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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hippocampus zebra Whitley, 1964 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| dwarf seahorseHippocampus zosterae Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotted flounderHippoglossina bollmani Gilbert, 1890 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippoglossina macrops Steindachner, 1876 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippoglossina montemaris de Buen, 1961 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippoglossina mystacium Ginsburg, 1936 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| four-spotted flounderHippoglossina oblonga (Mitchill, 1815) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bigmouth flounderHippoglossina stomata Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890 | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| foureye flounderHippoglossina tetrophthalma (Gilbert, 1890) | ParalichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Flathead flounderHippoglossoides dubius Schmidt, 1904 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| American plaiceHippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bering flounderHippoglossoides robustus Gill & Townsend, 1897 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic halibutHippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pacific halibutHippoglossus stenolepis Schmidt, 1904 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina (Vieillot, 1817) | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum (Strickland, 1837) | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta (Vieillot, 1817) | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| white hoofsnailHipponix antiquatus (Linnaeus, 1767) | HipponicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hipponix benthophila (Dall, 1889) | HipponicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hipponix costellatus P. P. Carpenter, 1856 | HipponicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hipponix grayanus Menke, 1853 | HipponicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hipponix incurvus (Gmelin, 1791) | HipponicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hipponix leptus Simone, 2002 | HipponicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hipponix liberatus (Pease, 1868) | HipponicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hipponix prionocidaricola (T. Habe & Kanazawa, 1991) | HipponicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hipponix salebrosus Preston, 1908 | HipponicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758 | HippopotamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hippopotamus laloumena Faure & Guerin, 1990 | HippopotamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Lemerle's Pygmy HippopotamusHippopotamus lemerlei Grandidier, 1868 | HippopotamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim, 1906 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippopotamyrus grahami (Norman, 1928) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippopotamyrus harringtoni (Boulenger, 1905) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippopotamyrus macroterops (Boulenger, 1920) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippopotamyrus paugyi Lévêque & Bigorne, 1985 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippopotamyrus pictus (Marcusen, 1864) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hippopotamyrus weeksii (Boulenger, 1902) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| China clamHippopus porcellanus Rosewater, 1982 | CardiidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Candelamoa parrotfishHipposcarus harid (Forsskål, 1775) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hipposcarus longiceps (Valenciennes, 1840) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hipposcorpaena filamentosa Fowler, 1938 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aba Leaf-nosed BatHipposideros abae J. A. Allen, 1917 | HipposideridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ha Long Leaf-nosed BatHipposideros alongensis Bourret, 1942 | HipposideridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Himalayan Leaf-nosed BatHipposideros armiger (Hodgson, 1835) | HipposideridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky Leaf-nosed BatHipposideros ater Templeton, 1848 | HipposideridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Benito Leaf-nosed BatHipposideros beatus K. Andersen, 1906 | HipposideridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bicolored Leaf-nosed BatHipposideros bicolor (Temminck, 1834) | HipposideridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boeadi's Leaf-nosed BatHipposideros boeadii Bates, Rossiter, Suyanto & Kingston, 2007 | HipposideridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-headed Leaf-nosed BatHipposideros breviceps Tate, 1941 | HipposideridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sundevall's Leaf-nosed BatHipposideros caffer (Sundevall, 1846) | HipposideridaeChordata | 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.