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 - Pomacanthidae
  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 - Centropyge argi
      Species - Centropyge fisheri
      Species - Centropyge potteri
      Species - Centropyge heraldi
      Species - Centropyge bicolor
      Species - Centropyge multispinis
      Species - Centropyge nox
      Species - Centropyge acanthops
      Species - Centropyge aurantia
      Species - Centropyge aurantonotus
      Species - Centropyge boylei
      Species - Centropyge flavicauda
      Species - Centropyge colini
      Species - Centropyge debelius
      Species - Centropyge eibli
      Species - Centropyge flavipectoralis
      Species - Centropyge hotumatua
      Species - Centropyge interruptus
      Species - Centropyge joculator
      Species - Centropyge tibicen
      Species - Centropyge multicolor
      Species - Centropyge nahackyi
      Species - Centropyge narcosis
      Species - Centropyge resplendens
      Species - Centropyge shepardi
      Species - Centropyge vrolikii
      Species - Holacanthus tenigab
      Species - Centropyge bispinosa
      Species - Centropyge ferrugata
      Species - Centropyge flavissima
      Species - Centropyge loricula
      Species - Centropyge multifasciata
      Species - Centropyge nigriocella
      Species - Centropyge venustus