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 - Notosudidae
  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 - Scopelosaurus harryi
      Species - Scopelosaurus mauli
      Species - Scopelosaurus smithii
      Species - Scopelosaurus hoedti
      Species - Scopelosaurus argenteus
      Species - Scopelosaurus lepidus
      Species - Scopelosaurus hamiltoni
      Species - Scopelosaurus adleri
      Species - Scopelosaurus ahlstromi
      Species - Scopelosaurus craddocki
      Species - Scopelosaurus gibbsi
      Species - Scopelosaurus herwigi
      Species - Scopelosaurus hubbsi
      Species - Scopelosaurus meadi