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

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Auchenipterus ambyiacus
      Species - Auchenipterus brachyurus
      Species - Auchenipterus brevior
      Species - Auchenipterus britskii
      Species - Auchenipterus demerarae
      Species - Auchenipterus dentatus
      Species - Auchenipterus fordicei
      Species - Auchenipterus menezesi
      Species - Auchenipterus nigripinnis
      Species - Auchenipterus nuchalis
      Species - Auchenipterus osteomystax