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 - Alestiidae
  Order - Characiformes
  Superorder - Ostariophysi
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Alestes affinis
      Species - Alestes ansorgii
      Species - Alestes baremoze
      Species - Alestes bartoni
      Species - Alestes batesii
      Species - Alestes bimaculatus
      Species - Alestes bouboni
      Species - Alestes carmesinus
      Species - Alestes comptus
      Species - Alestes dentex
      Species - Alestes grandisquamis
      Species - Alestes humilis
      Species - Alestes jacksonii
      Species - Alestes liebrechtsii
      Species - Alestes macrophthalmus
      Species - Alestes peringueyi
      Species - Alestes rhodopleura
      Species - Alestes schoutedeni
      Species - Alestes stuhlmannii
      Species - Alestes taeniurus
      Species - Alestes tessmanni
      Species - Alestes tholloni