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

  Subfamily - Myctophinae
  Family - Myctophidae
  Order - Myctophiformes
  Superorder - Scopelomorpha
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Hygophum atratum
      Species - Hygophum benoiti
      Species - Hygophum macrochir
      Species - Hygophum taaningi
      Species - Hygophum hanseni
      Species - Hygophum hygomii
      Species - Hygophum bruuni
      Species - Hygophum proximum
      Species - Hygophum reinhardtii