1896 | NesomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gynaeconitis crassa Lommerzheim, 1979 | SerpulidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Gynaecotyla adunca (Linton, 1905) Yamaguti, 1939 | MicrophallidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gynaecotyla bridgmani Deblock, 1974 | MicrophallidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gynaecotyla nanshanensis Yu, 1985 | MicrophallidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gynandrocarpa placenta (Herdman, 1886) | StyelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gynichthys diakidnus Miller & Cribb, 2009 | CryptogonimidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-backed VultureGyps africanus Salvadori, 1865 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape VultureGyps coprotheres (J. R. Forster, 1798) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Griffon VultureGyps fulvus (Hablizl, 1783) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan VultureGyps himalayensis Hume, 1869 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indian VultureGyps indicus (Scopoli, 1786) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli (A. E. Brehm, 1852) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slender-billed VultureGyps tenuirostris G. R. Gray, 1844 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Streaked Wren-BabblerGypsophila brevicaudata (Blyth, 1855) | PellorneidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Variable Limestone BabblerGypsophila crispifrons (Blyth, 1855) | PellorneidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gyptis brunnea (Hartman, 1961) | HesionidaeAnnelida | 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.