THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Megupsilon aporus Miller & Walters, 1972 | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gabou File SnakeMehelya gabouensis Trape & Mané, 2005 | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Small-eyed File SnakeMehelya stenophthalmus (Mocquard, 1887) | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus abditus Smith-Vaniz, 1987 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus abruptus Smith-Vaniz & Allen, 2011 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus anema (Bleeker, 1852) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus atrodorsalis (Günther, 1877) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus bundoon Smith-Vaniz, 1976 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus crinitus Smith-Vaniz, 1987 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus cyanopterus Smith-Vaniz & Allen, 2011 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus ditrema Smith-Vaniz, 1976 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus erdmanni Smith-Vaniz & Allen, 2011 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus fraseri Smith-Vaniz, 1976 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus geminatus Smith-Vaniz, 1976 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus grammistes (Valenciennes, 1836) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus kamoharai Tomiyama, 1956 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus limbatus Smith-Vaniz, 1987 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus lineatus (De Vis, 1884) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus luteus Smith-Vaniz, 1987 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus mossambicus Smith, 1959 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus naevius Smith-Vaniz, 1987 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blackline blennyMeiacanthus nigrolineatus Smith-Vaniz, 1969 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus oualanensis (Günther, 1880) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus phaeus Smith-Vaniz, 1976 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus procne Smith-Vaniz, 1976 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus reticulatus Smith-Vaniz, 1976 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus smithi Klausewitz, 1962 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus tongaensis Smith-Vaniz, 1987 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus urostigma Smith-Vaniz, Satapoomin & Allen, 2001 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus vicinus Smith-Vaniz, 1987 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meiacanthus vittatus Smith-Vaniz, 1976 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-and-buff WoodpeckerMeiglyptes jugularis (Blyth, 1845) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-rumped WoodpeckerMeiglyptes tristis (Horsfield, 1821) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-necked WoodpeckerMeiglyptes tukki (R. Lesson, 1839) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Crowned SnakeMeizodon coronatus (Schlegel, 1837) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tana Delta smooth snakeMeizodon krameri Schätti, 1985 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-headed smooth snakeMeizodon plumbiceps (Boettger, 1893) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern crowned smooth snakeMeizodon regularis Fischer, 1856 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Semiornate Smooth SnakeMeizodon semiornatus (Peters, 1854) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mekongina bibarba Nguyen, 2001 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mekongina erythrospila Fowler, 1937 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mekongina lancangensis Yang, Chen & Yang, 2008 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nimba FlycatcherMelaenornis annamarulae Forbes-Watson, 1970 | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-eyed Black FlycatcherMelaenornis ardesiacus Berlioz, 1936 | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides (Swainson, 1837) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melamphaes acanthomus Ebeling, 1962 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes brachysomus Kimura, Kawai & Aungtonya, 2019 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes contradictorius Kotlyar, 2015 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes danae Ebeling, 1962 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes ebelingi Keene, 1973 | MelamphaidaeChordata | 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.