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

  Family - Plesiopidae
  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 - Plesiops corallicola
      Species - Plesiops coeruleolineatus
      Species - Plesiops auritus
      Species - Plesiops cephalotaenia
      Species - Plesiops facicavus
      Species - Plesiops genaricus
      Species - Plesiops gracilis
      Species - Plesiops insularis
      Species - Plesiops malalaxus
      Species - Plesiops multisquamata
      Species - Plesiops mystaxus
      Species - Plesiops nakaharae
      Species - Plesiops nigricans
      Species - Plesiops oxycephalus
      Species - Plesiops polydactylus
      Species - Plesiops thysanopterus
      Species - Plesiops verecundus