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 - Ophidiinae
  Family - Ophidiidae
  Suborder - Ophidioidei
  Order - Ophidiiformes
  Superorder - Paracanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ophidion grayi
      Species - Ophidion selenops
      Species - Ophidion asiro
      Species - Ophidion barbatum
      Species - Ophidion fulvum
      Species - Ophidion galeoides
      Species - Ophidion genyopus
      Species - Ophidion iris
      Species - Ophidion lagochila
      Species - Ophidion marginatum
      Species - Ophidion muraenolepis
      Species - Ophidion nocomis
      Species - Ophidion scrippsae
      Species - Ophidion smithi
      Species - Ophidion josephi
      Species - Ophidion robinsi
      Species - Ophidion saldanhai
      Species - Ophidion antipholus
      Species - Ophidion dromio
      Species - Ophidion exul
      Species - Ophidion guianense
      Species - Ophidion holbrookii
      Species - Ophidion imitator
      Species - Ophidion lozanoi
      Species - Ophidion metoecus
      Species - Ophidion puck
      Species - Ophidion rochei