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 - Ostichthys trachypoma
      Species - Ostichthys kaianus
      Species - Ostichthys archiepiscopus
      Species - Ostichthys acanthorhinus
      Species - Ostichthys brachygnathus
      Species - Ostichthys delta
      Species - Ostichthys hypsipterygion
      Species - Ostichthys japonicus
      Species - Ostichthys ovaloculus
      Species - Ostichthys sandix
      Species - Ostichthys sheni