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

  Subfamily - Uropterygiinae
  Family - Muraenidae
  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 - Uropterygius fuscoguttatus
      Species - Uropterygius inornatus
      Species - Uropterygius polyspilus
      Species - Uropterygius supraforatus
      Species - Uropterygius marmoratus
      Species - Uropterygius concolor
      Species - Uropterygius micropterus
      Species - Uropterygius macrocephalus
      Species - Uropterygius xanthopterus
      Species - Uropterygius macularius
      Species - Uropterygius xenodontus
      Species - Uropterygius golanii
      Species - Uropterygius nagoensis
      Species - Uropterygius wheeleri
      Species - Uropterygius alboguttatus
      Species - Uropterygius fasciolatus
      Species - Uropterygius genie
      Species - Uropterygius kamar
      Species - Uropterygius makatei
      Species - Uropterygius polystictus
      Species - Uropterygius versutus