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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chaetobranchopsis australis Eigenmann & Ward, 1907 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetobranchopsis orbicularis (Steindachner, 1875) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetobranchus semifasciatus Steindachner, 1875 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chinese DormouseChaetocauda sichuanensis Wang, 1985 | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Santa Marta WoodstarChaetocercus astreans (Bangs, 1899) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Esmeraldas WoodstarChaetocercus berlepschi Simon, 1889 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Atlantic spadefishChaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782) | EphippidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dalquest's Pocket MouseChaetodipus ammophilus (Osgood, 1907) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Narrow-skulled Pocket MouseChaetodipus artus (Osgood, 1900) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bailey's Pocket MouseChaetodipus baileyi (Merriam, 1894) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| California Pocket MouseChaetodipus californicus (Merriam, 1889) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Highland Coarse-haired Pocket MouseChaetodipus collis Blair, 1938 | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Durango Coarse-haired Pocket MouseChaetodipus durangae Neiswenter, Hafner, Light, Cepeda, Kinzer, Alexander & Riddle, 2019 | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chihuahuan Desert Pocket MouseChaetodipus eremicus (Mearns, 1898) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| San Diego Pocket MouseChaetodipus fallax (Merriam, 1889) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed Pocket MouseChaetodipus formosus (Merriam, 1889) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Goldman's Pocket MouseChaetodipus goldmani (Osgood, 1900) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nelson's Coarse-haired Pocket MouseChaetodipus nelsoni (Merriam, 1894) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Baja California Pocket MouseChaetodipus rudinoris (Elliot, 1903) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cerralvo Island Pocket MouseChaetodipus siccus (Osgood, 1907) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spiny Pocket MouseChaetodipus spinatus (Merriam, 1889) | HeteromyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chaetodon adiergastos Seale, 1910 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon argentatus Smith & Radcliffe, 1911 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon aureofasciatus MacLeay, 1878 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| threadfin butterflyfishChaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blacktail butterflyfishChaetodon austriacus Rüppell, 1836 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon baronessa Cuvier, 1829 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bluelashed butterflyfishChaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon burgessi Allen & Starck, 1973 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon daedalma Jordan & Fowler, 1902 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon dialeucos Salm & Mee, 1989 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African butterflyfishChaetodon dolosus Ahl, 1923 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon guentheri Ahl, 1923 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| peppered butterflyfishChaetodon guttatissimus Bennett, 1833 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon hoefleri Steindachner, 1881 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sunburst butterflyfishChaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Somali butterflyfishChaetodon leucopleura Playfair, 1867 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lined butterflyfishChaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon litus Randall & Caldwell, 1973 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon madagaskariensis Ahl, 1923 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blackback butterflyfishChaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arabian butterflyfishChaetodon melapterus Guichenot, 1863 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon mertensii Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| paleface butterflyfishChaetodon mesoleucos Forsskål, 1775 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon ocellicaudus Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eritrean butterflyfishChaetodon paucifasciatus Ahl, 1923 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | 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.