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

      Direct Children

      Species - Chlopsis bicolor
      Species - Chlopsis dentatus
      Species - Chlopsis olokun
      Species - Chlopsis apterus
      Species - Chlopsis bicollaris
      Species - Chlopsis kazuko
      Species - Chlopsis bidentatus
      Species - Chlopsis longidens
      Species - Chlopsis slusserorum