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 - Sciaenidae
  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 - Cynoscion nebulosus
      Species - Cynoscion nothus
      Species - Cynoscion regalis
      Species - Cynoscion acoupa
      Species - Cynoscion arenarius
      Species - Cynoscion jamaicensis
      Species - Cynoscion leiarchus
      Species - Cynoscion microlepidotus
      Species - Cynoscion reticulatus
      Species - Cynoscion similis
      Species - Cynoscion steindachneri
      Species - Cynoscion virescens
      Species - Cynoscion parvipinnis
      Species - Cynoscion xanthulus
      Species - Cynoscion albus
      Species - Cynoscion analis
      Species - Cynoscion nannus
      Species - Cynoscion nortoni
      Species - Cynoscion phoxocephalus
      Species - Cynoscion praedatorius
      Species - Cynoscion squamipinnis
      Species - Cynoscion stolzmanni
      Species - Cynoscion striatus
      Species - Cynoscion othonopterus