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 - Scorpaenodes caribbaeus
      Species - Scorpaenodes tredecimspinosus
      Species - Scorpaenodes xyris
      Species - Scorpaenodes corallinus
      Species - Scorpaenodes hirsutus
      Species - Scorpaenodes kelloggi
      Species - Scorpaenodes littoralis
      Species - Scorpaenodes parvipinnis
      Species - Scorpaenodes albaiensis
      Species - Scorpaenodes minor
      Species - Scorpaenodes africanus
      Species - Scorpaenodes arenai
      Species - Scorpaenodes elongatus
      Species - Scorpaenodes englerti
      Species - Scorpaenodes guamensis
      Species - Scorpaenodes immaculatus
      Species - Scorpaenodes insularis
      Species - Scorpaenodes investigatoris
      Species - Scorpaenodes muciparus
      Species - Scorpaenodes quadrispinosus
      Species - Scorpaenodes scaber
      Species - Scorpaenodes smithi
      Species - Scorpaenodes steenei
      Species - Scorpaenodes steinitzi
      Species - Scorpaenodes tribulosus
      Species - Scorpaenodes varipinnis