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 |
|---|---|---|
| arrow-tooth flounderAtheresthes stomias (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| big-scale sand smeltAtherina boyeri Risso, 1810 | AtherinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherina breviceps Valenciennes, 1835 | AtherinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherina caspia Eichwald, 1831 | AtherinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherina harringtonensis Goode, 1877 | AtherinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mediterranean sand smeltAtherina hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758 | AtherinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherina lopeziana Rossignol & Blache, 1961 | AtherinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sand smeltAtherina presbyter Cuvier, 1829 | AtherinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinason hepsetoides (Richardson, 1843) | AtherinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gulf silversideAtherinella alvarezi (Díaz-Pardo, 1972) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| La Palma SilversideAtherinella ammophila Chernoff & Miller, 1984 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella argentea Chernoff, 1986 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Balsas SilversideAtherinella balsana (Meek, 1902) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella beani (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella blackburni (Schultz, 1949) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| cunning silversideAtherinella callida Chernoff, 1986 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella chagresi (Meek & Hildebrand, 1914) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella colombiensis (Hubbs, 1920) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blackfin SilversideAtherinella crystallina (Jordan & Culver, 1895) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fuerte SilversideAtherinella elegans Chernoff, 1986 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longfin silversideAtherinella eriarcha Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| peppered silversideAtherinella guatemalensis (Günther, 1864) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella guija (Hildebrand, 1925) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella hubbsi (Bussing, 1979) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella jiloaensis (Bussing, 1979) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Naked SilversideAtherinella lisa (Meek, 1904) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eyipantla SilversideAtherinella marvelae (Chernoff & Miller, 1982) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella meeki (Miller, 1907) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella milleri (Bussing, 1979) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| pitcher silversideAtherinella nepenthe (Myers & Wade, 1942) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella nesiotes (Myers & Wade, 1942) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella nocturna (Myers & Wade, 1942) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella pachylepis (Günther, 1864) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella pallida (Fowler, 1944) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella panamensis Steindachner, 1875 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mancuernas SilversideAtherinella pellosemeion Chernoff, 1986 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella robbersi (Fowler, 1950) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Large-eye SilversideAtherinella sallei (Regan, 1903) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella sardina (Meek, 1907) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chimalapa silversideAtherinella schultzi (Álvarez & Carranza, 1952) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella serrivomer Chernoff, 1986 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella starksi (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinella venezuelae (Eigenmann, 1920) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinomorus endrachtensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red Sea hardyhead silversideAtherinomorus forskalii (Rüppell, 1838) | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinomorus insularum (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| hardyhead silversideAtherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, 1801) | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinomorus pinguis (Lacepède, 1803) | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atherinomorus regina (Seale, 1910) | AtherinomoridaeChordata | 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.