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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowbodied sculpinIcelus stenosomus Andriashev, 1937 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Icelus toyamensis (Matsubara & Iwai, 1951) | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| uncinate sculpinIcelus uncinalis Gilbert & Burke, 1912 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White-tailed MongooseIchneumia albicauda (G. Cuvier, 1829) | HerpestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Angolan rough-scaled lizardIchnotropis bivittata Bocage, 1866 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Rough-scaled LizardIchnotropis capensis (Smith, 1838) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ichnotropis chapini Schmidt, 1919 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caprivi Rough-scaled LizardIchnotropis grandiceps Broadley, 1967 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marx's Rough-scaled LizardIchnotropis microlepidota Marx, 1956 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tanzanian rough-scaled lizardIchnotropis tanganicana Boulenger, 1917 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii (Payraudeau, 1826) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Black-headed GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus (Pallas, 1773) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus (Temminck, 1825) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| surf eelIchthyapus ophioneus (Evermann & Marsh, 1900) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smiling sand eelIchthyapus selachops (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ichthyborus congolensis Giltay, 1930 | DistichodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ichthyocampus bikiniensis Herald, 1953 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ichthyocampus carce (Hamilton, 1822) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ichthyococcus australis Mukhacheva, 1980 | IchthyococcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ichthyococcus intermedius Mukhacheva, 1980 | IchthyococcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ichthyococcus parini Mukhacheva, 1980 | IchthyococcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ichthyococcus polli Blache, 1964 | IchthyococcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ichthyoelephas longirostris (Steindachner, 1879) | ProchilodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crab-eating RatIchthyomys hydrobates (Winge, 1891) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pittier's Crab-eating RatIchthyomys pittieri Handley & Mondolfi, 1963 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stolzmann's Crab-eating RatIchthyomys stolzmanni Thomas, 1893 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyomyzon castaneus Girard, 1858 | PetromyzontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| northern brook lampreyIchthyomyzon fossor Reighard & Cummins, 1916 | PetromyzontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ichthyomyzon gagei Hubbs & Trautman, 1937 | PetromyzontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| silver lampreyIchthyomyzon unicuspis Hubbs & Trautman, 1937 | PetromyzontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ichthyophis alfredi Mathew & Sen, 2009 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis asplenius Taylor, 1965 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis beddomei Peters, 1880 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis benjii Lalremsanga, Purkayastha, Biakzuala, Mathipi, Muansanga & Hmar, 2021 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis biangularis Taylor, 1965 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis billitonensis Taylor, 1965 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis daribokensis Mathew & Sen, 2009 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis dulitensis Taylor, 1960 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis garoensis Pillai & Ravichandran, 1999 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis glandulosus Taylor, 1923 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis khumhzi Kamei, Wilkinson, Gower & Biju, 2009 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis kodaguensis Wilkinson, Gower, Venu & Venkatachalaiah, 2007 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis laosensis Taylor, 1969 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis larutensis Taylor, 1960 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis mindanaoensis Taylor, 1960 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis orthoplicatus Taylor, 1965 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis sendenyu Kamei, Wilkinson, Gower & Biju, 2009 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis singaporensis Taylor, 1960 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis supachaii Taylor, 1960 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | 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.