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 - Melamphaidae
  Superfamily - Stephanoberycoidea
  Order - Stephanoberyciformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Melamphaes lugubris
      Species - Melamphaes eulepis
      Species - Melamphaes hubbsi
      Species - Melamphaes leprus
      Species - Melamphaes longivelis
      Species - Melamphaes microps
      Species - Melamphaes polylepis
      Species - Melamphaes pumilus
      Species - Melamphaes simus
      Species - Melamphaes suborbitalis
      Species - Melamphaes typhlops
      Species - Melamphaes acanthomus
      Species - Melamphaes spinifer
      Species - Melamphaes ebelingi
      Species - Melamphaes danae
      Species - Melamphaes indicus
      Species - Melamphaes janae
      Species - Melamphaes laeviceps
      Species - Melamphaes macrocephalus
      Species - Melamphaes parini
      Species - Melamphaes parvus