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 - Syngnathinae
  Family - Syngnathidae
  Suborder - Syngnathoidei
  Order - Gasterosteiformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Corythoichthys haematopterus
      Species - Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
      Species - Corythoichthys intestinalis
      Species - Corythoichthys amplexus
      Species - Corythoichthys insularis
      Species - Corythoichthys nigripectus
      Species - Corythoichthys ocellatus
      Species - Corythoichthys paxtoni
      Species - Corythoichthys polynotatus
      Species - Corythoichthys schultzi
      Species - Corythoichthys conspicillatus
      Species - Corythoichthys waitei