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 - Leptostomias gladiator
      Species - Leptostomias bilobatus
      Species - Leptostomias longibarba
      Species - Leptostomias analis
      Species - Leptostomias bermudensis
      Species - Leptostomias haplocaulus
      Species - Leptostomias leptobolus
      Species - Leptostomias gracilis
      Species - Leptostomias macronema
      Species - Leptostomias macropogon
      Species - Leptostomias multifilis
      Species - Leptostomias robustus