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 - Carangidae
  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 - Caranx hippos
      Species - Caranx latus
      Species - Caranx caballus
      Species - Caranx crysos
      Species - Caranx lugubris
      Species - Caranx ignobilis
      Species - Caranx melampygus
      Species - Caranx sexfasciatus
      Species - Caranx caninus
      Species - Caranx vinctus
      Species - Caranx bucculentus
      Species - Caranx papuensis
      Species - Caranx heberi
      Species - Caranx rhonchus
      Species - Caranx senegallus
      Species - Caranx tille