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 - Astronesthinae
  Family - Stomiidae
  Suborder - Photichthyoidei
  Order - Stomiiformes
  Superorder - Stenopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Astronesthes niger
      Species - Astronesthes richardsoni
      Species - Astronesthes lucifer
      Species - Astronesthes boulengeri
      Species - Astronesthes similus
      Species - Astronesthes gemmifer
      Species - Astronesthes leucopogon
      Species - Astronesthes macropogon
      Species - Astronesthes micropogon
      Species - Astronesthes neopogon
      Species - Astronesthes atlanticus
      Species - Astronesthes cyclophotus
      Species - Astronesthes indicus
      Species - Astronesthes zharovi
      Species - Astronesthes caulophorus
      Species - Astronesthes chrysophekadion
      Species - Astronesthes decoratus
      Species - Astronesthes dupliglandis
      Species - Astronesthes exsul
      Species - Astronesthes fedorovi
      Species - Astronesthes galapagensis
      Species - Astronesthes gibbsi
      Species - Astronesthes gudrunae
      Species - Astronesthes haplophos
      Species - Astronesthes ijimai
      Species - Astronesthes illuminatus
      Species - Astronesthes karsteni
      Species - Astronesthes kreffti
      Species - Astronesthes lamellosus
      Species - Astronesthes lampara
      Species - Astronesthes lucibucca
      Species - Astronesthes luetkeni
      Species - Astronesthes lupina
      Species - Astronesthes martensii
      Species - Astronesthes nigroides
      Species - Astronesthes oligoa
      Species - Astronesthes psychrolutes
      Species - Astronesthes quasiindicus
      Species - Astronesthes spatulifer
      Species - Astronesthes tanibe
      Species - Astronesthes tatyanae
      Species - Astronesthes tchuvasovi
      Species - Astronesthes zetgibbsi
      Species - Astronesthes cyaneus
      Species - Astronesthes bilobatus
      Species - Astronesthes indopacificus
      Species - Astronesthes splendidus
      Species - Astronesthes trifibulatus