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 - Porocottus quadrifilis
      Species - Porocottus allisi
      Species - Porocottus camtschaticus
      Species - Porocottus coronatus
      Species - Porocottus japonicus
      Species - Porocottus leptosomus
      Species - Porocottus mednius
      Species - Porocottus minutus
      Species - Porocottus tentaculatus