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

      Direct Children

      Species - Lestidiops affinis
      Species - Lestidiops jayakari
      Species - Lestidiops sphyrenoides
      Species - Lestidiops similis
      Species - Lestidiops mirabilis
      Species - Lestidiops gracilis
      Species - Lestidiops ringens
      Species - Lestidiops neles
      Species - Lestidiops pacificus
      Species - Lestidiops bathyopteryx
      Species - Lestidiops cadenati
      Species - Lestidiops distans
      Species - Lestidiops extrema
      Species - Lestidiops indopacifica
      Species - Lestidiops sphyraenopsis