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

  Family - Chlorophthalmidae
  Suborder - Chlorophthalmoidei
  Order - Aulopiformes
  Superorder - Cyclosquamata
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Chlorophthalmus agassizi
      Species - Chlorophthalmus brasiliensis
      Species - Chlorophthalmus acutifrons
      Species - Chlorophthalmus albatrossis
      Species - Chlorophthalmus atlanticus
      Species - Chlorophthalmus bicornis
      Species - Chlorophthalmus borealis
      Species - Chlorophthalmus chalybeius
      Species - Chlorophthalmus corniger
      Species - Chlorophthalmus ichthyandri
      Species - Chlorophthalmus mento
      Species - Chlorophthalmus nigromarginatus
      Species - Chlorophthalmus pectoralis
      Species - Chlorophthalmus proridens
      Species - Chlorophthalmus punctatus
      Species - Chlorophthalmus zvezdae