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- Biota (247 538)
- Kingdom Animalia (211 503)
- Subkingdom Animalia incertae sedis
- Subkingdom Metazoa accepted as Animalia
- Phylum Acanthocephala (516)
- Phylum Annelida (14 105)
- Phylum Arthropoda (59 754)
- Phylum Aschelminthes
- Phylum Brachiopoda (408)
- Phylum Bryozoa (6 539)
- Phylum Cephalorhyncha
- Phylum Chaetognatha (132)
- Phylum Chordata (24 095)
- Subphylum Cephalochordata (30)
- Subphylum Tunicata (3 134)
- Subphylum Urochordata accepted as Tunicata
- Subphylum Vertebrata (20 931)
- Infraphylum Agnatha (103)
- Infraphylum Gnathostomata (20 828)
- Parvphylum Chondrichthyes (1 291)
- Parvphylum Osteichthyes (18 645)
- Gigaclass Actinopterygii (18 643)
- Superclass Actinopteri (18 642)
- Class Chondrostei (25)
- Class Holostei (4)
- Class Teleostei (18 613)
- Order Acanthuriformes (441)
- Family Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835 (87)
- Family Antigoniidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 (18)
- Family Caproidae Bonaparte, 1835 (1)
- Family Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815 (136)
- Genus Amphichaetodon Burgess, 1978 (2)
- Genus Anisochaetodon Klunzinger, 1884 accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Bauchotia Nalbant, 1965 accepted as Prognathodes Gill, 1862
- Genus Cahetodon accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Chaaetodon accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Chaelmo accepted as Chelmon Cloquet, 1817
- Genus Chaethodon accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758 (87)
- Species Chaetodon abhortani Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Species Chaetodon abudafur Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Dascyllus abudafur (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Chaetodon aculeatus (Poey, 1860) accepted as Prognathodes aculeatus (Poey, 1860)
- Species Chaetodon acuminatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon adiergastos Seale, 1910
- Species Chaetodon alepidotus Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon altipinnis Cadenat, 1951 accepted as Prognathodes marcellae (Poll, 1950)
- Species Chaetodon andamanensis Kuiter & Debelius, 1999
- Species Chaetodon annularis Bloch, 1787 accepted as Pomacanthus annularis (Bloch, 1787)
- Species Chaetodon aphrodite Ogilby, 1889 accepted as Chaetodon flavirostris Günther, 1874
- Species Chaetodon arcuanus Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon arcuatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon argentatus Smith & Radcliffe, 1911
- Species Chaetodon argenteus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon argus Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Chaetodon armatus White, 1790 accepted as Enoplosus armatus (White, 1790)
- Species Chaetodon aruanus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon asfur Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Pomacanthus asfur (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Chaetodon assarius Waite, 1905
- Species Chaetodon atromaculatus Bennett, 1830 accepted as Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Chaetodon aureofasciatus MacLeay, 1878
- Species Chaetodon aureus Bloch, 1787 accepted as Pomacanthus paru (Bloch, 1787)
- Species Chaetodon aureus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 accepted as Chaetodon auripes Jordan & Snyder, 1901
- Species Chaetodon aureus Molina, 1782 accepted as Amphichaetodon melbae Burgess & Caldwell, 1978
- Species Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775
- Species Chaetodon auripes Jordan & Snyder, 1901
- Species Chaetodon auromarginatus Bliss, 1883 accepted as Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett, 1833
- Species Chaetodon aurora De Vis, 1884 accepted as Chaetodon ulietensis Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon austriacus Rüppell, 1836
- Species Chaetodon aya Jordan, 1886 accepted as Prognathodes aya (Jordan, 1886)
- Species Chaetodon baronessa Cuvier, 1829
- Species Chaetodon barronessa Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Chaetodon baronessa Cuvier, 1829
- Species Chaetodon bellamaris Seale, 1914 accepted as Chaetodon wiebeli Kaup, 1863
- Species Chaetodon bella-maris Seale, 1914 accepted as Chaetodon wiebeli Kaup, 1863
- Species Chaetodon bellulus Thiollière, 1857 accepted as Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790
- Species Chaetodon bellus Solander, 1839 accepted as Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797
- Species Chaetodon benetti Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon bengalensis Bloch, 1787 accepted as Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787)
- Species Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon biaculeatus Bloch, 1790 accepted as Amphiprion biaculeatus (Bloch, 1790)
- Species Chaetodon bicolor Bloch, 1787 accepted as Centropyge bicolor (Bloch, 1787)
- Species Chaetodon bifascialis Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Chaetodon trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
- Species Chaetodon bifasciatus Shaw, 1803 accepted as Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon bifasciatus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Chaetodon bilineatus Scopoli, 1788 accepted as Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792)
- Species Chaetodon bimaculatus Bloch, 1790 accepted as Chaetodon ocellatus Bloch, 1787
- Species Chaetodon binetti Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon biocellatus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802)
- Species Chaetodon blackburni Desjardins, 1836 accepted as Chaetodon blackburnii Desjardins, 1836
- Species Chaetodon blackburnii Desjardins, 1836
- Species Chaetodon blockburnii Desjardins, 1836 accepted as Chaetodon blackburnii Desjardins, 1836
- Species Chaetodon bricei Smith, 1898 accepted as Chaetodon capistratus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Chaetodon brownriggii Bennett, 1828 accepted as Chrysiptera brownriggii (Bennett, 1828)
- Species Chaetodon burgessi Allen & Starck, 1973
- Species Chaetodon canaliculatus Park, 1797 accepted as Siganus canaliculatus (Park, 1797)
- Species Chaetodon canescens Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon capistratus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Chaetodon carens Seale, 1910 accepted as Chaetodon nippon Steindachner & Döderlein, 1883
- Species Chaetodon caris Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Etroplus suratensis (Bloch, 1790)
- Species Chaetodon chilensis Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Amphichaetodon melbae Burgess & Caldwell, 1978
- Species Chaetodon chinensis Bloch, 1790 accepted as Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon chirurgus Bloch, 1787 accepted as Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787)
- Species Chaetodon chrysozonus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Coradion chrysozonus (Cuvier, 1831)
- Species Chaetodon chrysurus Desjardins, 1834 accepted as Chaetodon madagaskariensis Ahl, 1923
- Species Chaetodon ciliaris Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon cingulatus Fowler, 1934 accepted as Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790
- Species Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon collare Bloch, 1787
- Species Chaetodon collaris Bloch, 1787 accepted as Chaetodon collare Bloch, 1787
- Species Chaetodon consuelae Mowbray, 1928 accepted as Chaetodon striatus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Chaetodon corallicola Snyder, 1904 accepted as Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790
- Species Chaetodon cordiformis Thiollière, 1857 accepted as Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon cornutus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon couaga Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon curacao Bloch, 1787 accepted as Amblyglyphidodon curacao (Bloch, 1787)
- Species Chaetodon daedalma Jordan & Fowler, 1902
- Species Chaetodon dahli Ahl, 1923 accepted as Chaetodon rafflesii Anonymous [Bennett], 1830
- Species Chaetodon dayi Ahl, 1923 accepted as Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett, 1833
- Species Chaetodon decipiens Ahl, 1923 accepted as Chaetodon nippon Steindachner & Döderlein, 1883
- Species Chaetodon declevis Burgess & Randall, 1978 accepted as Chaetodon declivis Randall, 1975
- Species Chaetodon declivis Randall, 1975
- Species Chaetodon decoratus Ahl, 1923 accepted as Chaetodon semeion Bleeker, 1855
- Species Chaetodon decussatus Cuvier, 1829
- Species Chaetodon descussatus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Chaetodon decussatus Cuvier, 1829
- Species Chaetodon desmotes (Jordan & Fowler, 1902) accepted as Roa modesta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
- Species Chaetodon diacanthus Boddaert, 1772 accepted as Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772)
- Species Chaetodon dialeucos Salm & Mee, 1989
- Species Chaetodon dichrous Günther, 1869 accepted as Prognathodes dichrous (Günther, 1869)
- Species Chaetodon dixoni Regan, 1904 accepted as Chaetodon mertensii Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon dizoster Valenciennes, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon falcula Bloch, 1795
- Species Chaetodon dolosus Ahl, 1923
- Species Chaetodon dorsalis Rüppell, 1829 accepted as Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Species Chaetodon dorsiocellatus Ahl, 1923 accepted as Chaetodon flavirostris Günther, 1874
- Species Chaetodon elongatus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Acanthurus elongatus (Lacepède, 1802)
- Species Chaetodon enceladus Shaw, 1791 accepted as Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon eques Steindachner, 1903 accepted as Prognathodes aya (Jordan, 1886)
- Species Chaetodon excelsa (Jordan, 1921) accepted as Roa excelsa (Jordan, 1921)
- Species Chaetodon faber Broussonet, 1782 accepted as Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782)
- Species Chaetodon facula Bloch, 1795 accepted as Chaetodon falcula Bloch, 1795
- Species Chaetodon falcifer Hubbs & Rechnitzer, 1958 accepted as Prognathodes falcifer (Hubbs & Rechnitzer, 1958)
- Species Chaetodon falcula Bloch, 1795
- Species Chaetodon fallax Ahl, 1923 accepted as Chaetodon auripes Jordan & Snyder, 1901
- Species Chaetodon fasciatus Forsskål, 1775
- Species Chaetodon flavescens Bennett, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790
- Species Chaetodon flavirostris Günther, 1874
- Species Chaetodon flavocoronatus Myers, 1980
- Species Chaetodon flavus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Chaetodon fasciatus Forsskål, 1775
- Species Chaetodon fowleri Klausewitz, 1955 accepted as Chaetodon collare Bloch, 1787
- Species Chaetodon fremblii Bennett, 1828
- Species Chaetodon frenatus Fowler, 1935 accepted as Chaetodon wiebeli Kaup, 1863
- Species Chaetodon gardineri Norman, 1939
- Species Chaetodon gardneri Norman, 1939 accepted as Chaetodon gardineri Norman, 1939
- Species Chaetodon garnoti Lesson, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon germanus De Vis, 1884 accepted as Chaetodon pelewensis Kner, 1868
- Species Chaetodon glaucus Bloch, 1787 accepted as Trachinotus goodei Jordan & Evermann, 1896
- Species Chaetodon goniodes Woods, 1961 accepted as Prognathodes guyanensis (Durand, 1960)
- Species Chaetodon gracilis Günther, 1860 accepted as Chaetodon sedentarius Poey, 1860
- Species Chaetodon guentheri Ahl, 1923
- Species Chaetodon guezei Maugé & Bauchot, 1976 accepted as Prognathodes guezei (Maugé & Bauchot, 1976)
- Species Chaetodon guntheri Ahl, 1923 accepted as Chaetodon guentheri Ahl, 1923
- Species Chaetodon güntheri Ahl, 1923 accepted as Chaetodon guentheri Ahl, 1923
- Species Chaetodon guttatissimus Bennett, 1833
- Species Chaetodon guttatus Gronow, 1854 accepted as Coradion chrysozonus (Cuvier, 1831)
- Species Chaetodon guttatus Bloch, 1787 accepted as Siganus guttatus (Bloch, 1787)
- Species Chaetodon guyanensis Durand, 1960 accepted as Prognathodes guyanensis (Durand, 1960)
- Species Chaetodon guyotensis Yamamoto & Tameka, 1982 accepted as Prognathodes guyotensis (Yamamoto & Tameka, 1982)
- Species Chaetodon hadjan Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Chaetodon mesoleucos Forsskål, 1775
- Species Chaetodon hemichrysus Burgess & Randall, 1978 accepted as Chaetodon smithi Randall, 1975
- Species Chaetodon hoefleri Steindachner, 1881
- Species Chaetodon howensis Waite, 1903 accepted as Amphichaetodon howensis (Waite, 1903)
- Species Chaetodon humeralis Günther, 1860
- Species Chaetodon imperator Bloch, 1787 accepted as Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787)
- Species Chaetodon interruptus Ahl, 1923
- Species Chaetodon iunula (Lacepède, 1802) accepted as Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802)
- Species Chaetodon jayakari Norman, 1939 accepted as Roa jayakari (Norman, 1939)
- Species Chaetodon karraf Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon larvatus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon kleini Bloch, 1790 accepted as Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790
- Species Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790
- Species Chaetodon klunzingeri Kossman & Räuber, 1877 accepted as Chaetodon austriacus Rüppell, 1836
- Species Chaetodon labiatus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Coradion chrysozonus (Cuvier, 1831)
- Species Chaetodon lanceolatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Eques lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon larvatus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon layardi Blyth, 1852 accepted as Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797
- Species Chaetodon leachii Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
- Species Chaetodon leucopleura Playfair, 1867
- Species Chaetodon leucopygus Ahl, 1923 accepted as Chaetodon leucopleura Playfair, 1867
- Species Chaetodon lieneolatus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon lineatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon littoricola Poey, 1868 accepted as Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon litus Randall & Caldwell, 1973
- Species Chaetodon lividus Forster, 1801 accepted as Stegastes lividus (Forster, 1801)
- Species Chaetodon longimanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Drepane longimana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Chaetodon longirostris Broussonet, 1782 accepted as Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782)
- Species Chaetodon luciae Rochebrune, 1880 accepted as Chaetodon robustus Günther, 1860
- Species Chaetodon luluna (Lacepède, 1802) accepted as Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802)
- Species Chaetodon lunaris Gronow, 1854 accepted as Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775
- Species Chaetodon lunatus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802)
- Species Chaetodon lunulatus Shaw, 1803 accepted as Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802)
- Species Chaetodon lunulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
- Species Chaetodon luridi Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Abudefduf luridus (Cuvier, 1830)
- Species Chaetodon luridus Cuvier, 1830 accepted as Similiparma lurida (Cuvier, 1830)
- Species Chaetodon lutescens Bonnaterre, 1788 accepted as Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon lydiae Curtiss, 1938 accepted as Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon macrolepidotus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon maculatus Sauvage, 1891 accepted as Chaetodon guttatissimus Bennett, 1833
- Species Chaetodon maculatus Bloch, 1795 accepted as Pseudetroplus maculatus (Bloch, 1795)
- Species Chaetodon maculosus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Chaetodon madagascariensis Ahl, 1923 accepted as Chaetodon madagaskariensis Ahl, 1923
- Species Chaetodon madagaskariensis Ahl, 1923
- Species Chaetodon maecellae Poll, 1950 accepted as Prognathodes marcellae (Poll, 1950)
- Species Chaetodon mantelliger Jenkins, 1901 accepted as Chaetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
- Species Chaetodon marcellae Poll, 1950 accepted as Prognathodes marcellae (Poll, 1950)
- Species Chaetodon marginatus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Species Chaetodon marginatus Bloch, 1787 accepted as Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon marleyi Regan, 1921
- Species Chaetodon mata Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Chaetodon mauritii Bloch, 1787 accepted as Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon melammystax Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790
- Species Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Species Chaetodon melanopoma Playfair, 1867 accepted as Chaetodon semilarvatus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon melanopterus Playfair, 1867 accepted as Chaetodon melapterus Guichenot, 1863
- Species Chaetodon melanopus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Coradion melanopus (Cuvier, 1831)
- Species Chaetodon melanotus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Species Chaetodon melanotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Species Chaetodon melapterus Guichenot, 1863
- Species Chaetodon melastomus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790
- Species Chaetodon mendoncae Smith, 1953 accepted as Chaetodon dolosus Ahl, 1923
- Species Chaetodon mertensi Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon mertensii Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon mertensii Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon mesogallicus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Chaetodon mesoleucor Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Chaetodon mesoleucos Forsskål, 1775
- Species Chaetodon mesoleucos Forsskål, 1775
- Species Chaetodon mesoleucus Bloch, 1787 accepted as Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus (Bloch, 1787)
- Species Chaetodon mesoleucus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Chaetodon mesoleucos Forsskål, 1775
- Species Chaetodon meta Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Chaetodon meyeri Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Species Chaetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
- Species Chaetodon mitratus Günther, 1860
- Species Chaetodon modestus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 accepted as Roa modesta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
- Species Chaetodon monodactylus Carmichael, 1819 accepted as Nemadactylus monodactylus (Carmichael, 1819)
- Species Chaetodon mulsanti Thiollière, 1857 accepted as Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon multicinctus Garrett, 1863
- Species Chaetodon mycteryzans Gronow, 1854 accepted as Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon nesogallicus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Chaetodon nicobariensis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787)
- Species Chaetodon nigricans Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon nigripes De Vis, 1884 accepted as Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon nigripinnatus Desjardins, 1836 accepted as Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett, 1833
- Species Chaetodon nigripinnis Peters, 1855 accepted as Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett, 1833
- Species Chaetodon nigrirostris (Gill, 1862) accepted as Johnrandallia nigrirostris (Gill, 1862)
- Species Chaetodon nigrofuscus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Chaetodon nigropunctatus Sauvage, 1880
- Species Chaetodon nippon Steindachner & Döderlein, 1883
- Species Chaetodon notophthalmus Ahl, 1923 accepted as Chaetodon marleyi Regan, 1921
- Species Chaetodon obliquus Lubbock & Edwards, 1980 accepted as Prognathodes obliquus (Lubbock & Edwards, 1980)
- Species Chaetodon obscurus Boulenger, 1888 accepted as Chaetodon nigropunctatus Sauvage, 1880
- Species Chaetodon ocellatus Bloch, 1787
- Species Chaetodon ocellicaudus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon ocellifer Franz, 1910 accepted as Chaetodon speculum Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon octofasciatus Bloch, 1787
- Species Chaetodon octolineatus Gronow, 1854 accepted as Chaetodon octofasciatus Bloch, 1787
- Species Chaetodon oligacanthus Bleeker, 1850 accepted as Parachaetodon ocellatus (Cuvier, 1831)
- Species Chaetodon orbicularis Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Chaetodon orbis Bloch, 1787 accepted as Ephippus orbis (Bloch, 1787)
- Species Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon ornatus Gray, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon ovalis Thiollière, 1857 accepted as Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797
- Species Chaetodon oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853
- Species Chaetodon pairatalis Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Chaetodon parallelus Gronow, 1854 accepted as Chaetodon collare Bloch, 1787
- Species Chaetodon parrae Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon paru Bloch, 1787 accepted as Pomacanthus paru (Bloch, 1787)
- Species Chaetodon paucifasciatus Ahl, 1923
- Species Chaetodon pavo Bloch, 1787 accepted as Pomacentrus pavo (Bloch, 1787)
- Species Chaetodon pelewensis Kner, 1868
- Species Chaetodon pepek Montrouzier, 1857 accepted as Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797
- Species Chaetodon pictus Forsskål, 1775
- Species Chaetodon pinnatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon plebelus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon plumieri Bloch, 1787 accepted as Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782)
- Species Chaetodon polylepis Bleeker, 1857 accepted as Hemitaurichthys polylepis (Bleeker, 1857)
- Species Chaetodon praetextatus Cantor, 1849 accepted as Chaetodon collare Bloch, 1787
- Species Chaetodon princeps Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon rafflesii Anonymous [Bennett], 1830
- Species Chaetodon principalis Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon punctatofasciatus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon punctato-fasciatus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon punctatofasciatus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon punctatolineatus Gronow, 1854 accepted as Chaetodon punctatofasciatus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon punctatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Drepane punctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon punctofasciatus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon punctatofasciatus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon punctulatus Ahl, 1923 accepted as Chaetodon guentheri Ahl, 1923
- Species Chaetodon quadrifasciatus Sevastianoff, 1809 accepted as Datnioides polota (Hamilton, 1822)
- Species Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Gray, 1831
- Species Chaetodon quadromaculatus Gray, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Gray, 1831
- Species Chaetodon quinquecinctus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon raffelsii Anonymous [Bennett], 1830 accepted as Chaetodon rafflesii Anonymous [Bennett], 1830
- Species Chaetodon rafflesi Anonymous [Bennett], 1830 accepted as Chaetodon rafflesii Anonymous [Bennett], 1830
- Species Chaetodon rafflesii Anonymous [Bennett], 1830
- Species Chaetodon rafflessi Anonymous [Bennett], 1830 accepted as Chaetodon rafflesii Anonymous [Bennett], 1830
- Species Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923
- Species Chaetodon rainfordii McCulloch, 1923 accepted as Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923
- Species Chaetodon recticulatus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon reinwardti Günther, 1860 accepted as Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Species Chaetodon reinwardtii Günther, 1860 accepted as Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Species Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon rhombeus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Monodactylus sebae (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Chaetodon rhomboides Bloch, 1787 accepted as Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon robustus Günther, 1860
- Species Chaetodon rostratus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon rotundus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier, 1830)
- Species Chaetodon sanctae helenae Günther, 1868 accepted as Chaetodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1868
- Species Chaetodon sanctaehelena Günther, 1868 accepted as Chaetodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1868
- Species Chaetodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1868
- Species Chaetodon sargoides Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon satifer Bloch, 1795 accepted as Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775
- Species Chaetodon saxatilis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon sebae Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon rafflesii Anonymous [Bennett], 1830
- Species Chaetodon sebanus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775
- Species Chaetodon sedentarius Poey, 1860
- Species Chaetodon selene Bleeker, 1853
- Species Chaetodon semeion Bleeker, 1855
- Species Chaetodon semilarvatus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon semion Bleeker, 1855 accepted as Chaetodon semeion Bleeker, 1855
- Species Chaetodon setifer Bloch, 1795 accepted as Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775
- Species Chaetodon sexfasciatus Richardson, 1842 accepted as Tilodon sexfasciatus (Richardson, 1842)
- Species Chaetodon smithi Randall, 1975
- Species Chaetodon sohal Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Chaetodon sohar (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Chaetodon sordidus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Chaetodon speculum Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon sphenospilus Jenkins, 1901 accepted as Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787
- Species Chaetodon spilopleura Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon speculum Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon squamulosus Shaw, 1796 accepted as Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon striangulus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
- Species Chaetodon striatus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Chaetodon strigangulus Lay & Bennett, 1839 accepted as Chaetodon trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
- Species Chaetodon strigangulus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
- Species Chaetodon strigatus Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831)
- Species Chaetodon superbus Lesson, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon superbus Broussonet, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon suratensis Bloch, 1790 accepted as Etroplus suratensis (Bloch, 1790)
- Species Chaetodon tallii Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon taunigrum Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797
- Species Chaetodon tearlachi Curtiss, 1938 accepted as Chaetodon trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
- Species Chaetodon teatae Curtiss, 1938 accepted as Heniochus chrysostomus Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon teira Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Platax teira (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Chaetodon tetracanthus Lacepède, 1802 accepted as Scatophagus tetracanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
- Species Chaetodon tinkeri Schultz, 1951
- Species Chaetodon townleyi De Vis, 1884 accepted as Parachaetodon ocellatus (Cuvier, 1831)
- Species Chaetodon triangularis Rüppell, 1829 accepted as Chaetodon trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
- Species Chaetodon triangulum Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon trichrous Günther, 1874
- Species Chaetodon tricinctus Waite, 1901
- Species Chaetodon tricolor Bloch, 1795 accepted as Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch, 1795)
- Species Chaetodon trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
- Species Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797
- Species Chaetodon triostegus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chaetodon truncatus Kner, 1859 accepted as Chelmonops truncatus (Kner, 1859)
- Species Chaetodon tyrwhitti Bennett, 1830 accepted as Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
- Species Chaetodon ulientensis Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon ulietensis Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon ulietensis Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon umbratus Cabrera, Pérez & Haenseler, 1857 accepted as Brama brama (Bonnaterre, 1788)
- Species Chaetodon unicolor Sauvage, 1880 accepted as Prognathodes aculeatus (Poey, 1860)
- Species Chaetodon unicornis Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787
- Species Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Chaetodon vespertilio Bloch, 1787 accepted as Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Chaetodon vinctus Lay & Bennett, 1839 accepted as Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831
- Species Chaetodon virescens Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790
- Species Chaetodon viridis Bleeker, 1845 accepted as Chaetodon collare Bloch, 1787
- Species Chaetodon vittatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797
- Species Chaetodon vugabundus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Chaetodon weibeli Kaup, 1863 accepted as Chaetodon wiebeli Kaup, 1863
- Species Chaetodon wiebeli Kaup, 1863
- Species Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett, 1833
- Species Chaetodon xanthoicephalus Bennett, 1833 accepted as Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett, 1833
- Species Chaetodon xanthurus Bleeker, 1857
- Species Chaetodon zanzibarensis Playfair, 1867
- Species Chaetodon zanzibariensis Playfair, 1867 accepted as Chaetodon zanzibarensis Playfair, 1867
- Species Chaetodon zoster Bennett, 1831 accepted as Hemitaurichthys zoster (Bennett, 1831)
- Genus Chaetodonton accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Chaetodontops Bleeker, 1876 accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Chelmo accepted as Chelmon Cloquet, 1817
- Genus Chelmon Cloquet, 1817 (3)
- Genus Chelmonops Bleeker, 1876 (2)
- Genus Choetodon accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Citharoedus Kaup, 1860 accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Coradion Kaup, 1860 (4)
- Genus Eteira Kaup, 1860 accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Exornator Nalbant, 1971 accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Forcipiger Jordan & McGregor, 1898 (3)
- Genus Foreipiger accepted as Forcipiger Jordan & McGregor, 1898
- Genus Hemitaurichthys Bleeker, 1876 (4)
- Genus Hemitaurichtys accepted as Hemitaurichthys Bleeker, 1876
- Genus Heniochus Cuvier, 1816 (8)
- Genus Heterochaetodon Maugé & Bauchot, 1984 accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Johnrandalia accepted as Johnrandallia Nalbant, 1974
- Genus Johnrandallia Nalbant, 1974 (1)
- Genus Linophora Kaup, 1860 accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Loa Jordan, 1921 accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Megapotodon accepted as Megaprotodon Guichenot, 1848
- Genus Mesochaetodon Maugé & Bauchot, 1984 accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Nalbantius Maugé & Bauchot, 1984 accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Paracanthochaetodon Schmidt & Lindberg, 1930 accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Parachaetodon Bleeker, 1874 (1)
- Genus Prognathodes Gill, 1862 (13)
- Genus Pseudochaetodon Burgess, 1978 accepted as Johnrandallia Nalbant, 1974
- Genus Rabdophorus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Roa Jordan, 1923 (8)
- Genus Roaops Maugé & Bauchot, 1984 accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Sarothrodus Gill, 1861 accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Taurichthys Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Heniochus Cuvier, 1816
- Genus Tetragnoptrus accepted as Tetragonoptrus Klein, 1776
- Genus Tetragonoptrus Walbaum (ex Klein), 1792 accepted as Chaethodon
- Family Drepaneidae Gill, 1872 (3)
- Family Ephippidae Bleeker, 1859 (15)
- Family Leiognathidae Gill, 1893 (53)
- Family Lobotidae Gill, 1861 (2)
- Family Luvaridae Gill, 1885 (1)
- Family Pomacanthidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 (91)
- Family Scatophagidae Gill, 1883 (4)
- Family Siganidae Richardson, 1837 (29)
- Family Zanclidae Bleeker, 1876 (1)
- Order Acropomatiformes (308)
- Order Albuliformes (13)
- Order Alepocephaliformes (144)
- Order Anabantiformes (28)
- Order Anguilliformes (1 052)
- Order Argentiniformes (97)
- Order Ateleopodiformes (14)
- Order Atheriniformes (151)
- Order Aulopiformes (295)
- Order Batrachoidiformes (78)
- Order Beloniformes (212)
- Order Beryciformes (125)
- Order Blenniiformes (955)
- Order Callionymiformes (213)
- Order Carangaria incertae sedis (96)
- Order Carangiformes (172)
- Order Centrarchiformes (178)
- Order Cetomimiformes accepted as Beryciformes
- Order Characiformes (35)
- Order Cichliformes (67)
- Order Clupeiformes (359)
- Order Cypriniformes (318)
- Order Cyprinodontiformes (114)
- Order Dactylopteriformes (14)
- Order Elopiformes (9)
- Order Esociformes (2)
- Order Eupercaria incertae sedis (1 787)
- Order Gadiformes (641)
- Order Galaxiiformes (12)
- Order Gasterosteiformes accepted as Gasterosteoidei
- Order Gobiesociformes (179)
- Order Gobiiformes (1 931)
- Order Gonorynchiformes (6)
- Order Gymnotiformes (1)
- Order Holocentriformes (92)
- Order Kurtiformes (363)
- Order Lampriformes (27)
- Order Lophiiformes (399)
- Order Mugiliformes (77)
- Order Mulliformes (100)
- Order Myctophiformes (257)
- Order Notacanthiformes (28)
- Order Ophidiiformes (568)
- Order Osmeriformes (34)
- Order Osteoglossiformes (3)
- Order Ovalentaria incertae sedis (795)
- Order Perciformes (3 096)
- Order Pleuronectiformes (788)
- Order Polymixiiformes (12)
- Order Saccopharyngiformes accepted as Anguilliformes
- Order Salmoniformes (65)
- Order Scombriformes (284)
- Order Scorpaeniformes accepted as Scorpaenoidei
- Order Siluriformes (270)
- Order Stephanoberyciformes accepted as Beryciformes
- Order Stomiiformes (450)
- Order Stylephoriformes (1)
- Order Synbranchiformes (18)
- Order Syngnathiformes (324)
- Order Tetraodontiformes (412)
- Order Trachichthyiformes (68)
- Order Zeiformes (35)
- Superclass Cladistia (1)
- Gigaclass Sarcopterygii (2)
- Megaclass Tetrapoda (892)
- Superclass Pisces
- Phylum Cnidaria (12 578)
- Phylum Ctenophora (184)
- Phylum Cycliophora (2)
- Phylum Dicyemida (122)
- Phylum Echinodermata (7 644)
- Phylum Ectoprocta accepted as Bryozoa
- Phylum Entoprocta (202)
- Phylum Gastrotricha (523)
- Phylum Gnathostomulida (100)
- Phylum Hemichordata (137)
- Phylum Kinorhyncha (348)
- Phylum Loricifera (46)
- Phylum Mesozoa accepted as Dicyemida
- Phylum Mollusca (52 039)
- Phylum Nematoda (6 758)
- Phylum Nematomorpha (5)
- Phylum Nemertea (1 332)
- Phylum Nemertina represented as Nemertea
- Phylum Nemertini accepted as Nemertea
- Phylum Orthonectida (24)
- Phylum Pentastomida accepted as Pentastomida
- Phylum Phoronida (13)
- Phylum Placozoa (4)
- Phylum Platyhelminthes (13 493)
- Phylum Pogonophora accepted as Siboglinidae Caullery, 1914
- Phylum Porifera (9 470)
- Phylum Priapulida (22)
- Phylum Rotatoria accepted as Rotifera
- Phylum Rotifera (208)
- Phylum Sipunculida accepted as Sipuncula
- Phylum Tardigrada (263)
- Phylum Xenacoelomorpha (437)
- Kingdom Archaea (117)
- Kingdom Bacteria (2 223)
- Kingdom Chromista (20 790)
- Kingdom Fungi (1 432)
- Kingdom Monera represented as Bacteria
- Kingdom Plantae (10 581)
- Kingdom Protozoa (766)
- Kingdom Viruses (115)
