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: 2003

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Alepocephalidae
  Superfamily - Alepocephaloidea
  Suborder - Argentinoidei
  Order - Osmeriformes
  Superorder - Protacanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Alepocephalus productus
      Species - Alepocephalus rostratus
      Species - Alepocephalus australis
      Species - Alepocephalus bairdii
      Species - Alepocephalus tenebrosus
      Species - Alepocephalus andersoni
      Species - Alepocephalus antipodianus
      Species - Alepocephalus asperifrons
      Species - Alepocephalus bicolor
      Species - Alepocephalus dentifer
      Species - Alepocephalus fundulus
      Species - Alepocephalus longiceps
      Species - Alepocephalus longirostris
      Species - Alepocephalus melas
      Species - Alepocephalus owstoni
      Species - Alepocephalus planifrons
      Species - Alepocephalus triangularis
      Species - Alepocephalus umbriceps
      Species - Alepocephalus blanfordii
      Species - Alepocephalus agassizii