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 - Bathytroctes microlepis
      Species - Bathytroctes squamosus
      Species - Bathytroctes inspector
      Species - Bathytroctes macrolepis
      Species - Bathytroctes michaelsarsi
      Species - Bathytroctes oligolepis
      Species - Bathytroctes breviceps
      Species - Bathytroctes elegans
      Species - Bathytroctes macrognathus
      Species - Bathytroctes pappenheimi
      Species - Bathytroctes zugmayeri