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 - Bythitinae
  Family - Bythitidae
  Suborder - Bythitoidei
  Order - Ophidiiformes
  Superorder - Paracanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Saccogaster hawaii
      Species - Saccogaster maculata
      Species - Saccogaster normae
      Species - Saccogaster parva
      Species - Saccogaster staigeri
      Species - Saccogaster tuberculata
      Species - Saccogaster melanomycter
      Species - Saccogaster rhamphidognatha