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 - Pterois volitans
      Species - Pterois sphex
      Species - Pterois antennata
      Species - Pterois radiata
      Species - Pterois lunulata
      Species - Pterois miles
      Species - Pterois mombasae
      Species - Pterois russelii
      Species - Pterois brevipectoralis
      Species - Pterois kodipungi