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: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Porichthyinae
  Family - Batrachoididae
  Order - Batrachoidiformes
  Superorder - Paracanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Porichthys notatus
      Species - Porichthys bathoiketes
      Species - Porichthys kymosemeum
      Species - Porichthys oculofrenum
      Species - Porichthys pauciradiatus
      Species - Porichthys porosissimus
      Species - Porichthys myriaster
      Species - Porichthys plectrodon
      Species - Porichthys analis
      Species - Porichthys ephippiatus
      Species - Porichthys greenei
      Species - Porichthys margaritatus
      Species - Porichthys mimeticus
      Species - Porichthys oculellus