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 - Scorpaenopsis cacopsis
      Species - Scorpaenopsis altirostris
      Species - Scorpaenopsis brevifrons
      Species - Scorpaenopsis diabolus
      Species - Scorpaenopsis gibbosa
      Species - Scorpaenopsis gilchristi
      Species - Scorpaenopsis barbata
      Species - Scorpaenopsis cirrosa
      Species - Scorpaenopsis cotticeps
      Species - Scorpaenopsis furneauxi
      Species - Scorpaenopsis lactomaculata
      Species - Scorpaenopsis longispina
      Species - Scorpaenopsis macrochir
      Species - Scorpaenopsis neglecta
      Species - Scorpaenopsis obtusa
      Species - Scorpaenopsis orientalis
      Species - Scorpaenopsis oxycephala
      Species - Scorpaenopsis papuensis
      Species - Scorpaenopsis pluralis
      Species - Scorpaenopsis possi
      Species - Scorpaenopsis pusilla
      Species - Scorpaenopsis ramaraoi
      Species - Scorpaenopsis venosa
      Species - Scorpaenopsis vittapinna
      Species - Scorpaenopsis eschmeyeri
      Species - Scorpaenopsis insperatus