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 - Apolemichthys trimaculatus
      Species - Apolemichthys xanthurus
      Species - Apolemichthys griffisi
      Species - Apolemichthys guezei
      Species - Apolemichthys kingi
      Species - Apolemichthys xanthopunctatus
      Species - Apolemichthys xanthotis
      Species - Apolemichthys arcuatus
      Species - Apolemichthys armitagei