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

  Tribe - Bascanichthyini
  Subfamily - Ophichthinae
  Family - Ophichthidae
  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 - Bascanichthys scuticaris
      Species - Bascanichthys bascanium
      Species - Bascanichthys inopinatus
      Species - Bascanichthys paulensis
      Species - Bascanichthys bascanoides
      Species - Bascanichthys ceciliae
      Species - Bascanichthys congoensis
      Species - Bascanichthys cylindricus
      Species - Bascanichthys deraniyagalai
      Species - Bascanichthys fijiensis
      Species - Bascanichthys filaria
      Species - Bascanichthys kirkii
      Species - Bascanichthys longipinnis
      Species - Bascanichthys myersi
      Species - Bascanichthys panamensis
      Species - Bascanichthys pusillus
      Species - Bascanichthys sibogae