NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Family

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Suborder - Percoidei
  Order - Perciformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Genus - Chaetodon
      Genus - Heniochus
      Genus - Hemitaurichthys
      Genus - Forcipiger
      Genus - Chelmon
      Genus - Chelmonops
      Genus - Coradion
      Genus - Parachaetodon
      Genus - Prognathodes
      Genus - Amphichaetodon
      Genus - Johnrandallia
      Genus - Peterscottia
      Genus - Chaetodontops
      Genus - Roa
      Species - Chaetodon marginatus
      Species - Chaetodon vitulus