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 - Girellinae
  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 - Girella nigricans
      Species - Girella punctata
      Species - Girella cyanea
      Species - Girella tricuspidata
      Species - Girella laevifrons
      Species - Girella freminvillii
      Species - Girella albostriata
      Species - Girella elevata
      Species - Girella feliciana
      Species - Girella fimbriata
      Species - Girella leonina
      Species - Girella mezina
      Species - Girella nebulosa
      Species - Girella simplicidens
      Species - Girella stuebeli
      Species - Girella tephraeops
      Species - Girella zebra
      Species - Girella zonata