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 - Myleus levis
      Species - Myleus setiger
      Species - Myleus altipinnis
      Species - Myleus arnoldi
      Species - Myleus asterias
      Species - Myleus knerii
      Species - Myleus lobatus
      Species - Myleus micans
      Species - Myleus pacu
      Species - Myleus rhomboidalis
      Species - Myleus schomburgkii
      Species - Myleus torquatus