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: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Ictalurus furcatus
      Species - Ictalurus punctatus
      Species - Ictalurus pricei
      Species - Ictalurus lupus
      Species - Ictalurus australis
      Species - Ictalurus balsanus
      Species - Ictalurus dugesii
      Species - Ictalurus meridionalis
      Species - Ictalurus mexicanus
      Species - Ictalurus ochoterenai