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: 2003

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Argentinidae
  Superfamily - Argentinoidea
  Suborder - Argentinoidei
  Order - Osmeriformes
  Superorder - Protacanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Argentina brucei
      Species - Argentina georgei
      Species - Argentina silus
      Species - Argentina stewarti
      Species - Argentina striata
      Species - Argentina sialis
      Species - Argentina elongata
      Species - Argentina sphyraena
      Species - Argentina aliceae
      Species - Argentina australiae
      Species - Argentina euchus
      Species - Argentina kagoshimae