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

      Direct Children

      Species - Micralestes acutidens
      Species - Micralestes ambiguus
      Species - Micralestes argyrotaenia
      Species - Micralestes comoensis
      Species - Micralestes congicus
      Species - Micralestes eburneensis
      Species - Micralestes elongatus
      Species - Micralestes fodori
      Species - Micralestes holargyreus
      Species - Micralestes humilis
      Species - Micralestes lualabae
      Species - Micralestes occidentalis
      Species - Micralestes pabrensis
      Species - Micralestes sardina
      Species - Micralestes stormsi
      Species - Micralestes vittatus