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 - Myrophini
  Subfamily - Myrophinae
  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 - Muraenichthys schultzei
      Species - Muraenichthys macropterus
      Species - Muraenichthys philippinensis
      Species - Muraenichthys macrostomus
      Species - Muraenichthys thompsoni
      Species - Muraenichthys gymnopterus
      Species - Muraenichthys sibogae
      Species - Muraenichthys laticaudatus