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

  Subfamily - Owstoniinae
  Family - Cepolidae
  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 - Owstonia dorypterus
      Species - Owstonia grammodon
      Species - Owstonia maccullochi
      Species - Owstonia macrophthalmus
      Species - Owstonia nigromarginatus
      Species - Owstonia pectinifer
      Species - Owstonia simoterus
      Species - Owstonia tosaensis
      Species - Owstonia totomiensis
      Species - Owstonia weberi
      Species - Owstonia whiteheadi
      Species - Sphenanthias sibogae