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 |
|---|---|---|
| Microphis retzii (Bleeker, 1856) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis spinachioides (Duncker, 1915) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphotolepis schmidti (Angel & Verrier, 1931) | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio alticorpus Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1968 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio amurensis (Taranetz, 1937) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio anudarini Holcík & Pivnicka, 1969 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio brevirostris (Günther, 1868) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio chenhsienensis (Fang, 1938) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio chinssuensis (Nichols, 1926) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio elongatus (Yao & Yang, 1977) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio exilicauda (Jiang & Zhang, 2013) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio hsinglungshanensis Mori, 1934 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio jeoni Kim & Yang, 1999 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio kiatingensis (Wu, 1930) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio koreensis Mori, 1935 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio labeoides (Nichols & Pope, 1927) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio liaohensis (Qin, 1987) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio linghensis Xie, 1986 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio longidorsalis Mori, 1935 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio microstomus Yue, 1995 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio nikolskii (Dao & Mai, 1959) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio nudiventris Jiang, Gao & Zhang, 2012 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio pseudoelongatus Zhao & Zhang, 2001 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio rapidus Chae & Yang, 1999 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio tafangensis (Wang, 1935) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio tungtingensis (Nichols, 1926) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio vietnamica Mai, 1978 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio wulonghensis Xing, Zhao, Tang & Zhang, 2011 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio yaluensis (Mori, 1928) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphysogobio yunnanensis (Yao & Yang, 1977) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropisthodon ochraceus Mocquard, 1894 | PseudoxyrhophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microplecostomus forestii Silva, Roxo, Ochoa & Oliveira, 2016 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropoecilia bifurca (Eigenmann, 1909) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropoecilia branneri (Eigenmann, 1894) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropoecilia minima (Costa & Sarraf, 1997) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| golden croakerMicropogonias altipinnis (Günther, 1864) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| slender croakerMicropogonias ectenes (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| whitemouth croakerMicropogonias furnieri (Desmarest, 1823) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gulf croakerMicropogonias megalops (Gilbert, 1890) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic croakerMicropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nimba Otter ShrewMicropotamogale lamottei Heim de Balsac, 1954 | PotamogalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ruwenzori Otter ShrewMicropotamogale ruwenzorii (de Witte & Frechkop, 1955) | PotamogalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-breasted Pygmy ParrotMicropsitta bruijnii (Salvadori, 1875) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Emerald Pygmy ParrotMicropsitta finschii (E. P. Ramsay, 1881) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Geelvink Pygmy ParrotMicropsitta geelvinkiana (Schlegel, 1871) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-capped Pygmy ParrotMicropsitta keiensis (Salvadori, 1876) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Citrine Pygmy ParrotMicropsitta meeki Rothschild & Hartert, 1914 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-faced Pygmy ParrotMicropsitta pusio (P. L. Sclater, 1866) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Micropterus cahabae Baker, Johnston & Blanton, 2013 | CentrarchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropterus calliurus Freeman & Freeman, 2025 | CentrarchidaeChordata | 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.