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

      Direct Children

      Species - Melanochromis auratus
      Species - Melanochromis joanjohnsonae
      Species - Melanochromis johannii
      Species - Melanochromis vermivorus
      Species - Melanochromis baliodigma
      Species - Melanochromis benetos
      Species - Melanochromis brevis
      Species - Melanochromis chipokae
      Species - Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos
      Species - Melanochromis dialeptos
      Species - Melanochromis elastodema
      Species - Melanochromis heterochromis
      Species - Melanochromis interruptus
      Species - Melanochromis labrosus
      Species - Melanochromis lepidiadaptes
      Species - Melanochromis loriae
      Species - Melanochromis melanopterus
      Species - Melanochromis mellitus
      Species - Melanochromis parallelus
      Species - Melanochromis perileucos
      Species - Melanochromis perspicax
      Species - Melanochromis robustus
      Species - Melanochromis simulans
      Species - Melanochromis xanthodigma