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 - Haemulidae
  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 - Haemulon aurolineatum
      Species - Haemulon album
      Species - Haemulon bonariense
      Species - Haemulon boschmae
      Species - Haemulon carbonarium
      Species - Haemulon chrysargyreum
      Species - Haemulon flavolineatum
      Species - Haemulon macrostomum
      Species - Haemulon melanurum
      Species - Haemulon sciurus
      Species - Haemulon steindachneri
      Species - Haemulon striatum
      Species - Haemulon parra
      Species - Haemulon plumierii
      Species - Haemulon flaviguttatum
      Species - Haemulon maculicauda
      Species - Haemulon sexfasciatum
      Species - Haemulon schrankii
      Species - Haemulon scudderii
      Species - Haemulon serrula
      Species - Haemulon squamipinna