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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acestridium martini Retzer, Nico & Provenzano, 1999 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acestridium triplax Rodríguez & Reis, 2007 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acestrocephalus anomalus (Steindachner, 1880) | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acestrocephalus boehlkei Menezes, 1977 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acestrocephalus maculosus Menezes, 2006 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acestrocephalus nigrifasciatus Menezes, 2006 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acestrorhynchus altus Menezes, 1969 | AcestrorhynchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acestrorhynchus falcirostris (Cuvier, 1819) | AcestrorhynchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acestrorhynchus grandoculis Menezes & Géry, 1983 | AcestrorhynchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acestrorhynchus heterolepis (Cope, 1878) | AcestrorhynchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acestrorhynchus maculipinna Menezes & Géry, 1983 | AcestrorhynchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acestrorhynchus minimus Menezes, 1969 | AcestrorhynchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acestrorhynchus pantaneiro Menezes, 1992 | AcestrorhynchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| RockrunnerAchaetops pycnopygius (P. L. Sclater, 1853) | MacrosphenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bourret's Odd-scaled SnakeAchalinus ater Bourret, 1937 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Achalinus damingensis Xu, Yang, Wu, Gong, Huang & Huang, 2023 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dehua odd–scaled snakeAchalinus dehuaensis Li, Wu, Xu, Zhu, Ren, Guo & Dong, 2021 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emily’s Burrowing SnakeAchalinus emilyae Ziegler, Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Pham, Van Schingen, Nguyen & Le, 2019 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Formosa Odd-scaled SnakeAchalinus formosanus Boulenger, 1908 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hainan Odd-scaled SnakeAchalinus hainanus Huang, 1975 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Huang’s Odd-scaled SnakeAchalinus huangjietangi Huang, Peng & Huang, 2021 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Achalinus jianghuaensis Huang, Liu, Zhang & Wu, 2024 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zong's Odd-scaled SnakeAchalinus jinggangensis (Zong & Ma, 1983) | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Julian’s Burrowing SnakeAchalinus juliani Ziegler, Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Pham, Van Schingen, Nguyen & Le, 2019 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Szechwan Odd-scaled SnakeAchalinus meiguensis Hu & Zhao, 1966 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nanshan odd-scaled snakeAchalinus nanshanensis Li, Zhu, Xiao, Wu, Yang, Zhang & Mo, 2024 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black Odd-scaled SnakeAchalinus niger Maki, 1931 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Panzhihua Odd-scaled SnakeAchalinus panzhihuaensis Hou, Wang, Guo, Chen, Yuan & Che, 2021 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shen’s Burrowing SnakeAchalinus sheni Ma, Xu, Qi, Wang, Tang, Huang & Jiang, 2023 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Japanese odd-scaled snakeAchalinus spinalis Peters, 1869 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trang An Burrowing SnakeAchalinus tranganensis Luu, Ziegler, Ha, Lo, Hoang, Ngo, Le, Tran & Nguyen, 2020 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus barbatulus Günther, 1873 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus barbatus Nichols, 1926 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus brevicaudatus Chen & Li, 1987 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus changtingensis Yang, Zhu, Xiong & Liu, 2011 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus coreanus Steindachner, 1892 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus deignani (Smith, 1945) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus elongatoides Kottelat, 2001 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus elongatus (Regan, 1908) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus fasciodorsalis Nguyen, 2001 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus gracilis Nichols, 1926 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus hondae (Jordan & Metz, 1913) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus imberbis Günther, 1868 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus intermedia (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus macromandibularis Doi, Arai & Liu, 1999 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus macropterus (Bleeker, 1871) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus meridianus (Wu, 1939) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus microphysa Yang, Chu & Chen, 1990 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus nanchongensis Deng, 1996 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus nguyenvanhaoi Nguyen, Tran & Ta, 2013 | CyprinidaeChordata | 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.