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

  Family - Chaunacidae
  Superfamily - Chaunacioidea
  Suborder - Ogcocephalioidei
  Order - Lophiiformes
  Superorder - Paracanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Chaunax pictus
      Species - Chaunax stigmaeus
      Species - Chaunax suttkusi
      Species - Chaunax fimbriatus
      Species - Chaunax umbrinus
      Species - Chaunax abei
      Species - Chaunax breviradius
      Species - Chaunax endeavouri
      Species - Chaunax flammeus
      Species - Chaunax latipunctatus
      Species - Chaunax penicillatus
      Species - Chaunax tosaensis