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 - Grammistini
  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 - Rypticus bistrispinus
      Species - Rypticus maculatus
      Species - Rypticus nigripinnis
      Species - Rypticus randalli
      Species - Rypticus saponaceus
      Species - Rypticus subbifrenatus
      Species - Rypticus bicolor
      Species - Rypticus bornoi
      Species - Rypticus courtenayi