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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bare-necked UmbrellabirdCephalopterus glabricollis Gould, 1851 | CotingidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazonian UmbrellabirdCephalopterus ornatus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809 | CotingidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fire-capped TitCephalopyrus flammiceps (E. Burton, 1836) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Commerson's DolphinCephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804) | DelphinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black DolphinCephalorhynchus eutropia (Gray, 1846) | DelphinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hector's DolphinCephalorhynchus hectori (P.-J. van Bénéden, 1881) | DelphinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cephaloscyllium albipinnum Last, Motomura & White, 2008 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cephaloscyllium fasciatum Chan, 1966 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cephaloscyllium hiscosellum White & Ebert, 2008 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cephaloscyllium laticeps (Duméril, 1853) | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cephaloscyllium pictum Last, Séret & White, 2008 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cephaloscyllium sarawakense Yano, Ahmad & Gambang, 2005 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cephaloscyllium signourum Last, Séret & White, 2008 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cephaloscyllium silasi (Talwar, 1974) | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cephaloscyllium stevensi Clark & Randall, 2011 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blotchy swell sharkCephaloscyllium umbratile Jordan & Fowler, 1903 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| swell sharkCephaloscyllium ventriosum (Garman, 1880) | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cephaloscyllium zebrum Last & White, 2008 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lollipop cat sharkCephalurus cephalus (Gilbert, 1892) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cepola ambifaria Schwarzhans, 2019 | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| red band-fishCepola macrophthalma (Linnaeus, 1758) | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Japanese bandfishCepola schlegelii Bleeker, 1854 | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spectacled GuillemotCepphus carbo Pallas, 1811 | AlcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pigeon GuillemotCepphus columba Pallas, 1811 | AlcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desert Horned ViperCerastes cerastes (Linnaeus, 1758) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kroyer's deep sea angler fishCeratias holboelli Krøyer, 1845 | CeratiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ceratobranchia binghami Eigenmann, 1927 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ceratobranchia joanae Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 1990 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ceratobranchia obtusirostris Eigenmann, 1914 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ceratobregma acanthops (Whitley, 1964) | TripterygiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ceratobregma helenae Holleman, 1987 | TripterygiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ceratoglanis pachynema Ng, 1999 | SiluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-casqued HornbillCeratogymna atrata (Temminck, 1835) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-casqued HornbillCeratogymna elata (Temminck, 1831) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ceratophora karu Pethiyagoda & Manamendra-Arachchi, 1998 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ceratophrys cranwelli Barrio, 1980 | CeratophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ceratophrys ornata (Bell, 1843) | CeratophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ceratophrys testudo Andersson, 1945 | CeratophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Round-tailed ManakinCeratopipra chloromeros (Tschudi, 1844) | PipridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-headed ManakinCeratopipra erythrocephala (Linnaeus, 1758) | PipridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madeira lantern fishCeratoscopelus maderensis (Lowe, 1839) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| dogtooth lampfishCeratoscopelus townsendi (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Warming's lantern fishCeratoscopelus warmingii (Lütken, 1892) | MyctophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern White RhinocerosCeratotherium simum (Burchell, 1817) | RhinocerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Australian BockadamCerberus australis (Gray, 1842) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cerberus dunsoni Murphy, Voris & Karns, 2012 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dog-faced Water SnakeCerberus microlepis Boulenger, 1896 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southeast Asian BockadamCerberus schneiderii (Schlegel, 1837) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cercamia cladara Randall & Smith, 1988 | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cercamia eremia (Allen, 1987) | ApogonidaeChordata | 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.