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

  Tribe - Epinephelini
  Subfamily - Epinephelinae
  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 - Cephalopholis igarashiensis
      Species - Cephalopholis sonnerati
      Species - Cephalopholis fulva
      Species - Cephalopholis argus
      Species - Cephalopholis urodeta
      Species - Cephalopholis aurantia
      Species - Cephalopholis cyanostigma
      Species - Cephalopholis hemistiktos
      Species - Cephalopholis miniata
      Species - Cephalopholis nigri
      Species - Cephalopholis pachycentron
      Species - Cephalopholis cruentata
      Species - Cephalopholis aitha
      Species - Cephalopholis formosa
      Species - Cephalopholis leopardus
      Species - Cephalopholis microprion
      Species - Cephalopholis oligosticta
      Species - Cephalopholis panamensis
      Species - Cephalopholis polleni
      Species - Cephalopholis sexmaculata
      Species - Cephalopholis spiloparaea
      Species - Cephalopholis taeniops
      Species - Cephalopholis polyspila
      Species - Cephalopholis boenak