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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apterichtus australis McCosker & Randall, 2005 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus dunalailai McCosker & Hibino, 2015 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus flavicaudus (Snyder, 1904) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi McCosker & Hibino, 2015 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| finless eelApterichtus kendalli (Gilbert, 1891) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus klazingai (Weber, 1913) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus moseri (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus mysi McCosker & Hibino, 2015 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus nanjilnaduensis Kodeeswaran, Ravinesh, Hibino & Saravanane, 2024 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus nariculus McCosker & Hibino, 2015 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus orientalis Machida & Ohta, 1994 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apterichtus succinus Hibino, McCosker & Kimura, 2016 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apteronotus acidops Triques, 2011 | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apteronotus albifrons (Linnaeus, 1766) | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apteronotus anu de Santana & Vari, 2013 | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apteronotus camposdapazi de Santana & Lehmann A., 2006 | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apteronotus caudimaculosus de Santana, 2003 | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apteronotus cuchillejo (Schultz, 1949) | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apteronotus eschmeyeri de Santana, Maldonado-Ocampo, Severi & Mendes, 2004 | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apteronotus galvisi de Santana, Maldonado-Ocampo & Crampton, 2007 | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apteronotus hasemani (Ellis, 1913) | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apteronotus macrolepis (Steindachner, 1881) | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apteronotus macrostomus (Fowler, 1943) | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apteronotus mariae (Eigenmann & Fisher, 1914) | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apteronotus milesi de Santana & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2005 | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apteronotus spurrellii (Regan, 1914) | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brown KiwiApteryx australis Shaw, 1813 | ApterygidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Spotted KiwiApteryx haastii Potts, 1872 | ApterygidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Spotted KiwiApteryx owenii Gould, 1847 | ApterygidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Okarito Brown KiwiApteryx rowi Tennyson, Palma, Robertson, Worthy & B. J. Gill, 2003 | ApterygidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little SwiftApus affinis (J. E. Gray, 1830) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malagasy Black SwiftApus balstoni (Bartlett, 1880) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Black SwiftApus barbatus (P. L. Sclater, 1866) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bates's SwiftApus batesi (Sharpe, 1904) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Forbes-Watson's SwiftApus berliozi Ripley, 1966 | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bradfield's SwiftApus bradfieldi (Roberts, 1926) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nyanza SwiftApus niansae (Reichenow, 1887) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| House SwiftApus nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fork-tailed SwiftApus pacificus (Latham, 1801) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pallid SwiftApus pallidus (Shelley, 1870) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Salim Ali's SwiftApus salimalii Lack, 1958 | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fernando Po SwiftApus sladeniae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1904) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plain SwiftApus unicolor (Jardine, 1830) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aquarana catesbeiana (Shaw, 1802) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aquarana clamitans (Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aquarana heckscheri (Wright, 1924) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aquarana septentrionalis (Baird, 1854) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cassin's Hawk-EagleAquila africana (Cassin, 1865) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata Vieillot, 1822 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gurney's EagleAquila gurneyi G. R. Gray, 1861 | AccipitridaeChordata | 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.