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 - Pomacanthus arcuatus
      Species - Pomacanthus paru
      Species - Pomacanthus zonipectus
      Species - Pomacanthus imperator
      Species - Pomacanthus semicirculatus
      Species - Pomacanthus xanthometopon
      Species - Pomacanthus sexstriatus
      Species - Pomacanthus navarchus
      Species - Pomacanthus asfur
      Species - Pomacanthus maculosus
      Species - Pomacanthus chrysurus
      Species - Pomacanthus annularis
      Species - Pomacanthus rathbuni
      Species - Pomacanthus rhomboides