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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pará BlackheadApostolepis nigrolineata (Peters, 1869) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peru BlackheadApostolepis nigroterminata Boulenger, 1896 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Phillips’ BlackheadApostolepis phillipsae Harvey, 1999 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rondônia BlackheadApostolepis rondoni Amaral, 1925 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apostolepis sanctaeritae Werner, 1924 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apostolepis serrana de Lema & Renner, 2006 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apostolepis striata de Lema, 2004 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bolivian BlackheadApostolepis tenuis Ruthven, 1927 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apostolepis underwoodi de Lema & Campbell, 2017 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Beaked BlackheadApostolepis vittata (Cope, 1887) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Appendicularia sicula Fol, 1874 | FritillariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eared Worm-lizardAprasia aurita Kluge, 1974 | PygopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shark Bay Worm-lizardAprasia haroldi Storr, 1978 | PygopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mallee Worm-lizardAprasia inaurita Kluge, 1974 | PygopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Granite Worm-lizardAprasia parapulchella Kluge, 1974 | PygopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aprasia picturata Smith & Henry, 1999 | PygopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Flinders Ranges Worm-lizardAprasia pseudopulchella Kluge, 1974 | PygopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sedgelands Worm-lizardAprasia repens (Fry, 1914) | PygopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zuytdorp Worm-lizardAprasia smithi Storr, 1970 | PygopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wicherina Worm LizardAprasia wicherina Maryan, Adams & Aplin, 2015 | PygopodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apricaphanius baeticus (Doadrio, Carmona & Fernández-Delgado, 2002) | AphaniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| green jobfishAprion virescens Valenciennes, 1830 | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus albisoma Nakaya & Séret, 1999 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus ampliceps Sasahara, Sato & Nakaya, 2008 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| white ghost catsharkApristurus aphyodes Nakaya & Stehmann, 1998 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus australis Sato, Nakaya & Yorozu, 2008 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus breviventralis Kawauchi, Weigmann & Nakaya, 2014 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brown catsharkApristurus brunneus (Gilbert, 1892) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus bucephalus White, Last & Pogonoski, 2008 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus drona Sweta & Bineesh, 2026 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Robust deepwater flat-nose catsharkApristurus fedorovi Dolganov, 1983 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus herklotsi (Fowler, 1934) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smallbelly catsharkApristurus indicus (Brauer, 1906) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus investigatoris (Misra, 1962) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus iterum White, O'Neil & Jayasinghe, 2025 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus japonicus Nakaya, 1975 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iceland catsharkApristurus laurussonii (Saemundsson, 1922) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Flathead catsharkApristurus macrorhynchus (Tanaka, 1909) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| smalleye catsharkApristurus microps (Gilchrist, 1922) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| deepsea cat sharkApristurus profundorum (Goode & Bean, 1896) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| broadgill catsharkApristurus riveri Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus sibogae (Weber, 1913) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apristurus spongiceps (Gilbert, 1905) | PentanchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yapacana AntbirdAprositornis disjuncta (Friedmann, 1945) | ThamnophilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jonquil ParrotAprosmictus jonquillaceus (Vieillot, 1818) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bulmer's Fruit BatAproteles bulmerae Menzies, 1977 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African forktail snapperApsilus fuscus Valenciennes, 1830 | LutjanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emperor PenguinAptenodytes forsteri G. R. Gray, 1844 | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| King PenguinAptenodytes patagonicus J. F. Miller, 1778 | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.