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 - Moringuidae
  Suborder - Anguilloidei
  Order - Anguilliformes
  Superorder - Elopomorpha
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Moringua edwardsi
      Species - Moringua microchir
      Species - Moringua javanica
      Species - Moringua ferruginea
      Species - Moringua raitaborua
      Species - Moringua abbreviata
      Species - Moringua arundinacea
      Species - Moringua bicolor
      Species - Moringua hawaiiensis
      Species - Moringua macrocephalus
      Species - Moringua macrochir
      Species - Moringua penni