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 - Ogcocephalidae
  Superfamily - Ogcocephalioidea
  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 - Ogcocephalus vespertilio
      Species - Ogcocephalus nasutus
      Species - Ogcocephalus notatus
      Species - Ogcocephalus parvus
      Species - Ogcocephalus pantostictus
      Species - Ogcocephalus cubifrons
      Species - Ogcocephalus pumilus
      Species - Ogcocephalus declivirostris
      Species - Ogcocephalus corniger
      Species - Ogcocephalus rostellum
      Species - Ogcocephalus darwini
      Species - Ogcocephalus porrectus