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: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Centrarchidae
  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 - Lepomis auritus
      Species - Lepomis cyanellus
      Species - Lepomis gulosus
      Species - Lepomis macrochirus
      Species - Lepomis gibbosus
      Species - Lepomis humilis
      Species - Lepomis marginatus
      Species - Lepomis megalotis
      Species - Lepomis microlophus
      Species - Lepomis punctatus
      Species - Lepomis symmetricus
      Species - Lepomis miniatus
      Species - Lepomis peltastes