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

      Direct Children

      Species - Hoplias malabaricus
      Species - Hoplias aimara
      Species - Hoplias brasiliensis
      Species - Hoplias lacerdae
      Species - Hoplias macrophthalmus
      Species - Hoplias microcephalus
      Species - Hoplias microlepis
      Species - Hoplias patana
      Species - Hoplias teres