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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lophichthys boschmai Boeseman, 1964 | LophichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiobagrus aquilus Bailey & Stewart, 1984 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiobagrus asperispinis Bailey & Stewart, 1984 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiobagrus brevispinis Bailey & Stewart, 1984 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiobagrus cyclurus (Worthington & Ricardo, 1937) | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiobrycon weitzmani Castro, Ribeiro, Benine & Melo, 2003 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiocharon hutchinsi Pietsch, 2004 | HistiophrynidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiocharon lithinostomus (Jordan & Richardson, 1908) | HistiophrynidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiocharon trisignatus (Richardson, 1844) | HistiophrynidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiodes beroe Caruso, 1981 | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiodes bruchius Caruso, 1981 | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spottedtail goosefishLophiodes caulinaris (Garman, 1899) | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiodes endoi Ho & Shao, 2008 | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiodes gracilimanus (Alcock, 1899) | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiodes hoi Schwarzhans, 2019 | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Natal anglerLophiodes insidiator (Regan, 1921) | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiodes kempi (Norman, 1935) | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiodes maculatus Ho, Séret & Shao, 2011 | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Flowery goosefishLophiodes miacanthus (Gilbert, 1905) | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiodes monodi (Le Danois, 1971) | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smooth anglerLophiodes mutilus (Alcock, 1894) | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiodes naresi (Günther, 1880) | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| reticulate goosefishLophiodes reticulatus Caruso & Suttkus, 1979 | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| threadfin goosefishLophiodes spilurus (Garman, 1899) | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiodes triradiatus (Lloyd, 1909) | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiogobius ocellicauda Günther, 1873 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blackmouth anglerLophiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797) | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crested RatLophiomys imhausi Milne-Edwards, 1867 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lophiosilurus albomarginatus (Eigenmann, 1912) | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophiosilurus alexandri Steindachner, 1876 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| American anglerLophius americanus Valenciennes, 1837 | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| black-bellied anglerLophius budegassa Spinola, 1807 | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blackfin goosefishLophius gastrophysus Miranda Ribeiro, 1915 | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellow goosefishLophius litulon (Jordan, 1902) | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophius onokensis Schwarzhans, 2019 | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| anglerLophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758 | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophius vaillanti Regan, 1903 | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| devil anglerfishLophius vomerinus Valenciennes, 1837 | LophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White-throated Crested DragonLophocalotes achlios Harvey, Scrivani, Shaney, Hamidy, Kurniawan & Smith, 2018 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crested LizardLophocalotes ludekingi (Bleeker, 1860) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gray-cheeked MangabeyLophocebus albigena (Gray, 1850) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black Crested MangabeyLophocebus aterrimus (Oudemans, 1890) | CercopithecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus Büttikofer, 1889 | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bradfield's HornbillLophoceros bradfieldi (Roberts, 1930) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dwarf HornbillLophoceros camurus (Cassin, 1857) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus (Shaw, 1812) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hemprich's HornbillLophoceros hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1833) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Gray HornbillLophoceros nasutus (Linnaeus, 1766) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| four-bar porcupinefishLophodiodon calori (Bianconi, 1854) | DiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| whalehead dreamerLophodolos acanthognathus Regan, 1925 | OneirodidaeChordata | 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.