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 - Zoarcidae
  Suborder - Zoarcoidei
  Order - Perciformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Melanostigma pammelas
      Species - Melanostigma atlanticum
      Species - Melanostigma bathium
      Species - Melanostigma gelatinosum
      Species - Melanostigma inexpectatum
      Species - Melanostigma orientale
      Species - Melanostigma vitiazi