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 |
|---|---|---|
| black breamHephaestus fuliginosus (Macleay, 1883) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus habbemai (Weber, 1910) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus jenkinsi (Whitley, 1945) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus komaensis Allen & Jebb, 1993 | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus lineatus Allen, 1984 | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus obtusifrons (Mees & Kailola, 1977) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus raymondi (Mees & Kailola, 1977) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus roemeri (Weber, 1910) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus transmontanus (Mees & Kailola, 1977) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus trimaculatus (Macleay, 1883) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephaestus tulliensis De Vis, 1884 | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephthocara crassiceps Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | BythitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hephthocara simum Alcock, 1892 | BythitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hepsetus cuvieri (Castelnau, 1861) | HepsetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hepsetus kingsleyae Vreven, Decru & Snoeks, 2013 | HepsetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hepsetus lineatus (Pellegrin, 1926) | HepsetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hepsetus microlepis (Boulenger, 1901) | HepsetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hepsetus occidentalis Decru, Snoeks & Vreven, 2013 | HepsetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hepsetus odoe (Bloch, 1794) | HepsetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heptapterus exilis Faustino-Fuster, Bockmann & Malabarba, 2019 | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heptapterus mbya Azpelicueta, Aguilera & Mirande, 2011 | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heptapterus multiradiatus Ihering, 1907 | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heptapterus mustelinus (Valenciennes, 1835) | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heptapterus qenqo Aguilera, Mirande & Azpelicueta, 2011 | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heptapterus stewarti Haseman, 1911 | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heptapterus sympterygium Buckup, 1988 | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heptapterus tenuis Mees, 1986 | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sharpnose sevengill sharkHeptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788) | HexanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heraldia nocturna Paxton, 1975 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heraultiella exilis (Paladilhe, 1867) | HydrobiidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hercorhyncus tippanus (Conrad, 1860) | MoreidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Herdmania andamanensis Mondal, Raghunathan & Chandra, 2017 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania armata Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2001 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania colona Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2003 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania coutieri Monniot C., 2002 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania ennurensis Das, 1940 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania fimbriae Kott, 2002 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania grandis (Heller, 1878) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania inflata (Van Name, 1918) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania japonica (Hartmeyer, 1909) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania kiiensis Nishikawa, 2002 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania mauritiana (Drasche, 1884) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania mentula Kott, 2002 | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania mirabilis (Drasche, 1884) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania pallida (Heller, 1878) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania papietensis (Herdman, 1882) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania pennata (Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1991) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania polyducta (Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1989) | PyuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herdmania subpallida Nishikawa, 2002 | PyuridaeChordata | 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.