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 - Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus
      Species - Chaetodontoplus duboulayi
      Species - Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus
      Species - Chaetodontoplus ballinae
      Species - Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus
      Species - Chaetodontoplus chrysocephalus
      Species - Chaetodontoplus melanosoma
      Species - Chaetodontoplus meredithi
      Species - Chaetodontoplus niger
      Species - Chaetodontoplus personifer
      Species - Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis
      Species - Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus
      Species - Chaetodontoplus vanderloosi