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 - Heterocongrinae
  Family - Congridae
  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 - Gorgasia maculata
      Species - Gorgasia barnesi
      Species - Gorgasia cotroneii
      Species - Gorgasia galzini
      Species - Gorgasia hawaiiensis
      Species - Gorgasia inferomaculata
      Species - Gorgasia japonica
      Species - Gorgasia klausewitzi
      Species - Gorgasia naeocepaea
      Species - Gorgasia preclara
      Species - Gorgasia punctata
      Species - Gorgasia sillneri
      Species - Gorgasia taiwanensis