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 - Cnesterodon decemmaculatus
      Species - Cnesterodon brevirostratus
      Species - Cnesterodon carnegiei
      Species - Cnesterodon hypselurus
      Species - Cnesterodon omorgmatos
      Species - Cnesterodon raddai
      Species - Cnesterodon septentrionalis