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 - Pelloninae
  Family - Pristigasteridae
  Suborder - Clupeoidei
  Order - Clupeiformes
  Superorder - Clupeomorpha
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ilisha elongata
      Species - Ilisha africana
      Species - Ilisha amazonica
      Species - Ilisha filigera
      Species - Ilisha kampeni
      Species - Ilisha macrogaster
      Species - Ilisha megaloptera
      Species - Ilisha melastoma
      Species - Ilisha novacula
      Species - Ilisha obfuscata
      Species - Ilisha pristigastroides
      Species - Ilisha sirishai
      Species - Ilisha striatula
      Species - Ilisha lunula
      Species - Ilisha fuerthii
      Species - Ilisha compressa