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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| doublebar breamAcanthopagrus bifasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthopagrus butcheri (Munro, 1949) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthopagrus latus (Houttuyn, 1782) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthopagrus omanensis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2010 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthopagrus palmaris (Whitley, 1935) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Bleeker, 1854) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthopagrus sheim Iwatsuki, 2013 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthopagrus sivicolus Akazaki, 1962 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthopagrus vagus (Peters, 1852) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desert Death AdderAcanthophis pyrrhus Boulenger, 1898 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthophis rugosus Loveridge, 1948 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthoplesiops cappuccino Gill, Bogorodsky & Mal, 2013 | PlesiopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthoplesiops echinatus Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 1990 | PlesiopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| scottieAcanthoplesiops indicus (Day, 1888) | PlesiopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthoplesiops jessicae Allen, Erdmann & Brooks, 2020 | PlesiopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthoplesiops naka Mooi & Gill, 2004 | PlesiopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthoplesiops psilogaster Hardy, 1985 | PlesiopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthopsis taenia | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthopsoides gracilis Fowler, 1934 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthopsoides hapalias Siebert, 1991 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthopsoides namromensis Nguyen, 2005 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthopsoides robertsi Siebert, 1991 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthorhodeus chankaensis (Dybowski, 1872) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern SpinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostris (Latham, 1801) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| ScrubtitAcanthornis magna (Gould, 1855) | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| orange crested horned lizardAcanthosaura aurantiacrista Trivalairat, Kunya, Chanhome, Sumontha, Vasaruchapong, Chomngam & Chiangkul, 2020 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bintang Horned Tree LizardAcanthosaura bintangensis Wood, Grismer, Grismer, Ahmad, Onn & Bauer, 2009 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sa Pa Horned Tree LizardAcanthosaura brachypoda Ananjeva, Orlov, Nguyen & Ryabov, 2011 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthosaura cardamomensis Wood, Grismer, Grismer, Neang, Chav & Holden, 2010 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthosaura coronata Günther, 1861 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boulenger's PricklenapeAcanthosaura crucigera Boulenger, 1885 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthosaura cuongi Ngo, Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Phan, Nguyen, Ziegler & Do, 2025 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brown PricklenapeAcanthosaura hainanensis Boulenger, 1900 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brown PricklenapeAcanthosaura lepidogaster (Cuvier, 1829) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthosaura liui Liu, Hou, Mo & Rao, 2020 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthosaura murphyi Nguyen, Do, Hoang, Nguyen, Mccormack, Nguyen, Orlov, Nguyen & Nguyen, 2018 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Phuket Horned Tree AgamidAcanthosaura phuketensis Pauwels, Sumontha, Kunya, Nitikul, Samphanthamit, Wood & Grismer, 2015 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Malayan Mountain Horned AgamidAcanthosaura titiwangsaensis Wood, Grismer, Grismer, Ahmad, Onn & Bauer, 2009 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthostracion notacanthus (Bleeker, 1863) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthostracion polygonium Poey, 1876 | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| scrawled cowfishAcanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) | OstraciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthurus albipectoralis Allen & Ayling, 1987 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthurus auranticavus Randall, 1956 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthurus chronixis Randall, 1960 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| eyestripe surgeonfishAcanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthurus grammoptilus Richardson, 1843 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthurus japonicus (Schmidt, 1931) | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthurus leucocheilus Herre, 1927 | AcanthuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthurus leucopareius (Jenkins, 1903) | AcanthuridaeChordata | 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.