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 - Triglidae
  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 - Peristedion antillarum
      Species - Peristedion gracile
      Species - Peristedion greyae
      Species - Peristedion imberbe
      Species - Peristedion miniatum
      Species - Peristedion thompsoni
      Species - Peristedion truncatum
      Species - Peristedion brevirostre
      Species - Peristedion cataphractum
      Species - Peristedion weberi
      Species - Peristedion unicuspis
      Species - Peristedion altipinne
      Species - Peristedion amblygenys
      Species - Peristedion barbiger
      Species - Peristedion crustosum
      Species - Peristedion halyi
      Species - Peristedion liorhynchus
      Species - Peristedion longispatha
      Species - Peristedion moluccense
      Species - Peristedion nierstraszi
      Species - Peristedion orientale
      Species - Peristedion paucibarbiger
      Species - Peristedion picturatum
      Species - Peristedion riversandersoni
      Species - Peristedion ecuadorense