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 - Moridae
  Order - Gadiformes
  Superorder - Paracanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Lepidion eques
      Species - Lepidion ensiferus
      Species - Lepidion lepidion
      Species - Lepidion capensis
      Species - Lepidion guentheri
      Species - Lepidion inosimae
      Species - Lepidion microcephalus
      Species - Lepidion natalensis
      Species - Lepidion schmidti