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 - Exocoetidae
  Superfamily - Exocoetoidea
  Suborder - Belonoidei
  Order - Beloniformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Hirundichthys affinis
      Species - Hirundichthys speculiger
      Species - Hirundichthys rondeletii
      Species - Hirundichthys albimaculatus
      Species - Hirundichthys coromandelensis
      Species - Hirundichthys marginatus
      Species - Hirundichthys oxycephalus
      Species - Hirundichthys socotranus