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

      Direct Children

      Species - Malapterurus electricus
      Species - Malapterurus microstoma
      Species - Malapterurus beninensis
      Species - Malapterurus cavalliensis
      Species - Malapterurus leonensis
      Species - Malapterurus melanochir
      Species - Malapterurus minjiriya
      Species - Malapterurus monsembeensis
      Species - Malapterurus occidentalis
      Species - Malapterurus oguensis
      Species - Malapterurus shirensis
      Species - Malapterurus tanganyikaensis
      Species - Malapterurus tanoensis
      Species - Malapterurus teugelsi