NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Polypteridae
  Order - Polypteriformes
  Class - Cladistei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Polypterus ornatipinnis
      Species - Polypterus ansorgii
      Species - Polypterus senegalus
      Species - Polypterus delhezi
      Species - Polypterus endlicherii
      Species - Polypterus palmas
      Species - Polypterus retropinnis
      Species - Polypterus weeksii
      Species - Polypterus polli
      Species - Polypterus bichir