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 - Halosauridae
  Suborder - Notacanthoidei
  Order - Albuliformes
  Superorder - Elopomorpha
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Halosaurus guentheri
      Species - Halosaurus johnsonianus
      Species - Halosaurus ovenii
      Species - Halosaurus attenuatus
      Species - Halosaurus pectoralis
      Species - Halosaurus radiatus
      Species - Halosaurus carinicauda
      Species - Halosaurus ridgwayi
      Species - Halosaurus sinensis