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 |
|---|---|---|
| Javan FulvettaAlcippe pyrrhoptera (Bonaparte, 1850) | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Alcockia rostrata (Günther, 1887) | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aldabra Giant Tortoise [gigantea]Aldabrachelys gigantea (Schweigger, 1812) | TestudinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aldrichetta forsteri (Valenciennes, 1836) | MugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gilbert's halosauridAldrovandia affinis (Günther, 1877) | HalosauridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aldrovandia mediorostris (Günther, 1887) | HalosauridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baldhead halosaurAldrovandia phalacra (Vaillant, 1888) | HalosauridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African pompanoAlectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787) | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbary PartridgeAlectoris barbara (Bonnaterre, 1790) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| ChukarAlectoris chukar (J. E. Gray, 1830) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rock PartridgeAlectoris graeca (Meisner, 1804) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa (Linnaeus, 1758) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| stone cockscombAlectrias alectrolophus (Pallas, 1814) | StichaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alectrias benjamini Jordan & Snyder, 1902 | StichaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ciliate cockscombAlectrias cirratus (Lindberg, 1938) | StichaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shaggy cockscombAlectrias gallinus (Lindberg, 1938) | StichaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alectrias markevichi Sheiko, 2012 | StichaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lesser pricklebackAlectridium aurantiacum Gilbert & Burke, 1912 | StichaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madagascar Blue PigeonAlectroenas madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mauritius Blue PigeonAlectroenas nitidissimus (Scopoli, 1786) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Cock-tailed TyrantAlectrurus tricolor (Vieillot, 1816) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| shrimp scadAlepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775) | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| herring scadAlepes vari (Cuvier, 1833) | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alepidomus evermanni (Eigenmann, 1903) | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| shortnose lancetfishAlepisaurus brevirostris Gibbs, 1960 | AlepisauridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Long snouted lancetfishAlepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833 | AlepisauridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Agassiz' smoothheadAlepocephalus agassizii Goode & Bean, 1883 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alepocephalus antipodianus (Parrott, 1948) | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baird's smooth-headAlepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alepocephalus blanfordii Alcock, 1892 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alepocephalus convexifrons Garman, 1899 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alepocephalus dentifer Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alepocephalus fundulus Garman, 1899 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alepocephalus longiceps Lloyd, 1909 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alepocephalus owstoni Tanaka, 1908 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alepocephalus planifrons Sazonov, 1993 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Risso's smooth-headAlepocephalus rostratus Risso, 1820 | AlepocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alertichthys blacki Moreland, 1960 | ZanclorhynchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alestes baremoze (Joannis, 1835) | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alestes dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alestes inferus Stiassny, Schelly & Mamonekene, 2009 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alestes liebrechtsii Boulenger, 1898 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alestes macrophthalmus Günther, 1867 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alestion rapax Roberts, 2019 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alestopetersius caudalis (Boulenger, 1899) | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alestopetersius compressus (Poll & Gosse, 1963) | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alestopetersius hilgendorfi (Boulenger, 1899) | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alestopetersius nigropterus Poll, 1967 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alestopetersius smykalai Poll, 1967 | AlestidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alestopetersius tumbensis Hoedeman, 1951 | AlestidaeChordata | 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.