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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chelidoperca maculicauda Bineesh & Akhilesh, 2013 | SerranidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelidoperca margaritifera Weber, 1913 | SerranidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelidoperca pleurospilus (Günther, 1880) | SerranidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelidoperca santosi Williams & Carpenter, 2015 | SerranidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelidoperca stella Matsunuma & Motomura, 2016 | SerranidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelidoperca tosaensis Matsunuma, Yamakawa & Williams, 2017 | SerranidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Swallow-wing PuffbirdChelidoptera tenebrosa (Pallas, 1782) | BucconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-bellied FantailChelidorhynx hypoxanthus (Blyth, 1843) | StenostiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chelmon marginalis Richardson, 1842 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| copperband butterflyfishChelmon rostratus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arnhem Land Long-Necked turtleChelodina burrungandjii Thomson, Kennett & Georges, 2000 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cann's Snake-necked TurtleChelodina canni Mccord & Thomson, 2002 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Giant Snake-necked TurtleChelodina expansa Gray, 1857 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kimberley Snake-necked Turtle [walloyarrina]Chelodina kuchlingi Cann, 1997 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Snake-necked TurtleChelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| McCord's Snakeneck TurtleChelodina mccordi Rhodin, 1994 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Narrow-breasted Snake-necked TurtleChelodina oblonga Gray, 1841 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parker’s Snake-necked TurtleChelodina parkeri Rhodin & Mittermeier, 1976 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pritchard's Snakeneck TurtleChelodina pritchardi Rhodin, 1994 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reimann's Snakeneck TurtleChelodina reimanni Philippen & Grossmann, 1990 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dinner-plate TurtleChelodina steindachneri Siebenrock, 1914 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelon auratus (Risso, 1810) | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelon bandialensis (Diouf, 1991) | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelon bispinosus (Bowdich, 1825) | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelon dumerili (Steindachner, 1870) | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelon ramada (Risso, 1827) | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelon richardsonii (Smith, 1846) | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelon saliens (Risso, 1810) | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelon tricuspidens (Smith, 1935) | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) | CheloniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelonodon alvheimi (Psomadakis, Matsuura & Thein, 2018) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelonodon kappa (Hamilton, 1822) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelonodon pleurospilus (Regan, 1919) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Argentine tortoiseChelonoidis chilensis (Gray, 1870) | TestudinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-footed TortoiseChelonoidis denticulatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | TestudinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Abingdon Island Giant Tortoise [abingdonii]Chelonoidis niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | TestudinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelyosoma columbianum Huntsman, 1912 | CorellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelyosoma inaequale Redikorzev, 1913 | CorellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelyosoma macleayanum Broderip & Sowerby, 1830 | CorellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelyosoma productum Stimpson, 1864 | CorellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelyosoma sibogae Sluiter, 1904 | CorellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelyosoma siboja Oka, 1906 | CorellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chendol lubricus Kottelat & Lim, 1994 | ChaudhuriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maned DuckChenonetta jubata (Latham, 1801) | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Broad-billed FairywrenChenorhamphus grayi (Wallace, 1862) | MaluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aquino's Titi MonkeyCheracebus aquinoi Rengifo, D'Elía, García, Charpentier & Cornejo, 2022 | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Berger’s Cape TortoiseChersobius solus (Branch, 2007) | TestudinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chersodromus australis Canseco-Márquez, Ramírez-González & Campbell, 2018 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chersodromus nigrum Canseco-Márquez, Ramírez-González & Campbell, 2018 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dupont's LarkChersophilus duponti (Vieillot, 1824) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.