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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Gray, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon rafflesii Anonymous [Bennett], 1830 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon robustus Günther, 1860 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Saint Helena butterflyfishChaetodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1868 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon smithi Randall, 1975 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| banded butterflyfishChaetodon striatus Linnaeus, 1758 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| chevron butterflyfishChaetodon trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| melon butterflyfishChaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pacific doublesaddle butterflyfishChaetodon ulietensis Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| teardrop butterflyfishChaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowhead butterflyfishChaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett, 1833 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon zanzibarensis Playfair, 1867 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodontoplus ballinae Whitley, 1959 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodontoplus cephalareticulatus Shen & Lim, 1975 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodontoplus chrysocephalus (Bleeker, 1855) | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus (Bleeker, 1860) | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodontoplus duboulayi (Günther, 1867) | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodontoplus niger Chan, 1966 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodontoplus personifer (McCulloch, 1914) | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Screaming Hairy ArmadilloChaetophractus vellerosus (Gray, 1865) | ChlamyphoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Big Hairy ArmadilloChaetophractus villosus (Desmarest, 1804) | ChlamyphoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape RockjumperChaetops frenatus (Temminck, 1826) | ChaetopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| KioeaChaetoptila angustipluma (Peale, 1849) | MohoidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Chaetostoma aburrensis (Posada, 1909) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma alternifasciatum Fowler, 1945 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma anale (Fowler, 1943) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma branickii Steindachner, 1881 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma breve Regan, 1904 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma brevilabiatum Dahl, 1942 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma daidalmatos Salcedo, 2006 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma dorsale Eigenmann, 1922 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma dupouii Fernández-Yépez, 1945 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma formosae Ballen, 2011 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma guairense Steindachner, 1881 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma jegui Rapp Py-Daniel, 1991 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma lepturum Regan, 1912 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma leucomelas Eigenmann, 1918 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma lexa (Salcedo, 2013) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma lineopunctatum Eigenmann & Allen, 1942 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma loborhynchos Tschudi, 1846 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma machiquense Fernández-Yépez & Martín Salazar, 1953 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma marginatum Regan, 1904 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma microps Günther, 1864 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma milesi Fowler, 1941 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma mollinasum Pearson, 1937 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma niveum Fowler, 1944 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetostoma nudirostre Lütken, 1874 | LoricariidaeChordata | 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.