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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ichthyophis weberi Taylor, 1920 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyophis yangi Rao, Zhou, Mo, Yu, Li & Liu, 2024 | IchthyophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ichthyscopus fasciatus Haysom, 1957 | UranoscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ichthyscopus insperatus Mees, 1960 | UranoscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ichthyscopus pollicaris Vilasri, Ho, Kawai & Gomon, 2019 | UranoscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ichthyscopus spinosus Mees, 1960 | UranoscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| southern driftfishIcichthys australis Haedrich, 1966 | CentrolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| medusafishIcichthys lockingtoni Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 | CentrolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ragfishIcosteus aenigmaticus Lockington, 1880 | IcosteidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ictalurus australis (Meek, 1904) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Balsas CatfishIctalurus balsanus (Jordan & Snyder, 1899) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blue catfishIctalurus furcatus (Valenciennes, 1840) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Headwater CatfishIctalurus lupus (Girard, 1858) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ictalurus meridionalis (Günther, 1864) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Río Verde CatfishIctalurus mexicanus (Meek, 1904) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ictalurus nazas Avila-Treviño, Cardoza-Martínez, Alonzo-Rojo & Pérez-Rodríguez, 2025 | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chapala CatfishIctalurus ochoterenai (de Buen, 1946) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yaqui CatfishIctalurus pricei (Rutter, 1896) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| channel catfishIctalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) | IctaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens (Linnaeus, 1758) | IcteriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-backed OrioleIcterus abeillei (R. P. Lesson, 1839) | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange OrioleIcterus auratus Bonaparte, 1850 | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-crowned OrioleIcterus auricapillus Cassin, 1848 | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Martinique OrioleIcterus bonana (Linnaeus, 1766) | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii (Swainson, 1827) | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Epaulet OrioleIcterus cayanensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-backed OrioleIcterus chrysater (R. P. Lesson, 1844) | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Altamira OrioleIcterus gularis (Wagler, 1829) | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| St. Lucia OrioleIcterus laudabilis P. L. Sclater, 1871 | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cuban OrioleIcterus melanopsis (Wagler, 1829) | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bahama OrioleIcterus northropi J. A. Allen, 1890 | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montserrat OrioleIcterus oberi Lawrence, 1880 | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius (Linnaeus, 1766) | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-vented OrioleIcterus wagleri P. L. Sclater, 1857 | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Fish EagleIcthyophaga humilis (S. Müller & Schlegel, 1841) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied Sea EagleIcthyophaga leucogaster (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer (Daudin, 1800) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madagascar Fish EagleIcthyophaga vociferoides (des Murs, 1845) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rio Grande Ground SquirrelIctidomys parvidens (Mearns, 1896) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thirteen-lined Ground SquirrelIctidomys tridecemlineatus (Mitchill, 1821) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensis (Temminck, 1822) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis (A. Wilson, 1811) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque, 1818) | CatostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ictiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes, 1844) | CatostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fleshylip BuffaloIctiobus labiosus (Meek, 1904) | CatostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern BuffaloIctiobus meridionalis (Günther, 1868) | CatostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ictiobus niger (Rafinesque, 1819) | CatostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Saharan Striped PolecatIctonyx libycus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Striped PolecatIctonyx striatus (Perry, 1810) | MustelidaeChordata | 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.