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 - Terapontidae
  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 - Hephaestus adamsoni
      Species - Hephaestus carbo
      Species - Hephaestus fuliginosus
      Species - Hephaestus jenkinsi
      Species - Hephaestus roemeri
      Species - Hephaestus trimaculatus
      Species - Hephaestus epirrhinos
      Species - Hephaestus habbemai
      Species - Hephaestus komaensis
      Species - Hephaestus lineatus
      Species - Hephaestus obtusifrons
      Species - Hephaestus raymondi
      Species - Hephaestus transmontanus
      Species - Hephaestus tulliensis