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

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Parodon pongoensis
      Species - Parodon apolinari
      Species - Parodon bifasciatus
      Species - Parodon buckleyi
      Species - Parodon caliensis
      Species - Parodon carrikeri
      Species - Parodon guyanensis
      Species - Parodon hilarii
      Species - Parodon nasus
      Species - Parodon suborbitalis