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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acanthistius cinctus (Günther, 1859) | AcanthistiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthistius fuscus Regan, 1913 | AcanthistiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthistius joanae Heemstra, 2010 | AcanthistiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthistius ocellatus (Günther, 1859) | AcanthistiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthistius pardalotus Hutchins, 1981 | AcanthistiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840) | AcanthistiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthistius paxtoni Hutchins & Kuiter, 1982 | AcanthistiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthistius pictus (Tschudi, 1846) | AcanthistiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| scorpion grouperAcanthistius sebastoides (Castelnau, 1861) | AcanthistiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthistius serratus (Cuvier, 1828) | AcanthistiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthixalus sonjae Rödel, Kosuch, Veith & Ernst, 2003 | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Acanthixalus spinosus (Buchholz & Peters in Peters, 1875) | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Inland ThornbillAcanthiza apicalis Gould, 1847 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza chrysorrhoa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tasmanian ThornbillAcanthiza ewingii Gould, 1844 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western ThornbillAcanthiza inornata Gould, 1841 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slender-billed ThornbillAcanthiza iredalei Mathews, 1911 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain ThornbillAcanthiza katherina De Vis, 1905 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Striated ThornbillAcanthiza lineata Gould, 1838 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Guinea ThornbillAcanthiza murina (De Vis, 1897) | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow ThornbillAcanthiza nana Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown ThornbillAcanthiza pusilla (Shaw, 1790) | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza reguloides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slaty-backed ThornbillAcanthiza robustirostris Milligan, 1903 | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Acanthobrama centisquama Heckel, 1843 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama hadiyahensis Coad, Alkahem & Behnke, 1983 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama lissneri Tortonese, 1952 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama marmid Heckel, 1843 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama microlepis (De Filippi, 1863) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama orontis Berg, 1949 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama persidis (Coad, 1981) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama telavivensis Goren, Fishelson & Trewavas, 1973 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama thisbeae Freyhof & Özulug, 2014 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama tricolor (Lortet, 1883) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobrama urmianus (Günther, 1899) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthobunocephalus nicoi Friel, 1995 | AspredinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthocepola abbreviata (Valenciennes, 1835) | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthocepola indica (Day, 1888) | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthocepola krusensternii (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthocepola limbata (Valenciennes, 1835) | CepolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anderson's Rock AgamaAcanthocercus adramitanus (Anderson, 1896) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eritrean Ridgeback AgamaAcanthocercus annectans (Blanford, 1870) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-necked (Ridgeback) agamaAcanthocercus atricollis (Smith, 1849) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthocercus branchi Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer, 2012 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-necked tree agamaAcanthocercus cyanogaster (Rüppell, 1835) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peter’s Ridgeback AgamaAcanthocercus guentherpetersi Largen & Spawls, 2006 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kivu Blue-headed tree agamaAcanthocercus kiwuensis (Klausewitz, 1957) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthocercus margaritae Wagner, Butler, Ceríaco & Bauer, 2021 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Philipps’ Ridgeback AgamaAcanthocercus phillipsii (Boulenger, 1895) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Uganda Blue-headed tree agamaAcanthocercus ugandaensis (Klausewitz, 1957) | AgamidaeChordata | 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.