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 |
|---|---|---|
| blackedge cusk-eelLepophidium brevibarbe (Cuvier, 1829) | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepophidium collettei Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepophidium crossotum Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepophidium cultratum Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepophidium entomelan Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepophidium gilmorei Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepophidium inca Robins & Lea, 1978 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| mottled cusk-eelLepophidium jeannae Fowler, 1941 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepophidium kallion Robins, 1959 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepophidium marmoratum (Goode & Bean, 1885) | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| finescale cusk-eelLepophidium microlepis (Gilbert, 1890) | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| specklefin cusk-eelLepophidium negropinna Hildebrand & Barton, 1949 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| leopard cusk-eelLepophidium pardale (Gilbert, 1890) | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| upsilon cusk-eelLepophidium pheromystax Robins, 1960 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| fawn cusk-eelLepophidium profundorum (Gill, 1863) | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| prowspine cusk-eelLepophidium prorates (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepophidium robustum Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| barred cusk-eelLepophidium staurophor Robins, 1959 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican cusk-eelLepophidium stigmatistium (Gilbert, 1890) | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepophidium wileyi Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepophidium zophochir Robins, Robins & Brown, 2012 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporacanthicus galaxias Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporacanthicus heterodon Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporacanthicus joselimai Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporacanthicus triactis Isbrücker, Nijssen & Nico, 1992 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporellus cartledgei Fowler, 1941 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporellus pictus (Kner, 1858) | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporellus retropinnis (Eigenmann, 1922) | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporellus vittatus (Valenciennes, 1850) | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lesser Stick-nest RatLeporillus apicalis (Gould, 1853) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Stick-nest RatLeporillus conditor (Sturt, 1848) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leporinus affinis Günther, 1864 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus agassizii Steindachner, 1876 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus alternus Eigenmann, 1912 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus altipinnis Borodin, 1929 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus amae Godoy, 1980 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus amazonicus Santos & Zuanon, 2008 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus amblyrhynchus Garavello & Britski, 1987 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus apollo Sidlauskas, Mol & Vari, 2011 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus arcus Eigenmann, 1912 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus arimaspi Burns, Frable & Sidlauskas, 2014 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus aripuanaensis Garavello & dos Santos, 1981 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus badueli Puyo, 1948 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus bimaculatus Castelnau, 1855 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus bistriatus Britski, 1997 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus bleheri Géry, 1999 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus boehlkei Garavello, 1988 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus britskii Feitosa, Santos & Birindelli, 2011 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus brunneus Myers, 1950 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus cylindriformis Borodin, 1929 | AnostomidaeChordata | 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.