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 - Talismania bifurcata
      Species - Talismania antillarum
      Species - Talismania homoptera
      Species - Talismania longifilis
      Species - Talismania mekistonema
      Species - Talismania brachycephala
      Species - Talismania bussingi
      Species - Talismania filamentosa
      Species - Talismania kotlyari
      Species - Talismania okinawensis
      Species - Talismania aphos