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 - Photonectes margarita
      Species - Photonectes albipennis
      Species - Photonectes braueri
      Species - Photonectes dinema
      Species - Photonectes mirabilis
      Species - Photonectes parvimanus
      Species - Photonectes phyllopogon
      Species - Photonectes achirus
      Species - Photonectes caerulescens
      Species - Photonectes gracilis
      Species - Photonectes leucospilus
      Species - Photonectes munificus