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 - Maurolicinae
  Family - Sternoptychidae
  Suborder - Gonostomatoidei
  Order - Stomiiformes
  Superorder - Stenopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Maurolicus muelleri
      Species - Maurolicus weitzmani
      Species - Maurolicus amethystinopunctatus
      Species - Maurolicus australis
      Species - Maurolicus breviculus
      Species - Maurolicus imperatorius
      Species - Maurolicus inventionis
      Species - Maurolicus japonicus
      Species - Maurolicus javanicus
      Species - Maurolicus kornilovorum
      Species - Maurolicus mucronatus
      Species - Maurolicus parvipinnis
      Species - Maurolicus rudjakovi
      Species - Maurolicus stehmanni
      Species - Maurolicus walvisensis