NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Superorder

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1998

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Order - Atheriniformes
      Order - Beryciformes
      Order - Zeiformes
      Order - Gasterosteiformes
      Order - Synbranchiformes
      Order - Scorpaeniformes
      Order - Perciformes
      Order - Pleuronectiformes
      Order - Tetraodontiformes
      Order - Beloniformes
      Order - Cyprinodontiformes
      Order - Mugiliformes
      Order - Stephanoberyciformes