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

      Direct Children

      Species - Charax gibbosus
      Species - Charax apurensis
      Species - Charax metae
      Species - Charax caudimaculatus
      Species - Charax condei
      Species - Charax hemigrammus
      Species - Charax leticiae
      Species - Charax macrolepis
      Species - Charax michaeli
      Species - Charax niger
      Species - Charax notulatus
      Species - Charax pauciradiatus
      Species - Charax rupununi
      Species - Charax stenopterus
      Species - Charax tectifer
      Species - Charax unimaculatus