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 - Apteronotidae
  Suborder - Sternopygoidei
  Order - Gymnotiformes
  Superorder - Ostariophysi
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Apteronotus albifrons
      Species - Apteronotus apurensis
      Species - Apteronotus bonapartii
      Species - Apteronotus brasiliensis
      Species - Apteronotus caudimaculosus
      Species - Apteronotus cuchillejo
      Species - Apteronotus cuchillo
      Species - Apteronotus ellisi
      Species - Apteronotus eschmeyeri
      Species - Apteronotus jurubidae
      Species - Apteronotus leptorhynchus
      Species - Apteronotus macrolepis
      Species - Apteronotus macrostomus
      Species - Apteronotus magdalenensis
      Species - Apteronotus marauna
      Species - Apteronotus mariae
      Species - Apteronotus rostratus
      Species - Apteronotus spurrellii