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

      Direct Children

      Species - Distichodus sexfasciatus
      Species - Distichodus decemmaculatus
      Species - Distichodus fasciolatus
      Species - Distichodus lusosso
      Species - Distichodus affinis
      Species - Distichodus altus
      Species - Distichodus antonii
      Species - Distichodus atroventralis
      Species - Distichodus brevipinnis
      Species - Distichodus engycephalus
      Species - Distichodus hypostomatus
      Species - Distichodus kolleri
      Species - Distichodus langi
      Species - Distichodus maculatus
      Species - Distichodus mossambicus
      Species - Distichodus nefasch
      Species - Distichodus niloticus
      Species - Distichodus noboli
      Species - Distichodus notospilus
      Species - Distichodus petersii
      Species - Distichodus rostratus
      Species - Distichodus rufigiensis
      Species - Distichodus schenga