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

      Direct Children

      Genus - Brachyistius
      Genus - Cymatogaster
      Genus - Embiotoca
      Genus - Hyperprosopon
      Genus - Phanerodon
      Genus - Rhacochilus
      Genus - Amphistichus
      Genus - Hypsurus
      Genus - Hysterocarpus
      Genus - Micrometrus
      Species - Micrometrus aletes
      Genus - Zalembius
      Genus - Ditrema
      Genus - Neoditrema