NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Platybelone
  Family - Belonidae
  Superfamily - Scomberesocoidea
  Suborder - Belonoidei
  Order - Beloniformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Platybelone argalus argalus
      Subspecies - Platybelone argalus lovii
      Subspecies - Platybelone argalus trachura
      Subspecies - Platybelone argalus annobonensis
      Subspecies - Platybelone argalus platyura
      Subspecies - Platybelone argalus platura
      Subspecies - Platybelone argalus pterura