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

  Subfamily - Galaxiinae
  Family - Galaxiidae
  Superfamily - Galaxioidea
  Suborder - Osmeroidei
  Order - Osmeriformes
  Superorder - Protacanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Galaxias maculatus
      Species - Galaxias anomalus
      Species - Galaxias argenteus
      Species - Galaxias auratus
      Species - Galaxias brevipinnis
      Species - Galaxias cobitinis
      Species - Galaxias depressiceps
      Species - Galaxias divergens
      Species - Galaxias eldoni
      Species - Galaxias fasciatus
      Species - Galaxias fontanus
      Species - Galaxias fuscus
      Species - Galaxias globiceps
      Species - Galaxias gollumoides
      Species - Galaxias gracilis
      Species - Galaxias johnstoni
      Species - Galaxias neocaledonicus
      Species - Galaxias niger
      Species - Galaxias occidentalis
      Species - Galaxias olidus
      Species - Galaxias parvus
      Species - Galaxias paucispondylus
      Species - Galaxias pedderensis
      Species - Galaxias platei
      Species - Galaxias postvectis
      Species - Galaxias prognathus
      Species - Galaxias pullus
      Species - Galaxias rekohua
      Species - Galaxias rostratus
      Species - Galaxias tanycephalus
      Species - Galaxias truttaceus
      Species - Galaxias vulgaris
      Species - Galaxias zebratus