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 - Sternoptychinae
  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 - Argyropelecus lychnus
      Species - Argyropelecus aculeatus
      Species - Argyropelecus affinis
      Species - Argyropelecus gigas
      Species - Argyropelecus hemigymnus
      Species - Argyropelecus sladeni
      Species - Argyropelecus olfersii