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 - Metynnis argenteus
      Species - Metynnis hypsauchen
      Species - Metynnis lippincottianus
      Species - Metynnis maculatus
      Species - Metynnis altidorsalis
      Species - Metynnis fasciatus
      Species - Metynnis guaporensis
      Species - Metynnis luna
      Species - Metynnis mola
      Species - Metynnis orinocensis
      Species - Metynnis otuquensis