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 - Bajacalifornia burragei
      Species - Bajacalifornia megalops
      Species - Bajacalifornia arcylepis
      Species - Bajacalifornia aequatoris
      Species - Bajacalifornia calcarata
      Species - Bajacalifornia erimoensis
      Species - Bajacalifornia microstoma