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 - Priacanthidae
  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 - Priacanthus arenatus
      Species - Priacanthus alalaua
      Species - Priacanthus meeki
      Species - Priacanthus hamrur
      Species - Priacanthus macracanthus
      Species - Priacanthus tayenus
      Species - Priacanthus bleekeri
      Species - Priacanthus blochii
      Species - Priacanthus fitchi
      Species - Priacanthus nasca
      Species - Priacanthus prolixus
      Species - Priacanthus sagittarius
      Species - Priacanthus zaiserae