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 - Thalassophryninae
  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 - Thalassophryne maculosa
      Species - Thalassophryne megalops
      Species - Thalassophryne nattereri
      Species - Thalassophryne amazonica
      Species - Thalassophryne cirrhosa
      Species - Thalassophryne montevidensis
      Species - Thalassophryne punctata