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 - Callechelyini
  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 - Callechelys muraena
      Species - Callechelys springeri
      Species - Callechelys bilinearis
      Species - Callechelys bitaeniata
      Species - Callechelys catostoma
      Species - Callechelys cliffi
      Species - Callechelys eristigma
      Species - Callechelys galapagensis
      Species - Callechelys guineensis
      Species - Callechelys lutea
      Species - Callechelys leucoptera
      Species - Callechelys marmorata
      Species - Callechelys papulosa
      Species - Callechelys randalli