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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lacustricola pumilus (Boulenger, 1906) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola pygmaeus Bragança, Skelton, Bills, Tweddle & Chakona, 2021 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola usanguensis (Wildekamp, 1977) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola vitschumbaensis (Ahl, 1924) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ladigesia roloffi Géry, 1968 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ladigesocypris irideus (Ladiges, 1960) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ladigesocypris mermere (Ladiges, 1960) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ladislavia taczanowskii Dybowski, 1869 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serrated Casquehead IguanaLaemanctus serratus Cope, 1864 | CorytophanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Walters’ Casquehead IguanaLaemanctus waltersi Schmidt, 1933 | CorytophanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laemolyta fasciata Pearson, 1924 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laemolyta garmani (Borodin, 1931) | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laemolyta macra Géry, 1974 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laemolyta taeniata (Kner, 1858) | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laemolyta varia (Garman, 1890) | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| shortbeard codlingLaemonema barbatulum Goode & Bean, 1883 | MoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laemonema laureysi Poll, 1953 | MoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laemonema macronema Meléndez C. & Markle, 1997 | MoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laemonema nana Taki, 1953 | MoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laeops clarus Fowler, 1934 | BothidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longarm flounderLaeops pectoralis (von Bonde, 1922) | BothidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laeops tungkongensis Chen & Weng, 1965 | BothidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Angolan Long-eared BatLaephotis angolensis Monard, 1935 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape SerotineLaephotis capensis (A. Smith, 1829) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malagasy SerotineLaephotis matroka (Thomas & Schwann, 1905) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Namib Long-eared BatLaephotis namibensis Setzer, 1971 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| de Winton's Long-eared BatLaephotis wintoni Thomas, 1901 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Laetacara araguaiae Ottoni & Costa, 2009 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laetacara curviceps (Ahl, 1923) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laetacara dorsigera (Heckel, 1840) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laetacara flamannellus Ottoni, Bragança, Amorim & Gama, 2012 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laetacara flavilabris (Cope, 1870) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laetacara fulvipinnis Staeck & Schindler, 2007 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laetacara thayeri (Steindachner, 1875) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laeviscutella dekimpei Poll, Whitehead & Hopson, 1965 | DorosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mountain VelvetbreastLafresnaya lafresnayi (Boissonneau, 1840) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fraser's DolphinLagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956 | DelphinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Atlantic White-sided DolphinLagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828) | DelphinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-beaked DolphinLagenorhynchus albirostris (Gray, 1846) | DelphinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peale's DolphinLagenorhynchus australis (Peale, 1848) | DelphinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hourglass DolphinLagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | DelphinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pacific White-sided DolphinLagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill, 1865 | DelphinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky DolphinLagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828) | DelphinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lagiacrusichthys macropinna (Bussing & Bussing, 1966) | ScopelarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Moutain ViscachaLagidium viscacia (Molina, 1782) | ChinchillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wolffsohn's Mountain ViscachaLagidium wolffsohni (Thomas, 1907) | ChinchillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lagocephalus cheesemanii (Clarke, 1897) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lagocephalus gloveri Abe & Tabeta, 1983 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915 | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smooth blaasopLagocephalus inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) | TetraodontidaeChordata | 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.