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 - Melanostomias biseriatus
      Species - Melanostomias bartonbeani
      Species - Melanostomias melanopogon
      Species - Melanostomias melanops
      Species - Melanostomias tentaculatus
      Species - Melanostomias valdiviae
      Species - Melanostomias macrophotus
      Species - Melanostomias margaritifer
      Species - Melanostomias globulifer
      Species - Melanostomias niger
      Species - Melanostomias nigroaxialis
      Species - Melanostomias paucilaternatus
      Species - Melanostomias pauciradius
      Species - Melanostomias pollicifer
      Species - Melanostomias stewarti
      Species - Melanostomias vierecki
      Species - Melanostomias spilorhynchus