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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cheilopogon unicolor (Valenciennes, 1847) | ExocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheilopogon ventralis (Nichols & Breder, 1935) | ExocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| whitetip flyingfishCheilopogon xenopterus (Gilbert, 1890) | ExocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheiloprion labiatus (Day, 1877) | PomacentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirocerus abuelo (Schultz, 1944) | PimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirocerus goeldii (Steindachner, 1908) | PimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon australe Eigenmann, 1928 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon galusdae Eigenmann, 1928 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon ibicuhiensis Eigenmann, 1915 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon jaguaribensis Fowler, 1941 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon kiliani Campos, 1982 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon luelingi Géry, 1964 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon parahybae Eigenmann, 1915 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon pisciculus Girard, 1855 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodontops geayi Schultz, 1944 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Montagne d'Ambre Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus andysabini Lei et al., 2015 | CheirogaleidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crossley's Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus crossleyi A. Grandidier, 1870 | CheirogaleidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andringitra Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus grovesi McLain, Lei, Frasier, Taylor, Bailey, Roberts, Nash, Randriamanana, Mittermeier & Louis Jr., 2017 | CheirogaleidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lavasoa Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus lavasoensis Thiele, Razafimahatratra & Hapke, 2013 | CheirogaleidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fat-tailed Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus medius É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812 | CheirogaleidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Iron-gray Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus minusculus Groves, 2000 | CheirogaleidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ankarana Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus shethi Frasier, Lei, McLain, Taylor, Bailey et al., 2016 | CheirogaleidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sibree's Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus sibreei (Forsyth Major, 1896) | CheirogaleidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas' Dwarf LemurCheirogaleus thomasi (Forsyth Major, 1894) | CheirogaleidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Naked BatCheiromeles parvidens Miller & Hollister, 1921 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Naked BatCheiromeles torquatus Horsfield, 1824 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chela cachius (Hamilton, 1822) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chela macrolepis Knight & Rema Devi, 2014 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelaethiops bibie (Joannis, 1835) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelaethiops congicus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelaethiops elongatus Boulenger, 1899 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelaethiops minutus (Boulenger, 1906) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelaethiops rukwaensis (Ricardo, 1939) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Magellanic Long-clawed AkodontChelemys delfini (Cabrera, 1905) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andean Long-clawed AkodontChelemys macronyx (Thomas, 1894) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large Long-clawed AkodontChelemys megalonyx (Waterhouse, 1845) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape gurnardChelidonichthys capensis (Cuvier, 1829) | TriglidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| red gurnardChelidonichthys cuculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | TriglidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelidonichthys gabonensis (Poll & Roux, 1955) | TriglidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bluefin gurnardChelidonichthys kumu (Cuvier, 1829) | TriglidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| streaked gurnardChelidonichthys lastoviza (Bonnaterre, 1788) | TriglidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| long-finned gurnardChelidonichthys obscurus (Walbaum, 1792) | TriglidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelidonichthys spinosus (McClelland, 1844) | TriglidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelidoperca africana Cadenat, 1960 | SerranidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelidoperca cerasina Ogino, Lee, Chen & Matsunuma, 2019 | SerranidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelidoperca flavolineata Matsunuma, Tan & Peristiwady, 2020 | SerranidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelidoperca hirundinacea (Valenciennes, 1831) | SerranidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelidoperca investigatoris (Alcock, 1890) | SerranidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelidoperca lecromi Fourmanoir, 1982 | SerranidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelidoperca leucostigmata Lee, Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019 | SerranidaeChordata | 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.