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 |
|---|---|---|
| Common Shaggy BatCentronycteris maximiliani (J. Fischer, 1829) | EmballonuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Baird's SparrowCentronyx bairdii (Audubon, 1844) | PasserellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii (Audubon, 1829) | PasserellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Centrophorus armatus | CentrophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centrophorus atromarginatus Garman, 1913 | CentrophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centrophorus harrissoni McCulloch, 1915 | CentrophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centrophorus lesliei White, Ebert & Naylor, 2017 | CentrophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centrophorus machiquensis Maul, 1955 | CentrophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centrophorus seychellorum Baranes, 2003 | CentrophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| leafscale gulper sharkCentrophorus squamosus (Bonnaterre, 1788) | CentrophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centrophorus tessellatus Garman, 1906 | CentrophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| little gulper sharkCentrophorus uyato (Rafinesque, 1810) | CentrophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centrophorus westraliensis White, Ebert & Compagno, 2008 | CentrophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centrophorus zeehaani White, Ebert & Compagno, 2008 | CentrophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centrophryne spinulosa Regan & Trewavas, 1932 | CentrophrynidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centropogon australis (White, 1790) | TetrarogidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centropogon marmoratus Günther, 1862 | TetrarogidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longspine snookCentropomus armatus Gill, 1863 | CentropomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centropomus irae Carvalho-Filho, Oliveira, Soares & Araripe, 2019 | CentropomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| black snookCentropomus nigrescens Günther, 1864 | CentropomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smallscale fat snookCentropomus parallelus Poey, 1860 | CentropomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican snookCentropomus poeyi Chávez, 1961 | CentropomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowfin snookCentropomus robalito Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | CentropomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| twospot sea bassCentropristis fuscula Poey, 1861 | SerranidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centropristis rufus Cuvier, 1829 | SerranidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| black sea bassCentropristis striata (Linnaeus, 1758) | SerranidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pied CoucalCentropus ateralbus R. Lesson, 1826 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-billed CoucalCentropus bernsteini Schlegel, 1866 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Burchell's CoucalCentropus burchellii Swainson, 1838 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bay CoucalCentropus celebensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Biak CoucalCentropus chalybeus (Salvadori, 1876) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-billed CoucalCentropus chlororhynchos Blyth, 1849 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Coppery-tailed CoucalCentropus cupreicaudus Reichenow, 1896 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Goliath CoucalCentropus goliath Bonaparte, 1850 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster (Leach, 1814) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-headed CoucalCentropus milo Gould, 1856 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-toed CoucalCentropus rectunguis Strickland, 1847 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kai CoucalCentropus spilopterus G. R. Gray, 1858 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-hooded CoucalCentropus steerii Bourns & Worcester, 1894 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madagascar CoucalCentropus toulou (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous CoucalCentropus unirufus (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Centropyge abei Allen, Young & Colin, 2006 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| orangeback angelfishCentropyge acanthops (Norman, 1922) | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centropyge aurantonotus Burgess, 1974 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centropyge bispinosa (Günther, 1860) | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centropyge boylei Pyle & Randall, 1992 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centropyge cocosensis Shen, Chang, Delrieu-Trottin & Borsa, 2016 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centropyge deborae Shen, Ho & Chang, 2012 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centropyge eibli Klausewitz, 1963 | PomacanthidaeChordata | 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.