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 - Triportheus angulatus
      Species - Triportheus albus
      Species - Triportheus auritus
      Species - Triportheus culter
      Species - Triportheus curtus
      Species - Triportheus elongatus
      Species - Triportheus guentheri
      Species - Triportheus magdalenae
      Species - Triportheus nematurus
      Species - Triportheus paranensis
      Species - Triportheus pictus
      Species - Triportheus rotundatus
      Species - Triportheus signatus
      Species - Triportheus trifurcatus