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 - Engraulinae
  Family - Engraulidae
  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 - Anchoa hepsetus
      Species - Anchoa mitchilli
      Species - Anchoa cubana
      Species - Anchoa lamprotaenia
      Species - Anchoa lyolepis
      Species - Anchoa spinifer
      Species - Anchoa tricolor
      Species - Anchoa cayorum
      Species - Anchoa compressa
      Species - Anchoa delicatissima
      Species - Anchoa walkeri
      Species - Anchoa mundeoloides
      Species - Anchoa panamensis
      Species - Anchoa argentivittata
      Species - Anchoa belizensis
      Species - Anchoa chamensis
      Species - Anchoa choerostoma
      Species - Anchoa colonensis
      Species - Anchoa curta
      Species - Anchoa eigenmannia
      Species - Anchoa exigua
      Species - Anchoa filifera
      Species - Anchoa helleri
      Species - Anchoa ischana
      Species - Anchoa januaria
      Species - Anchoa lucida
      Species - Anchoa marinii
      Species - Anchoa mundeola
      Species - Anchoa nasus
      Species - Anchoa parva
      Species - Anchoa pectoralis
      Species - Anchoa scofieldi
      Species - Anchoa starksi
      Species - Anchoa trinitatis
      Species - Anchoa analis