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 - Melanostomiinae
  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 - Bathophilus flemingi
      Species - Bathophilus pawneei
      Species - Bathophilus ater
      Species - Bathophilus altipinnis
      Species - Bathophilus brevis
      Species - Bathophilus digitatus
      Species - Bathophilus longipinnis
      Species - Bathophilus proximus
      Species - Bathophilus vaillanti
      Species - Bathophilus nigerrimus
      Species - Bathophilus schizochirus
      Species - Bathophilus metallicus
      Species - Bathophilus abarbatus
      Species - Bathophilus filifer
      Species - Bathophilus indicus
      Species - Bathophilus irregularis
      Species - Bathophilus kingi