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 - Menticirrhus americanus
      Species - Menticirrhus littoralis
      Species - Menticirrhus saxatilis
      Species - Menticirrhus nasus
      Species - Menticirrhus undulatus
      Species - Menticirrhus elongatus
      Species - Menticirrhus ophicephalus
      Species - Menticirrhus paitensis
      Species - Menticirrhus panamensis