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 - Hypostominae
  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 - Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus
      Species - Pterygoplichthys anisitsi
      Species - Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus
      Species - Pterygoplichthys etentaculatus
      Species - Pterygoplichthys pardalis
      Species - Pterygoplichthys undecimalis
      Species - Pterygoplichthys zuliaensis