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 |
|---|---|---|
| Knodus alpha (Eigenmann, 1914) | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knodus angustus Menezes, Ferreira & Netto-Ferreira, 2020 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knodus borki Zarske, 2008 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knodus cupariensis de Sousa, Silva-Oliveira, Canto & Ribeiro, 2020 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knodus delta Géry, 1972 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knodus figueiredoi Esguícero & Castro, 2014 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knodus gamma Géry, 1972 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knodus geryi Lima, Britski & Machado, 2004 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knodus mizquae (Fowler, 1943) | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knodus nuptialis Menezes & Marinho, 2019 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knodus savannensis Géry, 1961 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knodus septentrionalis Géry, 1972 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knodus shinahota Ferreira & Carvajal, 2007 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knodus smithi (Fowler, 1913) | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knodus tanaothoros (Weitzman, Menezes, Evers & Burns, 2005) | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knodus tiquiensis Ferreira & Lima, 2006 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ellipsen WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby, 1833) | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buffon's KobKobus kob (Erxleben, 1777) | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| LechweKobus leche Gray, 1850 | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| PukuKobus vardonii (Livingstone, 1857) | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kochichthys flavofasciatus (Kamohara, 1936) | PinguipedidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pygmy Sperm WhaleKogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) | KogiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dwarf Sperm WhaleKogia sima (Owen, 1866) | KogiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kolpotocheirodon figueiredoi Malabarba, Lima & Weitzman, 2004 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kolpotocheirodon theloura Malabarba & Weitzman, 2000 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nusa Tenggara KomodomysKomodomys rintjanus (Sody, 1941) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Konia dikume Trewavas, 1972 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Konia eisentrauti (Trewavas, 1962) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kopua kuiteri Hutchins, 1991 | GobiesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kopua minima (Döderlein, 1887) | GobiesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kopua nuimata Hardy, 1984 | GobiesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Koreocobitis naktongensis Kim, Park & Nalbant, 2000 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kosswigichthys asquamatus Sözer, 1942 | AphaniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kottelatia brittani (Axelrod, 1976) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kottelatlimia hipporhynchos Kottelat & Tan, 2008 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kottelatlimia katik (Kottelat & Lim, 1992) | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kottelatlimia pristes (Roberts, 1989) | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Koumansetta hectori (Smith, 1957) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Koumansetta rainfordi Whitley, 1940 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kowalevskia oceanica Lohmann, 1899 | KowalevskiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kowalevskia tenuis Fol, 1872 | KowalevskiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kraemeria bryani Schultz, 1941 | KraemeriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kraemeria cunicularia Rofen, 1958 | KraemeriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kraemeria galatheaensis Rofen, 1958 | KraemeriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kraemeria merensis Whitley, 1935 | KraemeriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kraemeria nuda (Regan, 1908) | KraemeriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kraemeria samoensis Steindachner, 1906 | KraemeriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kraemeria tongaensis Rofen, 1958 | KraemeriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Krebsiella diversa Schwarzhans, 1980 | HemerocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Kribia leonensis (Boulenger, 1916) | ButidaeChordata | 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.