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 |
|---|---|---|
| black scabbardfishAphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| intermediate scabbardfishAphanopus intermedius Parin, 1983 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smalleye scabbardfishAphanopus microphthalmus Norman, 1939 | TrichiuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphanotorulus ammophilus Armbruster & Page, 1996 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphanotorulus horridus (Kner, 1854) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-billed FlycatcherAphanotriccus audax (Nelson, 1912) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aphantophryne minuta Zweifel & Parker, 1989 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aphantophryne nana (Brown & Alcala, 1967) | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aphantophryne pansa Fry, 1917 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| rusty jobfishAphareus rutilans Cuvier, 1830 | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chestnut-breasted WhitefaceAphelocephala pectoralis (Gould, 1871) | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Florida Scrub JayAphelocoma coerulescens (Bosc, 1795) | CorvidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Island Scrub JayAphelocoma insularis Henshaw, 1886 | CorvidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Unicolored JayAphelocoma unicolor (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847) | CorvidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mexican JayAphelocoma wollweberi Kaup, 1855 | CorvidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Woodhouse's Scrub JayAphelocoma woodhouseii (S. F. Baird, 1858) | CorvidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| transparent gobyAphia minuta (Risso, 1810) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphos porosus (Valenciennes, 1837) | BatrachoididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Thorn-tailed RayaditoAphrastura spinicauda (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | FurnariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aphredoderus mesotrema (Jordan, 1877) | AphredoderidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams, 1824) | AphredoderidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kerguelen PetrelAphrodroma brevirostris (R. P. Lesson, 1831) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aphyocharacidium bolivianum Géry, 1973 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocharacidium melandetum (Eigenmann, 1912) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocharax agassizii (Steindachner, 1882) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocharax anisitsi Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocharax brevicaudatus Brito, Guimarães, Carvalho-Costa & Ottoni, 2019 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocharax dentatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocharax pusillus Günther, 1868 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocharax rathbuni Eigenmann, 1907 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocheirodon hemigrammus Eigenmann, 1915 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocypris amnis Liao, Kullander & Lin, 2011 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocypris arcus (Lin, 1931) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocypris dorsohorizontalis (Nguyen & Doan, 1969) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocypris lini (Weitzman & Chan, 1966) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyocypris moltrechti (Regan, 1908) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyolebias boticarioi Costa, 2004 | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyolebias claudiae Costa, 2003 | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyolebias manuensis Costa, 2003 | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyolebias peruensis (Myers, 1954) | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyosemion alpha Huber, 1998 | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyosemion australe (Rachow, 1921) | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyosemion bamilekorum Radda, 1971 | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyosemion bitaeniatum (Ahl, 1924) | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyosemion bitteri Valdesalici & Eberl, 2016 | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyosemion bivittatum (Lönnberg, 1895) | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyosemion bualanum (Ahl, 1924) | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyosemion buytaerti Radda & Huber, 1978 | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyosemion callipteron (Radda & Pürzl, 1987) | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphyosemion cameronense (Boulenger, 1903) | NothobranchiidaeChordata | 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.