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: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Scorpaenidae
  Suborder - Scorpaenoidei
  Order - Scorpaeniformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Pontinus castor
      Species - Pontinus helena
      Species - Pontinus longispinis
      Species - Pontinus rathbuni
      Species - Pontinus nematophthalmus
      Species - Pontinus macrocephalus
      Species - Pontinus accraensis
      Species - Pontinus kuhlii
      Species - Pontinus corallinus
      Species - Pontinus clemensi
      Species - Pontinus furcirhinus
      Species - Pontinus hexanema
      Species - Pontinus leda
      Species - Pontinus nigerimum
      Species - Pontinus nigropunctatus
      Species - Pontinus rhodochrous
      Species - Pontinus sierra
      Species - Pontinus strigatus
      Species - Pontinus tentacularis
      Species - Pontinus vaughani
      Species - Pontinus dubius