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 - Poeciliinae
  Family - Poeciliidae
  Suborder - Cyprinodontoidei
  Order - Cyprinodontiformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Limia nigrofasciata
      Species - Limia melanogaster
      Species - Limia vittata
      Species - Limia ornata
      Species - Limia versicolor
      Species - Limia caymanensis
      Species - Limia dominicensis
      Species - Limia fuscomaculata
      Species - Limia garnieri
      Species - Limia grossidens
      Species - Limia heterandria
      Species - Limia immaculata
      Species - Limia melanonotata
      Species - Limia miragoanensis
      Species - Limia pauciradiata
      Species - Limia perugiae
      Species - Limia rivasi
      Species - Limia sulphurophila
      Species - Limia tridens
      Species - Limia yaguajali
      Species - Limia zonata