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

      Direct Children

      Species - Hypoptopoma thoracatum
      Species - Hypoptopoma bilobatum
      Species - Hypoptopoma guianense
      Species - Hypoptopoma gulare
      Species - Hypoptopoma inexspectatum
      Species - Hypoptopoma joberti
      Species - Hypoptopoma psilogaster
      Species - Hypoptopoma steindachneri