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

  Subfamily - Kyphosinae
  Family - Kyphosidae
  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 - Kyphosus incisor
      Species - Kyphosus cinerascens
      Species - Kyphosus bigibbus
      Species - Kyphosus vaigiensis
      Species - Kyphosus analogus
      Species - Kyphosus lembus
      Species - Kyphosus elegans
      Species - Kyphosus cornelii
      Species - Kyphosus sydneyanus
      Species - Kyphosus sectator
      Species - Kyphosus gallveii
      Species - Kyphosus hawaiiensis
      Species - Kyphosus lutescens
      Species - Kyphosus pacificus