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 - Cottidae
  Superfamily - Cottoidea
  Suborder - Cottoidei
  Order - Scorpaeniformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Myoxocephalus jaok
      Species - Myoxocephalus niger
      Species - Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus
      Species - Myoxocephalus quadricornis
      Species - Myoxocephalus scorpioides
      Species - Myoxocephalus scorpius
      Species - Myoxocephalus stelleri
      Species - Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus
      Species - Myoxocephalus aenaeus
      Species - Myoxocephalus verrucosus
      Species - Myoxocephalus thompsonii
      Species - Myoxocephalus brandtii
      Species - Myoxocephalus ochotensis
      Species - Myoxocephalus sinensis
      Species - Myoxocephalus tuberculatus