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: 2003

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Myripristinae
  Family - Holocentridae
  Suborder - Holocentroidei
  Order - Beryciformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Myripristis jacobus
      Species - Myripristis kuntee
      Species - Myripristis murdjan
      Species - Myripristis berndti
      Species - Myripristis chryseres
      Species - Myripristis tiki
      Species - Myripristis randalli
      Species - Myripristis trachyacron
      Species - Myripristis woodsi
      Species - Myripristis adusta
      Species - Myripristis amaena
      Species - Myripristis pralinia
      Species - Myripristis violacea
      Species - Myripristis vittata
      Species - Myripristis leiognathus
      Species - Myripristis hexagona
      Species - Myripristis botche
      Species - Myripristis astakhovi
      Species - Myripristis aulacodes
      Species - Myripristis clarionensis
      Species - Myripristis formosa
      Species - Myripristis gildi
      Species - Myripristis greenfieldi
      Species - Myripristis kochiensis
      Species - Myripristis robusta
      Species - Myripristis seychellensis
      Species - Myripristis xanthacra