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

      Direct Children

      Species - Pimelodus maculatus
      Species - Pimelodus blochii
      Species - Pimelodus absconditus
      Species - Pimelodus albicans
      Species - Pimelodus albofasciatus
      Species - Pimelodus altissimus
      Species - Pimelodus argenteus
      Species - Pimelodus atrobrunneus
      Species - Pimelodus brevis
      Species - Pimelodus coprophagus
      Species - Pimelodus fur
      Species - Pimelodus garciabarrigai
      Species - Pimelodus grosskopfii
      Species - Pimelodus heraldoi
      Species - Pimelodus jivaro
      Species - Pimelodus microstoma
      Species - Pimelodus mysteriosus
      Species - Pimelodus navarroi
      Species - Pimelodus ornatus
      Species - Pimelodus ortmanni
      Species - Pimelodus paranaensis
      Species - Pimelodus pictus
      Species - Pimelodus platicirris
      Species - Pimelodus punctatus