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: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Serraninae
  Family - Serranidae
  Suborder - Percoidei
  Order - Perciformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Hypoplectrus unicolor
      Species - Hypoplectrus aberrans
      Species - Hypoplectrus chlorurus
      Species - Hypoplectrus gemma
      Species - Hypoplectrus guttavarius
      Species - Hypoplectrus indigo
      Species - Hypoplectrus nigricans
      Species - Hypoplectrus puella
      Species - Hypoplectrus gummigutta
      Species - Hypoplectrus providencianus
      Species - Hypoplectrus lamprurus