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

      Direct Children

      Species - Saurenchelys cancrivora
      Species - Saurenchelys cognita
      Species - Saurenchelys fierasfer
      Species - Saurenchelys halimyon
      Species - Saurenchelys finitimus
      Species - Saurenchelys stylura
      Species - Saurenchelys meteori
      Species - Saurenchelys lateromaculatus