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 - Pempheridae
  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 - Pempheris schomburgkii
      Species - Pempheris oualensis
      Species - Pempheris adspersa
      Species - Pempheris molucca
      Species - Pempheris multiradiata
      Species - Pempheris poeyi
      Species - Pempheris vanicolensis
      Species - Pempheris compressa
      Species - Pempheris schwenkii
      Species - Pempheris adusta
      Species - Pempheris affinis
      Species - Pempheris analis
      Species - Pempheris japonica
      Species - Pempheris klunzingeri
      Species - Pempheris mangula
      Species - Pempheris nyctereutes
      Species - Pempheris ornata
      Species - Pempheris otaitensis
      Species - Pempheris rapa
      Species - Pempheris xanthoptera
      Species - Pempheris ypsilychnus