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 |
|---|---|---|
| Laimosemion rectocaudatus (Fels & de Rham, 1981) | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laimosemion romeri (Costa, 2003) | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laimosemion sape (Lasso-Alcalá, Taphorn, Lasso & León-Mata, 2006) | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laimosemion staecki (Schindler & Valdesalici, 2011) | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laimosemion strigatus (Regan, 1912) | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laimosemion tecminae (Thomerson, Nico & Taphorn, 1992) | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laimosemion torrenticola (Vermeulen & Isbrücker, 2000) | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laimosemion uakti (Costa, 2004) | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laimosemion uatuman (Costa, 2004) | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laimosemion ubim Costa & Lazzarotto, 2014 | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laimosemion xiphidius (Huber, 1979) | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laiphognathus longispinis Murase, 2007 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotty blennyLaiphognathus multimaculatus Smith, 1955 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-browed TrillerLalage atrovirens (G. R. Gray, 1862) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-bellied TrillerLalage aurea (Temminck, 1825) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Varied TrillerLalage leucomela (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-and-white TrillerLalage melanoleuca (Blyth, 1861) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Samoan TrillerLalage sharpei Rothschild, 1900 | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-shouldered TrillerLalage sueurii (Vieillot, 1818) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-winged TrillerLalage tricolor (Swainson, 1825) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Laliostoma labrosum (Cope, 1868) | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lalmohania velutina Hutchins, 1994 | MonacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| LlamaLama glama (Linnaeus, 1758) | CamelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| GuanacoLama guanicoe (Müller, 1776) | CamelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lamiopsis temminckii (Müller & Henle, 1839) | CarcharhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamiopsis tephrodes (Fowler, 1905) | CarcharhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| (common) Atlantic mackerel sharkLamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) | LamnidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamnostoma kampeni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamnostoma mindora (Jordan & Richardson, 1908) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamnostoma orientale (McClelland, 1844) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamnostoma polyophthalmus (Bleeker, 1853) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamontichthys avacanoeiro de Carvalho Paixão & Toledo-Piza, 2009 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamontichthys filamentosus (La Monte, 1935) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamontichthys llanero Taphorn & Lilyestrom, 1984 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamontichthys maracaibero Taphorn & Lilyestrom, 1984 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamontichthys parakana de Carvalho Paixão & Toledo-Piza, 2009 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lamontichthys stibaros Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1978 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mount Oku LamottemysLamottemys okuensis F. Petter, 1986 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lampadena alta (Schwarzhans, 1980) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Lampadena atlantica Maul, 1969 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampadena chavesi Collett, 1905 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampadena dea Fraser-Brunner, 1949 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Luminous lanternfishLampadena luminosa (Garman, 1899) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampadena notialis Nafpaktitis & Paxton, 1968 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| mirror lampfishLampadena speculigera Goode & Bean, 1896 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sunbeam lampfishLampadena urophaos Paxton, 1963 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctodes hectoris (Günther, 1876) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spinytail lampfishLampanyctus acanthurus Wisner, 1974 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lampanyctus achirus Andriashev, 1962 | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Winged lanternfishLampanyctus alatus Goode & Bean, 1896 | MyctophidaeChordata | 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.